John Oates wants to teach you the origins of American pop music.

The singer-songwriter is hitting the road on March 16 for “An Evening of Songs and Stories,” a seven-date run of shows that kicks off in Phoenixville, Penn., and wraps on March 26. in Newport, R.I. Oates will be joined by Guthrie Trapp, a Nashville musician who’s worked with Garth BrooksVince Gill and Dolly Parton. The pair first met at the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival and have collaborated several times since then.

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