I didn't care for them back in the 80s, maybe it was all the make up. Now I feel that one of the hottest bands gigging out there. I try to see them every chance I get.
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HALL VS OATES
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Smooth_bass88
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- Oct 31, 2006
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- have been on nationally released albums, charting on the Billboard 200
really not sure what heck "hall vs. oates" has to do with bass (more pointless TB silliness I suppose) but I will say that Tom "T-Bone" Wolk (1951-2010) was an excellent bass player and musician, and genuinely kind human being. Several of my colleagues worked with him in the studio and he added some real magic to the tracks they produced. He had a huge box of guitar and bass strings and he let my friend take whatever he wanted. I ended up having to learn some of the said tracks for a gig. Great stuff all around. He not only played groovy, tasty basslines but added guitar and mandolin as well. He is truly missed
I think they're both super talented. Amd they've surrounded themselves with killer musicians from all walks of life their while careers. But Daryl Hall is one soulful muthuh. He can sing the phonebook and it grooves.
One of their albums was titled H20. One critic suggested that it represented the ideal proportion of Hall to Oates in the finished product.
I have a lot of respect for Oates' contributions to the project. He wrote some great songs and was the one responsible for arranging the background vocals, which were always distinctive. But Daryl Hall was a creative force: a skilled multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and one of the best vocalists ever. He'd make most collaborators seem somewhat less-than. That they were so successful for so many years is a great testament to their working relationship.
I have a lot of respect for Oates' contributions to the project. He wrote some great songs and was the one responsible for arranging the background vocals, which were always distinctive. But Daryl Hall was a creative force: a skilled multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and one of the best vocalists ever. He'd make most collaborators seem somewhat less-than. That they were so successful for so many years is a great testament to their working relationship.
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The idea of Live from Daryl's House is kinda cool... but Daryl and his team's approach was simply too strong. The number of shows, the distribution, the logo showing up on the screen and on guitar straps, the high number of Hall & Oates tunes they'd play, the somewhat forced conversations and jokes between Daryl and his guests... the whole thing gave me I feeling of being forced upon me.
I grew tired of the show in no time.
I grew tired of the show in no time.
My vote for Shirley Hemphill includes Fred Rerun Berry.
Something interesting about Daryl Hall is that in his youth, he used to hang out with the Temptations whenever they performed in the Philadelphia area. He had his own vocal group and would get pointers and career advice from them. He'd ride in the limo and run errands for them, kind of their local mascot. That's how Eddie Kendricks and David Ruffin became part of their live show for a short while late in their careers.
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So why did the farmer start a rock band? He was tired of Hall & Oats!
unfortunately, the most notoriety that Fripp has ever received has been his line of disturbing kitchen videos with his "cold" wife.
(if you have not seen them, do yourself a favor and keep it that way)
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You jealous, bro? Bobby was doing fine in the notoriety department, the videos were just icing on the cake.
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I used to live further down 724 in Phoenixville and remember the diner well as my Dad used to take our beagles to a veterinarian just down the road from the Diner. In fact I remember the diner when it was in better shape than on the album cover.
I just read an interesting article/interview on them not too long ago. Mike Oldfield actually wrote the original version of Family Man before H & O had made their cover.
Daryl Hall and John Oates Are Plotting a New Album, Not a 50th Anniversary Celebration
Daryl Hall & John Oates: 'We had a lethal ability to experiment'
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It's an old saying..... from an old guy.
Way back in the 1900s, those Neanderthals who walked the earth actually left their phones in one place. Some even bolted them to the wall!!!! I must admit, I'm the offspring of such primitive beings. Those phones had access to exactly zero data...including the phone numbers of businesses and people nearby. As such, they relied on thick books which contained nothing but phone numbers.
Daryl Hall could turn to any page in that book and start riffing on it. It would groove.
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