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John Oates (Hall & Oates) plays Whelans tomorrow night! (Tuesday 21st Feb)

  • 20-02-2012 4:33pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 269 ✭✭


    Whelanslive presents

    John Oates
    Tuesday 21st February
    Whelans Of Wexford St
    Doors 8pm
    Tickets e22.50 available from http://www.whelanslive.com/index.php/wav-tickets



    John Oates was destined to be a musician. Singing from the time he could talk and playing the guitar since the age of five, his calling in life was never in question. Born in New York City, his family moved to a small town outside of Philadelphia Pennsylvania in the early 50′s…. a move that would change the course of his life. Like most kids at that time, the impact of the early days of rock left an lasting impression on John. At the age of four he witnessed his first live concert: Bill Haley and the Comets playing their classic rockabilly hits at a local amusement park. Then there were the records…

    He began to collect 45 rpm singles …treasures from Little Richard, Chuck Berry, the Everly Brothers, Gary U.S. Bonds and of course, Elvis. He spent countless hours twisting the dial on his AM transistor radio trying to tune in the local R&B stations and listening to DJs like Jerry Blavat spinning obscure Doo Wop records and B sides.

    When it came to influences John was open to more than just the top 40 hits…his friends’ older brother turned him on to the nascent folk music scene that began to sweep the country in the early 60′s. John’s interest in traditional American music began and he immersed himself in the Child’s Ballads, Joan Baez, Rev. Gary Davis, Dave Von Ronk and all the rediscovered bluesmen who began to make appearances at the Newport and Philadelphia folk festivals. Absorbing it all developed a kind of musical split personality. One night he might be wearing a shark skin suit playing everything from Doo Wop covers to the big R&B hits of the day with his band and the next night he would be playing his acoustic guitar in a local coffee house singing Appalachian folk ballads…to this day the very same roots and influences still can be heard in John’s original playing and singing style.

    In the late 60′s John moved to Philadelphia to attend Temple University and check out the city’s music scene. In 1966 he wrote and recorded his first single “I Need Your Love” which was released on the label owned by a local music store called the Record Museum. The song was arranged by Bobby Martin who at the time was producing and arranging for Gamble and Huff. The single received airplay on Philly’s R&B radio stations and John began to divide his time between being a student and a professional musician.

    Around the same time he met an influential guitar player/ teacher named Jerry Ricks who had spent time on the road with Mississippi John Hurt and Son House. Jerry took John under his wing and introduced him to many of the newly rediscover folk performers, such as Doc Watson, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee and Mississippi John for whom Philadelphia’s folk venues, like the Second Fret and Main Point, were frequent stops in their concert schedules. John had the unique opportunity to play alongside some of these seminal musicians learning first hand, their finger picking and flat picking styles. When John first met Daryl Hall it was their mutual love for urban rhythm and blues blended with the more rural roots of American music that created their unique sound.

    Since the formation of their partnership in the early 70′s Hall & Oates have gone on to record 21 albums which have sold over 80 million units making them the most successful duo in rock history. They have scored 10 number one records, over 20 top 40 hits and have toured the world for decades. Their involvement in the original “Live Aid” concert and the ground breaking “We Are The World” charity recording have further established them as legendary artists who have personally and through their music, stood the test of time. Their influence on modern pop music has been cited by numerous contemporary bands, like the Gym Class Heroes and the Killers, who have credited and acknowledged H&O’s considerable contribution to American music.

    In addition to their numerous American Music and MTV awards, in 2005 they were inducted into the American Songwriters Hall of Fame and in May of 2008 will were presented the prestigious BMI Icon Award for their outstanding career achievement in song writing.


Comments

  • Registered Users Posts: 1,550 ✭✭✭NIBBS


    I'll be there and a mate of mine is going too, really looking forward to it - but to be honest anyone I've mentioned this gig to knew nothing at all about it, I'm hoping there's a good crowd at it because he deserves one :-)

    I myself only noticed it browsing the Whelans website for something else....


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,550 ✭✭✭NIBBS


    John Oates was terrific last night, lots of Hall and Oates stuff, his own new old and new material, and plenty more.......hopefully he'll be back again soon, or with his mate Daryl :-)


  • Registered Users Posts: 31,802 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    I missed this? :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 187 ✭✭Rastapitts


    I cant go for that!


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,550 ✭✭✭NIBBS


    Mars Bar wrote: »
    I missed this? :(

    here's a review for you

    http://www.goldenplec.com/reviews/review-john-oates-at-whelans/


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,995 ✭✭✭lc180


    It wasn't the best publicized gig, I only heard about it when it was too late.

    Sounds like it was a good gig, was there much of a crowd for it???


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,550 ✭✭✭NIBBS


    lc180 wrote: »
    It wasn't the best publicized gig, I only heard about it when it was too late.

    Sounds like it was a good gig, was there much of a crowd for it???

    it wasn't jam packed but there seemed to be a decent crowd - there were a few rows of seats (first for me in Whelans) and that makes it a litter harder to tell than usual.....


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,799 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    Was actually sitting in the front row for this and robbed one of his plectrums at the end.

    Bought the ticket for ****s and giggles but it actually turned out to be a fantastic gig, looked well up for and knew how to handle the weird drunk dude that wouldn't leave him alone. Great gig though I think his a voice is a little too clean for the blues (though his singing was excellent).

    Backing band were good craic too.

    All round great gig.


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