| The Final Tour | |
| Type: | live |
| Artist: | Ted Hawkins |
| Cover: | Ted Hawkins - The Final Tour.jpg |
| Alt: | Two photographs of Hawkins: one with him seated on a milk crate, playing guitar and singing; the other, a close-up |
| Released: | 1998 |
| Recorded: | 1994, live on tour |
| Genre: | Soul blues |
| Language: | English |
| Label: | Evidence |
| Producer: | Jerry Gordon |
| Compiler: | Jerry Gordon |
| Prev Title: | Love You Most of All – More Songs from Venice Beach |
| Prev Year: | 1998 |
| Next Title: | The Ted Hawkins Story: Suffer No More |
| Next Year: | 1998 |
The Final Tour is a live album by American soul blues singer Ted Hawkins, released in 1998.[1] The recordings capture Hawkins on his last concert tour in 1994, weeks before his death. The album received mixed and positive reviews.
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.
Alex Henderson of AllMusic 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.
All songs written by Ted Hawkins unless otherwise stated