Sights and Sounds: Daryl Hall, John Fogerty

This post features news from two corners of the modern music universe to be sure...but the one thing that Daryl Hall and John Fogerty share is that both are artists who continue to push themselves and find new audiences long after they launched their respective groundbreaking careers.


DARYL HALL’S TV CAREER EXPANDS INTO COTTAGE INDUSTRY, WHICH NOW INCLUDES HOME RESTORATION

'Daryl’s Restoration Over-Hall' Will Debut on Scripps Networks Interactive’s DIY Network in 2014, Joining Live from Daryl’s House, which Continues on Palladia, RFD, Family Net and in Syndication

Daryl Hall

NEW YORK, June 4, 2013 – Daryl Hall is a true renaissance man for all seasons, with his interests in music and home restoration the subjects of two different TV shows on four individual cable networks and national syndication. One could say he’s building that resume from the ground up as the record-setting musician displays his talents as a builder and designer on Daryl’s Restoration Over-Hall, a new show debuting on Scripps Networks Interactive’s DIY Network in 2014. Hall and his manager Jonathan Wolfson are executive producers, and Michael Morrissey is the director.

Daryl’s Restoration Over-Hall joins Live from Daryl’s House, his critically acclaimed, award-winning, web-to-cable series, which can currently be seen on Viacom’s high-def network Palladia, RFD-TV, FamilyNet and in national syndication. Production of Live from Daryl’s House, which has produced 62 episodes to date, resumes in the fall.

DIY Network, HGTV’s sister property, originally contacted Hall upon learning of his interest in vintage architecture. Daryl, who has previously restored a number of antique homes, including the 18th century farmhouse in Dutchess County, N.Y., where his Live from Daryl’s House regularly takes place, will tackle a late Georgian house circa 1780 located on the Fairfield-Litchfield County border of Connecticut, where DIY Network’s cameras will follow his progress on a weekly basis.

“The purpose of my new show is to restore an antique New England house, showing how it can be done in an authentic manner, keeping the original elements and making it consistent with the modern world,” said Hall. “I also want to feature the important community of crafts-people, who are expert in authentic restoration.”

In Daryl’s Restoration Over-Hall, Hall plans to revive the quaint 1-bedroom into a new family home that was originally built by a widowed sea captain. His care in historically accurate restoration must be melded with the mandates of modernity and small town regulations. Hall will bring in a team of craftsmen he has worked with over the years. He also plans on involving the American College of Building Arts in Charleston, S.C., which is the only school in America with an accredited program in this field.

“This is yet another way of putting my creativity and my other passions aside from music out there, so they can all mix together, Hall added, "We have a legacy of unique antique architecture here in America. Unfortunately, in many cases, they have been let go, demolished or altered inconsistently to their original character.”


JOHN FOGERTY'S 'MYSTIC HIGHWAY' VIDEO PREMIERES ON VEVO

Back in May 2007, John Fogerty delivered one of the finest concerts I've ever seen at the Doheny Blues Festival; you can read my review of that show that ran in The Orange County Register here. In fact, as evidenced by his new album Wrote a Song for Everyone, the legendary singer-songwriter-guitarist continues to blaze ahead. I was especially moved by his new music video for the song "Mystic Highway." 

Today VEVO is hosting the premiere the latest videos from John Fogerty, One Republic and Florida George Line. You can catch all of the videos on VEVO, and I've also embedded Fogerty's fantastic new music video below...