The singer-songwriter has his own new solo album, “Reunion,” out this week.
John Oates doesn’t think he did anything wrong.
Hall initiated a lawsuit against Oates to prevent the sale, and alsogot a restraining order against him.
Daryl Hall, John Oates.John Medina/WireImage
In anew interview with Michael Strahan onGood Morning America, Oates defended his actions.
“And I said, ‘You know what?
Daryl has always wanted to be his own man.’
I said, ‘I’m gonna give him the opportunity to do that.
And I said, ‘Well, I’ll just step aside,’ people do it all the time.
But Daryl didn’t like the idea that I would sell to a certain third party.”
Mr. Hall could have done the exact same thing himself.
Indeed, Oates just released his latest solo album,Reunion, this week.
To hear him tell it, this is what they both always wanted.
“We’ve always looked at ourselves as individuals working together,” Oates said.
“And I felt like I had the right to do that.
But, you know, he didn’t.”
