''The Final Tour'' is a live album by American

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singer

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, released in 1998. The recordings capture Hawkins on his last

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in 1994, weeks before his death. The album received mixed and positive reviews.

Recording

The first 16 tracks formed a set at

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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

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. Finally, "A Thing Called Love" was performed at Goochi's, in Wenatchee, Washington.

Critical reception

Alex Henderson of

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wrote that the album "shows how great Hawkins was sounding during the last months of his life" and called it 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 #Intro – 0:24 (a spoken-word introduction by Hawkins) #"

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" (Russ Hull,

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, Mary Jean Shurtz) – 2:49 #"Watch Your Step" – 2:44 #"Strange Conversation" – 5:16 #"Sorry You're Sick" – 2:18 #"Bring It on Home Daddy" – 3:16 #"Big Things" – 3:02 #"Revenge of Scorpio" – 2:56 #"Groovy Little Things" – 3:41 #"Ladder of Success" – 3:13 #"

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" (

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) – 5:24 #"I Got What I Wanted" (

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) – 3:07 #"Bad Dog"" – 2:24 #"The Good and the Bad" – 4:56 #"All I Have to Offer You Is Me" (

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) – 4:17 #"The Lost Ones" – 3:16 #"Missin' Mississippi" (

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) – 2:53

Personnel

*Ted Hawkins – acoustic guitar, vocals *Phil Garfinkel –

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*Jerry Gordon – production *Wayne Griffith – engineering * Bill Wasserzieher –

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Final Tour Ted Hawkins live albums 1998 live albums Evidence Music live albums Live albums published posthumously