The Final Tour

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.

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AllMusic	[2]
Chicago Tribune	[3]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	A[5]

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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

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

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