Live from Daryl's House (simply known as Daryl's House and often abbreviated as LFDH) is an online music series that debuted in the autumn of 2007. The show features singer-songwriter Daryl Hall performing with his band and various guest artists at his home in Millerton, New York.[1] The show provides a performance space that is an alternative to live concerts and studio sessions for popular artists. This allows the artists to "…have fun and [be] creatively spontaneous".[2] The majority of shows include a segment in which Hall and the guest artist prepare food from different cuisines for everyone to eat. The food comes from various local restaurants and the chefs of those establishments walk Hall and guest through the preparation of the food.
Originally a web series, Live from Daryl's House expanded to broadcast TV but remained unchanged. Hall was quoted by Billboard.com as saying "it's an Internet show that is being shown on television, so I'm not adapting the show at all in any way to be a 'TV' show."[3] The show debuted in 95 markets on September 24, 2011, with back-to-back half-hour episodes featuring Train (Episode 33) and Fitz and the Tantrums (Episode 35).[3] Starting with the 66th episode, the shows are filmed at Hall's club, Daryl's House, in Pawling, New York.
History
The first web show was a solo production which featured Hall and his backing band playing "Everything Your Heart Desires". It was not until the second episode that the show introduced its guest star format. Hall's long-time performing and songwriting partner John Oates (of the band Hall & Oates) was the first guest on the show with a Christmas episode entitled "Trimming the Tree".[4]
Hall created Live from Daryl's House as a refuge from live touring on the road. He stated in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine that he wanted to bring the world to him, for a change. Hall wanted the opportunity to collaborate with contemporary artists, and this is his vehicle in which to do so.[5]
Live from Daryl's House originally appeared on the program's website in November 2007.[6] The initial episode was completely funded by Hall. In subsequent shows, costs were defrayed by corporate sponsors like Uline.[7] Although some of those sponsored episodes are no longer available for viewing on the archive section of LFDH's website, they can still be found on YouTube and torrent trackers.[8] In addition to corporate sponsorship, Hall routinely plugged local restaurants that provided catering for the shows. Often, the chef would teach Hall and the guest artist how to prepare at least one of the dishes that were served.[9][10] When the program gained popularity, Hall's Good Cop Bad Cop Productions company signed two syndication deals (with Tribune being the most notable). In 2012, the Viacom-owned Palladia network took over the finances with help from a deal arranged by executive producer Jonathan Wolfson (Hall & Oates manager).[6][11]
In July 2018, BMG announced a new partnership with Live from Daryl's House. The agreement included worldwide rights to the entire 82-episode collection filmed from 2007 to 2016. The show's new production began in the fall of 2018 and was executive produced by Daryl Hall and Jonathan Wolfson for Good Cop Bad Cop Productions, and Joe Thomas and Bob Frank for BMG. Domenic Cotter of Sound Off Productions continued as the show's producer.[12]
Episodes
As of November 2023, 85 episodes of Live from Daryl's House have been broadcast.[8][13]
Live from Daryl's House gets a welcome dose of southern hospitality when it travels to Charleston, South Carolina, the hometown of special guest Darius Rucker, who joins with soon-to-be fellow resident Daryl Hall on the show's 68th installment.
Live from Daryl's House welcomes Northern California singer-songwriter Brett Dennen, who relates his own summer camp introduction to music in a visit to Daryl Hall's new Pawling, N.Y., location for the show's 67th installment.
Live from Daryl's House celebrates its Philadelphia roots in its new Pawling, N.Y., location as fellow City of Brotherly Love native Amos Lee joins Daryl Hall for the show's 66th installment.
March's episode features Daryl performing with Bay Area singer/songwriter Matt Nathanson. Check out "Come On Get Higher" and "All We Are," from Nathanson's sixth studio album, Some Mad Hope, as well as Hall & Oates classics, "Did It in a Minute" and "One on One," and more!
Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Daryl Hall and ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons join forces for 2014's debut episode, the first in over a year, premiering Jan. 15 on LFDH.com, Feb. 6 on Palladia
Daryl Hall and Best New Artist Grammy winner Shelby Lynne join on six-song set, including original holiday numbers from their respective Christmas albums, as they stuff a roast goose.
