Farewell Tour is the first live album

Live album

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 by American rock band The Doobie Brothers

The Doobie Brothers

The Doobie Brothers are an American rock band. The group has sold over 40 million units worldwide throughout their career. The Doobie Brothers were inducted into The Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004.-Original incarnation:...

, released in 1983. (see 1983 in music

1983 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1983.-January-April:*January – ZTT Records is founded.*January 8 – The UK singles chart is tabulated from this week forward by The Gallup Organization...

). It documents what they thought would be their final concert. The front cover shows Keith Knudsen cutting the strings on John McFee's guitar as a symbolic gesture. Original lead vocalist and guitarist Tom Johnston is featured on the final two songs. 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.

Track listing

1. "Slippery St. Paul" (Simmons) [excerpt from The Doobie Brothers, 1971]
2. "Takin' It to the Streets" (McDonald)
3. "Jesus Is Just Alright" (A. Reynolds)
4. "Minute by Minute" (McDonald, Abrams)
5. "Can't Let It Get Away" (McFee, Nicolette Larson
   Nicolette Larson
   Nicolette Larson was an American pop singer. She is perhaps best known for her work in the late 1970s with Neil Young, as well as her 1978 cover of Young's "Lotta Love". The song, her debut single, was a Number One Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks hit and #8 pop hit that year...
   
   , Simmons)
6. "Listen to the Music" (Johnston)
7. "Echoes of Love" (Simmons, Mitchell, Randle)
8. "What a Fool Believes" (McDonald, Kenny Loggins
   Kenny Loggins
   During the next decade, Loggins recorded so many successful songs for film soundtracks that he was referred to as, King of the Movie Soundtrack.He began with "I'm Alright" , "Mr. Night", and "Lead the Way" from Caddyshack...
   
   )
9. "Black Water" (Simmons)
10. "You Belong to Me" (McDonald, Carly Simon
    Carly Simon
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    )
11. "Slack Key Soquel Rag" (Simmons)
12. "Steamer Lane Breakdown" (Simmons)
13. "South City Midnight Lady" (Simmons)
14. "Olana" (McDonald)
15. "Don't Start Me to Talkin'
    Don't Start Me Talkin'
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    " ("Sonny Boy" Williamson)
16. "Long Train Runnin'
    Long Train Running
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    " (Johnston)
17. "China Grove" (Johnston)
    • "Can't Let It Get Away" and "Olana" are new songs.

Personnel

• Patrick Simmons
  Patrick Simmons
  Patrick Simmons is an American musician best known as a guitarist and vocalist for the rock band The Doobie Brothers. His fingerstyle guitar playing complements the strumming style of Tom Johnston. Born in Aberdeen, Washington, he has been the band's only consistent member throughout their tenure...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
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  s, lead vocals
• John McFee
  John McFee
  John McFee is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist, and long time member of the Doobie Brothers.-Biography:...
  
   - guitars, pedal steel guitar
  Pedal steel guitar
  The pedal steel guitar is a type of electric guitar that uses a metal bar to "fret" or shorten the length of the strings, rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar. Unlike other types of steel guitar, it also uses pedals and knee levers to affect the pitch, hence the name "pedal"...
  
  , violin
  Violin
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  , vocals
• Michael McDonald
  Michael McDonald (singer)
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   - keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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  , synthesizer
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  s, lead vocals
• Cornelius Bumpus
  Cornelius Bumpus
  Cornelius Bumpus was an American woodwind, keyboard player and vocalist from Santa Cruz, California.He began his career playing alto saxophone at ten for the school band and by 12 was playing at Luso-American dances...
  
   - saxophone
  Saxophone
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  , synthesizer, organ
  Organ (music)
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  , vocals, lead vocal on "Jesus Is Just Alright"
• Willie Weeks
  Willie Weeks
  Willie Weeks is an American bass guitarist. He has gained fame performing with famous musicians in a wide variety of genres. He has been one of the most in-demand session musicians throughout his career. Weeks has also gained notoriety touring with many of rock's heavyweights throughout his career...
  
   - bass
  Bass guitar
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  , vocals
• Keith Knudsen
  Keith Knudsen
  Keith Knudsen was an American rock drummer, vocalist and songwriter.-Career:Knudsen was born in Le Mars, Iowa. He began drumming while attending Princeton High School in Princeton, Illinois, where he graduated from in 1966...
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
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  , vocals, lead vocal on "Don't Start Me To Talkin'"
• Chet McCracken - drums, vibraphone
  Vibraphone
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  , marimbas
• Bobby LaKind
  Bobby LaKind
  Bobby LaKind was a conga player, vocalist, songwriter and occasional live backup drummer with The Doobie Brothers. He was originally a lighting roadie for the band...
  
   - congas, percussion
  Percussion instrument
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  , vocals

with

Tom Johnston

Tom Johnston (US musician)

Tom Johnston is an American musician. He is a guitarist and vocalist, and co-founded The Doobie Brothers with drummer John Hartman, guitarist Patrick Simmons and bassist Dave Shogren....

 - guitar and lead vocals on "China Grove" and "Long Train Runnin'"

(Tom Johnston, Dave Shogren & John Hartman

John Hartman

John Hartman is a U.S. drummer who was a co-founder and original drummer of the Doobie Brothers. At the band's inception, Hartman was the sole drummer. However, in late 1971, the group added second drummer Michael Hossack, and the dual-drummers formation has persisted ever since...

appear, uncredited, on "Slippery St. Paul")

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1983	Pop Albums	79

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	"You Belong To Me"	Pop Singles	79