Live from Daryl's House (simply known as Daryl's House and often abbreviated as LFDH) is an online music series that debuted in the autumn of 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.
Originally a web series, 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 and the Tantrums (Episode 35). Starting with the 66th episode, the shows are filmed at Hall's club, Daryl's House, in Pawling, New York.
History 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. 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. 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 Good Cop Bad Cop Productions company signed two syndication deals. In 2012, the Viacom-owned Palladia network took over the finances with help from a deal arranged by executive producer Jonathan Wolfson (Hall & Oates manager).
In July 2018, BMG announced a new partnership with Live from Daryl's House. The agreement included worldwide rights to the entire 82-episode collection filmed from 2007 to 2016. The show's new production began in the fall of 2018 and was executive produced by Daryl Hall and Jonathan Wolfson for Good Cop Bad Cop Productions, and Joe Thomas and Bob Frank for BMG. Domenic Cotter of Sound Off Productions continued as the show's producer.
Episodes As of November 2025, 91 episodes of Live from Daryl's House have been broadcast. Episode No. Guest or episode name Date Notes 01 Daryl Hall November 15, 2007 02 John Oates December 15, 2007 03 Daryl Hall January 15, 2008 04 Travis McCoy February 15, 2008 05 KT Tunstall March 15, 2008 Filmed at Hall's townhouse in London, England 06 Live at SXSW April 15, 2008 Filmed at SXSW in Austin, Texas 07 Chuck Prophet and Mutlu Onaral May 15, 2008 08 Nick Lowe June 15, 2008 Filmed at Hall's townhouse in London 09 Monte Montgomery July 15, 2008 10 Chromeo August 15, 2008 11 Finger Eleven September 15, 2008 12 Eric Hutchinson October 15, 2008 13 John Oates November 15, 2008 14 Kevin Rudolf December 15, 2008 15 Company of Thieves January 15, 2009 16 The Bacon Brothers February 15, 2009 17 Matt Nathanson March 15, 2009 18 Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek April 15, 2009 Filmed in Pacific Palisades, California 19 A Retrospective May 15, 2009 20 Parachute June 15, 2009 21 Plain White T's July 15, 2009 22 Smokey Robinson August 15, 2009 23 Todd Rundgren September 15, 2009 24 Diane Birch October 15, 2009 25 Patrick Stump November 15, 2009 26 Jimmy Wayne December 15, 2009 27 Eli "Paperboy" Reed featuring Alan Gorrie January 15, 2010 28 Toots and the Maytals February 15, 2010 Filmed in Jamaica 29 Maxi Priest and Billy Ocean April 15, 2010 Filmed at the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival in Montego Bay, Jamaica 30 Remembering Tom "T-Bone" Wolk May 15, 2010 Featuring former bandmates guitarist G. E. Smith, sax player Mark Rivera and drummer Mickey Curry 31 Rob Thomas June 15, 2010 32 Retrospective (2nd Annual) July 15, 2010 33 Train August 15, 2010 34 Sharon Jones September 15, 2010 35 Fitz and the Tantrums October 15, 2010 36 Neon Trees November 15, 2010 37 José Feliciano December 15, 2010 38 Guster January 15, 2011 39 New Year's Eve Special February 15, 2011 40 Todd Rundgren March 15, 2011 Filmed at Rundgren's house in Kauai, Hawaii 41 Dave Stewart April 15, 2011 42 John Rzeznik May 15, 2011 43 Mayer Hawthorne June 15, 2011 Featuring Booker T. Jones 44 Booker T. Jones July 15, 2011 45 Grace Potter August 15, 2011 46 Nikki Jean September 15, 2011 47 Daryl Hall Part 1 October 15, 2011 First half of Laughing Down Crying 48 Daryl Hall Part 2 November 15, 2011 Second half of Laughing Down Crying 49 Blind Boys Of Alabama December 15, 2011 50 Keb' Mo' January 15, 2012 51 Allen Stone February 15, 2012 52 CeeLo Green March 15, 2012 53 The Dirty Heads April 15, 2012 54 Butch Walker May 15, 2012 55 Jason Mraz June 15, 2012 56 Chiddy Bang July 15, 2012 57 Rumer August 15, 2012 58 Nick Waterhouse September 15, 2012 59 Live at the Borgata October 15, 2012 Filmed at the Borgata in Atlantic City, New Jersey, featuring Sharon Jones and Allen Stone 60 Joe Walsh November 15, 2012 61 Shelby Lynne December 15, 2012 62 Minus the Bear January 15, 2013 63 Billy Gibbons January 15, 2014 64 Gavin DeGraw February 15, 2014 65 Johnnyswim March 15, 2014 66 Amos Lee April 15, 2014 First episode at the club Daryl's House 67 Brett Dennen May 15, 2014 68 Darius Rucker June 14, 2014 Filmed in Charleston, South Carolina 69 Sammy Hagar May 15, 2015 Filmed at Cabo Wabo in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico 70 Ben Folds June 12, 2015 71 Kandace Springs July 15, 2015 72 Aaron Neville August 15, 2015 73 Kitty, Daisy & Lewis September 15, 2015 74 Aloe Blacc October 15, 2015 75 Cheap Trick May 5, 2016 76 Wyclef Jean May 12, 2016 77 Elle King May 19, 2016 78 The O'Jays May 26, 2016 79 Anderson East June 2, 2016 80 Chris Daughtry June 9, 2016 81 Grace June 16, 2016 82 Kenny Loggins June 23, 2016 83 Tommy Shaw October 1, 2020 84 Ty Taylor October 8, 2020 85 Glenn Tilbrook November 1, 2023 86 Charlie Starr November 8, 2023 87 Robert Fripp November 15, 2023 88 Andy Grammer November 22, 2023 89 Lisa Loeb November 29, 2023 90 Howard Jones December 6, 2023 91 Dave Stewart and Vanessa Amorosi June 27, 2025 First performance of songs from D
