Bobtalk

November 17, 1978
San Diego, California
San Diego Sports Arena
Concert

You know, in the Midwest in the 50’s, used to have carnivals that came to town. Most of the time…they used to be called…they always had somebody called “the geek”. I don’t know if there’s any of you have heard of a geek before. A geek is a man who eats a live chicken, bites the head off, eats the head first, then he eats the rest of it. Well, it used to cost a quarter to see the geek Anyway, this dude was funky, he was low-down, all the way down. (…..) but he used to get insulted all the time, you know. Anyhow, he pretty much kept to himself, but I did find out on thing from him. He used to (…..) other people being freaky. I used to remember that. Anyway….. (before Ballad Of A Thin Man)

Thank you. Right. I was invited to play at the Newport Folk Festival. They invited me there three times. I played this song the last time I was there. They never did invite me back. I don’t hold any grudges. Anyway, sometimes…..I told this man up here who asked me about the song that sometimes the whole world looks to me like Maggie’s Farm, and sometimes I (…..) I Ain’t Gonna Work On Maggie’s Farm No More. (…..).

Thank you. I took a train once from Monterey, Chihuahua, up to San Diego. Anyway, this guys was sitting next to me on this train, a man wearing a blanket. He (…..) to know everything. One of them (…..) guys. His eyes were burning up, smoke was coming out of his nostrils. I though I’d talk to him. When I turned around to look at him, he was gone. He’d either got off when the train stopped. (…..) I was hallucinating which I could have been doing too. (before Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power))

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