Apr 18, 2017
In his new memoir Change of Season, John Oates describes his journey from the suburbs of Philadelphia to the heights of superstardom in the 1980s and 90s as half of Hall & Oates. The duo released seven platinum albums and reached the Billboard Hot 100 34 times in a career stretching back to 1973. But the John Oates heard here, in a live interview at the Nashville Public Library, is an artist seeking his muse with total freedom. And that’s a sound that’s fit right in with Nashville’s songwriting Americana scene.
This wide-ranging episode introduces guest co-anchor Whitney Matheson, reports on how Nashville's growing number of vinyl retailers is getting ready for Record Store Day 2017 and re-airs an NPR feature by Jewly Hight on Bay Area to Nashville transplant band Front Country.