# @factoryundergroundmedia on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnHG0lzinSw
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/390768-factoryundergroundmedia-youtube
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- **Posted:** 2020-09-23T17:44:07.000+00:00

## Caption

On the debut episode of Chasing the Blues Video Show, host Tom The Suit Forst welcomes multi-platinum singer-songwriter and recording artist John Oates of Hall and Oates. Oates discussed his new solo album, "Live in Nashville," which he released on September 18, 2020. The album was recorded live at The Station Inn, in Nashville, TN, featuring his Good Road Band of veteran Nashville musicians. 

In the introduction to the show, Forst conveys information about a blues group, "The Mississippi Sheiks," whose song "Sitting on top of the World," is considered so influential, it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008. The song has been covered by a wide range of artists including Howlin' Wolf, Nat King Cole, Harry Belafonte, Frank Sinatra, Cream, and the Grateful Dead. The song, which is heard in live video clips performed by John Oates and band, is featured on his new album.

Oates also tells an interesting story behind his recording of "Stack O' Lee" by Mississippi John hurt, who he cites as a founding influence on his music. Another story about a serendipitous meeting with the widow of musician Don Gibson highlights the story of his recording Gibson's "Oh Lonesome Me." 

In sharing how the blues influenced his solo music and songwriter, Oates shares deep insight into how Hall and Oates were inspired by their love of Motown's group The Temptations. 'When you're a musician who understands history, you build on the past to go the future,"  he says.

The interview lands on another interesting story of Oates working on the "Abandoned Luncheonette" album by Hall and Oates with legendary drummer, "Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, who is known for his precise musical time keeping and his signature use of triplets against a half-time backbeat: the "Purdie Shuffle." He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2013, having worked with signature artists including Jeff Beck, Hummingbird, Steely Dan, Aretha Franklin, Gil Scott-Heron, King Curtis, The Rolling Stones, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Randy Brecker, Quincy Jones, Isaac Hayes, Cat Stevens, Larry Coryell, and Hall and Oates.

This latest incarnation of Chasing the Blues for YouTube is a follow up to Tom The Suit Forst's successful weekly podcast which has released over 75 episodes since it launched in 2019. The podcast is streamed worldwide on Apple Music, Spotify, and all major streaming outlets. The show has featured interviews with blues recording artists from around the world including Mike Zito, Anthony Gomes, Samantha Fish, Albert Castiglia, Joe Louis Walker, Paul Nelson, Bobby Rush, and others.

The podcast and video show is sponsored Factory Underground Studio, produced and directed by Marc Alan and Ethan Isaac. The show is additionally sponsored by Blues Festival Guide Magazine, which Bobby Rush calls his "roadmap to the blues." Chasing the Blues also supports the Music Maker Foundation and the Blues Foundation, which help blues musicians in need and help keep the blues alive. 

Chasing the Blues is hosted by Tom The Suit Forst, himself a blues-rock musician and recording artist who released his album "World of Broken Hearts," on Factory Underground/Retro Records on Valentines Day, February 14, 2020. His music is heard in clips throughout the show. 

"I love honoring the blues rich history in the show, but I also love being able to highlight artists who are all a part of taking the blues into the future in their own unique and special way. This is what will keep the blues alive for future generations to listen to and enjoy," Forst said.  

http://www.ChasingtheBluesPodcast.com
http://www.FactoryUndergroundStudio.com
http://www.TomTheSuitForst.com
http://www.BluesFestivalGuide.com

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Marc Alan | @MarcAlanArts | https://gondola.cc/MarcAlanArts | Producer |
| Factory Underground Studio | @FUstudios | https://gondola.cc/FUstudios | Content Producer |
| Marc Alan | @MarcAlanArts | https://gondola.cc/MarcAlanArts | Director of Creative Content |
| Marc Alan | @MarcAlanArts | https://gondola.cc/MarcAlanArts | Marketing Director |
| Marc Alan | @MarcAlanArts | https://gondola.cc/MarcAlanArts | Script Coordinator |
| Guzman Gonzalez | @GGonzalez2996 | https://gondola.cc/GGonzalez2996 | Video Editor |
| Marc Alan | @MarcAlanArts | https://gondola.cc/MarcAlanArts | Copywriter |

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