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Date: Fri, December 31, 2021, 16:32:00 ET
Posted by: Nik, C
Saw the movie Licorice Pizza, set in 1973. Was on the lookout for any SD references, the closest being when the Bradley Cooper character goes into a gas station, sees some native Americans while "Indian Reservation" is playing on the radio and declares "I'm in Chumash territory."

Date: Fri, December 31, 2021, 16:01:20 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
LaMb

Date: Fri, December 31, 2021, 16:00:55 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
M/O/D/P: Call me mint jelly and spread me on some Lab (Lies Down on Broadway). Wow.

Bruford and Allan Holdsworth are 2 musicians who I wish had played on an SD album. I'm a little surprised Lukather and Hungate never recorded with SD (to my knowledge) although Paich and of course Jeff Porcaro did. But if Rainey was available, no need to fix it with Hungate's phat bass lines. Have a feeling they may not have been looking for Luke's tone.

Date: Thurs, December 30, 2021, 18:28:55 ET
Posted by: JoeJoe, Chicago
One thing I have often wondered about: on some of his more rockin’ SD solos, Walter uses a fair amount of overdrive. Examples: Black Friday, FM, even perhaps a touch on Pretzel Logic. Yet, in the second generation albums and on his solo records, and certainly live, he seems to always favor a clean signal. Anyone know if he ever made a comment about this?

Date: Thurs, December 30, 2021, 15:35:32 ET
Posted by: Ange Comb,

What do those pictures on the 11TOW booklet signify?
Why those pictures?

Date: Tues, December 28, 2021, 20:02:54 ET
Posted by: Ange Comb,
Been listening to 11TOW lately.
Great stuff.
Pictorially, what's happ'nin' there on/in the fresh and free booklet?

Date: Mon, December 27, 2021, 21:44:59 ET
Posted by: M/O/D/P, Sorry for the duplicate post
Oh, and one more thing, before I forget...

Doc Mu, I really enjoyed the two circa-'76 Genesis things you wrote recently. I couldn't agree with your assessment more. Great material, especially live. They played an astounding NINE gigs within really close range of me on that tour...as an underage kid I was lucky enough to have lots of much older friends, some of whom even had cars...so I got to see Genesis with (fer cryin' out loud) Bill Bruford, not once, not twice, but a an almost not-to-be-believed three times (my friends were, if nothing else, wonderfully obsessive about such things in those days). Buffalo/Hamilton/Toronto. 1976. The best part? Unlike my oh-so-enlightened older travelling companions, I saw each show completely un-enhanced...so I have a clear memory of the shows. How fucking cool is that??

How is this in any way Dangential? Well...Bill Bruford never, ever played on a Steely Dan recording. But, perhaps he should have. So there.

Date: Mon, December 27, 2021, 20:44:13 ET
Posted by: M/O/D/P, Feeling festive
Thanks for the nice seasonal shoutout, The Dean. Just so you know, you were sorely missed by all at this year's Canadian Christmas celebrations last month. As you might guess, it was - as always - a wondrous gathering indeed, with all of the traditional Canadian favorites (or "favourites" as we say up here) - roast Canada goose with maple-syrup-and-Tim-Horton's reduction/stuffed moose with back bacon sauce/pan-fried French-style beaver legs, and beer. We're not just a bunch of reprobate loon-molesters up here, ya know. We got class..."Canadian class"...

Anyways, when you failed to show, Don Patrol and I selflessly opted to eat your portions as well as our own rather generous portions. Your loss was our gain, pal...

Date: Sun, December 26, 2021, 16:03:24 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
There's a Donald Fagen/Steely Dan moment on Peter Jackson's fortified Get Back culled from 150 hours of audio and 60 hours of video taken during The Beatles month-in-the-life documentary.
While tuning their guitars to notes from Billy Preston's electric piano, George or John asks Preston how he "tunes" the electric piano...and they concluded "calibrated at the factory."

Every time an electric piano can't be tuned, a flaming ARP synth is tossed down a flight of stairs."

Date: Sat, December 25, 2021, 22:57:19 ET
Posted by: The Dean, St Augustine. Sing Me Now of Christmas.
Merry Christmas to the greater Dandom. Thanks to Hoops for keeping the lights on.

Really hoping to meet up, once again, with a few of you in 2022 if the fates allow.

Don Patrol and M/O/D/P, sorry I missed Canadian Christmas last month. I still can't get used to that damned metric calendar. Really looking forward to getting together.

Let's hope we move forward through 2022, coming out on a better and more peaceful future.

Date: Sat, December 25, 2021, 22:25:09 ET
Posted by: Roy, same
A "drummers round table" podcast. At around 46:30 he asks Steve Gadd about Aja.

https://www.tomscottmusic.com/the-podcast-express/drummers-roundtable

Date: Sat, December 25, 2021, 21:27:35 ET
Posted by: Roy, n
Relatively recent podcast with Tom Scott and Donald for those who may have missed it.

https://www.tomscottmusic.com/the-podcast-express/donald-fagen

Date: Sat, December 25, 2021, 16:57:47 ET
Posted by: Michael,
Merry Christmas to everyone!

Date: Sat, December 25, 2021, 15:47:43 ET
Posted by: Don Patrol, Mtl
Happy Holidays to the Greater Dandom!!
Looking forward to seeing everyone sometime down the road!! Thanks Hoops for another year of the Blue.
Peace (on Earth)

Date: Sat, December 25, 2021, 15:02:34 ET
Posted by: JR, Long Island, NY
"The Tender Bar" (Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan; directed by George Clooney) features "Do It Again" (entire song!) as the end scene/sequence/credits roll w/additional footage soundtrack. Kewl.

Date: Sat, December 25, 2021, 01:29:15 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicago
Merry Christmas, everyone!

Date: Fri, December 24, 2021, 23:56:32 ET
Posted by: Steve Gennarelli, Tampa, FL
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all at the BlueBook.
My wife gave me the most wonderful surprise and she got us tickets
to see "Steely Dan" in St Pete in July. It's the Greatest Hits
theme and even though I've seen the Donald & Co. 6 times already, I've never heard them play "Rikki Don't Lose that number" live.
I can't wait for the show, but if they play that song, my life
will indeed be complete.
Seasons Greetings to All !!!

Date: Fri, December 24, 2021, 15:39:19 ET
Posted by: Max, Chicago
From HBO's "8-Bit Christmas":

Little Girl- "Can we turn on the Christmas Carols?"

Dad- "No! No Christmas Carols. Steely Dan. Listen to this. This is good stuff. Year round!"

Father then proceeds to blast "Peg" from his cassette of Steely Dan's Greatest Hits as they drive to the mall.

Date: Fri, December 24, 2021, 12:39:49 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
Forgot to mention on the Trick of the Tail Tour, Genesis grabbed freakin' Bill Bruford on drums when Collins was out front. On some songs they both played drums.

Some of the album is even more proggy than usual Genesis fare and infused with jazz fusion, influenced by Bruford and Holdsworth.

2:30 - 3:54

https://youtu.be/6rfdi3HQBgs

Something about those more flexible jazzy drum fills and time sigs of the period (mid 70s). Not coincidentally around the recordings of Royal Scam and Aja...

...before the Walter coined "Birth of the Cruel" where WENDEL, gated drums demarcated the 80s - today's quanticization...

...with the occasional Grunge and Indy rock interruptions.

Date: Fri, December 24, 2021, 12:25:11 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,

Michael: Yep - that Gaucho (outtakes), Nightfly period was special for unusual chord progressions that sound simple. A lot of Kamakiriad was more rhythmic.

The tabs I've seen for TvN are even more sophisticated, but a little more sour/worldly wise with the sweet.

That reminds me. Some of the purist Genesis fans believe life ended when Peter Gabriel left, but IMO the downhill slide, with the possible exception of Duke, happened after Steve Hackett left the band unexpectedly. I'd rate Trick of the Tail even better the Selling England by the Pound. Can we talk about Phil Collins' drumming - never been better...during his time with Brand X and before Phil and Hugh Padgham invented the gated drum on Gabriel's "Melt" album which morphed from genius into a monster that ate the 1980s. His work with a series of odd time signatures on Dance on a Volcano (11/16, 7/8, 7/4) and Robbery, Assault, and Batter is amazing. Hackett is also masterful. I also prefer Phil Collins' thoughtful, more precise and theatrical vocals on Trick of a Tail rather than the Big Time, nasally 80s Phil.

Anyway, Tony Banks scripted some really interesting chord progressions throughout Trick of the Tail, including add 9s scattered through Mad Man Moon and Ripples. Pinnacle of Genesis songwriting and musicianship IMO.

https://youtu.be/UkVY3lJsBAA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H1xV998xI0

https://youtu.be/sjRQgTbbfwA

Date: Fri, December 24, 2021, 11:48:07 ET
Posted by: Michael,
Doc, for most complex SD composition I'd go with either Kulee Baba or Second Arrangement. The sheer variety of uncommon chords and unexpected voice leading places them above the norm, all things being relative. Babylon Sisters is similarly complex to SA, incorporating some nice little bridges to cohesively unify the song structures, whereas both Deacon Blues and Glamour Profession win for sheer number of chord changes.

Highly unconventional even to this day, but it works due to how their songs are structured so that everything makes logical sense. You don't need to be a musicologist to appreciate the breadth and scope of their music vocabulary.

For dance and boogie pop music I hold Rod Temperton in high regard. He was a deft songwriter with a unique feel to his work, evident in songs like Rock With You by Michael Jackson and Sweet Freedom by Michael McDonald.

Date: Fri, December 24, 2021, 10:06:02 ET
Posted by: Tucker, etc.
Nothing specific to Steely Dan in this book, but a fascinating read about the shaping of the record industry in the years before they came on the seen in 1972.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BYCSRVM/

Date: Fri, December 24, 2021, 00:34:57 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
Most complex chord progressions on a Steely Dan song? Quite a few. Only Stevie Wonder and Gino Vannelli could through up those jazz infected chords like SD. Sometimes Prince.

Katy - Gaucho become increasing complex, although the first 3 albums are sophisticated and subversive enough.

Kulee Baba has some add 13s, or a weird voicing of a "Sumer" Mu chord.

On the Dunes, Nightfly title track, Great Pagoda of Funn from the Fagen solo efforts. Walter's Paging Audrey's chords would make even the most adept studio musician looking twice at the lead sheet!

Harmonies are super slick on TvN and layered, layered, layered. Almost Gothic, What a Shame About Me, Negative Girl...top prize to West of Hollywood. Really sick progressions that would cramp the hands of the best crack guitarists on EMG's Green book.

Sneaking mu chords into popular music can be challenging. American Jazz/pop artists had a window of 1975-1985...then the Brit sophistopop of Aztec Camera, Danny Wilson, Swing Out Sister, Prefab Sprout, Everything But the Girl in the late 80s, early 90s. El DeBarge produced some sophisticated pop belied by his teen sired vocals. He wrote his own music and grew as an artist until drugs put the bite on El in the mid 90s.

El here slaying a Burt Bacharach song. One of his more sophisticated singles.

https://youtu.be/qpzxe5CvH1I

Der Stingle throwing a mu our way in the chorus of the haunting Mad About You:

https://youtu.be/MxtYzo0OLXs

Gino Vannelli blasting add9 mu chords in a very Jay Graydon-like production (no need to mention EWF's take on After the Love is Gone) with dizzying key changes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV25xS6ZXoU

This Graydon-produced Al Jarreau song is a bit lite on the lyrics, but ludricrous Dan-like ear candy sophisto chord progressions. Very Gaucho sounding.

https://youtu.be/WJ3JyC-QQKY

The POINT (if we can recall) about Bruno Mars is his increasing use of more sophisticated jazz harmonies, placing him well above the standard fare of the day. It's not Steely Dan, but a definite lean toward Thom Bell writing and production. I mention Thom Bell as an influence of Bruno and SD, because despite the early "classic rock" label for SD, their music was FAR more like Thom Bell than the Beatles, Stones, The Who, Zep, etc.

Date: Thurs, December 23, 2021, 23:45:45 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
Nice re-evaluation of Royal Scam through the lens of time, as the Mu is revealed.

https://bestclassicbands.com/steely-dan-royal-scam-review-12-21-21/?fbclid=IwAR1gWR29ABmVdpwNIN2QTDdYT7yow_eh5TSlRkB0x7PKpylGkbKo2JwT1FI

Date: Thurs, December 23, 2021, 20:03:26 ET
Posted by: Tucker, etc.
Nothing specific to Steely Dan in this book, but a fascinating read about the shaping of the record industry in the years before they came on the seen in 1972.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BYCSRVM/

Date: Wed, December 22, 2021, 20:19:27 ET
Posted by: Michael,
SD were great in spite of what was going on in the charts. The label execs were the ones looking for chart-topping success, but all D&W really wanted was to have have artistic freedom to create albums in their own style. That's a large part of what made their work so memorable, the other key ingredient being the amazing talent pool they had to work with.

Date: Wed, December 22, 2021, 19:44:59 ET
Posted by: Jonnie, Northeast
Is anyone here because of SDs pop charts performance? Half their stuff flopped in the 70s. I like most of their songs more than Rikki Don't Lose that Number, especially if you eliminate Can't Buy a Thrill. The hits got me interested, the deeper cuts kept me coming back.

Date: Wed, December 22, 2021, 19:43:58 ET
Posted by: Michael,
Which SD composition is the most harmonically complex? Glamour Profession, Deacon Blues, Babylon Sisters, Almost Gothic, Kulee Baba, or The Second Arrangement? Or perhaps another song?

Rather than comparing things through stuff like view counts and sales figures, both of which can be fudged, perhaps it would be more accurate to measure a song's worth objectively by how memorable it is and how long it can maintain interest.

Who is going to look back fondly at songs by The Weekend, Bruno Mars, Nicki Minaj, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, or Lil Nas X as being worthwhile endeavors, let alone timeless classics? I fail to understand the appeal factor of this contemporary stuff. There's nothing memorable or intriguing about any of it.

Ask someone to hum the melody to a modern pop or hip-hop tune. Chances are that it will fall into one of two categories: it will either be some generic rhythmic droning sound or monotonous, whiny-sounding thing absent any semblance of artistic character.

You can tell when great songwriters composed a song because there's a distinct signature style which permeates their work. For example, 'Lazy Nina' from Greg Phillinganes' Pulse album is unmistakably Donald Fagen in everything from the chord voicings, melodic phrasing and lyrics.

Can't honestly say that about any of these contemporary pop acts with billions of YT views, now can you?

Date: Wed, December 22, 2021, 11:39:31 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu ,
Yes. I've heard (of) the Weeknd. My now grown kids play it.

