| "Playing the
Apollo was returning full circle for me," explained Daryl. "When I was seventeen
years old I got my first record contract from playing in a talent show at the Uptown
Theater in Philadelphia, when the Temptations were on the bill. At the time, theaters like
the Uptown were the only sources of opportunity for streetcorner music, and we played the
show at the Apollo to give something back to the black community for all the support it
has given John and me over the years..." "But
after that, my feeling was, "What am I gonna do? Make another Hall and Oates record?
I had gone all the way around the world and back to the source of our music. lt was time
to scatter the pattern, to stop things, to reassess and move to another phase of our
creative lives." |
John Oates concurred wholeheartedly, recognizing that Daryl's 1977
solo excursion with Robert Fripp, the Sacred Songs LP (released in 1980) was what sped
their creative progress toward the Voices breakthrough. So, while Daryl went 0ff to Paris
to work with Eurythmic's Dave Stewart on his solo LP, Three Hearts In The Happy Ending
Machine, John went his own way. "I was producing for different people, writing by
myself, putting my studio together," he says, "kind of gearing up mentally to
write and write." Oates produced an LP for the Parachute Club and co-wrote the #1
Australian hit, "Electric Blue," from the group lcehouse; in addition to
co-producing a track on Kendrick and Ruffin's album. |
Daryl Hall and John Oates
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