Originally it had been planned to open the tour in Dallas/Texas. But because the huge venues were not available, Colonel Parker moved the start of the tour thirty miles to the west and booked the Tarrant County Convention Center in Fort Worth/Texas. After the 14,000 tickets were gone within 48 hours, a matinee was added. On the next day another evening concert followed, as well as another matinee. Finally Elvis appeared in Fort Worth on June 15th and 16th, each day at 2:30 pm and 8:30 pm. In total he was seen by 56,000 people and earned 650,000 USD.

In 2021 Follow That Dream Records released an album called "Fort Worth, Texas 1974", which featured both concerts from June 16th. With "Houston, Fort Worth, Baton Rough 1974" the label presents the evening show of the previous day, too. The sound engineer didn't record "Also Sprach Zarathustra", so we have to do without the usual opening. For the occasion Elvis dressed in the "Blue Swirl Suit", which can be seen on the album cover.

There are quite a few differences to the concert in Houston. Of course the orchestra is back and so are the screaming ladies at the edge of the stage. Elvis doesn't invests as much energy as he did in March, but still delivers a well-paced and entertaining show.

Once again the sound engineer started the equipment when Elvis already was on stage. The king presents his usual opener well, but the sound is muffled and noticably worse than on disc number one. However, during the next number the audio quality improves a lot.

Elvis sings the word "well" in different pitches, James Burton answers in the same key with his guitar. The last "well" is sung by JD Sumner, whereupon the king jokingly (off-mike) calls him "smartass". The old Ray Charles tune is presented well, in contrast to his shows in March Elvis now presents some of his old moves. Of course JD Sumner gets another opportunity to show-off his deep voice during "Amen". With a quick return to "I Got A Woman" the king throws his guitar to Charlie Hodge and welcomes the audience.  He introduces himself as JD Stamps and isn't quite sure wheather it's afternoon or evening.

The oldie "Love Me" is a straight performance. Jokingly Elvis pretends to greet the crowd again, before he says "I already done that". Then he announces the next song.

According to Elvis he'd recorded the tune when he started about five years ago. Even though it appears to have been some fifteen years earlier, he obviously still has it. Especially the chorus is nothing but impressive.

Up next is "All Shook Up", which is presented with quite some drive. During the song Elvis throws a scarf into the audience, which is met with a lot of screams.

Now the king announces to sing a little bit of "Love Me Tender". Today he focuses on the singing and not on kissing girls, which results in a quite likable rendition.

However, the rock'n'roll classic "Hound Dog" is rattled off without any commitment. It gets worse, when the singer shakes to the stakkato beat of the drums. Of course the audience loves rubbish like this, but to a non-fan it all looks a bit embarrassing.

During "Fever" Elvis gets the ladies screaming just by moving his legs. He also changes the lyrics and fools around a lot, so it's quite obvious, that he doesn't take the song seriously. Afterwards he ironically praises the audience for paying money for stuff like this.

With the oldies out of the way the king turns to more recent material again. Compared to 1969/70 his performance of "Polk Salad Annie" is quite tame, but especially during the finale Elvis includes some karate moves and works up some sweat.

After flirting with a lady at the edge of the stage the king announces JD Sumner & The Stamps with a gospel called "Why Me Lord". During the chorus Elvis joins the group and it's not hard to see and hear, how much he enjoys it. He even leads the group into a short reprise. It must be some kind of inside-joke when he proudly announces "JD Sumner & The Stamps - in their brand new outfits!".

Elvis continues with a solid rendition of "Suspicious Minds", his last number one hit. As expected he moves a bit, but not much more than during the "Aloha" show. 

The introductions are peppered with some jokes, which are quite entertaining. According to Elvis everyone on stage is from Texas (Decatur/Texas, Las Vegas/Texas, etc).

As usual the king asks "You know what I can't do?", but today he jokingly adds "I forgot". Of course he didn't and delivers a very good rendition of "I Can't Stop Loving You". Of course he toys around with the final "yesterday" and uses the opportunity to impress the audience with his voice.

Now the singer suggests "Let's do Heartbreak Hotel". Even though it's not a standard of his current show, the band is on their toes and starts to play their boss' first number one hit. It's a fine performance.

Elvis announces the next song as being the b-side of his current single "If You Talk In Your Sleep". Since the track is quite popular, it's somewhat strange that he wants to present the tune on the flipside instead. However, he sings it very well and maybe he simply likes "Help Me" better.

Compared to previous years' tv special "Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite" Elvis doesn't hold the notes as long as he did back then and also sings less accurate at times. But that doesn't mean, that todays' rendition isn't worth listening to. The king still sounds quite impressive.

He continues the show with a cover version of Olivia Newton-John's hit "Let Me Be There". He seems to like the tune a lot, has to laugh in-between and even offers a reprise.

Now Elvis wants the houselights to be turned up, so that he can see the audience. Then he sings "Funny, How Time Slips Away". You can hear the audience scream, when he comes close to the edge of the stage or throws a scarf into the audience. After he has sung the line "Never know when I'll be back in town" he jokingly adds in squeaky voice "tomorrow".

Suddenly the king yells "big boss!" and the band starts to play "Big Boss Man". Elvis seems to enjoy the old r&b song very much, he moves to the music and even calls for a repetition. Great stuff!

Elvis bows out with a few nice words and also mentions the concerts here tomorrow. Then he sings "Can't Help Falling In Love", the band seques into the "Closing Riff" and after having shaken a few hands and given away his final scarf the king disappears into the darkness of the backstage area.