Billboard 100 doesn't reflect actual sales (meaning $$ not bots). RIAA has compiled all time physical and digital sales.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_singles_in_the_United_States

Physical Sales

White Christmas - Bing
Candle in the Wind (1997) - EJ
We are the World - MJ + numerous artists
Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer - Gene Autrey
Paper Doll - Mills Bros
Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page
Hound Dog - Elvis

Digital Sales (2013 - today):
Old Town Road - Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
Radioactive - Imagine Dragons
Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye featuring Kimbra (Kimbra is a massive talent)
Closer - Chainsmokers
All of Me - John Legend (Legit talent)
Despacito - Luis Fonsi (ubiquitous single)
Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars
Firework - Katy Perry

There's a LOT of really repetitive music out there, largely with similar chord progressions. Ed Sheeran, Bieber, and 10,000 copy cats.

That brings up my ironic list - great songs based upon ONE chord:
Steely Dan - Show Biz Kids
Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows
Aretha - Chain of Fools
CCR - Run through the Jungle
Harry Nilsson - Coconut

Date: Tues, December 21, 2021, 23:57:51 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu ,
Steve M: Thanks for the heads up. Did not know CC was recently active.

On the anti - Weeknd front, I found a Steve Wonder "demo" by accident for a song (Don't Make Me Wait Too Long) recorded by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway. Included on a 1980 album. Hardly say the light of day.

The chord progressions are just ridiculous ear candy. A sprinkling of Mu chords and sus chords to boot...and chords/voicings I didn't even know existed.

https://youtu.be/SVtDabpW9N4

Date: Mon, December 20, 2021, 16:33:55 ET
Posted by: lol, lol
lol

Date: Sun, December 19, 2021, 18:10:59 ET
Posted by: Michael,
M/O/D/P, you're right, I've never heard Blinding Lights by The Weekend, nor has anyone I know. You summarized the situation quite well. Once your ears have been educated to good music, it's impossible to listen to mainstream crap without feeling like your intelligence has been insulted. What a sorry state of affairs when record labels need resort to faking popularity using bots and even purchase their own music to aggrandize status. If left to their own devices most mainstream acts would be extremely lucky to break 100,000 in album sales.

Not to say that the 1960s, '70s and '80s didn't have their fair share of vanilla commercial belch but at least there was no easy way for them to artificially manufacture popularity. The music industry has always been a cutthroat business and in order to get noticed in those days required a certain expectation of quality, especially if an artist wanted to get heavy rotation on the airwaves. In this day and age anyone with a DAW and a little ingenuity can slap together an album, upload it to the internet and call it a day, but back then artists had no such leisure.

That all being said, there are some great new artists out there such as The Golden Mean and Ring van Möbius but you have to search around to find them.

Date: Sat, December 18, 2021, 20:57:00 ET
Posted by: M/O/D/P, Alluding to the illusion delusion
Of course it's all an illusion.

As reported here earlier, "Blinding Lights" by "The Weeknd" is [at least for now, currently, today] now officially the No. 1 Billboard Hot100 song of all time.

Of All Time.

OFALLTIME.

Offal Time.

Awful Time.

A song I'VE never heard, YOU'VE never heard, most of the world outside the USA/Canada hasn't heard, and one that those unfortunate victims who HAVE heard it will in all likelihood NOT remember - fondly or otherwise - in, say, a year or so. Hey, maybe it will be casually forgotten by next weekend ("spelled correctly here, 'natch") - who knows? - but this Billboard Magazine record-smashing record is clearly just the tip of a very large and very feculent iceberg. The YooToob is absolutely clogged with alarmingly-similar disposable music product by disposable "performers", relentlessly promoted by bots that artificially inflate views/likes/sales, now often to the point of absurdity - see Michael's posted "Bruno Mars" numbers for proof of said absurdity. Yes, I am aware that there is a [somewhat tenuous] connection between Mars and SD. Frankly, I don't give a flying melodica. The real point is that this latest soiled high-water mark is merely indicative of what's going on with the surreal numbers-fudging game.

As an aside, the guy who - apparently with a straight face - refers to himself as "The Weeknd", sports a hilariously-unfortunate hairdo that has the look (and feel?) of a fresh 'n' massive alien bowel movement stuck to his head. Sure, manufactured/contrived images and attention-seeking silliness have been around the entertainment world forever, but I submit that this cluck's goofball schtick is even dumber than Lady GooGoo's outrageous [sic] dress-made-of-meat gimmick or Miley Cypress's latest leaked/deliberately published revolting nudes [shudder] or Justin Bieber's exciting new "palliative meth-head" look. Sure, it's all beyond dumb...but these performers all sit at the pinnacle of the music world right now...

M/O/D/P

ps - "Offal"
pps - "Awful"
ppps - "Fudging the Numbers for Fun 'n' Profit"
pppps - "Out of touch, like, totally"
ppppps - "Asinine Pseudo-Celebrity Hairdo"
pppppps - "Really cool half Mayan Pyramid effect"

Date: Sat, December 18, 2021, 11:52:18 ET
Posted by: Michael,
Even Bruno Mars sales figures can also be padded, but let's say he did sell 200 million singles total. His Youtube video for 24K Magic currently has 1.4 billion views. Another video by Mark Ronson, Uptown Funk feat. Bruno Mars, has 4.3 billion views. That's equivalent to roughly half the world population. Other videos by Bruno have 2.2 billion, 1.9 billion, 1.8 billion...

Again, it's an illusion.

Date: Sat, December 18, 2021, 11:36:26 ET
Posted by: Steve M, Scotland
Doc

'Sweet Charity in Adoration' from "Diary" is imho the peak of China Crisis'songwriting and one of my favourite songs of all time by any band.

It's hard to get hold of, but their most recent (was it really 2015!?)album "Autumn in the Neigbourhood" has a couple of very Dan inspired tracks on it: "Because my Heart" has a strong 'Brooklyn' feel to it and try to tell me they haven't had a sneaky wee listen to Aja before the intro to "Tell Tale Signs"

It's on YouTube if anyone fancies a listen

Date: Sat, December 18, 2021, 02:16:31 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,

We're all Big Fans of Flaunt the imperfection, but the other Walter produced (mostly) China Crisis album Diary of a Hollow Horse has some real gems, and the drums aren't synclocked with Tripstar.

Nice 5/4 to 4/4 transition at the end of the Intro. Singing Praises of Finer Things. Just elegant.

https://youtu.be/k2ujsk0uuAg

Date: Sat, December 18, 2021, 02:10:04 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
Michael,

There are bots on Spotify...the new payola.

https://www.venturemusic.com/blog/streaming-bots-will-ruin-your-career

But Freddy's dead. He ain't dishin' out payola. If you had children in the last 25 years you'd know Queen is everywhere. Movies, TV shows, commercials. Ubiquitous.

You might have had me, except you dropped Bruno Mars (Silk Sonic - tip of the Fez to Thom Bell production). Mars has 200M singles sales worldwide. The 24K Tour reeled in $129M. We can be olds, but let's not be out of touch. K?

Heck, Adele's chord progressions (Strangers by Nature) are growing considerably more sophisticated.

Was holding out hope that it was a cover of the China Crisis ditty. It struts with that shuffle. One of their finest.

https://youtu.be/PrrW7yiirTQ

Speaking of Covers, here's a crisp, faithful rendition of Reelin' by JunkYardFieldTrip

https://youtu.be/VmXWeqI8DJM

Date: Fri, December 17, 2021, 19:52:06 ET
Posted by: Michael,
Doc Mu, it's one of social media's worst-kept secrets that you can pay robot companies to artificially inflate stuff like view counts, likes and subscribers. There's no way that those videos with hundreds of millions, let alone billions of views accurately represent reality. This bears itself out in sales figures which never come anywhere near a sizeable fraction of their view counts.

To put this into perspective, the top-selling album of all time is Michael Jackson's Thriller at 49.2 million, but new music videos from lackluster artists easily surpass that with hundreds of millions of views within mere months. Do you really believe, for instance, that more people watched the latest Bruno Mars video than the entire population of America?

Their massive popularity is an illusion.

Date: Sun, December 12, 2021, 13:36:45 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicago
Several of the Steely Dan orchestra members have posted this review of the two new live albums. Clearly there's some errors--but at least it's good to see The band get some positive press after being largely ignored. Anyway, thanks to Catherine, Jim, Keith and Roger who all brought this to attention via social media

https://www.stereophile.com/content/december-2021-rockpop-record-reviews

Date: Sat, December 11, 2021, 14:02:57 ET
Posted by: Gene, PA
I wasn't a fan of Everything Must Go and Morph The Cat. Didn't think the production was worthy of what had gone before and agree with the WSJ reviewer who considered Morph a "first draft" effort. I would say the same for EMG.

But I found myself taking a liking to Things I Miss the Most on NEC..until the lyrical flub of repeating lines from the second verse in the third. It's a huge distraction for me.

Date: Fri, December 03, 2021, 10:13:33 ET
Posted by: BadSneakers, NJ
Saw them recently play Aja album in Morristown. Deacon Blues is a personal favorite. I haven't heard them play that one in a long time! I think it was Fagen who said they don't play it much because it's got, like, a hundred chords...

Fagen can't reach the high notes at the end of each verse ("I'm ready to cross that fine line", etc.) and during the chorus ("And die behind the wheel", "Call me Deacon Blues"). Donald sang those lines in a lower octave.

Jon playing acoustic was great... prominent in the mix, like the record. The steady rhythm, keyboard, brass sections all sounded tight as usual. The lead guitar from Connor Kennedy was nice, but could have been a bit more prominent in the mix. I missed Walter on this number.

Date: Wed, December 01, 2021, 22:44:10 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu, errata
SD is gaining popularity among younger African-Americans, not only because of the sampling, but the righteous grooves and musicianship in the SD catalog.

Date: Wed, December 01, 2021, 22:43:00 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
SD is not in the top 50 artists on Spotify for 2021.

https://chartdata.org/2021/12/01/spotifys-top-50-artists-of-2021/

Top tracks are Reelin with 163M listens, Do it Again 144M

Not bad. But nowhere near the top of Spotify.

Plenty of Boomers listen to Spotify as well.

Queen has 1.6B listens for Bohemian Rhapsody. 4 songs with over a billion listens. At least 15 songs with more listens than SD.

Sd is gaining popularity among younger African-Americans, not only because of the sampling, but the ritheous grooves and musicianship in the SD catalog.

Any day is a good day for SD to trend.

Date: Wed, December 01, 2021, 20:30:59 ET
Posted by: Yacht , jim
Steely Dan is trending on Twitter because Spotify released its yearly charts (for sharing) this morning and a lot of young people listen to Steely Dan, millennials, even, so that's why Steely Dan is trending on twitter

Date: Wed, December 01, 2021, 19:59:30 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
"Steely Dan" trending on twitter...because "Steely Dan." No other reason.

Reminds me - if you like chock full of 7th chords (maj, min, sus) and key changes. At least 5 modulations...then here's one from the Silk Sonic album. Almost sounds like a mashup of EWF, Beach Boys, Steely Dan (Aja period), Stevie Wonder, Thom Bell produces songs...

https://youtu.be/zJkr7T4KUIY

Date: Sun, November 28, 2021, 10:20:17 ET
Posted by: JD, NJ
Finally got my hands on a copy of N.E. Corridor at Princeton Record Exchange, around the corner from where Fagen used to watch movies as a kid at the Princeton Garden Theatre. Did not find Nightfly Live. The reason this wasn't high priority for me, waiting until I found it in a store vs. buying online, is because I haven't listened to AIA in more than 20 years. It was novelty to hear it a few times, and I knew N.E Corridor would be no different for me.

Date: Fri, November 26, 2021, 19:43:31 ET
Posted by: moray eel, Chill
Listening to Black Friday on Black Friday while the stock market tanks around -1000 points seems so normal.

m.e.

Date: Fri, November 26, 2021, 13:51:45 ET
Posted by: Ned, F
Opinion piece on the term "Black Friday." I kept reading to see if there was any reference to the SD. Did the well run dry?

https://www.nj.com/opinion/2021/11/lets-boycott-the-term-black-friday-mulshine.html

Date: Thurs, November 25, 2021, 21:05:27 ET
Posted by: Great Moments, In Music History
PART 2:

"Blinding Lights” by "The Weeknd" is now officially the No. 1 Billboard Hot100 song of all time.

Date: Thurs, November 25, 2021, 21:02:13 ET
Posted by: Great Moments, In Music History
PART 1:

The nominations for the 64th annual Grammy Awards are in, with Justin Bieber scoring eight nods including Song of the Year and Best Album, while Jon Batiste tops this year's nominations with 11 nods.

Date: Thurs, November 25, 2021, 10:06:33 ET
Posted by: Denise, Hinktown
Happy T-day to all in greater Dandom. Hey Jim, hope you are well.

Date: Thurs, November 25, 2021, 09:05:12 ET
Posted by: Stan, on location
Jim Keltner on drums here with the Traveling Wilburys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnD0H4VeHuY

Date: Thurs, November 25, 2021, 08:18:53 ET
Posted by: Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🥧🫒, Here in the USA
The 10 Best Indie And Alternative Steely Dan Covers
Wilco, The Minutemen, and Mountain Goats tackle the songs of Becker and Fagen
Written By Al Shipley
| November 24, 2021
- 12:41 pm

https://www.spin.com/2021/11/steely-dan-covers-list/

Date: Wed, November 24, 2021, 21:30:52 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicago
To the guy in the Bronx.

Only Donald's hairdresser knows for sure, but I would be shocked if there were any Beacon shows before late summer or fall 2022. Just based on precedence.

Best,

Jim

Date: Wed, November 24, 2021, 21:29:15 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicago
Hey gang!

I did some tweaks which will greatly reduce the amount of spam we have been seeing the past couple of weeks.

This won't be necessary for most everyone, BUT just in case: if you click "POST" and get a message that the page can't be found, go back to the main BlueBook Page (this very page you are reading) and click your browser's "reload" or "refresh" button. THEN you should be able to clock "POST" and get the typical posting page. Also, when posting, before clicking "sign the guestbook," you might want to also so a "select all" and "Edit/copy" of "box 4: Your Comments" in the comments box, just in case as well.

I know it's a little early for "Merry Christmas," but as long as I have the hood popped on the code, I thought I would decorate now. How's that for mixed metaphors? And thanks again to Denise from Hinktown.

Thanks everyone.

Jim

Date: Wed, November 24, 2021, 20:08:23 ET
Posted by: Ignoramus, Bronx
Will there be a Beacon run in 1Q 2022? Asking for a friend.

Date: Wed, November 24, 2021, 13:43:15 ET
Posted by: hoops, Traveling
Hey gang!

Traveling a little bit right now but will fix all the spam problems a little while later today. Please ignore.

Best,

Jim aka hoops

Date: Tues, November 23, 2021, 23:29:13 ET
Posted by: Thank You, Syracuse, New York
Phantom Raiders

Night by Night
Hey Nineteen
Black Friday
Aja
Kid Charlemagne
FM
Time Out of Mind
The Goodbye Look
Home at Last
Dirty Work
Keep That Same Old Feeling
Josie
Peg
Bodhisattva

Reelin' In The Years

A Man Ain't Supposed To Cry

:: Final Show Of 2021 Tour ::

Date: Tues, November 23, 2021, 12:30:32 ET
Posted by: bout that time for,
"keep that same old set list"

yet i still keep paying...

