Thursday, August 15, 2019
IF YOU GO
What: Daryl Hall and John Oates
When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday
Where: Covelli Centre
Tickets: $59.50, $79.50, $89.50 and $129.50 (fees may apply) at ticketmaster.com and the box office
Staff report
YOUNGSTOWN
Back in the 1970s and ’80s, Hall and Oates were on top of the world.
The pop-rock super-duo cranked out a seemingly endless stream of hits. Topics ranged from raw emotion and sensitivity (“She’s Gone,” “Sara Smile”) to bouncy euphoria with a bit of Philly soul thrown in as an homage to their roots (“Rich Girl,” “You Make My Dreams Come True”).
In total, they had 34 chart hits on the U.S Billboard Hot 100, seven platinum albums and six gold albums.
By 1986, the hit-machine ran out of gas, but the act filled a few decades with occasional albums, solo projects and time off.
The best-selling duo of all time, Hall and Oates was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.
Today, the act known as Daryl Hall and John Oates – it’s the moniker they’ve always preferred, and it befits their veteran status and accomplishments as individuals – is frequently on the road and playing the hits of their heyday.
The act will come to Covelli Centre in Youngstown on Wednesday. Fans should expect to hear a litany of radio smashes, including “Maneater,” “Out of Touch,” “Say It Isn’t So,” “One on One,” “I Can’t Go for That,” “Kiss on My List” and “Private Eyes.”
In more recent years, Hall has become known for his “Live form Daryl’s House,” a behind-the-scenes series of recording sessions filmed from his abode and posted on that website. The free monthly web show started in late 2007, and has since garnered acclaim from a variety of media.
Hall teams with guest stars for each show. Past episodes have featured Smokey Robinson, The Doors’ Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek, Nick Lowe, K.T. Tunstall, Todd Rundgren, Gym Class Heroes’ Travis McCoy, Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump, Finger Eleven’s James Black and Rick Jackett, the Bacon Brothers and country star Jimmy Wayne.
In 2017, Oates released his memoir, “Change of Seasons,” in which he shares his highs, lows, triumphs and failures. “Change of Seasons” takes the reader from his early childhood days, to his musical partnership with Hall, to his move to Nashville.
Since 1999, Oates has released eight solo albums, the most recent, “Arkansas,” in 2018.