Farewell Tour (album)

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Farewell Tour
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Live album by
The Doobie Brothers
ReleasedJune 1983
Venue Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Laguna Hills, Calif., September 3, 1982; Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, Calif., September 4, 1982; Hearst Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley, September 10–11, 1982
Genre Rock
Length67:06
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Ted Templeman
The Doobie Brothers chronology
Best of The Doobies Volume II
(1981)		Farewell Tour
(1983)		 Cycles
(1989)
Singles from Farewell Tour
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Great Rock Discography 4/10 [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Farewell Tour is the first live album by American rock band The Doobie Brothers, released in 1983. It documents the group's 1982 Farewell Tour and is a double album set.

Contents

By the early 1980s, the Doobie Brothers had evolved from the guitar-boogie sound under original band frontman Tom Johnston to a soulful keyboard-driven AOR sound under Michael McDonald. Despite the many personnel changes in the group, Patrick Simmons remained from the original incarnation of the group.

In 1982, Simmons decided to retire from the group after years of constant touring and recording. When the band decided to break up in light of his impending departure, Simmons encouraged the group to make one last tour during the summer of 1982 as a way of thanking the group's loyal fanbase. This tour became known as the "Farewell Tour."

The front cover shows drummer Keith Knudsen cutting the strings on John McFee's guitar as a symbolic gesture. [5] The last two songs on the album were recorded at the final concert of the tour in Berkeley, California, on September 11, 1982, with vocals by original lead vocalist and guitarist Tom Johnston. For a long time the album was available on CD only in Japan, but ultimately it was re-released on CD by Rhino/WEA on August 26, 2008. The reissue deleted approximately 11⁄2 minutes of onstage talk from Patrick Simmons between 'Jesus' and 'Minute by Minute', including mentioning that the band were going to "light up a 'doobie'" during intermission, suggesting the audience do the same.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Slippery St. Paul (excerpt from The Doobie Brothers , 1971)" Patrick Simmons Tom Johnston 0:51
2."Takin' It to the Streets" Michael McDonald McDonald4:26
3."Jesus Is Just Alright"Arthur Reid Reynolds Cornelius Bumpus 4:20
4."Minute by Minute"McDonald, Lester Abrams McDonald4:25
5."Can't Let It Get Away"Simmons, John McFee, Nicolette Larson Simmons3:46
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
6."Listen to the Music"JohnstonMcDonald, Simmons3:25
7."Echoes of Love"Simmons, Willie Mitchell, Earl RandleSimmons2:35
8."What a Fool Believes"McDonald, Kenny Loggins McDonald3:43
9."Black Water"SimmonsSimmons4:04
Side three
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
10."You Belong to Me"McDonald, Carly Simon McDonald3:16
11."Slack Key Soquel Rag"Simmonsinstrumental1:51
12."Steamer Lane Breakdown"Simmonsinstrumental3:34
13."South City Midnight Lady"SimmonsSimmons5:43
Side four
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
14."Olana"McDonaldMcDonald2:42
15."Don't Start Me Talkin'" Sonny Boy Williamson Keith Knudsen 2:37
16."Long Train Runnin'"JohnstonJohnston4:54
17."China Grove"JohnstonJohnston3:14

Personnel

Guests

Dave Shogren & John Hartman appear, uncredited, on "Slippery St. Paul."

Production

Charts

Chart (1983)Peak
position
Canada Albums (RPM) [6] 87
US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard) [7] 79

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References

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  4. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp.  253. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
  5. ↑ According to a post at the forum (now retired) at the Doobie Brothers Official Website, by the Webmaster/Forum Administrator, who is John McFee's son.
  6. ↑ "RPM Search Engine" (PHP). Library and Archives Canada . March 31, 2004.
  7. ↑ "The Doobie Brothers Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard . Retrieved October 1, 2021.
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