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)