Live from Daryl's House
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| Genre | Music, variety, comedy |
| Created by | Daryl Hall |
| Starring | Daryl Hall |
| Opening theme | "You Make My Dreams" (web series) "Bring it Back Home" (television series) |
| Ending theme | "Bring it Back Home" (television series) |
| Composer(s) | Daryl Hall |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 75 (LFDH.com) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Jonathan Wolfson, Daryl Hall |
| Location(s) | Pawling, New York, United States |
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| Distributor | Viacom, RFD, Telco |
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LFDH.com Palladia (2012-15) RFD-TV/RURAL TV (not currently aired) VH1 (sometimes) MTV Classic (sometimes) MTV Live (2016-present) |
| Original release | September 24, 2011 – present |
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| Related shows | Daryl's Restoration Over-Hall |
| External links | |
| Live From Daryl's House | |
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Live from Daryl's House (simply known as Daryl's House, and often abbreviated as LFDH) is an online series that was first created in fall 2007. The show features singer-songwriter Daryl Hall performing with his band and various guest artists at his home in Millerton, New York. The show provides a performance space that is an alternative to live concerts and studio sessions for popular artists. This allows the artists to "…have fun and [be] creatively spontaneous". The majority of shows include a segment in which Hall and the guest artist prepare food from different cuisines for everyone to eat. The food comes from various local restaurants and the chefs of those establishments walk Hall and guest through the preparation of the food. Live From Daryl's House expanded to broadcast TV but remained unchanged. Hall was quoted by Billboard.com as saying "it's an Internet show that is being shown on television, so I'm not adapting the show at all in any way to be a 'TV' show." The show debuted in 95 markets on September 24, 2011, with back-to-back half-hour episodes featuring Train (Episode 33) and Fitz & the Tantrums (Episode 35). Starting with the 66th episode of Live From Daryl's House, the shows are filmed at Hall's club, Daryl's House, in Pawling, New York.
The first web show was a solo production which featured Hall and his backing band playing "Everything Your Heart Desires". It was not until the second episode that the show introduced its guest star format. Hall's long-time performing and songwriting partner John Oates (of the band Hall & Oates) was the first guest on the show with a Christmas episode entitled "Trimming the Tree".
Hall created Live from Daryl's House as a refuge from live touring on the road. He stated in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine that he wanted to bring the world to him, for a change. Hall wanted the opportunity to collaborate with contemporary artists, and this is his vehicle in which to do so.
Live from Daryl's House originally appeared on the program's website in November 2007. The initial episode was completely funded by Hall. In subsequent shows, costs were defrayed by corporate sponsors like Uline. Although some of those sponsored episodes are no longer available for viewing on the archive section of LFDH's website, they can still be found on YouTube and torrent trackers. In addition to corporate sponsorship, Hall routinely plugged local restaurants that provided catering for the shows. Often, the chef would teach Hall and the guest artist how to prepare at least one of the dishes that were served. When the program gained popularity, Hall's production company Good Cop Bad Cop Productions signed two syndication deals (with Tribune being the most notable). In 2012, the Viacom-owned Palladia network took over the finances with help from a deal arranged by executive producer Jonathan Wolfson, who is also Hall & Oates's manager.
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