This article is about the live album by the Doobie Brothers. For other uses, see Farewell Tour.
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.
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.
"Can't Let It Get Away" and "Olana" are songs that the band had recorded in the studio but not released on albums. The studio version of "Can't Let It Get Away" was released only in Japan in 1981, while the studio version of "Olana" remained unreleased until it appeared on Long Train Runnin': 1970-2000.
Mastered by Bobby Hata at Warner Bros. Recording Studios, North Hollywood
Production coordinator: Joan Parker
Publicity: David Gest & Associates
Album recorded by the Record Plant (technicians: Jack Crymes, Mark Eschelman, Gary Singleman, Jim Scott)
Tour manager: Joe Crowley, Jeff Mills (assistant)
Production manager: Lol Halsey, Rollie Clasen (assistant)
Live sound mixer: David Morgan
Monitor mixer: Mike Kelley
Guitar technician/Stage manager: Mark Brown
Guitar, violin, pedal steel technician: David Bowers
Keyboard technician: Alan Bartz
Drum technician: Greg Winter
Live sound technicians: Mark Drale, Alan Bonomo, Philip Ashley at Innovative Audio
Lighting director: Martin Wolff
Art direction and design: Jay Vigon
Photography: Chris Callis, Michael Simpson (assistant)
Special thanks to Sam Schniable, Michael Barbieri, Doug Brunkow, Bob Walker, Tad Inferrera, Brent Anderson, Shep Lonsdale, Oscar Harris, Ralph Cain, Dalton Perry, Harry Hughes, Sam & Donna Stewart, Linda Patrick, Leslie Wiener, Bob Gordon, Kathy Nelson, Carol Miller
^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.
^"The Doobie Brothers Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
March 03, 2023
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This article is about the live album by the Doobie Brothers For other uses see Farewell Tour 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 Farewell TourLive album by The Doobie BrothersReleasedJune 1983VenueIrvine Meadows Amphitheatre Laguna Hills Calif September 3 1982 Universal Amphitheatre Universal City Calif September 4 1982 Hearst Greek Theatre UC Berkeley September 10 11 1982GenreRockLength67 06LabelWarner Bros ProducerTed TemplemanThe Doobie Brothers chronologyBest of The Doobies Volume II 1981 Farewell Tour 1983 Cycles 1989 Singles from Farewell Tour You Belong to Me live South City Midnight Lady live Released July 6 1983Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 1 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 2 The Great Rock Discography4 10 3 The Rolling Stone Album Guide 4 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 Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Production 4 Charts 5 ReferencesTrack listing EditSide oneNo TitleWriter s Lead vocalsLength1 Slippery St Paul excerpt from The Doobie Brothers 1971 Patrick SimmonsTom Johnston0 512 Takin It to the Streets Michael McDonaldMcDonald4 263 Jesus Is Just Alright Arthur Reid ReynoldsCornelius Bumpus4 204 Minute by Minute McDonald Lester AbramsMcDonald4 255 Can t Let It Get Away Simmons John McFee Nicolette LarsonSimmons3 46 Side twoNo TitleWriter s Lead vocalsLength6 Listen to the Music JohnstonMcDonald Simmons3 257 Echoes of Love Simmons Willie Mitchell Earl RandleSimmons2 358 What a Fool Believes McDonald Kenny LogginsMcDonald3 439 Black Water SimmonsSimmons4 04 Side threeNo TitleWriter s Lead vocalsLength10 You Belong to Me McDonald Carly SimonMcDonald3 1611 Slack Key Soquel Rag Simmonsinstrumental1 5112 Steamer Lane Breakdown Simmonsinstrumental3 3413 South City Midnight Lady SimmonsSimmons5 43 Side fourNo TitleWriter s Lead vocalsLength14 Olana McDonaldMcDonald2 4215 Don t Start Me Talkin Sonny Boy WilliamsonKeith Knudsen2 3716 Long Train Runnin JohnstonJohnston4 5417 China Grove JohnstonJohnston3 14 Can t Let It Get Away and Olana are songs that the band had recorded in the studio but not released on albums The studio version of Can t Let It Get Away was released only in Japan in 1981 while the studio version of Olana remained unreleased until it appeared on Long Train Runnin 1970 2000 Personnel EditPatrick Simmons electric and acoustic guitars lead and backing vocals John McFee electric and acoustic guitars pedal steel guitar on Steamer Lane Breakdown and South City Midnight Lady electric violin on Black Water backing vocals Willie Weeks bass backing vocals Michael McDonald keyboards synthesizers lead and backing vocals Cornelius Bumpus tenor saxophone soprano saxophone on Black Water Hammond organ synthesizers backing vocals lead vocal on Jesus Is Just Alright Keith Knudsen drums tambourine on Black Water backing vocals lead vocal on Don t Start Me Talkin Chet McCracken drums vibraphone on You Belong to Me and South City Midnight Lady tambourine and timbales on Long Train Runnin Bobby LaKind congas bongos percussion backing vocalsGuests Tom Johnston electric guitar and lead vocals on China Grove and Long Train Runnin and Slippery St Paul Joe Crowley harmonica on Don t Start Me Talkin Dave Shogren amp John Hartman appear uncredited on Slippery St Paul Production EditProducer Ted Templeman Engineer Jim Isaacson Management Bruce Cohn Mastered by Bobby Hata at Warner Bros Recording Studios North Hollywood Production coordinator Joan Parker Publicity David Gest amp Associates Album recorded by the Record Plant technicians Jack Crymes Mark Eschelman Gary Singleman Jim Scott Tour manager Joe Crowley Jeff Mills assistant Production manager Lol Halsey Rollie Clasen assistant Live sound mixer David Morgan Monitor mixer Mike Kelley Guitar technician Stage manager Mark Brown Guitar violin pedal steel technician David Bowers Keyboard technician Alan Bartz Drum technician Greg Winter Live sound technicians Mark Drale Alan Bonomo Philip Ashley at Innovative Audio Lighting director Martin Wolff Art direction and design Jay Vigon Photography Chris Callis Michael Simpson assistant Special thanks to Sam Schniable Michael Barbieri Doug Brunkow Bob Walker Tad Inferrera Brent Anderson Shep Lonsdale Oscar Harris Ralph Cain Dalton Perry Harry Hughes Sam amp Donna Stewart Linda Patrick Leslie Wiener Bob Gordon Kathy Nelson Carol MillerCharts EditChart 1983 PeakpositionCanada Albums RPM 6 87US Top LPs amp Tape Billboard 7 79References Edit Hal Horowitz Farewell Tour The Doobie Brothers AllMusic Retrieved 2019 11 28 Larkin Colin 2007 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 5th ed Omnibus Press ISBN 978 0857125958 Strong Martin Charles 2002 The Doobie Brothers The Great Rock Discography The National Academies ISBN 1 84195 312 1 Brackett Nathan Hoard Christian eds 2004 The New Rolling Stone Album Guide 4th ed Simon amp Schuster pp 253 ISBN 0 7432 0169 8 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 RPM Search Engine PHP Library and Archives Canada March 31 2004 The Doobie Brothers Chart History Billboard 200 Billboard Retrieved October 1 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Farewell Tour album amp oldid 1137259518, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
