At first blush, Mississippi Mile might seem like a surprising title for an album that promises to take John Oates back to his deepest influences. Nearly everyone who’s paid attention to pop radio over the last four decades knows Daryl Hall & John Oates built much of their foundation on Philadelphia soul. Rest assured that Mississippi Mile is all about primal, gut-bucket grit and emotion. All but two of the songs are covers, including Elvis Presley’s “All Shook Up” and the Hall and Oates 1980’s smash hit, “You Make My Dreams Come True.” Oates has been doing solo tours for about a decade, and when he goes out on his own, most fans know by now that if he’s going to revive tunes made famous by the duo, it’s going to be in severely retooled versions.