''Live at the Desert Inn'' is a live album by American singer

Bobby Darin Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto; May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973) was an American musician and actor. He performed jazz, pop, rock and roll, folk, swing, and country music. He started his career as a songwriter for Connie ...

, released in 1987. The album was intended to be Darin's first album release for Motown but did not appear until 1987. It was also released as ''Finally''. It was reissued in 2005 on the Concord label with several bonus tracks.

Reception

Music critic John Bush wrote in his

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review: "Darin most certainly did his best to entertain and enlighten his regular concert attendees—musically, socially, and even politically—without worrying about the blowback from his largely conservative base." Looking back from 2005, ''All About Jazz'' described the album as "With backup singers, a powerful rhythm section and a large jazz orchestra, the popular singer gave us some of his best material... He was the consummate entertainer, and always gave his audience his all."

Track listing

#"Intro/Monologue 0:37 #"Save the Country" (

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) – 3:22 #" Moritat (Mack the Knife)" ( Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, Marc Blitzstein) – 3:33 #" Fire and Rain" (

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) – 6:08 #"Hi De Ho (That Old Sweet Roll)" ( Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 5:52 #"Monologue 2:12 #"Beatles' Medley: Hey Jude/

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/ Blackbird/ A Day in the Life" (

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) – 6:58 #"

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" (Carl Smith, Gary Jackson, Raynard Miner) – 4:07 #"

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" (

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) – 3:44 #"Monologue" – 1:14 #" If I Were A Carpenter" (

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) – 3:44 #"Simple Song Of Freedom" (

) – 4:23 #"Finale/Band Introduction" – 6:03 #"Encore:

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/ Respect/ Splish Splash/ Johnny B. Goode" (Darin,

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, Don Covay, Jean Murray,

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) – 8:30 #"Work Song" (

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, Oscar Brown, Jr.) – 3:33 #" Beyond The Sea" (

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, Jack Lawrence, Albert Lasry) – 4:20

Personnel

– vocals *Bill Aikens – piano *Tommy Amato – drums *Quitman Dennis – bass *Terry Kellman – guitar *The Jeannie Thomas Singers – background vocals *Carleton Hayes Orchestra

References

{{Bobby Darin 1987 live albums Bobby Darin albums Motown live albums