Articles about Daryl once again began to pop up in everything from teen magazines to publications aimed at professional sound engineers. One such article that I came across was featured in RockLine Magazine's December 1986 issue. Entitled "Daryl Hall Does It All", this write-up could not be more foretelling. In the last twenty-plus years he has released two additional solo efforts, written songs for such artists as Celine Dion, continued to tour and write music with John Oates, battled Lyme Disease, become a "Family Man" AND most recently reared the brain child known as Live From Daryl's House. It appears that he is still doing it all and shows no signs of stopping anytime soon.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Daryl Hall - He Does It All!
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Happy New Year!!!!....and all that good stuff....
Since we now have our feet firmly planted in 2011 I figured it's time for me to get moving with this blog again! I've been such a slacker! I never gave you guys a review of the December shows I went to. How rude of me!?!
In early December I was fortunate enough to attend Hall & Oates shows in Atlantic City and New York. Both shows were fab but my favorite of the two was definitely NYC! The Beacon Theater is a gorgeous venue which was fully renovated only a few years back.
I should mention that before dinner we met at Starbucks for a warming cup of coffee and chatted with other fans that were in and out all afternoon. After thawing out sufficiently we took a walk to the rear of the theater as we could hear the band practicing during soundcheck. We heard a few songs including Method of Modern Love...I was really hopeful we'd hear it during the show...but no such luck. Oh well, maybe next time!
Now we were really pumped!! Time to go in and check out the merch, grab a drink and get our seats! This was actually one of the best merch set-ups I had ever seen. Manned by about 3-4 theater employees...it was great! The bartenders were awesome, too! So awesome, in fact, that she talked my pal and I into a DOUBLE rum & coke! Dangerous! But, delicious! We had to wait about 15 minutes or so before we could get into the theater...that was ok though because we just kept running into bunches of fellow H&O fans that we knew! I love that!!


Here is the set list:
Maneater
Family Man
Out of Touch
Say It Isn't So
Las Vegas Turnaround (The Stewardess Song)
She's Gone
Sara Smile
Do What You Want, Be What You Are
I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)
Encore
Family Man
Out of Touch
Say It Isn't So
Las Vegas Turnaround (The Stewardess Song)
She's Gone
Sara Smile
Do What You Want, Be What You Are
I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)
Encore
Rich Girl
Kiss on My List
You Make My Dreams
Encore 2
Christmas Must Be TonightKiss on My List
You Make My Dreams
Encore 2
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Jingle Bell Rock
During the show, before one of the songs, Daryl's step-son, Orson, brought him his guitar. I thought it was so sweet. I tried to get a picture but I had a jumper in front of me. If someone out there got one, let me know! I'd love to see it!
After the show, we skedaddled to the stage door in hopes of getting my pal a picture with Daryl or John. First out was John along with his wife Aimee. To our surprise he stopped right away to take a pic! Yea!! Thanks John!! Next out was Daryl along with his family. He smiled and waved at everyone but got right into the vehicle without stopping. I have to assume it's because they were with him....and I can totally understand that. There was so much cheering and screaming for him....he had a HUGE smile on his face. It was awesome!
We left the car in the parking garage next door. After the show it was swamped with people so we decided to wait before jamming in there. You never know who you are gonna run into! We chatted with some fellow fans and H&O staffers. Once the parking garage had cleared out sufficiently we decided to go and get the car. Even though we had held off we still waited for over 30 minutes for the car! But it worked out great because I was able to get this great pic with Paul Pesco! Merry Christmas to me!!
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