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“Sounds of the universe crying”: This pop icon’s label wanted a pop solo album. He gave them a prog record instead. Which is why they suppressed it for three years

Maybe the fact that King Crimson’s Robert Fripp had been hired to produce and play on the 1977 project was enough to scare the suits

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“Peter had such a glorious touch thanks to his wonderful simplicity. But then he went off the rails and became a gravedigger”: How 10cc’s Rick Fenn ended up working with David Gilmour, Peter Green, Mike Oldfield, and almost all of his other heroes

The underrated guitar great looks back on the “improbable serendipities” that punctuate his 50-year career, hails the guitar he’s been playing for almost all of it, and reveals the favorite solos in his catalog

Guitar World

Daryl Hall and John Oates resolve bitter legal dispute

It brings their public rift to a quiet end

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They can go for that: Hall & Oates appear to have reached a settlement in their legal dispute

Arbitration has worked for the blue-eyed soul duo

MusicRadar

Daryl Hall and John Oates resolve bitter legal dispute

A court filing says Daryl Hall and John Oates have resolved their dispute over a Hall & Oates business partnership through arbitration

The Independent UK

Daryl Hall review – despite strained vocals, this 80s pop legend isn’t totally out of touch

One half of Hall & Oates can’t quite hit the high notes of the soul-poppers’ heyday, but is helped by talented sidemen

The Guardian - UK

“It was a joke and suddenly it became a genre. I don't even understand it. I never understood it”: Daryl Hall can’t get onboard with the concept of yacht rock - “It's just R&B, with maybe some jazz in there"

“People misjudged us because they couldn't label us,” he says of Hall & Oates

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“Pete Townshend said, ‘I wish I could play like you.’ I thought, ‘I wish I could come up with the three chords you take to the bank!’” How Caleb Quaye became Elton John’s go-to guitarist – and took over Jimmy Page’s session work

He was one of the 1970s’ most successful session players – but the Lou Reed, Mick Jagger and Paul McCartney collaborator is glad he bowed out in the ‘80s

Guitar World

John Oates Releases Personal Album Amid Hall & Oates Dispute

John Oates' 'Reunion' album reflects personal journey and musical exploration amidst legal dispute with Daryl Hall.

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"It sounded completely out of place in the chart it was in, and the year it was released": 5 Prophet-5-powered tracks by Radiohead, Gary Numan, Japan and more

We're in Prophet-5 mode, as we celebrate five decades of the first 'proper' polysynth with five – ok six – glorious tracks

MusicRadar

“Tommy Bolin said, ‘Joe Walsh quit the James Gang. He wants to start a new band, and I told him you’re the guy’”: Kenny Passarelli has played with rock royalty, but it’s his recordings with Bolin that would “blow you away” – if he could let you hear them

He’s been lucky enough to get a gig with Elton John with no audition, and unlucky enough to miss a gig with Foreigner after killing an audition… the Joe Walsh and Hall & Oates bassist has had a truly remarkable session career

Guitar World

John Oates speaks out amid legal battle with Daryl Hall

Oates says he doesn’t ‘like to live in the past’ amid bitter battle between two bandmates

The Independent UK

John Oates opens up about Daryl Hall amid bitter legal battle: ‘I have moved on’

Duo’s music ‘will always trump almost anything that Daryl does on his own or I do on my own’ says Oates, weeks after Hall filed to stop him selling his share of their rights

The Guardian - AU

What to know about the Hall & Oates legal fight, and the business at stake behind all that music

After more than a half-century of making music together, Daryl Hall is suing John Oates over a proposed sale of his share of a Hall & Oates business partnership that Hall says he hasn’t approved

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John Oates says he’s ‘deeply hurt’ over Daryl Hall lawsuit

Oates told the court that he’s disappointed by ‘inflammatory, outlandish, and inaccurate statements’ from Hall

The Independent UK

After hearing, judge mulls extending pause on John Oates' sale of stake in business with Daryl Hall

A lawsuit by Daryl Hall over John Oates’ plan to sell his share of the Hall & Oates duo’s joint venture without the other’s permission has gone in front of a judge

The Guardian - UK

‘The ultimate betrayal’: more details emerge in Hall & Oates lawsuit

In court filing, Daryl Hall alleges ‘surreptitious’ plan by John Oates to sell song catalogue, with Oates calling the claims ‘inflammatory, outlandish, and inaccurate’

The Independent UK

Daryl Hall accuses John Oates of 'ultimate partnership betrayal' in plan to sell stake in business

Daryl Hall has filed a court declaration that accuses his longtime music partner John Oates of committing the “ultimate partnership betrayal” by planning to sell his share of the Hall & Oates duo’s joint venture without the other’s permission

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The Independent UK

Why Hall is suing Oates

Musician Hall has been granted a temporary restraining order against his business partner, Oates

The Independent UK

Why Hall is suing Oates: Judge pauses sale of stake in joint venture

Musician Hall has been granted a temporary restraining order against his business partner, Oates

The Independent UK

Daryl Hall plays classic Hall & Oates set amid John Oates lawsuit

Hall has obtained a temporary restraining order against his longtime bandmate Oates

The Independent UK

‘He’s a control freak’: 12 bandmates who hate each other, from Oasis to Pink Floyd

Sometimes a petty disagreement can become a lifelong grudge. Louis Chilton picks 11 of the most notorious feuds between musical collaborators

The Independent UK

Daryl Hall is suing his bandmate John Oates, but no one knows why

Details of the litigation between the duo have been kept confidential

The Independent UK

Hall & Oates: Daryl Hall files lawsuit and restraining order against John Oates

Details of the litigation between the duo have been kept confidential

Louder

Daryl Hall obtains temporary restraining order against bandmate John Oates

Pop rock partnership Hall & Oates are embroiled in a mysterious business dispute in a Nashville court

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