#415 - John Oates

04/01/24 • 34 min

The Sport of Life: Interviews w/ Comedians, Filmmakers, Sports Figures, Musicians, & Intellectuals

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)

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)

Previous Episode

#414 - Bootsy Collins

Trey Elling chats with the legendary Bootsy Collins and up-and-coming musician Fantaazma during SXSW 2024. Bootsy premiered his new single at South By. "The Influencers" features Fantaazma, Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, and more. Topics include:

How Bootsy and Fantaazma met (0:47)
The One (3:05)
Bootsy's alien encounter (8:17)
"The Influencers" (12:54)
Bootsy gives a nickname to Trey (16:03)

Next Episode

#416 - Robert Kelly

Comedian Robert Kelly chats with Trey Elling, ahead of his headlining shows at the Comedy Mothership on April 5th & 6th. Topics include:

Eclipses (0:00)
Hanging in the woods (3:33)
Kids and their feelings (14:04)
The border (21:56)
The Comedy Mothership (24:26)
Current projects (30:57)
Steve Byrne (35:12)

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