New Year Nugget

A happy new year to you all. I know it's been a while, and I don't really have any insights or words of wisdom for the new year...yet.

What I do have to share is a little nugget I discovered after ringing in the new year. While lying wide awake in bed at about 2 a.m., I was scanning the dial and found a program I had never seen before. I'm still investigating what it's all about, but I'll let you know what I know thus far because it's definitely worth checking out for yourself.

If you are a fan of Hall and Oates, and quite frankly how can you not be, Daryl Hall (the blonde half of the duo) has a show that I believe is a free webcast. It's called Live from Daryl's House and basically each episode features him jamming with a different artist at his home studio outside of New York City. He's got a full band, backup singers, and a camera crew. In-between songs, they feature some local cook who comes and prepares food for everyone.

So far I've watched parts of the episodes with Todd Rundgren, Sharon Jones, and Train. They sing some of Hall and Oates songs, some of the featured guests songs, or a couple of others. I guess I always thought of Daryl Hall as a good song writer with some great pop songs, but he's really more than that. His songs can be sung by a variety of artists and they all sound good. Really good. And he can belt out tunes in a variety of genres and he always sounds good. Really good.