Date: Tues, November 23, 2021, 00:56:52 ET
Posted by: Ben E. Dum, Pittsburgh
Phantom Raiders

Night by Night
Hey Nineteen
Black Friday
Aja
Kid Charlemagne
Black Cow
Time Out of Mind
Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Home at Last
Dirty Work
Keep That Same Old Feeling
Peg
My Old school
Bodhisattva

Reelin' In The Years

Keep That Same Old Feeling

Date: Sun, November 21, 2021, 16:42:15 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
I should mention that the tunesmithery is all about that 8 bar pre-chorus/bridge/first part of the chorus/whatever leading to "Love. Will. Make. It. Right."

2 modulatations/chord changes after those delicious verses

Really slick song structure:

Verse [ A A' Aadd A' B B' A A' ]

Chorus [C C' | D E E']

C C' - that's the money shot.

Synth Solo

Chorus [C C' | D E E' E E' fadeout]

Outtro

Some background on the recording. Katz was hired by Ross after hearing Gaucho.

https://dianarossproject.wordpress.com/2012/05/13/ross-1983/

Fagen had 2 mixes perfected, and both lost on a computer. A real shame but lol. Another tech blow for Donald.

Date: Sun, November 21, 2021, 16:13:08 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
FWIW, the TV theme for ER stole the opening vamp for Love Will Make it Right. Where are the residuals for all those years on syndication?? ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp2EfS8FpUI

Date: Sun, November 21, 2021, 16:08:01 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
Closest Fagen got to Bacharach? Sophisto80spop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NMbVL_jMA8

Decent but not great quality upload of the recording.

Diana Ross was a good vehicle. Phillanganes, Porcaro, Haslip on this track. Don't believe it was released as a single.

Date: Sun, November 21, 2021, 01:12:04 ET
Posted by: Frank, Boston, Orpheum
Set List 11/20/21

1) Phantom Raiders
2) Night By Night
3) Hey 19
4) Black Friday
5) Aja
6) Kid Charlemagne
7) Black Cow
8) Time Out of Mind
9) Brooklyn (with Connor Kennedy on vocals)
10) Godwhacker
11) Dirty Work (with Danettes on vocals)
12) (Crusaders') Keep That Same Old Feeling (with band intros)
13) Home At Last
14) PEG
15) Bodhisattva
Encore
16) Boston Rag
17) Reelin' In The Years
18) A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry (Outro)

Date: Sat, November 20, 2021, 01:11:51 ET
Posted by: Orph2, Bahstin
"THE ROYAL SCAM"

Kid Charlemagne
The Caves of Altamira
Don't Take Me Alive
Sign in Stranger
The Fez
Green Earrings
Haitian Divorce
Everything You Did
The Royal Scam

Night by Night
Hey Nineteen
Aja
Godwhacker
Keep That Same Old Feeling
Home At Last
Bodhisattva

Reelin' In The Years

A Man Ain't Supposed To Cry

Date: Fri, November 19, 2021, 23:49:40 ET
Posted by: The Dean, St. Augustine. Uptown, Baby!
Thanks to all for the concert reports. Making me wish I could have accepted the invitation to see them in Boston tonight. But alas, it was not to be this time.

But what are we supposed to make out of the comment by "my suggestion"? He/she says "don't go see Buddy Guy" but gives NO reason why we should avoid it. Did he fuck your girlfriend/boyfriend? Did he come in your mouth without warning?

So it's from an anonymous poster who doesn't use a consistent username. So we have no idea if the poster has some good takes/knows music/etc. Just a nobody giving no reason. I guess that's the state of the Internet these days. But this forum typically is better than that.

Let me just say this about Buddy. I saw him 9-10 years ago. Jonny Lang was the opener. I was excited to see both as I had never seen either. I was familiar with Buddy Guy's music, but was really looking forward to seeing Lang. I had heard great things about him.

Well, Lang was disappointing, at best, IMO. While he can play, the band sounded as thought they really weren't listening to each other. Individually they could shred, the combination was less than satisfying to me. Many people, including me, left their seats to get drinks, use the bathroom, etc after about half of his show. I was still listening, but not enjoying.

Buddy followed. Oddly it was not what I expected having heard a lot of his music over the years. He barely played any blues ballads, but was shredding for almost all the concert. He did a lot of feedback with the amp and such. But it was GOOD. Mostly I was impressed this 76 years old man had the energy and the VOICE of a man half his age. While not what I expected, I went away happy.

Just a month or so ago, I saw Buddy again with Kenny Wayne Sheppard as the opener. I had never seen Kenny live. Thankfully Kenny was terrific. Good band, solid show.

Buddy put on a mostly totally different show than he did back in 2012. There were more wailing blues songs, and a little bit of shredding of course. His voice might have been even better/stronger than the previous show. This from an 85 year old man.

So my advice is if you like electric blues and great guitar playing, GO SEE BUDDY GUY before he dies. It's just amazing how this man still plays and sings.

Date: Thurs, November 18, 2021, 14:21:29 ET
Posted by: Jacquie Anne, Bosto
The only word for last night was joyous. The crowd was great, the music brilliant. It was great to feel happy again. It's been a long time.

Date: Thurs, November 18, 2021, 09:20:10 ET
Posted by: BS, .
"TOOM Trade" is likely alternating short solo riffs during "Time Out Of Mind".

Date: Thurs, November 18, 2021, 09:13:18 ET
Posted by: John,
What is a TOOM trade?

Date: Thurs, November 18, 2021, 09:01:34 ET
Posted by: Chris , nh
Some stray thoughts from last night's show:

-goddamn it’s great to see Steely Dan again.

-No subs tonight, the full Steely Dan band in all its glory

-TOOM trades at the end were just Connor and DF (instead of Connor, DF and Jon). No talk box from Jon either (which never really fit IMO).

-Jon played acoustic on Deacon Blues - haven’t seen them play this in a few tours, so maybe not new, but new to me

-Heard there was a new arrangement of Home at Last during the solo section - alas, not tonight, presumably to stay true to the album version

-Night By Night has a new intro and tweaked arrangement and it rips

-First in my 20+ shows since 2000 that they didn’t play My Old School. Which is fine by me, although it is a nice showcase for Connor.

-Goddamn, it is great to see Steely Dan again

-During the band intros, it was mentioned that the only guitarist with a longer tenure in Steely Dan than Jon was Becker himself.

Date: Wed, November 17, 2021, 23:23:26 ET
Posted by: Michelle King,
Boston Set List
Orpheum- Wed 11/17/2021

Aja Night

1. Black Cow
2. Aja
3. Deacon Blues

--Flip record--

4. Peg
5. Home at Last
6. I Got The News
7. Josie

--Break for applause--

8. Night X Night
9. Hey 19
10. Black Friday
11. Bad Sneaks
12. Time Out of Mind
13. Dirty Work with Vocals by the Danettes
14. Keep That Old Same Feeling (including Band intros)
15. Kid Charlemagne
16. Bodhisattva

Encore
17. Reelin' In The Years
18. A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry (Outro)

---end---

Date: Mon, November 15, 2021, 18:49:14 ET
Posted by: Skippy , Connecticut
Phantom Raiders

Night by Night
Hey Nineteen
Black Friday
Aja
Kid Charlemagne
Black Cow
Green Earrings
Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Time Out of Mind
Home at Last
Dirty Work
Keep That Same Old Feeling
Josie
Peg
Bodhisattva

Reelin' In The Years

A Man Ain't Supposed To Die

Date: Mon, November 15, 2021, 01:02:41 ET
Posted by: Nate, Ella, et al, Bethlehem, PA
Sunday, 11/14/2021, Bethlehem, PA Set List

1. Phantom Riders
2. Night By Night
3. Hey Nineteen
4. Black Friday
5. Aja
6. Kid Charlemagne
7. Black Cow
8. Bad Sneakers
9. Godwhacker
10. TOOM
11. Home@Last (featuring really cool improv section that seems to be new)
12. Dirty Work (Ladies sing)
13. Keep That Old Same Feeling (including Band intros)
14. Peg
15. Old School
16, Bodhisattva
17. Encore: Reelin'
18. A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry (outro)

Date: Sun, November 14, 2021, 13:35:13 ET
Posted by: again, a
the dude burns on guitar

Date: Fri, November 12, 2021, 22:05:11 ET
Posted by: SDV, Brooklyn
the new guy is Connor Kennedy who was the lead guitarist on Donald's Nightflyers tour in 2017. apparently they were even working on new material together. Connor also plays with Amy Helm who is Donald's stepdaughter. They're all part of the Woodstock music scene where Donald lives part of the time.

After Walter died and some time had passed, SD needed a second guitarist and Connor was the obvious and perhaps the most convenient choice. he wears a Bad At Jazz t-shirt and excels at playing simpler blues-based guitar. he writes, records, and performs his own material and has also been fronting a series of Grateful Dead tributes recently.

I guess Donald figures Jon can cover the more sophisticated material but also appreciates the rawness and youthful spirit that Connor brings to the table. Walter was a very blues-based player too so maybe he hears a bit of his partner in Connor's playing. he might not be everyone's first choice for the job but a lot of fans seem to really like him and most importantly, so does Donald.

by the way... there were much cheaper tickets than $250 for Capitol Theater shows and Phish ain't everyone's cup of tea.

Date: Fri, November 12, 2021, 12:51:34 ET
Posted by: my suggestion, for
don't go see Buddy Guy

Date: Fri, November 12, 2021, 12:14:43 ET
Posted by: Row Jimmy, New Canaan
I went to the Royal Scam at the Capitol Theatre on Wednesday and enjoyed myself.

I have one question that I know I am going to be crucified for but I have to ask -- why the 25-year-old kid on guitar?

I was okay at the beginning when Jon was taking all of the leads but not happy the second part of the show when the other guitarist started taking some leads.

He played in a shy manner and did not look comfortable. And his guitar was not loud so you could barely hear what he was playing (which is okay when playing rhythm but not with lead).

Can't Steely Dan find a guitarist who has chops and a history? Steely Dan is full of accomplished musicians. Why the deviation?

It reminded me of the times when I would go see Buddy Guy and he would always have this 16-year-old up and coming guitarist that Buddy would be promoting.

Date: Thurs, November 11, 2021, 01:35:51 ET
Posted by: GKK,
NOV 10 2021
Steely Dan Setlist
at Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, USA

"The Royal Scam"
Kid Charlemagne
The Caves of Altamira
Don't Take Me Alive
Sign in Stranger
The Fez

--pause to flip record--

Green Earrings
Haitian Divorce
Everything You Did
The Royal Scam

--pause for applause--

Night by Night
Hey Nineteen
Aja
Time Out of Mind
Home at Last
Keep That Same Old Feeling (The Crusaders cover) with band intros
Bodhisattva
My Old School

--Encore--

Reelin' In The Years
A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry

Date: Wed, November 10, 2021, 13:57:31 ET
Posted by: Chester, Port Cappy
Phantom Raiders

Night by Night
Hey Nineteen
Black Friday
Aja
Kid Charlemagne
Black Cow
Green Earrings
The Goodbye Look
Time Out of Mind
Home at Last
Dirty Work
Keep That Same Old Feeling
Josie
Peg
Bodhisattva

Reelin' In The Years

A Man Ain't Supposed To Cry

Date: Mon, November 08, 2021, 01:33:31 ET
Posted by: BadSneakers, Morristown, NJ
AJA Night
November 7, 2021
Mayo Performing Arts Center
Morristown, NJ

1. Black Cow
2. Aja
3. Deacon Blues
4. Peg
5. Home at Last
6. I Got The News
7. Josie
...
8. Night By Night
9. Hey Nineteen
10. Kid Charlemagne
11. Bad Sneakers
12. Time Out Of Mind
13. Dirty Work
14. Rikki Don't Lose That Number
15. Keep That Same Old Feeling (band intros)
16. Bodhisattva
17. My Old School
18. Reelin' in the Years (encore)
19. A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry

Date: Sun, November 07, 2021, 13:35:46 ET
Posted by: Danny R, FB
Mayo Performing Arts Center,
Morristown, NJ, Sat 11/6/2021

I was there last night. Fantastic show! The set was same as Red Bank on Monday. (See previous post for set list.)

Lauren Sevian was in for Roger on bari sax. I didnï¿½t catch the full name of Michaelï¿½s fill in but believe his first name is Rick. Carolyn is back.

Date: Sun, November 07, 2021, 13:33:40 ET
Posted by: Danny R, FB
Mayo Performing Arts Center,
Morristown, NJ, Sat 11/6/2021

HITS NIGHT (or NORTHEAST CORRIDOR NIGHT)

1. Phantom Raiders
2. Night by Night
3. Hey Nineteen
4. Black Friday
5. Aja
6. Kid Charlemagne
7. Black Cow
8. Green Earrings
9. Rikki Don't Lose That Number
10. Time Out of Mind
11. Home at Last
12. Dirty Work
13. Keep That Same Old Feeling with band intros
14. Josie
15. Peg
16. Bodhisattva

Encore:
17. Reelin' in the Years
18. A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry
--end--

Date: Sun, November 07, 2021, 09:55:06 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicago
Looked all over and can't find a setlist from last night's show. Please post if you find it. Hoping it wasn't postponed or anything.

Also, looking for someone to purchase a hat if they have them. I will of course reimburse.

As always, thanks.

Best,

Jim aka hoops

Date: Sat, November 06, 2021, 12:25:32 ET
Posted by: Ketchup, Errr...Mayo, Night 2

Mayo Performing Arts Center,
Morristown, NJ, Thurs 11/4/2021

GAUCHO NIGHT

1. Phantom Raiders

2. Babylon Sisters
3. Hey Nineteen
4. Glamour Profession

--Flip Record--

5. Gaucho
6. Time Out of Mind
7. My Rival
8. Third World Man

--pause, applause--

9. Black Friday
10. Aja
11. Josie
12. Dirty Work
13. Kid Charlemagne
14. Keep That Same Old Feeling (featuring band intros)
15. Peg
16. Bodhisattva

--Encore--

17. Reelin' In The Years

18. A Man Ain't Supposed To Cry (outro)

Date: Fri, November 05, 2021, 12:57:11 ET
Posted by: Arnie, I
In the late 80s the New Frontier video was released on a CD sized disc called (I think) CD Video. I bought it but never acquired the player to play it, although its audio tracks played on a standard CD player. The top layer of the disc peeled after a few years so I threw it out. Just curious does anybody know what hardware standard this format was originally intended for? And would it be compatible with any current optical video player format?

Date: Wed, November 03, 2021, 23:24:27 ET
Posted by: hoops,
This is what I have pieced together...comments and corrections appreciated.

