Daryl Hall, John Oates hinted they were never close: Only ‘business partners’ and ‘very separate’
nypost.comDaryl Hall’s lawsuit against music partner John Oates may have shocked fans, but the pair have made it clear through the years that they aren’t best friends — to put it mildly.“John and I are brothers, but we are not creative brothers,” Hall declared during an interview on the “Club Random with Bill Maher” podcast in December 2022.“We are business partners.
We made records called Hall & Oates together, but we’ve always been very separate, and that’s a really important thing for me,” he added.The musician also implied that he did most of the work, noting that their 1980 song “Kiss on My List” doesn’t list Oates as a songwriter.Earlier this month, Hall and his organization, the Daryl Hall Revocable Trust, filed a lawsuit against Oates and Oates’ trust, the John W.
Oates TISA Trust and its co-trustees in Davidson County Chancery Court.Additionally, the court issued a temporary restraining order to begin Nov.
30.The documents, which were filed on Nov. 16 in Nashville, Tennessee, are labeled as relating to a “contract/debt” suit and are currently sealed.
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