Arkansas (John Oates album)

2018 studio album by John Oates

Arkansas

Studio album by

John Oates

Released| January 26, 2018
Recorded| 2017
Genre|

* Folk
* Americana
* Country

Length| 33:21
Label| PS
Producer| John Oates, David Kalmusky
John Oates chronology
| John Oates: Live at the Historic Wheeler Opera House
(2004)  | Arkansas
(2018)  | Reunion
(2024)

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Arkansas is a 2018 Americana album by John Oates, who is best known as being part of the rock and soul duo Hall & Oates. The album was originally released on January 26, 2018. It was recorded with a group of Nashville session musicians called the Good Road Band.[1]

The album originally began as a tribute to Oates' idol, American country blues singer and guitarist Mississippi John Hurt. Alongside two new songs by Oates, many of the songs are re-imagined traditional Delta, country blues and ragtime selections, such as Emmett Miller's "Anytime" and Jimmie Rodgers' "Miss the Mississippi and You".[1]

Oates is New York City-born and Philadelphia-raised, but has a deep connection to the Arkansas region. Oates explained to Billboard Magazine, "My uncle Tony, after World War II, moved to Fayetteville, Arkansas and lived there for the rest of his life. I went there to visit him. I stood at night out in the middle of the cotton fields all along the banks of the Mississippi River and it was one of the most beautiful moments that I've ever experienced, with the moonlight shining on the white cotton, and I just thought, 'Man, this is so American, in a way.'"[2]

## Track listing[edit]

1. "Anytime" (Herbert Lawson/Traditional) – 3:07
2. "Arkansas" (Oates) – 4:21
3. "My Creole Belle" (Mississippi John Hurt) – 2:16
4. "Pallet Soft and Low" (Traditional) – 6:05
5. "Miss the Mississippi and You" (William Heagney) – 3:34
6. "Stack O Lee" (Traditional) – 2:49
7. "That'll Never Happen No More" (Blind Blake/Traditional) – 3:07
8. "Dig Back Deep" (Oates) – 3:55
9. "Lord Send Me" (Traditional) – 2:39
10. "Spike Driver Blues" (Hurt) – 2:09

## Personnel[edit]

On the sleeve, the album is credited to "John Oates with the Good Road Band".[1]

* Lead vocals, acoustic guitar: John Oates
* Mandolin: Sam Bush
* Pedal steel guitar: Russ Pahl
* Electric guitar: Guthrie Trapp
* Bass guitar: Steve Mackey
* Cello: Nathaniel Smith
* Drums, percussion: Josh Day

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c "John Oates & The Good Road Band – ARKANSAS". JohnOates.com. October 15, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
2. ^ Dauphin, Chuck (February 1, 2018). "John Oates Pays Tribute to American Music's Roots With Solo Album 'Arkansas': Exclusive First Listen". Billboard. Retrieved May 14, 2022.

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Hall & Oates

* Daryl Hall
* John Oates

Studio albums|

* Whole Oats (1972)
* Abandoned Luncheonette (1973)
* War Babies (1974)
* Daryl Hall & John Oates (1975)
* Bigger Than Both of Us (1976)
* Beauty on a Back Street (1977)
* Along the Red Ledge (1978)
* X-Static (1979)
* Voices (1980)
* Private Eyes (1981)
* H2O (1982)
* Big Bam Boom (1984)
* Ooh Yeah! (1988)
* Change of Season (1990)
* Marigold Sky (1997)
* Do It for Love (2003)
* Our Kind of Soul (2004)
* Home for Christmas (2006)

Live albums|

* Livetime (1978)
* Live at the Apollo (1985)
* Greatest Hits Live (2001)

Compilation albums|

* No Goodbyes (1977)
* Rock 'n Soul Part 1 (1983)
* Looking Back – The Best of Daryl Hall + John Oates (1991)
* The Atlantic Collection (1996)
* The Very Best of Daryl Hall & John Oates (2001)
* VH1 Behind the Music: The Daryl Hall and John Oates Collection (2002)
* Ultimate Daryl Hall + John Oates (2004)
* The Singles (2008)

Singles|

* "She's Gone" (1974)
* "Alone Too Long" (1975)
* "Sara Smile" (1976)
* "Rich Girl" (1977)
* "Wait for Me" (1979)
* "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (1980)
* "Kiss on My List" (1981)
* "You Make My Dreams" (1981)
* "Private Eyes" (1981)
* "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" (1981)
* "Did It in a Minute" (1982)
* "Maneater" (1982)
* "One on One" (1983)
* "Family Man" (1983)
* "Jingle Bell Rock" (1983)
* "Say It Isn't So" (1983)
* "Adult Education" (1984)
* "Out of Touch" (1984)
* "Method of Modern Love" (1985)
* "A Nite at the Apollo Live! The Way You Do the Things You Do/My Girl" (live) (1985)
* "Everything Your Heart Desires" (1988)
* "Love Train" (1989)
* "So Close" (1990)
* "Starting All Over Again" (1991)
* "Do It for Love" (2002)
* "Someday We'll Know" (2003)
* "Getaway Car" (2003)
* "I'll Be Around" (2004)
* "Without You" (2004)
* "I Can Dream About You" (2005)
* "Ooh Child" (2005)
* "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" (2006)

Other songs|

* "Everytime You Go Away" (1980)

Hall solo albums|

* Sacred Songs (1980)
* Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine (1986)
* Soul Alone (1993)
* Can't Stop Dreaming (1996)
* Laughing Down Crying (2011)
* BeforeAfter (2022)

Oates solo albums|

* Phunk Shui (2002)
* Arkansas (2018)

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* Discography
* Interpreting the Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates
* Live from Daryl's House
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