Abandoned Luncheonette

by Hall & Oates

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Hall & Oates: Daryl Hall (vocals, mandolin, keyboards); John Oates (vocals, guitar).

Additional personnel: Chris Bond, Hugh McCracken (guitar); Marc Horowitz (banjo); Larry Packer (fiddle); John Blair (electric violin); Gloria Agostini (harp); Joe Farrell (oboe, tenor saxophone); Marvin Stamm (flugelhorn); Pat Rebillot, Richard Tee (keyboards); Jerry Ricks, Gordon Edwards, Steve "Fontz" Gelfland (bass); Bernard Purdie (drums); Ralph MacDonald, Pancho Morales (percussion).

At this stage (1973) Hall and Oates still hadn't quite figured out how to make music that reflected their doo-wop and Philly soul roots, but ABANDONED LUNCHEONETTE is a big step forward. There's still too much country-boy-city-rock going on here, but their blue-eyed soul period is foreshadowed in "She's Gone." The concluding "Everytime I Look at You" is a convincing funk workout a la Sly and the Family Stone.