Hall & Oates Laughing Down Crying 2011

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In November it came to light that Daryl Hall had legal papers submitted against John Oates. On the 17th of this month Oates released a new album called Reunion. They hadn't done an album together since 2006 and their last album of original music was 2003's Do It for Love. However, in many people's minds they go together like corned beef and cabbage, like liver and onions, like red beans and rice, like bagels and lox; in short like beans and cornbread. But they are autonomous adults and if we want another album of them this might be the closest we get.
The basis for this is Daryl Hall's 2011 album Laughing Down Crying and I chose three songs from John Oates' 2011 album Mississippi Mile. Those being "He Was a Friend of Mine", "Deep River" and his cover the Coasters' "Searchin'".

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