Bobtalk

May 8, 1980
Hartford, Connecticut
Bushnell Memorial Hall
Concert

Thank you. Now we got a stage show tonight as well as we did last night. You know I talk mostly about

God, too. And the spirit of God. Afraid I might be talking about Jesus, too. And them demons that

Say like you got a twenty dollar bill, and you can spend it on one ticket to the bank and get it

redeemed or you can't do it. (before When You Gonna Wake Up?)

Thank you! "Ain't Gonna Go to Hell for Anybody". Can't let nobody take you there. [Laughs] Better read those compliments. I know that right now it's not fashionable to think about Him, I know that. But God knows no fashion anyway. God is always fashionable. But it's hard not to go to hell, you know. There's so many distractions, so many influences. You start walking right, and pretty soon there's just somebody there to drag you down. As sure as the enemy is on the outside, then the enemy comes inside. They got all kinds of ways. God said, "Resist the Devil, the Devil will flea". "You got to stand to resist him". And I'll show you how you got to stand. How we got to stand? You're listening to me? Somebody knows how to stand? How do you stand?[audience]: Straight! Everybody knows? We got stay here all the time 'til tomorrow night. We'll have to come back tomorrow night anyway. Oh, Mercy! (before Cover Down/Pray Through)

Thank you. All right, on the keyboards tonight, from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, give him a hand, Spooner Oldham. On the other set of keyboards, from Birmingham Alabama, Terry Young. Lead guitar tonight, from Little Rock, Arkansas, Fred Tackett. On the drums, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jim Keltner. Playing bass guitar tonight from Cincinnati, Mr. Tim Drummond. All right, from Dallas, Texas, Clydie King. From Houston, Texas, Gwen Evans. From San Francisco, ha ha, Mary Bridges. Also from San Francisco, Mona Lisa Young. Remember the girl who told us the story about Jesus quite a while ago. Remember that name. I know some of you are on the verge of committing suicide! Others here think you got it all together. Don't matter. Heaven and Earth are all gonna pass away. If you wanna be alive, go look into Jesus. He'll probably give life and life more abundant. He who sets free is free and easy. From Nashville, Tennessee, Regina McCrary. (before Are You Ready?)

are out now, they're not gonna like that name. You got to warn them demons right now that they will

end tonight. Anyway, we don't sing through this kind of fear — we got to defend the Works of God.

All right there it is. Long time ago they used to have these Greek plays, I guess, pretty long time ago. Anyway now they have groups called actors, you know that. Back then they had actors too, but they called them hypocrites. That's right! There'd be like a play, like a play with thirty people in it, but actually there'd only be four. They all used to wear masks. They'd all come out in a mask, [Dylan says a few words in a high-pitched voice] talk in another voice. They’d just were a mask. So four people could play the part of thirty people. That's a heavy responsibility, keeps you on your toes. Never know who you are, so there's a lot of hypocrites. They're talking, you know, using Jesus' name, but don't you let that put you off, cause you're still dealing with the world. Jesus has overcome the world, that's what he did at the Cross. As simple as that. You may think it's complicated, but actually if you look at Jesus you gotta look at the Cross. Actually if you're wondering why all these things are happening these days. Joshua you know he went to, I believe it was Canaan land and God told him at certain times to destroy all the Canaanites, every man, women and children there. That's bad! He certainly hated to leave the children, but they were just all defiled. And there was some cities that he said, "oh go in there yeah" and Joshua wondered why, and God said because their iniquity is not yet full. So now, when you look around today, when we started out this tour, we started out in San Francisco. And ..., that's a ... San Francisco is a kind of a unique town these days. I think it's either one third or two thirds of the population there are homosexuals. All right! I guess they're working up to a 100 per cent, I don't know. Anyway, it’s a growing place for homosexuals, and I read they have a homosexuals politics, it’s a political party, I don't mean it's going on in somebody’s closet, I mean it's just political. All right, you know what I'm talking about. Anyway woul

All right, thank you. All right we gotta go soon. Actually I could stay here and talk to you all night. But I tell you it's later than you think, but in truth it's sooner than you think. (before In The Garden)

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