Bobtalk

November 15, 1978
Inglewood, Los Angeles, California
The Forum
Concert

Thank you. You know back in the fifties in the Midwest they used to have these carnivals come through town. There used to always be this character called  the  geek. I know some of you may have heard of a geek. Some of you may not have heard of a geek. Anyway a geek is a man who's working as a job of eating a live chicken. Bites his head off first and the he eats the rest of him. Head and all. Anyway it cost a quarter to see this dude. I can tell you if you think you're funky, this dude is low-down all the way. Anyway I didn’t want to get too tight with him but regardless of that he did tell me one thing which helped me in years later. He used to always think of other people as being freaks. And that's helped me a lot as I go through life. (before Ballad Of A Thin Man)

Thank you, we're going to take a break! We're going to ten minute break right here! We'll be back!!  (after Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power))

Thank you! That was Jo Ann, Carolyn, and Helena on this song. (after Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35)

Thank you, that was a new tune, called Am I Your Stepchild? Anyway I was over in ..., the gypsies have a big festival every a year and it happens to be on my birthday. They party for a week in the South of France. Anyway I was over there one year an I met the king of the gypsies. He had 16 wives and 120 children! He still wasn't faithful and true either! Anyway, I kind of got mixed up with him. As I was ready to leave next morning and there was all kinds of faces saying do you want anything before you go? I thought I could have had anything but I just didn’t take the chance, all I said was just, only thing that came into my mind was one more cup of coffee. I thought I’d play it safe you know.

The first girl I ever loved is in the house tonight. you know I wrote a song about her and she left me for an older man. But in case I, ... How old? 21. (before Girl From The North Country)

Thank you! I wanna say hello to Phil Spector tonight who's here! People call me I'm a genius. Phil is a real genius!! (after We Better Talk This Over)

Thank you! That was "Masters of War" of course, that was Billy Cross on the lead guitar! (during Masters of War)

Thank you that was All Along The Watchtower. That was young David Mansfield on the smoking violin.

On the drums tonight, give him a warm hand, from Kingston, Jamaica, Ian Wallace. All right, on the bass guitar, Jerry Scheff. On the keyboards, the one and only Alan Pasqua. All right, on lead guitar, the oldest member of this group, born in 1921. What you got? Anyone born in 1921? Ladies and gentlemen, dangerous Billy Cross. He keeps himself in excellent shape. On rhythm guitar, from Bogota, doesn't speak any English, but he plays his heart out, doesn't he? Ladies and gentlemen, Steven Soles. People are coming up here giving just about everything. All right, on the violin, young violin player, been with me for five years now, he's only fifteen years old. Give him a warm hand. He doesn't smoke dope, drink whiskey or go out with women. He's very cute and very boring. Ladies and gentlemen, David Mansfield. All right, on the tenor saxophone, a man who's really a legend in his own time. He used to play with Duane Eddy and made many of Phil Spector’s great records. Ladies and gentlemen, the phenomenal Steve Douglas. On the backup vocals, three girls I can't do without. I just don't know what I'd do anymore without them. My ex-girlfriend on the right, Jo Ann Harris. I like to eat and Jo Ann doesn't like to cook. Anyway, she's Billy Cross' girlfriend now. My girlfriend’s in the middle, Miss Helena Springs. And on the other side, my fiancée, Carolyn Dennis. All these girls can sing. You know they really can. On the conga drums, from Detroit, the most amazing Miss Bobbye Hall. This is an old song I wrote. I know it doesn't need any introduction, called It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding.

Thank you, now it's time to leave here again. We're gonna hit the road. You got so many cameras you know, everybody’s got one of them cameras? You don't get real pictures with them cameras anyway. Real life goes by too fast! All right, this is a song I wrote for one of my babies when he was a baby. I wanna sing that for the last tune here. (plays Forever Young) You've been a wonderful crowd goodnight. Hello to Leonard Cohen! Nana Mouskouri! And all the others out there. All right, goodnight.

All right one time I was trying to escape from Mexico, Monterey. Chihuahua and I fell asleep on a train. The luggage car. (before Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power))

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