I have been listening to Hall & Oates some lately. Recently there was some discussion about Jeffery Steele's excellent songwriting skills and I started listening to some of his work.
Late yesterday, I was struck with an epiphany that Steele's writing, especially his phrasing, very much resembles the R&B genre: Motown sound, Earth Wind and Fire, some Phil Collins-Genesis-Peter Gabriel and such. Hall & Oates and the Genesis guys were a white suburban visitation of that style and it seems that it may have rubbed off on Jeffrey Steele's country songwriting.
Maybe I'm wrong. Your take would be interesting. Comments?
Late yesterday, I was struck with an epiphany that Steele's writing, especially his phrasing, very much resembles the R&B genre: Motown sound, Earth Wind and Fire, some Phil Collins-Genesis-Peter Gabriel and such. Hall & Oates and the Genesis guys were a white suburban visitation of that style and it seems that it may have rubbed off on Jeffrey Steele's country songwriting.
Maybe I'm wrong. Your take would be interesting. Comments?
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