The Final Tour

The Final Tour is a 1998 live album from American soul blues singer Ted Hawkins released posthumously through Evidence Music on January 1, 1998. The recordings capture Hawkins on his last concert tour in 1994, weeks before his death. The album received mixed and positive reviews.

This article is about the album. For the tour, see Mötley Crüe Final Tour.

The Final Tour
Live album by Ted Hawkins
Released	January 13, 1998 (1998-01-13)
Recorded	1994, live on tour
Genre	Soul blues
Length	67:00
Language	English
Label	Evidence
Producer	Jerry Gordon
Compiler	Jerry Gordon
Ted Hawkins chronology
Love You Most of All – More Songs from Venice Beach (1998) The Final Tour (1998) The Ted Hawkins Story: Suffer No More (1998)

Recording

The first 16 tracks formed a set at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, California on November 5, 1994. The next three songs formed a suite about Hawkins' life growing up in Mississippi, recorded on October 8, 1994, at The Pres House at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Finally, "A Thing Called Love" was performed at Goochi's, in Wenatchee, Washington.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	[2]

Alex Henderson of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 out of five stars, saying that it "shows how great Hawkins was sounding during the last months of his life" and summing it up as magnificent. Rock critic Robert Christgau gave the album a more muted review, giving it an honorable mention.

Track listing

All songs written by Ted Hawkins unless otherwise stated

1. Intro – 0:24 (a spoken-word introduction by Hawkins)
2. "There Stands the Glass" (Russ Hull, Webb Pierce, Mary Jean Shurtz) – 2:49
3. "Watch Your Step" – 2:44
4. "Strange Conversation" – 5:16
5. "Sorry You're Sick" – 2:18
6. "Bring It on Home Daddy" – 3:16
7. "Big Things" – 3:02
8. "Revenge of Scorpio" – 2:56
9. "Groovy Little Things" – 3:41
10. "Ladder of Success" – 3:13
11. "Part Time Love" (Clay Hammond) – 5:24
12. "I Got What I Wanted" (Brook Benton, Margie Singleton) – 3:07
13. "Bad Dog"" – 2:24
14. "The Good and the Bad" – 4:56
15. "All I Have to Offer You Is Me" (Dallas Frazier, A.L. Owens) – 4:23
16. "Long as I Can See the Light" (John Fogerty) – 2:44
17. "Biloxi" (Jesse Winchester) – 4:17
18. "The Lost Ones" – 3:16
19. "Missin' Mississippi" (Byron Gallimore, Alan Mevis, William Shore) – 3:57
20. "A Thing Called Love" (Jerry Reed) – 2:53

Personnel

• Ted Hawkins – acoustic guitar, vocals
• Phil Garfinkel – engineering
• Jerry Gordon – production
• Wayne Griffith – engineering
• Bill Wasserzieher – liner notes

References

1. Henderson, Alex. "The Final Tour – Ted Hawkins". AllRovi.
2. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Ted Hawkins".