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sort of ignoring the audience and interacting between ourselves on stage so that you get the feeling of being a fly on the wall.” His guest on the tour will be soul-blues artist Keb’ Mo’. “He’s a really cool guy,” said Hall. “Musically, we clicked beautifully. Personality wise, we have a back-and-forth thing on stage, and I think it’s going to be a natural ‘Daryl’s Housey’ kind of show.” Hall’s latest album, “Laughing Down Crying,” finds him in top form. Songs like
“Crash and Burn” and “Get Out of the Way” are highly personal. “All of these songs are a narrative of my life,” said Hall. “I think that’s what gives them whatever power they have. They come from very strong emotions and experiences. I’ve never deviated from that. I don’t think I’ve ever written a song that didn’t have some relationship to what was actually going on in my reality. “The two you picked were more tumultuous examples of that. There are songs about how good things are, but there are songs like those two about how things are pretty fucked up in my world and the world at large. That’s all part of the grand picture.” Before our conversation ended, I couldn’t help mentioning another Philly singer who I thought influenced Hall’s style, the late Philippé Wynne of The Spinners. “You just mentioned my second biggest influence in life,” Hall said. “You’re giving me goose-bumps saying that. He’s the man. Nobody ever sang better ad libs than that guy.” Hall was talking about the stream of conscious lyrics that sometimes come at the end of a song. Jazz artists call it improvising. “The whole thing with ad libs is you cannot think it through. You have to just open your mouth and whatever comes out…. It’s gospel. It’s getting the spirit and letting it own you. Philippé was a master of it, and I try my best to do the same thing.” Daryl Hall’s “Live From Daryl’s House,” with guest Keb’ Mo’, will be in Kodak Hall at the Eastman Theatre on Thursday, June 28. The performance is sold out