Matchbox Twenty's Rob Thomas on Live From Daryl's House

Multi-platinum Matchbox Twenty vocalist Rob Thomas joins Daryl Hall for a special pairing of two of pop-rock’s leading singer/songwriters on the 31st and latest installment of Live From Daryl’s House.

This episode brings together Thomas and Hall for a set that includes Daryl Hall and John Oates hits “Kiss on My List” and “She’s Gone” with Matchbox Twenty smashes “3 A.M.” and “Disease,” which Rob co-wrote with Mick Jagger as well as “Ever the Same” and “Someday,” a pair of selections from his two, critically acclaimed solo albums. The two also join together on a soulful version of the classic, “I Heard It Through the Grapevine.” The 31st edition of the award winning series debuts June 15 at www.lfdh.com.

"I've been a fan of Daryl’s my whole life. His voice is a constant for me, so to hear that voice sing with me on songs that I wrote was a huge thrill,” says Rob Thomas about the pairing. “The whole experience, just hanging with him and his amazing band, was so relaxed and genuine. It really is just a bunch of musicians and friends hanging out at Daryl's house."

Daryl recently won the Webby Award for Live From Daryl’s House in the Best Variety category from more than 10,000 entries.

On June 11, Daryl will perform a special set with former Live From Daryl’s House guests Chromeo at Bonnaroo, where he’ll be taking the web show experience to the live masses at the famed Tennessee festival.

Daryl recently appeared with his partner John Oates on the finale of Fox’s hit show American Idol after several of the contestants performed a medley of classics “I Can’t Go for That” and “Maneater,” followed by Daryl and John’s version of “You Make My Dreams,” the same song Joseph Gordon-Levitt dance in a memorable scene from the hit movie (500) Days of Summer. Digital downloads increased a whopping 188% after the performance.

Music isn’t all that Daryl has been up to, either. A devoted restorer of historic homes, Daryl combined two 18th century structures into a single manor in Dutchess County, about 100 miles north of New York City, which was prominently featured in a recent Wall Street Journal article. Hall put the estate, dubbed Flint Hill, on the market for almost $12 million after working with antique dealers, historians and contractors to build the 24-room manor house with expansive views of the Catskills and Litchfield.

In addition, there will be an upcoming profile of Daryl in New York magazine later this month, as well as a newly edited Daryl Hall and John Oates Behind the Music on VH1 next fall.

Past episodes of Live From Daryl’s House have featured a mix of well-known performers like Smokey Robinson, The Doors’ Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek, Toots Hibbert, Nick Lowe, K.T. Tunstall, Todd Rundgren, Gym Class Heroes’ Travis McCoy and Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump along with newcomers such as MySpace pop-rock phenom Eric Hutchinson, Cash Money rocker Kevin Rudolf, Wind-up Records’ Chicago rockers Company of Thieves, Bay Area singer/songwriter Matt Nathanson, Charlottesville, VA’s rising Parachute, Chicago rock band Plain White T’s, Boston bluesman Eli “Paperboy” Reed and highly touted tunesmith Diane Birch.

Daryl started the free monthly webcast in November 2007 after having the idea of “playing with my friends and putting it up on the Internet,” and the show has since garnered acclaim from Rolling Stone, SPIN, Daily Variety, CNN, BBC, Yahoo! Music and influential blogger Bob Lefsetz, who have cited Live From Daryl’s House as a perfect example of a veteran artist reinventing himself in the digital age by collaborating with both established colleagues and newer performers.