Mayo Performing Arts Center,
Morristown, NJ, , Wed 11.3.2021

The Royal Scam Night

1. Kid Charlemagne
2. The Caves of Altimira
3. Don't Take Me Alive
4. Sign In Stranger
5. The Fez

Flip record

6. Green Earrings
7. Haitian Divorce
8. Everything You Did
9. The Royal Scam

--Break for applause--

10. Night X Night
11. Hey Nineteen
12. Aja
13. Time Out of Mind
14. Black Friday

15. Keep That Same Old Feeling (with band intros)

16. Bodhisattva
17. My Old School

Encore
18. Reelin' In The Years
19. A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry (Outro)

---end---

Date: Tues, November 02, 2021, 16:18:24 ET
Posted by: Ben Jammin, Sunny Indy...Excited for Steely Jersey!
Thanks to those DanFanz sharing the deets from the start of this tour! Lord willing, I'll attend Gaucho Night, Da Hits Night (joined by two "virgins" and I can't wait to watch their heads spin!), and Aja Night at The Mayo in Morristown. A robocall from the venue shared info. regarding check-in, a mention photography's prohibited, and the opener:
https://www.patbianchi.com/home

Hopefully everyone can catch a show this year and/or in '22!

Date: Tues, November 02, 2021, 14:59:06 ET
Posted by: Gabe F., FB
I did a quick search and found that the saxophonist filling in for Roger Rosenberg is Lauren Sevian.

https://www.laurensevian.com

Date: Tues, November 02, 2021, 00:22:40 ET
Posted by: Count Basie, Red Bank, NJ
11/1/2021

(Could someone name the woman who filled in for Roger? Thanks!)

1. Phantom Raiders
2. Night by Night
3. Hey Nineteen
4. Black Friday
5. Aja
6. Kid Charlemagne
7. Black Cow
8. Green Earrings
9. Rikki Don't Lose That Number
10. Time Out of Mind
11. Home at Last
12. Dirty Work
13. Keep That Same Old Feeling with band intros
14. Josie
15. Peg
16. Bodhisattva

Encore:
17. Reelin' in the Years
18. A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry
--end--

Date: Mon, November 01, 2021, 22:32:28 ET
Posted by: Gene, PA
Foxtrot Mike

Date: Mon, November 01, 2021, 22:08:13 ET
Posted by: Chet, B
Eff Emm (NSAA)

Date: Mon, November 01, 2021, 19:32:18 ET
Posted by: BadSneakers, NJ
Maybe they'll play "Frequency Modulation" (FM) next week in Morristown

Date: Mon, November 01, 2021, 16:25:43 ET
Posted by: hoops,
876:

Some people only use TOOM for Time Out of Mind, but not everyone knows what it is. So I list it in the set list so people new here will know when they see it.

Best,

Jim

Date: Mon, November 01, 2021, 08:16:17 ET
Posted by: Miss, Ouri
Anyone know the venue for (according to concertacrchives.org) the first live performance in Houston on 10/26/72.

Date: Sun, October 31, 2021, 11:46:28 ET
Posted by: 876, 679
why do you abbreviate Time Out of Mind after writing the entire song title out?

Date: Sun, October 31, 2021, 11:46:19 ET
Posted by: 876, 679
why do you abbreviate Time Out of Mind after writing the entire song title out?

Date: Sun, October 31, 2021, 03:41:41 ET
Posted by: hoops, Wishing I was in Philly
Set List (unconfirmed)
The Met, Sat 10.30.2021
Compiled from different sources, so confirmation from those present especially appreciated.)

1. Night X Night
2. Black Cow
3. Hey Ninenteen
4. Aja
5. Kid Charlemagne
6. Home at Last
7. Time Out of Mind (TOOM)
8. Things I Miss the Most
9. Rikki Don't Lose That Number
10. Josie
11. Dirty Work (by the Danettes)
12. Babylon Sisters
13. Let the Good Times Roll (with band intros)
14. Peg
15. Bodhisattva

Encore
16. Reelin' In The Years
17. A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry (Outro)

---end---

Date: Fri, October 29, 2021, 23:48:18 ET
Posted by: hoops, Wishing I was in Philly
Set List courtesy of Connor Kennedy
The Met, Fri 10.29.2021

The Royal Scam Night

1. Kid Charlemagne
2. The Caves of Altimira
3. Don't Take Me Alive
4. Sign In Stranger
5. The Fez

Flip record

6. Green Earrings
7. Haitian Divorce
8. Everything You Did
9. The Royal Scam

--Break for applause--

10. Night X Night
11. Hey Nineteen
12. Aja
13. Time Out of Mind (TOOM)
14. Black Friday

15. Let the Good Times Roll (with band intros)

16. Bodhisattva
17. My Old School

Encore
18. Reelin' In The Years
19. A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry (Outro)

---end---

Date: Fri, October 29, 2021, 00:23:15 ET
Posted by: Steely C, Mizar 5
Girls = Dannettes

Boys = hard Steelies III

Date: Thurs, October 28, 2021, 14:39:13 ET
Posted by: Gene, PA
If the girls are the Danettes, shouldn't the guys be the Steelies?

Date: Thurs, October 28, 2021, 10:41:57 ET
Posted by: hoops,
Thanks, dwork.

Date: Thurs, October 28, 2021, 07:02:41 ET
Posted by: dwork,
Danettes sung DW in Baltimore

Date: Thurs, October 28, 2021, 01:07:59 ET
Posted by: hoops, Wishing I was in Philly
Philly Set List courtesy of Connor Kennedy
The Met, 10.27.2021

Aja Night

1. Black Cow
2. Aja
3. Deacon Blues

Flip record

4. Peg
5. Home at Last
6. I Got The News
7. Josie

--Break for applause--

8. Night X Night
9. Hey 19
10. Kid Charlemagne
11. Bad Sneaks
12. Time Out of Mind (TOOM)
13. Dirty Work
14. FM

15. Let the Good Times Roll (with band intros)

16. Bodhisattva
17. My Old School

Encore
18. Reelin' In The Years
19. A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry (Outro)

---end---

Who sang Dirty Work? The Danettes or Connor or Both? IDK

Date: Thurs, October 28, 2021, 00:15:55 ET
Posted by: stevie Dan, Philly/Demver
Anyone have tonights Philly set list?

Date: Wed, October 27, 2021, 20:25:17 ET
Posted by: Orgaf, Nigeria
Hi, this is Anna. I am sending you my intimate photos as I promised. https://tinyurl.com/yh8rsdfu

Date: Wed, October 27, 2021, 20:09:18 ET
Posted by: bikemann17, colorado
PNC show is on the PNC website

Date: Wed, October 27, 2021, 15:11:49 ET
Posted by: BadSneakers, NJ
Someone posted earlier that "PNC show [June 30, 2022] *is* listed on their website" however I do not see it ... steelydan.com/#!/events?page=1

Date: Wed, October 27, 2021, 09:45:45 ET
Posted by: chris, nh
Sounds like that might be a new change this year to Home At Last, although I don't think I saw them play it in 2019.

Date: Tues, October 26, 2021, 20:08:59 ET
Posted by: other notables,
At the end of Home at Last, they transitioned to a jazz interlude where various members took solos of choruses over the Home at Last changes. Carlock was playing swing. Connor took a great solo. They then transitioned back to the outro of the song to close it out. Have they done this arrangement before?

Night by Night was also done a bit slower and with some added funk than the record.

Probably not new, but Connor trades with DF in Time out of Mind. I wonder if he's losing his sh*t inside. How many people have traded with DF?

Date: Tues, October 26, 2021, 12:42:14 ET
Posted by: Stevie Dan, Philly/Denver
Flipkid: Yes it's very cool. They started doing that about 2/3 tours ago.

Date: Tues, October 26, 2021, 10:16:43 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicago
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DANDOM DIGEST

October 4-25, 2021

Yr. 29, No. 5

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IN THIS DANDOM DIGEST

Variety Interview with Donald
Rolling Stone Interview with Donald
NEW from Walt Weiskopf, "Introspection, V, 2.0," more
Walt Weiskopf on Saxophone Podcast
Nettavisen.no Interviews Walt Weiskopf
n 25 Years With Steely Dan
Re: On 25 Years With Steely Dan
Times Square Chronicles on Catherine
Steely Dan Kick Microphone Mystery
OJay Graydon Talks "Negative Girl"
Bob Lefsetz Interviews Gary Katz
Stompin' On The Avenue with Steve Rushin
Redux: New Donald Fagen Album on the Way!
Redux: "Landmark Interview" With Donald Fagen
Redux: Don't Miss: DF Interview on Detroit Radio
Redux: OUT NOW! PR: Two Live Albums
The Chase" with Michael Leonhart, et. al.
Catherine Russell News & Notes
Jim Beard/Jon Herington "Chunks and Chairknobs"
Keith Carlock News
LaTanya Hall Notes
Roger Rosenberg "Baritonality"
Calling All Current SD Orchestra Members & Alumns

SPOILER
SPOILER
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SPOILER: 10.25.21: Hippodrome, Baltimore

Followed by

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Subject: Variety Interview with Donald

Steely Danï¿½s Donald Fagen on Releasing Two New Concert Albums and Keeping the Bandï¿½s Banner Flying Live

Drink your big black cow and get back in here. Donald Fagen has simultaneously released two new live albums ï¿½ one under the nearly 50-year-old banner of Steely Dan; one billed as a solo album ï¿½ that revive some of the most pungently written and exquisitely arranged and played music of the 20th century. ï¿½Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live!ï¿½ is the first official live album of material from that band in more than a quarter-centuryï¿½ sans the late Walter Becker, of course, who died in 2017, but performed by Fagen with a crackerjack ensemble that makes it sound as fresh as it ever has. ï¿½The Nightfly Live,ï¿½ meanwhile, uses that same big band to revive the full track list from Fagenï¿½s 1982 solo debut, which ranks alongside ï¿½Ajaï¿½ and other Steely classics in the minds of most fans.

Continues...

https://variety.com/2021/music/news/donald-fagen-steely-dan-live-album-nightfly-interview-1235081620

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Subject: Rolling Stone Interview with Donald

Another Great Interview with Donald:

Steely Danï¿½s Donald Fagen Talks Lessons in Sleaze and a Rabbi With a Fastball
Musician also discusses his two new live albums, upcoming tour, trying to make Walter Becker laugh and converting Deadheads to Danfans

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/steely-dan-donald-fagen-interview-1236665

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Subject: NEW from Walt Weiskopf, "Introspection, V, 2.0," more

Walt Weiskopf European Quartet announces v. 2.0 of their most recent release, "Introspection." Featuring six additional tracks, the new version is available now at the usual digital music sources.

Walt's website, including links to all of his social media outlets can be found at https://waltweiskopf.com

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Subject: Walt Weiskopf on Saxophone Podcast

Walt Weiskopf; How to use theory for improvisation
by Donna Schwartz | Oct 20, 2021 | Featured, Podcast | 0 comments

Saxophonist, composer and author Walt Weiskopf began his New York career performing with the Buddy Rich Big Band in 1981 at the age of 21.
Since then, he has made an impressive mark as both a leader and sideman with over 20 critically acclaimed CDs and countless sideman credits, including performing and recording with Frank Sinatra, Steely Dan, Donald Fagen, Frank Sinatra, Michael McDonald, Boz Scaggs and others.

https://saxophonepodcast.com/ep-118-walt-weiskopf

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Subject: Nettavisen.no Interviews Walt Weiskopf

This is a fine piece of Walt Weiskopf. For those whose Norwegian is rusty, you should be able to read it with the aid of the translate feature in browsers like Google Chrome.

The American saxophonist Walt Weiskopf gives us real Jazz with his European quartet - despite the corona problems.

https://www.nettavisen.no/plateanmeldelse/musikk/jazz/vi-snakker-jazz-med-stor-j/r/5-95-322495

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Date: October 20 at 8:43 AM
Subject: On 25 Years With Steely Dan

Michael Leonhart writes on his Facebook:

Hard to believe this year marks 25 years that my sisï¿½ Carolyn and I have been with Steely Dan.

What started off as a cool 6-month world tour with two of my heroes has grown into an extended family that has shared incredible highs as well as the heavier times of saying goodbye to loved ones.

One thing has become quite clear as Iï¿½ve gotten older and hopefully a lilï¿½ wiser-
Donald & Walterï¿½s music brings enormous joy to so many people.

Full stop.

First show is Oct. 25 at the Hippodrome in Baltimore.

Last show is Nov. 23rd at the Landmark Theater in Syracuse.

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From: Jim McKay
Subject: Re: On 25 Years With Steely Dan

Wow! 25 years already! Clearly, Michael is grateful for working for the Amazing Steely Dan. But as someone who has seen something approaching 100 Steely Dan shows, I need to say how grateful we fans are: he has really earned his relationship with the Steely Dan band. Of course, Donald is a musical genius, but beyond his amazing playing, Michael has inspired Donald to get past some his blocks and make finish line. It's most obvious in his role in "Sunken Condos," but from show to show, album to album, it's clear he and the other band members are there to realize Donald's vision in the most supreme way. We fans are grateful for that, to say the least.

But wait! There's more! Michael's a world class musician and composer who introduces us to other music we otherwise wouldn't have on our radar. A lot of amazing music I wouldn't have considered were it not for his influence. (Keeping it real: Yeah, there are one or two pieces that I just don't get.) At any rate, congrats on 25 years of Michael and Carolyn and Donald and Walter--and Jay too!

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Date: September 27, 2021
Subject: Times Square Chronicles on Catherine

Grammy Award Winner Catherine Russell Is Like A Glass of Sparkling Wine Effervescent

Live From Dizzyï¿½s launched their reopening on Thursday, October 1, with Grammy Award winner Catherine Russell and her trio. Russell is one of the most widely recognized jazz vocalists since the release of her debut album in 2006. Russellï¿½s experience extends far beyond releasing her acclaimed albums as a solo artist; she has also worked with Steely Dan, David Bowie, Cyndi Lauper, Paul Simon, Jackson Browne, and Levon Helm.

https://t2conline.com/grammy-award-winner-catherine-russell-is-like-a-glass-of-sparkling-wine-effervescent/

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Fron: George Petersen's Facebook Page
Subject: Steely Dan Kick Microphone Mystery
Date: October 11 at 11:50 AM

Steely Dan Kick Microphone Mystery
The late, great Roger Nichols once told me that ï¿½ aside from his Wendel drum machine ï¿½ one of his favorite kick drum mics had been an Electro-Voice Model 664, which he used on Steely Danï¿½s ï¿½GAUCHOï¿½ album. If you listen to ï¿½Time Out of Mind,ï¿½ youï¿½re heard that ultra-dead, low-end thump. After years of wondering how he got that sound from a chrome, 1950ï¿½sï¿½era vocal mic that looked like a ray-gun from a cheap science-fiction movie, I finally bought one (flea market, $15). Back in my studio, with the 664 placed inside the front headï¿½s sound hole on a 22ï¿½ rock kick drum, the micï¿½s sound matched the record exactly. Same results on a double-headed 18ï¿½ jazz kick, even though the two drums sounded completely different! Finally, I figured out the mystery. That signature ï¿½whumpï¿½ was simply the sound of the micï¿½s diaphragm bottoming out when it was exposed to high-level, close-in SPLs. Mystery solved!

