#415 - John Oates

04/01/24 • 34 min

Legendary musician John Oates chats with Trey Elling during SXSW 2024. Topics include:

Attending the first SXSW (0:00)
Starting out in the music biz (1:30)
Willie Nelson (5:15)
The solo career (6:17)
The story behind "Get Your Smile On" (7:42)
"Maneater" (11:00)
Taking a 10-year break in 1986 (13:16)
Failing at country music (18:25)
Artificial intelligence (20:50)
Electric cars (23:35)
Making music & telling stories live (25:33)
His new album, Reunion (28:53)
Mortality & the afterlife (30:54)

04/01/24 • 34 min

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