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John Oates is having a full-circle moment after leveraging a canny mix of new-wave soul to reach multi-platinum heights with Daryl Hall in the ’80s. His sixth solo album is titled Reunion, but if anything it’s a homecoming with Oates’ former self. This is the John Oates from before Hall and Oates, the one who wrote two songs and co-wrote four others on 1972’s jangly Whole Oats. You may associate him with flashy MTV videos, but the first things we heard from Oates featured pedal steel. His similarly rootsy turn as a solo artist has echoes in the past. A move to Nashville in the 2000s drew Oates...
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John Oates has released the second song from his upcoming album Reunion. “Long Monday,” a cover of a John Prine song from 2005, follows the LP’s title track, which was released earlier this month. The song first appeared on Prine’s album Fair & Square. “I chose to record ‘Long Monday’ due to the evocative nature and down-to-earth beauty of the song’s story,” Oates said in a press release announcing the song. “I think it’s important to respect a songwriter’s work. Because of that, I wanted to remain faithful to the lyrics and melody while, at the same time, making it my own as far as the arrang...
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John Oates says his half-century musical partnership with Daryl Hall has come to an end after months of public, ongoing litigation between the two. “You can ask Daryl the same question,” Oates told Rolling Stone in a new interview. “But, yes. As far as I’m concerned, I’ve moved on. I feel like I have a new lease on my creative life.” The drama between both musicians became public knowledge last November, when Hall filed a lawsuit (and obtained a temporary restraining order) against Oates in an attempt to block Oates from selling his share in their joint venture to Primary Wave Music, claiming ...
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John Oates will release a new solo album titled Reunion on May 17. He’s previewing the LP with the contemplative title track, which you can hear below. “The idea for writing a song about a ‘Reunion’ came to me when I began to think about the true definition of the word,” Oates said in a statement. “It came together when my 100-year-old father told me that he was making ready to be together with my mother, who had passed away some time ago. I wanted to write about the idea of reconnecting with the most essential part of our soul and our spirit.” He continued: “I brought the idea to a co-writing...
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