Thursday 2/16/23 8pm ET: Feature LP: Daryl Hall – Laughing Down Crying (2011)

Laughing Down Crying is the fifth solo album by American recording artist Daryl Hall. It was released on September 27, 2011, on Verve Records. Co-producer and bandmate T-Bone Wolk died during early recording sessions for the disc; Hall dedicated the record to him. Hall debuted the album on a two-part episode of his series Live from Daryl’s House.

1. “Laughing Down Crying” 4:11
2. “Talking To You (Is Like Talking To Myself)” 4:26
3. “Lifetime Of Love” 3:48
4. “Eyes For You (Ain’t No Doubt About It)” 5:34
5. “Save Me” 4:17
6. “Message to Ya” 4:15
7. “Wrong Side of History” 3:45
8. “Get Out of the Way” 4:59
9. “Crash & Burn” 4:44
10. “Problem With You” 4:38

Daryl Hall – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, synth bass, percussion
Greg Bieck – keyboards, drum programming
John Fields – keyboards (3), synth bass (10), drum programming (10)
Paul Pesco – acoustic guitars, electric guitars, bass (1, 6)
T-Bone Wolk – acoustic guitar (3, 7, 10), bass (3, 7, 10)
Zev Katz – bass (1, 2, 9)
Jerry Duplessis – bass (9)
Shawn Pelton – drums (1, 3, 6, 7, 9)
Mickey Curry – drums (2, 8, 10)
John Scarpulla – baritone saxophone (3, 5, 6), tenor saxophones (3, 5, 6)
Charles DeChant – tenor saxophone (3, 5, 6)
David Mann – tenor saxophone (3, 5, 6)
Barry Danielian – trumpet (3, 5, 6)
Larry Gold – horn arrangements (3, 5, 6), string arrangements (9)
March Fry – backing vocals (3, 4, 5)
Klyde Jones – backing vocals (3), bass (5, 6)
Everett Bradley – backing vocals (6)

Wednesday 2/1/23 6pm ET: Feature LP: Daryl Hall – Can’t Stop Dreaming (1996)

Can’t Stop Dreaming is a 1996 solo album by Daryl Hall, released November 21, 1996. It was originally released in Japan as a Limited Collector’s Edition with 12 tracks and was subsequently released in the United States on June 10, 2003, albeit missing one of its original tracks (“Something About You”), which was featured on the 2002 Hall & Oates album, Do It for Love. All versions of the album contain a remake of the popular Hall & Oates song “She’s Gone”.

“Can’t Stop Dreaming” 4:14
“Let Me Be the One” 4:55
“Something About You” 4:00
“Cab Driver” 5:22
“Never Let Me Go” 4:29
“Holding Out for Love” 3:57
“Justify” 3:57
“What’s in Your World” 5:50
“Hold On to Me” 4:36
“She’s Gone” 5:16
“All by Myself” 5:00
“Fools Rush In 4:23

Daryl Hall – lead and backing vocals, keyboards
David Bellochio – keyboards (2-11), drums (3, 4, 5)
Dan Shea – acoustic piano (3)
Louis “Buster” Brown – keyboards (7)
Scott “Shovani” Parker – keyboards (7)
Alan Gorrie – guitars (1)
Craig Ross – guitars (2, 11)
Paul Livant – guitars (3, 4, 5, 9, 10)
Bob Mayo – guitars (5)
Ray Fuller – guitars (6)
Dann Huff – guitars (7, 8)
Wah-Wah Watson – guitars (10)
Jack Daley – bass (2, 3, 6-11)
Tom “T-Bone” Wolk – bass (9)
Steven Wolf – drums (2, 11)
Jerry Krenach – drums (8, 10)
Rupert Brown – drum programming (9)
Peter Moshay – percussion (2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11)
Roger Ball – saxophone (1)
Andy Snitzer – saxophone (2)
Sandy Barber – backing vocals (2)
Klyde Jones – backing vocals (2, 7, 8)
Alexis England – backing vocals (7, 8)
Lujuann Carter – backing vocals (7, 8)

Thursday 9/15/22 10am ET: Feature Artist / Feature LP: B.B. King – B.B. King & Friends: 80 (2005)

Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B.B. King, was an American blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending, shimmering vibrato and staccato picking that influenced many later blues electric guitar players. AllMusic recognized King as “the single most important electric guitarist of the last half of the 20th century”.