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Date: Fri, October 22, 2021, 07:41.27 ET
Posted by: Stan, r
Subject: Jay Graydon Talks "Negative Girl"

Jay Graydon Interview. Part 8: titled "Donald Fagen & Walter Becker" starts at 50:39--but all great stuff if you have time to listen to it all.

https://youtu.be/PHBJ_VAYjuw?t=3039

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Subject: Bob Lefsetz Interviews Gary Katz

About 1:50 long:

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-30806836/episode/gary-katz-8800085

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Fron: Don Breithaupt
Date: October 11 at 7:38 AM
Subject: Stompin' On The Avenue with Steve Rushin

Dandom needs to know about "Nights in White Castle," Steve Rushin's fantastic memoir of coming of age in the eighties (a sequel to Sting-Ray Afternoons, his fantastic memoir of growing up in the seventies). Both books are brilliantly written, touching, funny, and full of pinpoint detail, and Nights in White Castle has a whole bunch of SD/Fagen references. I'm just starting "Part II: Stompin' on the Avenue by Radio City," in which the young graduate moves to NYC to work for "Sports Illustrated" ï¿½ nice title, no? I heartily recommend both these books.

Nights in White Castle: A Memoir
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0316419397/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_navT_a_YVA6AVQH077T7KADBRH0

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Date: September 30, 2021
Subject: Redux: New Donald Fagen Album on the Way!

It's true. And one of the working titles is "Stellar Bartender."

Rolling Stone checked in with Donald to see what's up...

Steely Danï¿½s Donald Fagen Spent the Pandemic Writing Songs for a New Album
Musician says heï¿½s already recorded demos for what will be his first solo effort since 2012ï¿½s Sunken Condos

ï¿½After [the pandemic] went on for a while, I ended up writing almost an albumï¿½s worth of tunes for a solo record,ï¿½ Fagen says in a new interview. ï¿½It was actually a really good period for me.ï¿½

Continues...

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/steely-dan-donald-fagen-new-album-1235132/

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Subject: Redux: "Landmark Interview" With Donald Fagen
Date: September 23, 2021

Paul Grimstad's interview with Donald Fagen will definitely will be a reference point for years to come. Don't miss it.

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/conversation-with-donald-fagen

After you are done, be sure to revisit Leo Sidrans's interview with Donald Fagen published July 30, 2019.

http://www.third-story.com/listen/donaldfagen

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Subject: Redux: Don't Miss: DF Interview on Detroit Radio
Date: September 27, 2012

Donald Fagen talks with FM 94.7's about the new live albums and the fall tour.

https://wcsx.com/episodes/jim-bits-9-27-21-donald-fagen-interview/

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Date: July 26, 2010
From: Press Release at Official Steely Dan
Subject: Redux: OUT NOW! PR: Two Live Albums

https://www.steelydan.com/#!/news/299826

Steely Danï¿½s NORTHEAST CORRIDOR: STEELY DAN LIVE! and a live version of the acclaimed solo album by Donald Fagen ï¿½ THE NIGHTFLY LIVE ï¿½ will both be released on CD & Digital on September 24, 2021. Both albums will be available on 180g-vinyl on October 1, 2021. The first live Steely Dan album in more than 25 years, Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live! was recorded across tour dates at New York Cityï¿½s Beacon Theatre, The Met Philadelphia, & more, and showcases selections from Steely Danï¿½s extraordinary catalog of slinky grooves, sleek subversive lyrics, and infectious hits. Donald Fagenï¿½s The Nightfly Live was performed live by The Steely Dan Band. A full track listing can be found below.

Both albums are available for pre-order today. Fans who pre-order Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live! will instantly receive a digital download of ï¿½Reeling In The Yearsï¿½ and those who pre-order The Nightfly Live will instantly receive a digital download of ï¿½I.G.Y.ï¿½

Tour dates, purchase information, and more follow at the link to the official site:

https://www.steelydan.com/#!/news/299826

In addition to the Fall 2021 dates announced on July 26, 2021,
the 2020 Steely Dan tour rescheduled for 2021 is now officially rescheduled for 2022.

https://www.steelydan.com/#!/events?page=1

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Subject: "The Chase" with Michael Leonhart, et. al.

Michael Leonhard writes:

"The Alchemy EP" was the debut recording of the duo JSWISS and I formed in 2019, and this week we're releasing our new single "The Chase" featuring the phenomenal Keyon Harrold. "The Chase" is available now on Apple iTunes and Bandcamp.

The three of us first joined forces with my #michaelleonhartorchestra at Jazz Standard in NYC for NPR ï¿½s "Toast Of The Nation" broadcast hosted by Christian McBride. Those two magical sets sparked the idea for this collaboration.
Drops on Itunes and Bandcamp Thursday.

--In earlier news--

I'm in the finishing stages of the 3rd Michael Leonhart Orchestra album which features two new extended compositions: "The Normyn Suites No. 1 & No. 2". These two works are contemplations on love & loss, written during a burst of inspiration & catharsis after the passing of our family dog Normyn in 2018. Little did I know that the themes of "love, loss and catharsis" would become a central theme for all of humanity during the pandemic.

Originally set for a 2020 release, the album will come out mid 2021 on Sunnyside Records. Thank you Franï¿½ois Zalacain for your patience. The album features guests Elvis Costello, Joshua Redman Chris Potter Donny McCaslin Keyon Harrold Larry Goldings Bill Frisell Nels Cline and more... Today is Normyn's birthday so she's in our minds. Happy birthday to Neymar Jr.(28) and Cristiano Ronaldo(35) as well -- also legends in their own time.

Michael Leonhart Orchestra
Several titles, including "Suite Extracts, Vol. 1"
Buy at: https://michaelleonhart.bandcamp.com/

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Subject: Catherine Russell News & Notes

Pretty much her entire CATalogue including her latest, the Grammy-nominated
"Alone Together"
Buy at: http://www.catherinerussell.net/listen.php

Links to all of Catherine's social media channels can be found at the bottom of the page at http://www.catherinerussell.net and there's a lot of information at her Facebook artist page, https://www.facebook.com/catherinerussellmusic and her official Twitter feed, https://twitter.com/crussellsinger

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Subject: Jim Beard/Jon Herington "Chunks and Chairknobs"

Overview: http://www.jonherington.com/beardherington.html

Buy at: http://www.jonherington.com/store.html
A Great Interview with Jim & Jon: "How did this come about?"
https://youtu.be/euklbIfq414

More information at http://www.jonherington.com

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Subject: Keith Carlock News

Buy All Kinds of Stuff including "IN THE JAM: NYC Funk" 10 Multi-Track Video Jams--You Control The Mix" with Carlock/Jenkins/Buono. Multiple titles from Rudder. And more.
http://keithcarlock.com/buy/

Keith has a great web site and store at http://keithcarlock.com, but be sure to follow his Twitter feed for the up-to-the-minute news and appearances from Keith --http://www.twitter.com/KeithCarlock

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Subject: LaTanya Hall Notes

The latest from LaTanya at
http://latanyahall.com

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Subject: Roger Rosenberg "Baritonality"

Roger Rosenberg
"Baritonality"
Buy at: https://www.amazon.com/Baritonality-Roger-Rosenberg/dp/B002F3BPF4

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Subject: Calling All Current SD Orchestra Members & Alumns

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SPOILER: 10.25.21: Hippodrome, Baltimore

Phantom Raiders
Night By Night
Bodhisattva
Hey Nineteen
Kid Charlemagne
Aja
Home At Last
Janie Runaway
Josie
Time Out of Mind
Dirty Work
Rikki
Let the Good Times Roll (Band Intros)
Peg
Pretzel Logic
Reelin' In the Years
My Old School
A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry

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"Until my ship comes in..."

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Date: Tues, October 26, 2021, 10:09:36 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicago
Flip Kid: Thanks for the report. The introductions started that way about four years ago, after Walter passed. You may recall that Walter did the band intros and then passed it over to Donald. When Walter passed, they switched to Michael Leonhart, Jon Herington, and others introducing the band in the sort of rotating basis that you describe.

Date: Tues, October 26, 2021, 09:32:31 ET
Posted by: Flipkid, Blue State (again)
They also did this really cool thing mid-set (bear in mind, I haven't seen SD in eight years, so I don't know if this is a "new" schtick or not; it was new to me). Donald left the stage and the ladies/band performed Let The Good Times Roll. And in the middle of the song, with the band vamping, Michael Leonhart hopped off the horn section riser and took center stage and introduced each of the Danettes. Then the Danettes introduced Jim, Ready Freddy, Keith, Connor, and Jon. And then Jon introduced Michael, Walt, Roger and Jim. Then Donald came back on and finished the song. I dug it.

Date: Tues, October 26, 2021, 09:04:29 ET
Posted by: chris, nh
Oh man, I hope Night By Night stays in the setlist. Janie, too (although I also wouldn't mind if they rotate some other 21st century tunes into that slot).

Date: Tues, October 26, 2021, 08:20:32 ET
Posted by: Flipkid, Blue State (Again)
Wow. Just wow. I donï¿½t have a set list for the entire Baltimore show last night (I was too busy soaking up the vibe and just enjoying the music), but, damn. They opened with Night By Night, and the crowdï¿½which looked like a selloutï¿½damn near blew the roof of the place. And about halfway through the set, they played Janie Runaway. JANIE RUNAWAY!! The band was, as always, absolutely amazing; definitely firing on all cylinders. And Donald? He looked GREAT. And his voice was excellent. And he engaged with the audience more than I had ever seen previously. He definitely looked and sounded like a guy who missed playing for almost two years. If any of you have tickets for this tourï¿½or can still get ticketsï¿½you will NOT be sorry.

Date: Mon, October 25, 2021, 23:53:16 ET
Posted by: hoops, Wishing I was in Baltimore
Set List
10.25.21: Baltimore

Phantom Raiders
Night By Night
Bodhisattva
Hey Nineteen
Kid Charlemagne
Aja
Home At Last
Janie Runaway
Josie
Time Out of Mind
Dirty Work
Rikki
Let the Good Times Roll (Band Intros)
Peg
Pretzel Logic
Reelin' In the Years
My Old School
A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry

Date: Mon, October 25, 2021, 22:44:40 ET
Posted by: bikemann17, colorado
PNC show is listed on their website.

Date: Mon, October 25, 2021, 11:52:58 ET
Posted by: BadSneakers, NJ
No mention on the Steely Dan website for Steely Dan with Steve Winwood concert that has SUPPOSEDLY been rescheduled to Jun 30, 2022 at PNC Bank Arts Center, in Holmdel, NJ.

IS THIS CONCERT STILL SCHEDULED ???

Date: Sun, October 24, 2021, 18:08:15 ET
Posted by: BadSneakers, NJ
Why no mention on their website of the rescheduled SD show Steely Dan with Steve Winwood on Jun 30, 2022 at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ?

Date: Sat, October 23, 2021, 17:50:07 ET
Posted by: Stan Lee,
Jay Black has died.

https://wabcradio.com/2021/10/23/jay-black-the-voice-has-died-at-age-82-jay-and-the-americans-update/

Date: Fri, October 22, 2021, 11:23:10 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
In listening to the Live albums, which are faithful but not to a fault...a reminder of the missing element of real horns (and Rhodes) in post- post- modern musik.

Some tasty horns (and Rhodes) here from a recent Mamas Gun album. The song'a a big 1960s throwback with some Bacharach elements and SD elements:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOGYC4ours0

Date: Fri, October 22, 2021, 07:41.27 ET
Posted by: Stan, r
Jay Graydon Interview. Part 8: titled "Donald Fagen & Walter Becker" starts at 50:38.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHBJ_VAYjuw

Date: Mon, October 18, 2021, 11:56:34 ET
Posted by: Bad Sneakers, worn out
Any word on opening act?

Date: Mon, October 18, 2021, 00:38:21 ET
Posted by: Jim aka hoops, Chicago
Couple of things:

One, somebody posting bullshit...so moderating for a while.

Two, a couple of code issues...credits/codes/duplicate posts fixed/consolidated.

Thanks...

Date: Sun, October 17, 2021, 20:18:53 ET
Posted by: Technicolor Motorhome, S E US of A
Saw a mention of this on the SD Reddit. I can hear some influence. It's really well done either way. A cool song indeed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G-4VcV74-E

Date: Sun, October 17, 2021, 14:43:51 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
Nice. Will continue listening piece by piece.

Gary Katz after leaving the insurance biz: "I got odd jobs, most of them legal."

- while hanging around Kenny Vance and figuring out how to make musical industry part of his life...

Date: Sun, October 17, 2021, 12:03:45 ET
Posted by: Den,
The story about the controversy over the number of humanoids on the cover of CTE has been known since a 1974 Rolling Stone piece on the band.

Gary confirms he doesn't really keep in touch with Donald, and the interviewer politely did not to ask him to elaborate and moved on.

Date: Sun, October 17, 2021, 11:12:25 ET
Posted by: The Dean,
St. Augustine. Uptown, Baby! Comments:

Here is a list of links to the various podcast platforms [For the Katz interview], for others who may not use Apple's

https://celebrityaccess.com/2021/10/14/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-producer-gary-katz/

Date: Fri, October 14, 2021, 14:55:56 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicago
An interesting listen so far, Bob Lefsetz has an intersting new interview with Gary Katz.

It's almost two hours long, but a good listen, if not occassionally ambiguous, while also raising other questions.

iHeart Radio:
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-30806836/episode/gary-katz-88000859

Apple PodCasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gary-katz/id1316200737?i=1000538563389

There are a few other places that have it as well.
Date: Wed, October 13, 2021, 15:48:16 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicago
Uncut magazine has largely been a good friend of Steely Dan. Here's their take on the two new live albums. I really like the interesting vantages about how to look at Walter's spirit within the context of these recordings. Some other good observations.

Steely Dan/Donald Fagen ï¿½ Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live!/Donald Fagen the Nightfly Live
Recreations add spark to studio classics
https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/album/steely-dan-donald-fagen-northeast-corridor-steely-dan-live-donald-fagen-the-nightfly-live-134287/

Date: Fri, October 08, 2021, 10:09:53 ET
Posted by: hoops, Danville
Spin interview that's very good although rehash is a lot of the last two or three:

https://www.spin.com/2021/10/donald-fagen-on-slick-new-live-lps-steely-dans-latest-mainstream-revival

Date: Thurs, October 07, 2021, 14:09:49 ET
Posted by: hoops,
A third really great interview in the past week. From Rolling Stone:

Steely Danï¿½s Donald Fagen Talks Lessons in Sleaze and a Rabbi With a Fastball
Musician also discusses his two new live albums, upcoming tour, trying to make Walter Becker laugh and converting Deadheads to Danfans

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/steely-dan-donald-fagen-interview-1236665

Date: Thurs, October 07, 2021, 02:28:29 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,

John B: Haha enjoyed seeing that Donald has a similar taste in favorite solo and Steely Dan songs: IGY, Things I Miss the Most, Pixeleen, Almost Gothic, EMG, Songwriting on EMG in general and the live tracking, Christ Potter solos (Janie Runaway, West of Hollywood).

Date: Wed, October 06, 2021, 21:37:46 ET
Posted by: Jimmie, US
There's just one.

