“The music I’m making now -
especially this Arkansas album
and even on the Mississippi Mile
album before that in 2010 - were
the direct result of the players
that I’ve been surrounded with
and been able to meet; what they
bring and have brought out of
me,” explained Oates.
Oates is one half of the legendary
duo, Hall & Oates - a name that
topped the charts for decades. He
was inducted into the Songwriters
Hall of Fame in 2004, but didn’t
release his first solo album until
2002. Making up for lost time, he’s
released four solo albums in the
last ten years with the three prior
to Arkansas all firmly grounded
in the rootsy Americana genre - a
very different sound from the R&B
and soul music that made him a
household name.
“I was on tour from the early
seventies throughout the
eighties,” said Oates. “My whole
life was so consumed with the
Hall & Oates experience that I
didn’t have time to do anything
else. In the nineties, through
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