King was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, and is one of the most influential blues musicians of all time, earning the nickname “The King of the Blues”, and is considered one of the “Three Kings of the Blues Guitar” (along with Albert King and Freddie King, none of whom are related). King performed tirelessly throughout his musical career, appearing on average at more than 200 concerts per year into his 70s. In 1956 alone, he appeared at 342 shows.

King was born on a cotton plantation in Itta Bena, Mississippi, and later worked at a cotton gin in Indianola, Mississippi. He was attracted to music and the guitar in church, and he began his career in juke joints and local radio. He later lived in Memphis and Chicago; then, as his fame grew, toured the world extensively. King died at the age of 89 in Las Vegas on May 14, 2015.

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B.B. King & Friends: 80 is the forty-first album by B.B. King released September 13, 2005. Recorded in several studios, it celebrates King’s 80th birthday and features duets with a variety of musicians. 80 reached No. 45 in the Billboard 200 top albums chart as well as No. 1 in the blues albums chart.

1. “Early in the Morning” Van Morrison 4:50
2. “Tired of Your Jive” Billy Gibbons 3:53
3. “The Thrill is Gone” Eric Clapton 5:03
4. “Need Your Love So Bad” Sheryl Crow 3:58
5. “Ain’t Nobody Home” Daryl Hall 3:52
6. “Hummingbird” John Mayer 4:42
7. “All Over Again” Mark Knopfler 4:54
8. “Drivin’ Wheel” Glenn Frey 4:20
9. “There Must Be a Better World Somewhere” Gloria Estefan 6:50
10. “Never Make Your Move Too Soon” Roger Daltrey 4:59
11. “Funny How Time Slips Away” Bobby Bland 4:09
12. “Rock This House” Elton John 3:07

B.B. King – vocals, guitar
Van Morrison – vocals, harmonica (tr. 1)
Billy F Gibbons – guitar, vocal (tr. 2)
Eric Clapton – guitar (tr. 3)
Billy Ward – drums (tr. 9
Ian Thomas – drums ((1, 3, 7, 10)
Clem Clempson – guitar (tr. 10,
John Mahon – percussion (tr. 12)
Leland Sklar – bass guitar (tr. 2, 4, 8, 11)
Robbie Buchanan – keyboards, Hammond organ (tr.2, 4, 8, 11)
Mark Knopfler – guitar
Bob Birch – bass guitar (tr. 12
Jerry Hey – trumpet
Nathaniel Kunkel – shaker
Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trumpet
Brian Mitchell – keyboards (tr. 9
John Mayer – vocals, guitar
Nigel Olsson – drums (tr. 12
Brandon Fields – saxophone
Gary Grant – trumpet
Glenn Frey – vocals, guitar (tr.8
T-Bone Wolk – bass guitar (tr. 9,
Guy Babylon – keyboards
Davey Johnstone – guitar (tr. 12)
Russ Kunkel – drums (2, 4, 8, 11)
Luke Smith – Hammond organ (tr. 3)
Yolanda Charles – bass guitar (1, 3, 7, 10)
Dean Parks – rhythm guitar (tr. 8,
Elton John – vocals, piano (tr. 12)
Larry Campbell – (bass?) guitar (tr. 5, 6, 9)
Chris Stainton – keyboards (tr. 10)

Friday 4/1/22 10pm ET: Feature LP: Daryl Hall – Before After (2022)

1 – Dreamtime 4:45
2 – Babs and Babs 7:44
3 – Foolish Pride 3:57
4 – Can’t Stop Dreaming 4:13
5 – Here Comes the Rain Again [Live From Daryl’s House] 4:45
6 – Someone Like You 5:32
7 – Talking to You (Is Like Talking to Myself) 4:27
8 – Sacred Songs 3:15
9 – Right As Rain 4:24
10 – Survive 6:39
11 – North Star [Live From Daryl’s House] 4:01
12 – In My Own Dream [Live From Daryl’s House] 5:51
13 – NYCNY 4:28
14 – What’s Gonna Happen To Us 5:39