And even she knows it.

Date: Wed, October 06, 2021, 17:52:31 ET
Posted by: Nicholas Urfe, Phraxos
Was there a roulade she couldn't sing?

Date: Tues, October 05, 2021, 23:20:07 ET
Posted by: Even Cathy Berberian, knows Your Gold Teeth
Came across this CD for $1 today at a local thrift store. Couldn't pass it up for the Dangentialness of it. Plus I figure I'd never come across it again anywhere, let alone at that price...

Cathy Berberian ï¿½ Nel Labirinto Della Voce
https://www.discogs.com/master/739048-Cathy-Berberian-Nel-Labirinto-Della-Voce

Some samples can be heard here...

CATHY BERBERIAN : "Nel Labirinto della voce" (extraits)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyy92c_eUAY

Date: Tues, October 05, 2021, 21:07:18 ET
Posted by: John B, from Facebook
Another great interview!

Steely Danï¿½s Donald Fagen on Releasing Two New Concert Albums and Keeping the Bandï¿½s Banner Flying Live

https://variety.com/2021/music/news/donald-fagen-steely-dan-live-album-nightfly-interview-1235081620/

Date: Tues, October 05, 2021, 18:56:35 ET
Posted by: Mt. Belzoni, Portland OR
Seems to me that I learned of Toxic Vegan here. Now that their CD is available via iTunes, does anyone know anything more about who these guys are? I like their stuff.

And I love the 2 new live CDs. I was at 2 of the Beacon shows recorded, and the only difference I notice is that our audience was even more boisterous than the CDs indicate. Great sound, great performances. Just wish each had more material, though I understand Donald's efforts to limit to costs in the hope of making such things economically viable in today's environment. Hopefully they'll do likewise with other album nights - how about Countdown to Ecstasy, Gaucho or Royal Scam?

Date: Mon, October 04, 2021, 15:33:26 ET
Posted by: Gene, PA
Well it WAS on Detroit radio where Bob Seger is God.

But yeah, you've gotta be pretty clueless to think he wants to hear about Def Leppard.

Date: Mon, October 04, 2021, 14:23:32 ET
Posted by: cringe city,
Absolutely embarrassing with that radio host asking if Donald wants to record "Night Moves" for his project, trying to sell it with Def Leppard's involvement. Oof. Clueless.

Date: Mon, October 04, 2021, 13:09:25 ET
Posted by: DonB, Los Angeles
Thanks, Jim McKay, for everything you do.

Date: Mon, October 04, 2021, 10:52:05 ET
Posted by: hooos, Chicago
Steve:

Amen! / Word!

(Great to hear from you.)

Date: Sun, October 03, 2021, 22:58:28 ET
Posted by: Steve Gennarelli, Tampa, FL
Hi Dan Fans -

I haven't posted here in awhile, but just wanted to share
my pure joy which I'm sure some of you already feel regarding
the news that Donald Fagen is working on another album of new music.

Through all of the stress and sadness we've gone through this past 18 months, just knowing that we'll have a new Fagen album is giving me a smile and a reason to keep on going. There is something exciting and worthwhile to keep all of us going.

Thank you Mr. Fagen as one of your many grateful and devoted fans.

-Steve

Date: Sun, October 03, 2021, 16:25:52 ET
Posted by: Jim McKay aka Hoops, Chicago
(Fred: Yes, the link I have in this Dandom Digest to the Tablet interview with Donald is the same as posted in two previous posts.)

The latest edition of the Dandom Digest (Vol. 29, No. 4) was sent out in the past hour and you should in your email in box. It covers September 13-October 3, 2021.. (The previous regular Dandom Digest covered March 23-September 12, 2021.) At any rate, if you don't see it in your in box let me know by sending an email at jjmckay at me dot com.

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DANDOM DIGEST

September 12-October 3, 2021

Yr. 29, No. 4

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IN THIS DANDOM DIGEST

New Donald Fagen Album on the Way!
"Landmark Interview" With Donald Fagen
Don't Miss: DF Interview on Detroit Radio
OUT NOW! PR: SD 2021 Tour & New Music
First Impressions "Northeast" & "Nightfly Live"
"Northeast" & "Nightfly" Live Vinyl Consumer Notes
Southeast Dates of Fall 2021 Tour Postponed
Miami Herald on Concert Postponement
2021 Tickets come with CD
70s Live Version of "Reelin'" Officially Released
NEW! "The Chase" with Michael Leonhart, et. al.
Catherine Russell News & Notes
Jim Beard/Jon Herington "Chunks and Chairknobs"
Jon Herington News
Keith Carlock News
LaTanya Hall Notes
Roger Rosenberg "Baritonality"
Walt Weiskopf, "Introspection, V, 2.0," more
Calling All Current SD Orchestra Members & Alumns
REDUX: 33 1/3 Podcast Kicks Off w/Don Breithaupt's "Aja"
New Monkey House on the Way

Followed by

PRETZEL LOGIC

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Date: September 30, 2021
Subject: New Donald Fagen Album on the Way!

It's true. And one of the working titles is "Stellar Bartender."

Rolling Stone checked in with Donald to see what's up...

Steely Danï¿½s Donald Fagen Spent the Pandemic Writing Songs for a New Album
Musician says heï¿½s already recorded demos for what will be his first solo effort since 2012ï¿½s Sunken Condos

ï¿½After [the pandemic] went on for a while, I ended up writing almost an albumï¿½s worth of tunes for a solo record,ï¿½ Fagen says in a new interview. ï¿½It was actually a really good period for me.ï¿½

Continues...

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/steely-dan-donald-fagen-new-album-1235132/

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Subject: "Landmark Interview" With Donald Fagen
Date: September 23, 2021

Paul Grimstad's interview with Donald Fagen will definitely will be a reference point for years to come. Don't miss it.

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/conversation-with-donald-fagen

After you are done, be sure to revisit Leo Sidrans's interview with Donald Fagen published July 30, 2019.

http://www.third-story.com/listen/donaldfagen

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Subject: Don't Miss: DF Interview on Detroit Radio
Date: September 27, 2012

Donald Fagen talks with FM 94.7's about the new live albums and the fall tour.

https://wcsx.com/episodes/jim-bits-9-27-21-donald-fagen-interview/

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Date: July 26, 2010
From: Press Release at Official Steely Dan
Subject: OUT NOW! PR: Two Live Albums

https://www.steelydan.com/#!/news/299826

Steely Danï¿½s NORTHEAST CORRIDOR: STEELY DAN LIVE! and a live version of the acclaimed solo album by Donald Fagen ï¿½ THE NIGHTFLY LIVE ï¿½ will both be released on CD & Digital on September 24, 2021. Both albums will be available on 180g-vinyl on October 1, 2021. The first live Steely Dan album in more than 25 years, Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live! was recorded across tour dates at New York Cityï¿½s Beacon Theatre, The Met Philadelphia, & more, and showcases selections from Steely Danï¿½s extraordinary catalog of slinky grooves, sleek subversive lyrics, and infectious hits. Donald Fagenï¿½s The Nightfly Live was performed live by The Steely Dan Band. A full track listing can be found below.

Both albums are available for pre-order today. Fans who pre-order Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live! will instantly receive a digital download of ï¿½Reeling In The Yearsï¿½ and those who pre-order The Nightfly Live will instantly receive a digital download of ï¿½I.G.Y.ï¿½

Tour dates, purchase information, and more follow at the link to the official site:

https://www.steelydan.com/#!/news/299826

In addition to the Fall 2021 dates announced on July 26, 2021,
the 2020 Steely Dan tour rescheduled for 2021 is now officially rescheduled for 2022.

https://www.steelydan.com/#!/events?page=1

Be sure to sign up for official email newsletters and e-blasts from Steely Dan. Go to http://www.steelydan.com and scroll down the page to "SIGN UP FOR UPDATES" and click "SUBSCRIBE."

(This, the Dandom Digest newsletter/email, is from a third party of Steely Dan fans and not affiliated with Steely Dan.)

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Subject: First Impressions "Northeast" & "Nightfly Live"
From: Jim McKay

Classics with a contemporary performance context.

Loving both of these new collections, but my favorite part is how these live versions give me a new appreciation of the originals while also capturing the live-spirit of the Steely Dan band that has developed over the past two decades. Except for some one-offs like "Hank's Pad" in the "Cheap Xmas" box set, there has been relatively little official documentation of the great Steely Dan bands since "Alive In America" which documented those early modern Steely Dan concerts in 1993 and 1994.

For example with 1982 studio version of "The Nightfly," I have heard new listeners say it sounds cold or a touch like an album about the late 50s/early 60s recorded in the early 1980s. This new live version offers a more organic, analog sound, demonstrating how it is truly a timeless work of songwriting. It really helps me to appreciate the original. And the tweaks and re-arrangements sounds great--but they also give insight into the originals. For example, the ending to "Greenflower Street" on the original vs the live version. I won't say I like either ending better, but it's interesting to have a cold close on the studio version versus an ending with a little bleed in the live context. One makes sense for the album sequence while the other fits the audience of a live audience. Another example: The original studio version of "Things I Miss The Most" has a short opening, which provides a nice cut from the scene of "The Last Mall" over to "Things I Miss The Most." On the "Northeast Corridor" version, there's a new extended intro which sets the stage for the track. The original "Glamour Profession" from "Gaucho" is perfection; while this new live arrangement has Freddie and Keith's organic groove playing against Jon's guitar. The sublime result could easily play after Donald's live cover of "Shakedown Street."

All that aside, after 18 months of no concerts, these collections are a much-needed source of inspiration and hope for getting back in the groove and hearing live music.

Things may never be the same again, but it's great to have these discs where we can look back at good times, enjoy them today, and look forward to good that may lie ahead.

Let me and the Greater Dandom know what you think.

Jim aka hoops
jjmckay at me dot com
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Subject: "Northeast" & "Nightfly" Live Vinyl Consumer Notes
Date: Friday, October 1, 2021
From: Jim McKay

Following a week after the CD and streaming versions, 180g vinyl editions of "Northeast Corridor" and "Nighfly" are now available.

Picked up copies of both first thing this morning. The sound is great. The vinyl was physically perfect. Absolutely no warps, dimples, etc. The artwork is entirely a gloriously larger version of the CD version from a week ago. The printed inner sleeves are printed on heavyweight paper with semi-glossy printing. It did take a little better of efforts to extract the LPs from the inner sleeves. The LPs were in the paper sleeves so tightly that I thought I was going to have to call the Jaws of Life. I suggest purchasing some high-quality, anti-static, audiophile sleeves and stashing the printed inner sleeves in the outer jacket to keep them pristine.

One final recommendation: give each of these a full test play immediately. My hunch is that these will be very limited in pressings. In the unlikely event that there is a flaw in the discs, you may have a hard time finding a replacement if you wait too long. That said, my copies were perfect. While I've not had any problems with any Steely Dan albums of recent years, In my personal experience, UMG has a good track records, but I have had some other LPs from some other record companies come to me warped or flawed.

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Subject: Southeast Dates of Fall 2021 Tour Postponed

Tour dates in early October have been postponed to next year. This fall's tour will pick up beginning October 25, 2021 at Baltimore. For the full, official details, see...

https://www.steelydan.com/#!/news/299918

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Date: September 30, 2021
Subject: Miami Herald on Concert Postponement
Steely Dan just postponed its tour that was kicking off in Miami Beach. Hereï¿½s why

Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/miami-com/miami-com-news/article254617107.html#storylink=cpy

https://www.miamiherald.com/miami-com/miami-com-news/article254617107.html

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Date: Fri, July 30, 2021, 00:50:33 ET
Posted by: kewl!, there
Subject: 2021 Tickets come with CD

Each ticket purchased online comes with a CD copy of either Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live!, the first live Steely Dan album in over 25 years or The Nightfly Live, Donald Fagen's acclaimed solo album performed live by The Steely Dan Band in 2019, both out September 24 (max 8 albums per household). You'll receive an additional email with instructions on how to redeem. US and Canadian purchasers only. Not Valid for Fan to Fan Resale. All events may not participate in the album bundle offer.

(*LiveNation 2021 shows only it seems*)

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Subject: 1970s Live Version of "Reelin'" Officially Released

New "previously unreleased" version of "Reeling in the Years" now featured on the brand new, expanded, 20th Anniversary Version of the soundtrack to "Almost Famous." According to some, it's been part of various audience recordings and YouTube videos out there...but it's been cleaned up for this release. I expect to have a CD copy (with track info?) by the next edition of the Dandom Digest and will report back on more specifics.

You can give a listen via the official Steely Dan YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbYeJEQVHmA

Dangentially, Dave S. also suggests revisiting Cameron Crowe's 1977 Rolling Stone piece on Steely Dan:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-second-coming-of-steely-dan-189824

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Subject: NEW! "The Chase" with Michael Leonhart, et. al.

Michael Leonhard writes:

"The Alchemy EP" was the debut recording of the duo JSWISS and I formed in 2019, and this week we're releasing our new single "The Chase" featuring the phenomenal Keyon Harrold. "The Chase" is available now on Apple iTunes and Bandcamp.

The three of us first joined forces with my #michaelleonhartorchestra at Jazz Standard in NYC for NPR ï¿½s "Toast Of The Nation" broadcast hosted by Christian McBride. Those two magical sets sparked the idea for this collaboration.
Drops on Itunes and Bandcamp Thursday.

--In earlier news--

I'm in the finishing stages of the 3rd Michael Leonhart Orchestra album which features two new extended compositions: "The Normyn Suites No. 1 & No. 2". These two works are contemplations on love & loss, written during a burst of inspiration & catharsis after the passing of our family dog Normyn in 2018. Little did I know that the themes of "love, loss and catharsis" would become a central theme for all of humanity during the pandemic.

Originally set for a 2020 release, the album will come out mid 2021 on Sunnyside Records. Thank you Franï¿½ois Zalacain for your patience. The album features guests Elvis Costello, Joshua Redman Chris Potter Donny McCaslin Keyon Harrold Larry Goldings Bill Frisell Nels Cline and more... Today is Normyn's birthday so she's in our minds. Happy birthday to Neymar Jr.(28) and Cristiano Ronaldo(35) as well -- also legends in their own time.

