There are a lot of people, not a few of whom are Steely Dan fans, who think that the Dan brought in studio guitarist because Walter Becker was not up to the task of playing their challenging charts. I am here to tell you that … Continue reading Mr. Steely and Mr. Dan – A Collection of Walter Becker Solos
This post came about because I was reading a book about the Dan called Major Dudes. They were discussing this album and when I realized that its 20th anniversary was on this exact date, well, a review was definitely in order. If you’re not familar … Continue reading Featured Album – Two Against Nature – Steely Dan
And they wandered in From the city of St. John Without a Dime Spotify link Sitting in a dead-end street across from the Boston Common, The Orpheum Theater – it says here – is one of “the oldest theaters in the United States. It was … Continue reading Concert Review – The Royal Scam – Steely Dan at the Orpheum Boston
Once upon a time, my music collection was this: a bunch of albums, cassettes, singles, 8-tracks, etc. Then one day – in the ’80s – the compact disc arrived. Now before I researched this I would have sworn no CD’s were around till the late … Continue reading Featured Album – Flying Cowboys – Rickie Lee Jones
They stab it with their steely knives But they just can’t kill the beast —-Eagles in “Hotel California” as a nod to Steely Dan’s mention in their song “Everything You Did.” As you know, we lost Walter Becker last year. The guy’s contribution as guitarist, … Continue reading Mr. Steely and Mr. Dan – Swing out to Lake Nostalgia
I have never met Napoleon But I plan to find the time I have never met Napoleon But I plan to find the time ‘Cause he looks so fine Upon that hill They tell me he was lonely He’s lonely still Those days are gone … Continue reading Steely Dan (2) – They Got the Steely Dan T-shirt
“When William Burroughs decided to name a succession of dildos Steely Dan I, II and III in his controversial 1959 novel The Naked Lunch, he could never have imagined how such an apparently insignificant name would still be reverberating around the music business well over … Continue reading Steely Dan (1) Any Major Dude
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