On Dec. 21, 1990, John Oates finished a set at Japan’s Tokyo Dome, looked in the mirror and couldn’t stand what he saw. For years, the Hall & Oates co-founder’s mustache had become a cultural icon in its own right; the bushy, raven-colored gem that optically landed somewhere between adult-film …
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Darryl Hall and John Oates were fresh-off-the-plane clueless. It was fall 1971 and they’d come to California seeking the same thing as everyone else who comes to California — for them, it just manifested as a record contract. All they had were their instruments, songs, and a contact at the …
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John Oates has teamed with a giant, saxophone-playing Sasquatch — named Saxsquatch, naturally — for a new EDM spin on Hall & Oates’ classic “Maneater.” “I’ve had a lot of otherworldly experiences in my career, but none as mystical and magical as this collab with the amazing, soulful Saxsquatch,” Oates …
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