Michael Leonhart Orchestra
Several titles, including "Suite Extracts, Vol. 1"
Buy at: https://michaelleonhart.bandcamp.com/

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Subject: Catherine Russell News & Notes

Pretty much her entire CATalogue including her latest, the Grammy-nominated
"Alone Together"
Buy at: http://www.catherinerussell.net/listen.php

Links to all of Catherine's social media channels can be found at the bottom of the page at http://www.catherinerussell.net and there's a lot of information at her Facebook artist page, https://www.facebook.com/catherinerussellmusic and her official Twitter feed, https://twitter.com/crussellsinger

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Subject: Jim Beard/Jon Herington "Chunks and Chairknobs"

Overview: http://www.jonherington.com/beardherington.html

Buy at: http://www.jonherington.com/store.html
A Great Interview with Jim & Jon: "How did this come about?"
https://youtu.be/euklbIfq414

More information at http://www.jonherington.com

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Subject: Keith Carlock News

Buy All Kinds of Stuff including "IN THE JAM: NYC Funk" 10 Multi-Track Video Jams--You Control The Mix" with Carlock/Jenkins/Buono. Multiple titles from Rudder. And more.
http://keithcarlock.com/buy/

Keith has a great web site and store at http://keithcarlock.com, but be sure to follow his Twitter feed for the up-to-the-minute news and appearances from Keith --http://www.twitter.com/KeithCarlock

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Subject: LaTanya Hall Notes

The latest from LaTanya at
http://latanyahall.com

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Subject: Roger Rosenberg "Baritonality"

Roger Rosenberg
"Baritonality"
Buy at: https://www.amazon.com/Baritonality-Roger-Rosenberg/dp/B002F3BPF4

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Subject: Walt Weiskopf, "Introspection, V, 2.0," more

Walt Weiskopf European Quartet announces v. 2.0 of their most recent release, "Introspection." Featuring six additional tracks, the new version drops at the usual digital music sources on October 15, 2021. The first of these six tracks, "When Your Lover Has Gone," is available now at https://waltweiskopf.lnk.to/gone

Walt's website, including links to all of his social media outlets can be found at https://waltweiskopf.com

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Subject: Calling All Current SD Orchestra Members & Alumns

The Dandom Digest would like to support your new album release by sending a special edition of the Dandom Digest. The Dandom Digest wants to do its part to help get the word out about your labor of love. The Dandom Digest goes to approximately 1,750 hardcore Steely Dan fans. Email jjmckay at me.com for info when the release is approaching. Thank you!

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Subject: REDUX: 33 1/3 Podcast Kicks Off w/Don Breithaupt's "Aja"
Date: Friday, September 10, 2021

Just a reminder about the inaugural 33⅓ podcast, wherein hip hop icons Prince Paul and Posdnuos (De La Soul) discuss Steely Dan's "Aja", using excerpts from Don Breithaupt's 2007 book!

Link to the podcast:
https://https://open.spotify.com/episode/3MRRwDUxz95bo9ZoPNWB4T?si=7BAjrkgJTEiIMLg0t_2cOA&dl_branch=1

Purchase the book:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0826427839/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_NBJE25YDFYKZR8Q3E3YA

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Date: Wed, September 08, 2021, 14:54:29 ET
Subject: New Monkey House on the Way

Don Breithaupt and Monkey House is in an L.A. studio working on their next release. Don reports: Date: Wed, September 08, 2021, 14:54:29 ET

We're well into production on the new Monkey House album. Rhythm section, my vox, and loads of overdubs done. Doing the horn section Sept. 16. Guest stars classified for now, but you can count on Drew Z on at least one track! More soon...

In the mean time, if you haven't already, be sure to pick up Monkey House's most recent release, "Friday" (featuring a cover of "Book of Liars").

Buy at http://www.almarecords.com/releases/#26 or Amazon.com

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Date: Sat, October 02, 2021, 13:59:42 ET
Posted by: PJ, UK, South-West England
I thought the review was a bit harsh. Especially the 2.5 "score". Also the accusation of opportunistic profiteering.
But you know what - these are not 5 star albums either. In my view, anyway.
On the plus side - the two together deliver a beautifully captured record of this fabulous working band. Particular highlights for me include the contributions of Keith Carlock, Jim Beard and the 4 backing singers.
(On Maxine and Black Cow in particular where the ladies are concerned).
That, and more, is all good. And it sounds gorgeous.
In the "could have done better" category - essentially track selection on NorthEast Corridor. Such a great back catalogue (and we know these guys can play each and every song). But just how many live versions of Bodhisattva, Peg, Aja and Reelin' In The Years does even the most fanatical Dan fan want?!
We'll all have our own preferences as regards what we'd like to have seen included. For me, My Old School, Deacon Blues and Dirty Work would all have been welcome.
That said, it's on the system at the moment, and I'm enjoying it very much. Undoubtedly a lot, lot better that 2.5 stars!

Date: Fri, October 01, 2021, 20:18:18 ET
Posted by: Shark, de Ville
wow, I used to respect American Songwriter magazine. not sure why
kinda shocked they published such a disrespectful, off-the-mark review. do they pay that guy?

the first 4 words: It's cash grab time.
REALLY?!! what a joke. as if Donald or anyone else is making a pile of money from these 2 releases. he's giving them away with every ticket purchase for crying out loud.

"the solos and arrangements remain essentially the same"
this guy would rather crap on Donald with false and derisive statements than actually listen and compare. if he knew shit about SD he would know they've never asked a soloist to copy anything from the records, and that many of the arrangements have changed quite dramatically.

he even complains that they didn't put more songs on the live Nightfly release. I mean really

I know I'm preaching to the choir here but I can't believe that passes for music journalism. what a complete joke.....

hey Fred!
I didn't realize Hoops had already posted the Tablet interview, I was just replying to the post below mine.

Date: Fri, October 01, 2021, 02:17:53 ET
Posted by: Critic , Grabs us
Review of the two new CDs.

https://americansongwriter.com/review-steely-dan-and-donald-fagen-live-releases-stick-closely-to-their-studio-counterparts/

Date: Thurs, September 30, 2021, 21:15:45 ET
Posted by: Michael,
Apparently DF's been keeping busy writing songs for a new album.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/steely-dan-donald-fagen-new-album-1235132/

Date: Thurs, September 30, 2021, 19:37:20 ET
Posted by: Aja1, Newton
These albums so vastly exceeded my expectations and I'm so happy about them. I want this version of Walk Between Raindrops to play as people depart from my funeral.

I don't have the hard media versions of these yet, is it Carlock on drums (not Falco)? To me the drums are a standout on these albums, much clearer and tighter than when hearing live (a product of the acoustics not the player).

Date: Thurs, September 30, 2021, 10:09:10 ET
Posted by: chris, nh
I don't see how WB's desire, or lack thereof, to continue with the Steely Dan studio project has anything to do with whether or not he wanted his demos released (which his widow has said was the case). Becker stated several times around Circus Money that he didn't share Fagen's drive for perfectionism anymore. There was a personal tragedy that occurred in the 00s and we all noticed a change in his playing and demeanor in 2011. Circumstances and priorities shift.

I have a few bootlegs that line up with the shows on the new records, at some point I'm going to sit down and A/B them closely. I dug up IGY and it sounded like everything was untouched, save for the vocals. I'm not sure if vocals were re-recorded or just cleaned up in post. Only thing I am sure of is that they were tuned.

Date: Wed, September 29, 2021, 22:54:44 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
Oops.

Here is the TG in 4k link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDmmUstCbtM

Date: Wed, September 29, 2021, 22:53:42 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
Tomorrow's Girls video now in 4K

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/conversation-with-donald-fagen?fbclid=IwAR2gskuAvEpYGmJrI2KlgZxKTfgfYOLJHB_rLqYv_M8L2F4a9xMY2tZaoZY

Date: Wed, September 29, 2021, 14:17:20 ET
Posted by: Lone Starz, the academy - at where else

"I have a hard time imagining Walter on his deathbed telling people that he wants his demos put out there."

Then you sir or madame are obviously unaware that dying is a unique circumstance which sometimes recontextualizes one's priorities.

Or more likely you're just another troll

Date: Wed, September 29, 2021, 08:52:19 ET
Posted by: Fred, On location
Hey Shark! Good to see you. Is there any difference between the Tablet interview you just posted in the one posted here on Friday? They look pretty similar.

I knew they would be great, but both of these live albums exceed my expectations.

Regarding MODP's comment about Walter, from what I've read in interviews with Donald, Walter did not want to do any more Steely Dan albums, studio or live. I take it that's the reason he's not represented in the performances. Through the years, Donald has had some new ideas for alternate arrangements. Glad they are now on the record. Great to also hear this HOT band finally get documented. Anyone know if there will be a video of these performances released Sunday? Probably not, but I can hope.

If it's true that Walter didn't want to have any more Steely Dan albums, then how much would he like having all these solo clips and demos put out there? They are interesting, but I have a hard time imagining Walter on his deathbed telling people that he wants his demos put out there.

Date: Tues, September 28, 2021, 18:22:53 ET
Posted by: OrangeTom, NoLongerBackWoods
Read the interview over the weekend. Three random takeaways:

How often Walter was mentioned unprompted even at the beginning.

They brought Don Henley in at least twice for background vocals.

How despite the affection DF obviously retains for WB, he is completely ready to crap all over him for the last ten years of his life. More charitably, maybe that is just rehearsed deposition testimony from the ongoing lawsuits

Date: Tues, September 28, 2021, 17:52:42 ET
Posted by: Shark, De Ville
here's the entire Tablet interview. it's a winner!
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/conversation-with-donald-fagen?fbclid=IwAR2gskuAvEpYGmJrI2KlgZxKTfgfYOLJHB_rLqYv_M8L2F4a9xMY2tZaoZY

and another fun interview on Detroit's WCSX 94.7 from yesterday. a bit less cerebral
https://wcsx.com/episodes/jim-bits-9-27-21-donald-fagen-interview/?fbclid=IwAR3FrbQhX-BaX1qKFVYWg6cqjS6sibRbh-CxYrYAWHqwgPmcngKG2x40s3o

Date: Tues, September 28, 2021, 13:03:42 ET
Posted by: Napoleon , UK

Donald Fagen said that ï¿½thousands of lawyersï¿½ were probably involved in a continuing fight over Steely Dan royalties as he tried to focus on creative life without Walter Becker.

By the time Becker died in 2017 heï¿½d been ill for some time with cancer. In a recent interview with Tablet, Fagen was asked if writing and performing in his late bandmate's absence was a ï¿½weirdï¿½ experience.

ï¿½Well, it wasnï¿½t that weird because he was ill for almost a decade before his death, and he hadnï¿½t been as active,ï¿½ he replied. ï¿½I was used to trying to keep things afloat. Though the fact that he simply isnï¿½t there is kind of frightening. But in a way heï¿½s always there. Heï¿½s in my body. Weï¿½ve been together for so long, heï¿½s like my brother, you know.ï¿½

He recalled that "when I met Walter ï¿½ in the late ï¿½60s, we were really dissimilar in the actual circumstances of growing up, but we dug the same stuff. He knew all the references I did. Jazz, science fiction, comic novelists, what they called ï¿½black humorï¿½ at the time. ï¿½ And there were conversations in these novels that were almost supernaturally unfiltered. People would just say what they were thinking. That particular thing was something Walter and I picked up on, and it was in the back of our minds when we were writing lyrics.ï¿½

On the subject of changes in the music industry, Fagen ï¿½ who sued Beckerï¿½s estate over ownership of the bandï¿½s intellectual property ï¿½ said the situation regarding Steely Dan royalties was ï¿½a long story, constantly going on.ï¿½ ï¿½There are probably thousands of lawyers fighting about that right now, as we speak," he noted. "But more generally, these days itï¿½s all about streaming.ï¿½

Turning to the status of the album format, he argued that "you canï¿½t divorce the LP from a particular sequence of songs. ï¿½ Coming after the Beatles and Dylan, we just slid into that spot where an album, 40 or so minutes of music, could be a piece of work. I know people still release albums, but Iï¿½m not sure if itï¿½s the same. For one thing, kids listen to it on these little pods or play it out of their computer speakers, so thereï¿½s no more high fidelity, which was part of the thing, part of the experience. Itï¿½s like watching films on Netflix ï¿½ itï¿½s just not the same medium.ï¿½

ultimateckassicrock.com

Nap

Date: Tues, September 28, 2021, 11:49:46 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
Chris: Yeah, Glamour really swings with Carlock at the kit instead of WENDEL.

With certain exceptions, if you have a crack cadre of musicians and the sound gear/acoustics are good I often prefer the live version. Generally, rock bands can't deliver A Game performances. Earth Wind & Fire, The Police, Elvis Costello, Prince, and Little Feat are the few exceptions I can think of.

I really like the NE Corridor performances with subtle changes... and as you mentioned re: Greenflower Street, although that version sounds a lot like the NYRSR chart.

The Aja version hasn't changed much since 2003 in Dallas.

Donald *may* have overdubbed or sweetened his live vocals, but they're in the pocket and just the right place in the mix. Frankly, he was in great voice in 2003, 2006, 2017.

Despite the epicness of the 1993 band tracks in AiA - Erskine and Bernhardt were really in sync...overall, I like these live albums a lot. They'll stand the test of time.

Date: Tues, September 28, 2021, 11:11:03 ET
Posted by: Gene, PA
Recently watched The Conversation (1974) with Gene Hackman. He plays a surveillance expert and he had a bunch of reel tapes in 3M boxes (obviously not digital), made me think of The Nightfly.

Date: Tues, September 28, 2021, 09:33:26 ET
Posted by: Chris , nh
agreed, Doc, Glamour is a standout. Jim Beard really shines on both of these releases.

had an odd moment listening to The Nightfly Live when the Green Flower Street intro came on. I've listened to the original in sequence so many times that my brain was expecting an A, the G just sounded like the wrong note.

Date: Tues, September 28, 2021, 00:17:05 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
I should mention that Glamour Profession translates really well to the live performance. Really swings in an almost Eye to Eye way. Jim Beard does not even attempt to replicate Rob Mounsey's iconic solo, and it works. Chops are chops.

Date: Tues, September 28, 2021, 00:09:55 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
Nik,

TBF the "Professor" usually interviews the artists. Donald, Jay Graydon, etc. passed, probably wisely. He's not bad, though. Probably more accurate than the Sweet book!

Hoops et al.: I believe that The Nightfly was record on 3M tape, 16 bit, digital of course and we all know the drums were heavily Wendelized II. However, there were no 16 converters in 1982, so the CDs were 12 bit. Never remastered (except...DVD-A)...so the "depth" in the recording is missing...

Unless you bought the DVD-A version as I did and it's a wonderment through the OG Boston Acoustics speakers. More open, lively, and organic. The DVD-A version of Kamakiriad BTW is also a revelation. Countermoon sounds like a completely different song.

Would have loved to hear a Walter version of Daddy, Slang of Ages...but well estate, U know...

Still I'm delighted to hear basically the Steely Dan Band of the last 18 years captured for posterity and recorded on 21st Century consoles and soundboard. The recordings well capture the soundscape I've heard in Dallas and Austin shows. Both albums sounds great. The Nightfly Live is a little more faithful to album. But as hoops expounds, it's great to hear an organic version. I really dug the Fagen solo Nightflyers version of the Nightfly tunes, but there's no beating the mighty SD band. I thought having the esteemed lady virtuosos handling the vocals on Maxine was a good choice.

The Northeast Corridor versions are a little looser. The live intro to Things I Miss the Most is a real treat.

Most of all, I really prefer to hear the illustrious Keith Carlock Live rather than on records, although he's always fabulous. Hey, he made some of the recordings on Toto XIV (mostly the second half) much much better. He always delivers.