Spectacular jams highlight Walsh classics "Rocky Mountain Way," "Life's Been Good" and "Funk 49/50" with Daryl solo songs, "Somebody to Love" and "Wrong Side of History," in simultaneous premiere on www.lfdh.com, Palladia.
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October 15
Live At The Borgata
Trio who Share Soul/R&B Roots Captured Live from the Music Box at the Borgata in Atlantic City, featuring Sharon Jones and Allen Stone.
Daryl and traditionalist singer/songwriter team for set which includes his indie 45 smash, "Some Place," Ray Charles’ "Hit the Road Jack" and Hall solo track, "Problem with You".
Daryl and Rumer team up on six-song set which includes Daryl Hall & John Oates hits "Sara Smile" and "I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)," covers of Gil Scott-Heron and Philly soul legend William DeVaugh. Daryl was suitably impressed with the U.K. singer/songwriter. "Since having her on the show, I have spent some time with Rumer, and we have quickly become friends. She is an interesting and impressive combination of spirituality and down-to-earth 'centeredness' that gives her a unique perspective on what we all do as musicians and communicators. I think her seemingly 'smooth' style frames a very passionate view toward life. More power to her."[14]
Daryl and Jason effortlessly blend harmonies on Hall solo song "Eyes for You," H&O classic, "So Long," and Jason hits "I Won’t Give Up," "I’m Yours" and "The Remedy".
Check Daryl and noted performer/producer play six-song set that includes Daryl Hall & John Oates classic "Say It Isn’t So," Hall's solo "Why Was It So Easy" along with Walker songs from The Spade album.
In a six-song set that features Daryl Hall and John Oates’ "Rich Girl" and Daryl's "Send Me" from his 1993 solo album Soul Alone, the show's namesake joins The Dirty Heads for four songs, including their 2008 hit, "Lay Me Down," from their debut album, Any Port in a Storm.
Daryl and star of NBC's hit The Voice come together on six-song set that includes H&O hits, "One on One" and "I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)" with Cee Lo smashes, "F*ck You" and Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy".
Hall and Stone collaborate on a six-song set that includes "Lifetime of Love," from Daryl's recent solo album, Laughing Down Crying, as well as deep cut "Ennui on the Mountain".
To mark the landmark 50th episode of his critically acclaimed web series and syndicated performance show Live from Daryl's House, Daryl Hall gets back to his own blues and gospel roots with Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Keb' Mo'.
Legendary Grammy-winning gospel group join Daryl Hall for a six-song set that includes seasonal classics "Go Tell It On the Mountain," "Born in Bethlehem".
Daryl Hall gets the "last laugh" on a very special edition of Live from Daryl's House with the second of a two-part series spotlighting songs from his recent Verve Forecast solo album, Laughing Down Crying!
Daryl Hall gets the "last laugh" on a very special edition of Live from Daryl's House with the first of a two-part series spotlighting songs from his recent Verve Forecast solo album, Laughing Down Crying!
There's a little bit of Paris and a lot of rock & roll when Hollywood Records recording group Grace Potter & the Nocturnals visit with Daryl Hall for the 45th edition of Live from Daryl's House.
Philadelphia soul meets the Memphis blues again when legendary Hammond B-3 keyboardist Booker T. Jones jams with Daryl Hall on the second half of a very special Live from Daryl's House.
New school meets old school when rising soul sensation Mayer Hawthorne and legendary Memphis organ player Booker T. Jones join Daryl Hall on a special two-part episode which premieres with the 43rd edition of Live from Daryl's House.
Daryl Hall and the Goo Goo Doll's John Rzeznik know a little something about what it takes to be a lead singer in a rock band, and they put that experience to good use on a selection from the catalog of both groups on the 42nd edition of Live from Daryl's House.
Daryl Hall and Dave Stewart know a little something about being part of platinum-plus duos, and they take that experience both with-and without-their famous partners in the 41st webisode of Live from Daryl's House.
