By Bob Berry

Deciding what song was on the menu for this week’s Keener Sunday Brunch was an easy choice, and a good excuse to break out the cake and ice cream!

Happy Birthday to one of the great “blue-eyed soul”singers-and survivors,  2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Darryl Hall of Hall and Oates.

Survivor? Consider that Darryl and partner John Oates released their first album in 1972, changed labels 3 years later, and finally cracked the Top Ten with “Sara Smile” in 1976. And then kinda went along with a hit or so a year until they exploded in the 80’s, with multi-million selling albums like Voices, H2O and Private Eyes

Great “blue-eyed soul” singer? You bet, just listen to Darryl’s roots in Philadelphia’s soul traditions shine through, be it a ballad like 1974’s  “She’s Gone“, or mid-tempo dance tunes like “Kiss On My List” and “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do“.

Enjoy Keener’s Sunday Brunch with Darryl Hall and John Oates.