#415 - John Oates

Books on Pod with Trey Elling

Legendary musician John Oates chats with Trey Elling during SXSW 2024. Topics include:

• Attending the first SXSW (0:00)
• Starting out in the music biz (1:30)
• Willie Nelson (5:15)
• The solo career (6:17)
• The story behind "Get Your Smile On" (7:42)
• "Maneater" (11:00)
• Taking a 10-year break in 1986 (13:16)
• Failing at country music (18:25)
• Artificial intelligence (20:50)
• Electric cars (23:35)
• Making music & telling stories live (25:33)
• His new album, Reunion (28:53)
• Mortality & the afterlife (30:54)