Daryl Hall takes the 40th webisode of Live from Daryl's House to Kauai, Hawaii, where he and old Philly pal Todd Rundgren join together live from Todd's house for a rousing seven-song set that includes Daryl Hall and John Oates' "Beanie G and the Rose Tattoo" and a cover of the Delfonics' 1970 hit, "Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time."
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February 15
New Year's Eve Special
Welcome to the online premiere for the two-hour Live from Daryl's House, A New Year's Eve Special, which garnered record ratings for WGN America in Chicago, where it first aired last Dec. 31. The show features highlights of the previous three years of LFDH, as Daryl Hall collaborates with Rob Thomas, Neon Trees, Train, Smokey Robinson, John Oates, Todd Rundgren, Sharon Jones, Eli Reed, Patrick Stump, Toots, Fitz and the Tantrums and Jose Feliciano, typifying the show's eclectic mix of veteran performers and the next generation of musical superstars.
Daryl Hall revisits his 1980, Robert Fripp-produced solo debut, Sacred Songs, for a rare performance of "Babs and Babs," with Guster's Ryan Miller, Luke Reynolds and Brian Rosenworcel, for the first new Live from Daryl's House web show of the year.
Wonder what it would be like to see Train's Pat Monahan and guitarist Jimmy Stafford join Daryl Hall to perform their platinum single, "Hey, Soul Sister"? The only place it's available is on this installment of Live from Daryl's House.
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July 15
Retrospective (2nd Annual)
Featuring a 2nd annual retrospective of the past year-s best performances!
Multi-platinum Matchbox Twenty vocalist Rob Thomas joins Daryl Hall for a special pairing of two of pop-rock's leading singer/songwriters on the 31st installment of Live from Daryl's House.
The 30th edition of Live from Daryl's House is a celebration of the life of the late T-Bone Wolk, Hall & Oates's bass player, who died on February 27, 2010. Up until his passing T-Bone Wolk also served as the musical director of this LFDH web series. The episode brings together Daryl Hall and John Oates with several former members of their band, including guitarist G. E. Smith, sax player Mark Rivera and drummer Mickey Curry, with current members Paul Pesco, Eliot Lewis and Charlie DeChant for a set of T-Bone's favorite songs. Parts of a performance wherein T-Bone took part, are interwoven into their version of The Weight.
Episode 29 takes place in Jamaica with Daryl, T-Bone Wolk, John Oates and special guests including reggae legend Maxi Priest and R&B star Billy Ocean. Included are the Hall & Oates classics "Maneater," "Say It Isn’t So," "One on One," and covers of "Love TKO" and Billy Ocean's "Caribbean Queen."
Daryl Hall took his groundbreaking web series to sunny Jamaica this month, where he hooked up with legendary reggae group Toots and the Maytals for the 28th and most recent edition of Live from Daryl's House, available starting Feb. 15. The shoot took place at the home of famed reggae DJ "Native" Wayne Jobson in Ocho Rios, where Daryl and Toots Hibbert teamed on an incredible eight-song set that featured Toots and the Maytals classics like "Time Tough," "Reggae Got Soul," "Funky Kingston," "Sweet and Dandy," "Dog War," "Monkey Man" and "54-46 Was My Number," a song Toots wrote after serving a prison sentence for marijuana possession in the mid-'60s, along with a rock steady take on Hall and Oates' "You Make My Dreams Come True," recently popularized by its use in the film (500) Days of Summer. As on all episodes, there was a chef preparing food for everyone, in this case, Suzanne Couch, who joins Daryl and Toots for "Sweet and Dandy".
Daryl Hall and Boston singer/songwriter Eli "Paperboy" Reed, who is about to release his Capitol Records debut, Come and Get It, immediately discovered they had something in common before joining together for the 27th installment of LFDH. As a special added attraction, Average White Band's Alan Gorrie sat in on bass, helping Daryl and Eli cover one of the group's biggest hits, "Pick Up the Pieces." Both Daryl and Eli are stone soul music freaks, with Reed's odyssey taking him from a preternaturally mature teenage R&B shouter from a Boston high school to a Mississippi Delta juke joint, from Sunday morning gigs behind the organ at a tiny South Side Chicago church to headlining the coolest clubs in Brooklyn with his red-hot band, The True Loves.