1 – Love Revelation 4:35
2 – Fools Rush In 4:23
3 – I’m In a Philly Mood 5:14
4 – Send Me 4:56
5 – Justify 3:57
6 – Borderline 6:16
7 – Stop Loving Me, Stop Loving You 4:42
8 – Eyes for You (Ain’t No Doubt About It) 5:35
9 – The Farther Away I Am 2:52
10 – Why Was It So Easy 5:28
11 – Can We Still Be Friends [Live From Daryl’s House] 4:12
12 – Cab Driver 5:22
13 – Our Day Will Come [Live From Daryl’s House] 4:11
14 – Laughing Down Crying [Live From Daryl’s House] 4:20
15 – Problem with You [Live From Daryl’s House] 4:40
16 – Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye) [Live From Daryl’s House] 4:33

Wednesday 9/16/2020 12am ET: Feature LP: Daryl Hall – Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine (1986)

Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine is a 1986 solo album by Daryl Hall. The album features his only Top 10 solo single, “Dreamtime”, which peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100. The single, “Foolish Pride”, reached the Top 40, peaking at number 33.

The two sides of the vinyl record album were not labeled “Side 1” and “Side 2”, nor “Side A” and “Side B”, but rather, “Side 1” and “Side A”, a convention which was maintained on the cassette tape release.

1. “Dreamtime” 4:45
2. “Only a Vision” 4:34
3. “I Wasn’t Born Yesterday” 4:24
4. “Someone Like You” 5:33
5. “Next Step” 4:48
6. “For You” 5:49
7. “Foolish Pride” 3:57
8. “Right as Rain” 4:23
9. “Let It Out” 3:51
10. “What’s Gonna Happen To Us” 5:39
11. “Dreamtime” Ext 7:42
12. “Foolish Pride” Ext 7:24

Daryl Hall – lead and backing vocals, guitar, mandolin, keyboards, drum programming
Ric Morcombe – guitar
G.E. Smith – guitar
Jamie West-Oram – guitar
David A. Stewart – guitar, guitar solo (1), drum programming
Robbie McIntosh – guitar, guitar solo (4)
Robbie Kilgore – keyboards
Mike Klvana – keyboards, Synclavier programming
Patrick Seymour – keyboards, E-mu Emulator II sampling
Stephen Gillifant – E-mu Emulator II sampling
Tom “T-Bone” Wolk – bass guitar, guitar, mandolin
Tony Beard – drums, additional percussion
Michel De La Porte – percussion
Steve Ferrone – additional percussion
Olle Romo – additional percussion
Jimmy Bralower – drum programming
Manu Guiot – drum programming
Steve Harvey – drum programming
Bob Riley – drum programming
Lenny Pickett – saxophone
Dick Morrissey – saxophone solo (3)
Michael Kamen – string arrangements and conductor (1)
June Montana – additional backing vocals (1)
Kate St. John – additional backing vocals (1)
Bob Geldof – additional backing vocals (2, 5)
Joni Mitchell – additional backing vocals (8)

Friday 12am ET: Feature LP: Daryl Hall & John Oates – Live At The Apollo With With David Ruffin & Eddie Kendricks (1985)

Live at the Apollo is an album by Daryl Hall & John Oates released on September 30,1985, recorded live at the Apollo Theater in New York. It is subtitled “With David Ruffin & Eddie Kendricks”, of The Temptations-fame. The album is a mixture of their classics and some then-current songs by Hall & Oates. A VHS video of this concert with a different running order was released in 1987.

On July 13, 1985, Daryl Hall, John Oates, Eddie Kendricks and David Ruffin appeared together at Live Aid, two months before this album was released.

“Apollo Medley: Get Ready/Ain’t Too Proud To Beg/The Way You Do the Things You Do/My Girl” 12:49
“When Something Is Wrong with My Baby” 4:44
“Everytime You Go Away” 7:07
“I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)” 7:58
“One on One” 5:50
“Possession Obsession” 5:54
“Adult Education” 6:34

Wednesday 6pm: Feature Artist: Daryl Hall @realdarylhall

Daryl Franklin Hohl (born October 11, 1946), known professionally as Daryl Hall, is an American rock, R&B, and soul singer; keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter, and producer, best known as the co-founder and lead vocalist of Hall & Oates (with guitarist and songwriter John Oates).

In the 1970s and early 1980s, Hall scored several Billboard chart hits and is regarded as one of the best soul singers of his generation. Guitarist Robert Fripp, who collaborated with him in the late 1970s and early 1980s, has written, “Daryl’s pipes were a wonder. I have never worked with a more able singer.” Since late 2007, he has hosted the web television series Live from Daryl’s House, which is now aired on MTV. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004. – Wikipedia