Syndication Live from Daryl's House gained traction on Rural Media Group's channels, and the Palladia network through a deal brokered by the show's Executive Producer Jonathan Wolfson, Rick Krim (VH1), and Ben Zurier (Executive Vice President, Programming Strategy, VH1, VH1 Classic, Palladia). The show currently continues to air on VH1, MTV Live (formerly Palladia) (Viacom Media Network), RFD-TV and Family Net (both of the Rural Media Group), and on the Live from Daryl's House website. The show's website continues to premier the latest episodes from the series, and holds an archive of some of the past episodes. In an announced agreement, 2014 will see the show continue to air on Viacom Media Network's Palladia music channel and new episodes will appear on all previously mentioned outlets.
The series has led to Daryl Hall touring a live version of the show with Sharon Jones and Allen Stone, among others.
The "House" From the inception of the show until the 65th episode, Live from Daryl's House primarily took place at Hall's home in Millerton, New York. This home consisted of two Connecticut Valley Houses that were built between 1771 and 1781. These houses were disassembled in their original locations and shipped to Millerton, New York where they were reassembled back into their original structures and preserved. The houses now sit as one on Hall's 250 acres of farmland, which is located on the New York/Connecticut border 50 miles to the west of their original location.
Episode 65 was the last show to be filmed from Hall's Millerton residence. In October 2013, Hall began leasing and renovating the Pawling building that once housed the Towne Crier nightclub in Pawling, New York. Having remodeled the venue to look like his old home, even naming it Daryl's House, the 66th episode of Live from Daryl's House was filmed at the new location.
Long known for his passion of restoring historical homes, Hall produced another television show titled Daryl's Restoration Over-Hall. This series appeared on DIY Network and was executive produced by Hall, Michael Morrissey and Jonathan Wolfson. The show focused on restoring Hall's colonial-era home in Sherman, Connecticut.
Other locations Episodes 4 (KT Tunstall) and 8 (Nick Lowe) of the series were filmed at Hall's London townhouse.
Episode 6 was filmed at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas.
Episodes 28 and 29 were filmed in Jamaica.
Episode 40 was filmed at Todd Rundgren's home in Hawaii.
Episode 68 (Darius Rucker) was filmed in Charleston, South Carolina.
Episode 69 (Sammy Hagar) was filmed at the Cabo Wabo in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Band members The house band consists of Hall and a core of key members along with several guest musicians based on the genre of the guest star. T-Bone Wolk was the first musical director. After Wolk's death in 2010, guitarist Paul Pesco was the musical director until early 2014, when Hall replaced Pesco with guitarist and musical director Shane Theriot.
From the first episode, Wolk's house musicians were guitarist/keyboardist Eliot Lewis, drummer Shawn Pelton, percussionist Everett Bradley, and bassist Zev Katz, who frequently ended episodes with a "Moment of Zev." Drummer Steve Holly also made early appearances. Through Pesco's tenure and into Theriot's, the band coalesced around Lewis, his ex-Average White Band bandmates drummer Brian Dunne and bassist Klyde Jones, and percussionist Porter Carroll Jr. A frequent guest throughout the series is saxophonist Charles DeChant. Charles DeChant is the saxophone player In 2024, Lewis left the band to pursue solo projects, and Greg Mayo took over on keyboards.
Starting in 2022, the band toured under the name Daryl Hall and the Daryl's House Band.
Awards In 2010, Live from Daryl's House won the "Best Variety Series" from the Webby Awards Group. The series was also nominated for a Music Webby in the same year. The show won a MTV O Music Award in 2010 for "Best Performance Series".
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