Daryl Hall and Wayne recreate their hit country version of "Sara Smile" and a cover of Eddie Floyd's "Knock on Wood" for 26th edition of groundbreaking web series.
Fall Out Boy vocalist Patrick Stump writes most of the music for his platinum-plus Chicago rock band, but he's also a closet R&B/soul fan who has produced tracks for fellow Windy City rapper Lupe Fiasco, and is a longtime fan of Daryl Hall's music, which makes him the perfect guest for the 25th installment of Live from Daryl's House.
Both Daryl Hall and Todd Rundgren shared a love of the street-corner doo-wop harmonies and soulful R&B they grew up listening to from the groups in their hometown of Philadelphia, and now the two will join their equally distinctive voices for the 23rd edition of the acclaimed, groundbreaking web series Live from Daryl's House.
For the 21st and newest installment of his critically acclaimed online series Live from Daryl's House, Daryl Hall's guests are Hollywood Records Chicago-based pop-rock group Plain White T's, who earned both a 2008 Grammy nomination for Song of The Year as well as Best Pop Performance by a Group (for the hit single, "Hey There Delilah") and an mtvU Woodie as Best Emerging Artist in 2006.
Marking the 20th episode of his critically acclaimed online series Live from Daryl's House, Daryl Hall invited Mercury Records rockers (and longtime Daryl Hall and John Oates fans) Parachute to join him at his house in New York. The Charlottesville, VA-based band recently climbed to #1 on the iTunes album charts with their debut, Losing Sleep, and hit single, "She Is Love," one of seven songs the five-piece band performed with Daryl Hall for the show.
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May 15
A Retrospective
Check out Daryl with special guests San Francisco singer/songwriter Chuck Prophet and Philadelphia soul artist Mutlu!
A year and a half ago, Daryl Hall launched his monthly webshow Live from Daryl's House with an eye towards opening up the music-making process to his fans by collaborating with both established artists who've influenced his music and new artists that have, in turn, been influenced by him. This month, Daryl takes a look back at the previous 18 episodes, featuring musical highlights and behind-the-scenes anecdotes, in a brand-new episode.
March's episode features Daryl performing with Bay Area singer/songwriter Matt Nathanson. Check out "Come On Get Higher" and "All We Are," from Nathanson's sixth studio album, Some Mad Hope, as well as Hall & Oates classics, "Did It in a Minute" and "One on One," and more!
In February, Daryl welcomed The Bacon Brothers, Kevin and Michael, in a stellar performance featuring "Bunch of Words," "When Morning Comes" and "It's All Over Now."
In December, Daryl welcomed Cash Money recording artist Kevin Rudolf! Check out "She's Gone," "What's Going On" and an acoustic version of "Let It Rock."
Daryl welcomes back John Oates to the show! Featured songs are from John's new solo album 1000 Miles of Life as well as the song that first brought them together, the Memphis doo-wop obscurity, "I Want Someone," by The Mad Lads.
Pop artist Eric Hutchinson grew up in the Washington, DC/Maryland area as an avid listener of Daryl Hall and John Oates’ music, so it was practically a dream come true when he got to appear with the man himself on Episode 12 of Live from Daryl's House!
Check out Daryl with special guests San Francisco singer/songwriter Chuck Prophet and Philadelphia soul artist Mutlu!
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April 15
Daryl & Band are live from the SXSW in Austin TX
Check out Daryl and T Bone on the road in Austin, Texas performing "Everything Your Heart Desires," "Somebody Like You" and other favorites. In addition, there's lots of behind-the-scenes footage too, so don't miss it!
In this episode, Daryl welcomes singer/songwriter KT Tunstall into his London home to jam. Be sure to catch Something To Talk About, Black Horse and The Cherry Tree, and Kiss on My List.
Check out this episode featuring special guest Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes, with songs such as Queen & I, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, and the seasonally appropriate Valentine.
This session features Daryl on a Wurlitzer electric piano and he plays some Hall and Oates classics like "Rich Girl," "Kiss On My List," "Maneater," "Somebody Like You," "Stop Loving Me, Loving You," and "What's Gonna Happen To Us."
The second installment of Live from Daryl's House, recorded at Hall's upstate New York home includes partner John Oates and T Bone Wolk, along with the rest of the band as well as a full string section. The concert features songs from the band's recently released Home for Christmas album on their own U-Watch/DKE Records label, distributed by ICON Music Entertainment Services, giving fans a version of the current tour, which started November 30, 2007 in Chicago and ran through December 17, 2007 in Philadelphia.
Daryl and Band cover "Cab Driver", "Dreamtime", "Everything Your Heart Desires", "Foolish Pride", "I'm In A Philly Mood", "It's A Laugh", "Sara Smile" and "Someone Else's Kids"
Syndication
Live from Daryl's House gained traction on Rural Media Group's channels, and the Palladia network through a deal brokered by the show's Executive Producer Jonathan Wolfson, Rick Krim (VH1), and Ben Zurier (Executive Vice President, Programming Strategy, VH1, VH1 Classic, Palladia).[11][16]
The show currently continues to air on VH1, MTV Live (formerly Palladia) (Viacom Media Network), RFD-TV and Family Net (both of the Rural Media Group), and on the Live from Daryl's House website. The show's website continues to premier the latest episodes from the series, and holds an archive of some of the past episodes. In an announced agreement, 2014 will see the show continue to air on Viacom Media Network's Palladia music channel [6] and new episodes will appear on all previously mentioned outlets.[11]
The series has led to Daryl Hall touring a live version of the show with Sharon Jones and Allen Stone, among others.[11]
From the inception of the show until the 64th episode, Live from Daryl's House primarily took place at Hall's home in Millerton, New York. This home consisted of two Connecticut Valley Houses that were built between 1771 and 1781. These houses were disassembled in their original locations and shipped to Millerton, New York where they were reassembled back into their original structures and preserved. The houses now sit as one on Hall's 250 acres of farmland, which is located on the New York/Connecticut border 50 miles to the west of their original location.[2]
Episode 64 was the last show to be filmed from Hall's Millerton, New York, residence.[17] In October 2013, Hall began leasing and renovating the Pawling building that once housed the Towne Crier nightclub in Pawling, New York.[18] Having remodeled the venue to look like his old home, even naming it Daryl's House, the 65th episode of Live from Daryl's House was filmed at the new location.[19][20]
Long known for his passion of restoring historical homes, Hall produced another television show titled Daryl's Restoration Over-Hall.[6] This series appeared on DIY Network and was executive produced by Hall, Michael Morrissey and Jonathan Wolfson. The show focused on restoring Hall's colonial-era home in Sherman, Connecticut.[1]
Other locations
Episode 4 of the series was filmed at Hall's London Townhouse where he performs "Let's Give Them Something to Talk About" with KT Tunstall.[2]
The house band consists of Hall and a core of key members along with several guest musicians based on the genre of the guest star. T-Bone Wolk was the first musical director. After Wolk's death in 2010, guitarist Paul Pesco was the musical director until early 2014. Hall replaced Pesco as musical director by guitarist Shane Theriot.[21]
From the first episode, Wolk's house musicians were guitarist/keyboardist Eliot Lewis, drummer Shawn Pelton, percussionist Everett Bradley, and bassist Zev Katz, who frequently ended episodes with a "Moment of Zev." Through Pesco's tenure and into Theriot's, the band coalesced around Lewis, drummer Brian Dunne, bassist Klyde Jones, and percussionist Porter Carroll Jr. Dunne, Jones, and Lewis played together in the Average White Band in the 2000s. A frequent guest throughout the series is saxophonist Charles DeChant.[22][23]
In 2022, the band toured under the name Daryl Hall and the Daryl's House Band.[24]
Awards
In 2010, Live from Daryl's House won the "Best Variety Series" from the Webby Awards Group.[11][16][25] The series was also nominated for a Music Webby in the same year.[26]
The show won a MTV O Music Award in 2010 for "Best Performance Series".[11][16][27]
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