Date: Mon, September 27, 2021, 19:57:40 ET
Posted by: Nik, US
Apparently being a ï¿½professor of rockï¿½ entails reading the Wikipedia page for a song and making it into a video.

https://youtu.be/rLzexdtMdPE

Date: Mon, September 27, 2021, 15:45:59 ET
Posted by: sdv, up on the hill
the tour will start in Baltimore on 10/25. all southern shows are postponed

Date: Mon, September 27, 2021, 12:18:27 ET
Posted by: Uf, Orlando
Just got an email from Orlando venue postponing the October 13 2021 show to August 2, 2022. I'm thinking whole tour might be postponed.

Date: Sun, September 26, 2021, 21:59:26 ET
Posted by: Updraught, Philly Area
Very pleased to see the Nightfly Live and the Northeast Corridor recordings released.

This band is so good, it is truly wonderful to have professionally produced, live recordings documented.

Now, some may say that certain things have been "enhanced", who knows, but the base performances are from the players in the band.

Superior music performed by superior musicians, marvelous.

Date: Sun, September 26, 2021, 20:22:54 ET
Posted by: M/O/D/P, My shiny-noo Bluebook post about the shitty state of record stores and such.
So...recently...as in, a mere couple of years ago, I had occasion to attempt a purchase at what (back then) remained of Toronto's once-mighty "music store" scene. To be fair, it was a "Sunrise Records" - never the best of the bunch - newly re-opened outlet in a Major Mega-Mall. I was looking to buy a DVD set for Mrs. M/O/D/P, who had discovered that a couple of her beloved TV show discs were malfunctioning/damaged/they just wouldn't play. I entered the store, admittedly with some degree of trepidation, and politely asked the clerk - who had neither thick/dark-rimmed Record Store Clerk Glasses nor an ironic "Girl Scouts of America" t-shirt...I should have walked out right there, I know - if the store had a copy of "All In The Family - Season Three". The response was, at the time, stunning to me. The store employee asked me what this thing I was looking for was...a CD?...a movie?...a TV show?...a documentary?

This guy not only didn't know a ton about multiple styles of music, his knowledge didn't go back more than the beginning of the Fast & Furious [sic] series of asinine cookie-cutter car-chase-as-video-game movies. He asked me, "What is that?" like he'd never heard of one of the (up until then, apparently) most famous TV shows in the history of the medium. Because he hadn't. He was working in a store that sold music CDs, DVDs, and related ephemera ("ugly t-shirts and stupid, pointless mass-produced "collectibles"), but he apparently had no knowledge of anything that had been recorded/released prior to his 16th birthday. Sic transit Record Stores...

For context, I fondly remember a time when I could walk into places like Sam The Record Man (Yonge Street) with its multiple floors of music, and talk to a knowledgeable employee about rock/jazz/classical/big band...whatever. Or, just a bit south, A&A Music, maybe not quite as good, but still a viable choice. Then there were the other, even cooler guys...Ben at The Record Peddler...the even-more-into-it-than-I-was guys at Records On Wheels...the killer deals to be had at Cheapies ("cut-outs and more!")...and so on.

So..."untethered from the past, adrift in the present, doing business like there was no future, MUSIC RETAIL COMMITTED SUICIDE"

I couldn't have put it better myself, Don.

Note that I left off the "number sign assholes" bit from the end of the quote because I fucking hate it when folks use profane language on the internet. And I fucking hate "twitter".

As far as the newly-released "Steely Dan - Now Proudly & Brazenly 100% Walter Becker-Free!! " live offerings, the instrument has yet to be invented that is capable of measuring my indifference to these projects. What do the kids say? "Meh." Yeah, I suppose that sums it up for me. My best guess is that these two things are designed, especially over time, to sell a few trickling units to those remaining casual fans who love those wormy [sic] radio hits (don't get me wrong - I love 'em too), and who might just conveniently mistake these "live" sets for yet another "greatest hits" collection. In other words, it's very likely another way to try to juice the rapidly-dwindling market for such outdated material (see the quote from somehow-inexplicably-still-not-deceased Iggles frontman "Don Henley" [sic] posted here some time ago), or maybe it's just another promotional thing to sell at the merch table in 2022/23/24. Or, just maybe, something to be added to/included with the price of next year's concert ticket package.

Me? I think that whatever behind-the-scenes work needed to be done to get at least a few WB performances on the "Northeast Corridor" live set, should have been done. I don't buy your "well, we all just don't understand and it's all just so complicated" argument. Call me sentimental, I suppose. Or pissed - I'm not sure which it should be. Probably pissed.

M/O/D/P

Date: Sun, September 26, 2021, 16:31:45 ET
Posted by: DonB, Los Angeles
KIP ï¿½ No excuse for that! When I was 16, working my first part-time record store job, I knew a ton about multiple styles of music, and my knowledge went back decades, to well before I was born. That's what it took to be a decent record store employee back in the 20th c. Next time someone tells you the internet killed music retail, correct them: untethered from the past, adrift in the present, doing business like there was no future, MUSIC RETAIL COMMITTED SUICIDE. #Assholes

Date: Sun, September 26, 2021, 12:23:20 ET
Posted by: KIP, FL
The Nightfly live interests me more than NEC as well. Stopped at the mall just now, and neither the "record store" type place nor Barnes & Noble had either in stock, although I did not ask for assistance to confirm. A few years back I asked for help finding the new Glenn Frey retrospective CD, and had to spell the name. Don't like being reminded in such a way that I'm old.

Would have been the first time since 1991 that I bought two SD related CDs on the same day, when I went out to buy the NYR&S CD and also saw the newly released SD Gold CD, which I had no idea was coming.

Date: Sun, September 26, 2021, 11:21:17 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicago
Kip:

Yes, standard CD jewel cases. The booklet is relatively minimal and straightforward. And of course, the Northeast Corridor CD is dedicated to Walter.

Chris: Indeed...that's what I am getting so much out of this, especially "Nightfly Live." The original 1982 version is, of course, a sublime masterpiece. I have heard some casual fans say it sounds cold or a touch like an album about the late 50s/early 60s recorded in the early 1980s. This new live version offers a more organic, analog sound. It really helps me to appreciate the original. Moreover, as you point out, enjoying or at least finding interest in rearrangements, etc. For example, the ending to "Greenflower Street" on the original vs the live version. I won't say I like the new ending better, but it's interesting to have a cold close on the studio version versus an ending with a little bleed in the live context.

As you can tell, so far I've been spending more time so far with the "Nightfly Live" than "Northeast Corridor."

Best,

Jim

Date: Sun, September 26, 2021, 08:13:46 ET
Posted by: Kip, FL
Are the new CDs in standard jewel cases?

Date: Sat, September 25, 2021, 00:05:09 ET
Posted by: chris , nh
Lots of great alternate melody and phrasing choices by DF on these releases. Vocals got tuned but the performances are real.

Date: Fri, September 24, 2021, 20:23:29 ET
Posted by: Denise, Hinktown
Thanks, Jim, that's a great read. I had the same misconception about the "silver bowl"! At least the mystery of who is Warren Kruger is discussed - I've always wondered about that.

Interesting to read the bit about Aja. A sound tech I work with who sets up our large corporate events always plays Aja to judge whether the sound system is set up correctly. He can tell in an instant if something is off. It's his gold standard.

I, too, miss Walter.

Date: Fri, September 24, 2021, 19:17:23 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicago
Really awesome, new interview with Donald. Learned a lot of new things; corrected something I had wrong before:

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/conversation-with-donald-fagen

Date: Fri, September 24, 2021, 18:50:09 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicago
Both new live albums are out today.

As of a few minutes ago....

"Northeast" is #10 at Apple, #6 at Amazon rock, and #9 overall. Also as of the moment; "Nightfly Live" is #21 at Apple, #10 at Amazon rock, and #17 at Amazon overall.

Here's some background on co-producer Patrick Dillett, http://patrickdillett.com

Date: Mon, September 20, 2021, 19:09:37 ET
Posted by: Just a dude, not a Major, In an undisclosed bunker
If you take this quiz, you may notice a pattern to the answers. Your knowledge of Dan songs should net you a perfect score...

https://metv.com/quiz/were-these-sitcoms-in-the-1970s-or-did-we-just-make-up-a-show

Date: Mon, September 20, 2021, 12:33:24 ET
Posted by: JS, London
Just back from King Crimson's US tour, (drummer) Jeremy Stacey and his brother Paul will be appearing at Ronnie Scott's Club next week with their Steely Dan Big Band outfit, the Royal Scammers. Jeremy writes, "One week to go! Jeremy and Paul Staceyï¿½s Royal Scammers live @Ronnie Scottï¿½s Soho London! 27th 28th and 29th of September! Come down! First set 6.30pm second set 9.15pm! We play for 75 mins and weï¿½ll cram in what we can! Both sets will be the same for each house!"

https://www.dgmlive.com/news/jeremy-stacey-and-the-royal-scammers

Date: Sat, September 18, 2021, 03:11:06 ET
Posted by: Don Patrol, 10 years in the past
Thinking back on Rarities night. That weekend changed so much for us. We had been going to Dan shows since '93. But had always been tailgating with casual fans in the parking lots. Met many fine folks, but never hardcore ones. We were at the show in Mtl, when Walt suggested to the audience, that maybe we should go to see a show in NYC. I took him up on the offer. There had been issues at the border that had stopped us from US shows for a while, but that was solved by changing my citizenship so I could go see them in NYC.(Long story) So when we got there, we immersed ourselves into the Dandom. That weekend, we were no longer alone in our obsession. We met people from all over the world who were as passionate,if not more so. Yes, the show was fantastic, and the Beacon was electric with anticipation. A night I'll never forget. But other memories I have of that weekend turned out to be just as important. Our first Beacon champagne party with our new Scandinavian buddies. Drinking scotch with Al and LWO. The Bitter End party, it goes on and on. Meeting so many new people of our kind. The best part of that weekend was the shows in the years that followed. More Beacon runs with friends not strangers. New friends each show.4 shows in 4 cities 2 provinces 2 states in 5 nights. More new friends! And so on and so on. 10 years after Rarities, I look back on multiple tours with my man Reidar,and SueDave,and Marc and Jim and Sandra and others who have come to be. Also that was the weekend I met Dandom legends Hoops and Pete, both of whom are great guys that we owe a debt of gratitude for all they've done for us Danfans. So I guess I'll sum up with this; The show was a dream come true for us. But what it led to was even greater.
The Greater Dandom!
Hope to see some of my old friends soon,and new ones also. As always, Peace

PS Shout out to the Dean and M/O/D/P!
Great to see posts from you guys!!

Date: Fri, September 17, 2021, 16:10:27 ET
Posted by: Lester,
Walk Between Raindrops from Nightfly Live:

https://youtu.be/VojIs7zuKHo

Date: Fri, September 17, 2021, 15:21:04 ET
Posted by: Gene, PA
I think we may have lost Lisa G last year if the obituary I saw is in fact her.

Date: Fri, September 17, 2021, 12:28:08 ET
Posted by: hoops,
Gene: Thanks for posting that.

Date: Fri, September 17, 2021, 12:27:18 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicago
Was going through Dandom Digest and the BlueBook from 10 years ago. These three sum things up.

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From: hoops
Subject: NOT a SPOILER: 9/17-NYC: "A Fifth Legendary Show"
Date: Sun, September 18, 2011, 11:09:30 ET
Since Steely Dan started touriong again in the 90s, there have been four legendary shows in my book: the two pairs of Steely Dan shows at Roseland Ballroom in 1995 and 2003. On Saturday night, we had the fifth legendary show, the rarities show at the Beacon.

I have ben stunned since and keep wondering when I think about the show: "Did that really happen?"

What an amazing show. Thank you Donald and Walter.
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Date: Sun, September 18, 2011, 11:01:00 ET
From: David Giles
Subject: SPOILER: 9/17-NYC-"Great Show, fantastic energy"
setlist
Your Gold Teeth
Aja
Black Friday
Hey 19
You Got The Bear
Time Out Of Mnd.
Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Jack of Speed (pre-1996 version, vocals by Walter)
Show Biz Kids
Pearl of the Quarter
Bodhisattva
Second Arrangement
Dr Wu
Papa Dont Take No Mess / intros
American Lovers (lead vocals by Catherine Russell)
Josie
Peg
My Old School
Reelin in the Years
Encore: This Mobile Home
Great show, fantastic energy ...
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From: Girl Margaret
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:28:33 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: SPOILER: 9/17-NYC: Rarities and B-Sides, A Dream Come True!
To write a review of the events of Saturday night any sooner than tonight would have been impossible. I feel as though I have been basking in the afterglow of the most amazing of dreams for the last several days. Was I really there? Did what happen REALLY happen? It was incredible: I was at Beacon Theater, with my Danfriends and family, and hearing songs played live ï¿½ right in front of me! ï¿½ that Iï¿½d never imagine Iï¿½d hear live ever! And all those wonderful people that were there, it must have been a dream! I havenï¿½t seen some of these folks in years, and all of a sudden Iï¿½m embracing them once more. Thereï¿½s my Steely Parents Ed and LWO, my Steely sistahs SueDave and Lady Bayside, my long lost partner in crime Danfiend, and so many wonderful friends who round out my divine Danfamily: Alan, Joe, Hoops, Lisa G, Big Fan, Pete and Shari, and my token Canadian, Randy J Where else but in my wildest dreams could I be sharing the same space with these people and hearing The f 'in Bear?!

Forget The Bear (or has the bear forgotten you?). Letï¿½s start with some of the other songs Iï¿½d never thought Iï¿½d hear, period. Your Gold Teeth? God, does that song bring back some very fond memories. To be honest, the dream was a little too real when I started hearing some of those old chestnuts being played to me for the 900th time (Hey 19, anyone?), although, to be fair, I have said and meant that as long as SD is playing, I will go see them, even if theyï¿½re playing the same twenty songs over and over again. But fer cryinï¿½ out loud, this was the Rarities and B-Sides night! Put those AM Gold hits away and start hitting me with those bolts of lightning.

Before I go any further, I should point out that I was four rows back from Jon Herington, sitting next to my dear friend, Danfiend. We havenï¿½t seen each other in five years, and it was like we never parted company. Iï¿½ve been having just as much fun with her at these shows as I was on the 2006 tour. The youngï¿½ns ride again!

So the two of us are reacting the same to every song ï¿½ ï¿½Hey 19 is a rarity my ass!ï¿½ ï¿½ and begging Donald to please ï¿½shock usï¿½ with something we would never expect. It started with The Bear (holy $&!, theyï¿½re doing The Bear!!!), which I, in my efforts to remain surprised and avoided all spoiler alerts, was completely surprised by (even though I did hear Herington mention it in conversation two nights earlier). As Donald was telling a story to introduce the song, I literally stopped breathing, and had myself so worked up that I caused to have an acid reflux attack and came thisclose to puking in the aisle. It was worth it.
I was beyond stoked to hear Walter sing ï¿½Jack of Speedï¿½, because IMHO the 1996 version is the best ever. EVER. However, this disco version certainly blindsided me (ï¿½What the hell is this? I canï¿½t follow the beat.ï¿½), and even seemed to stump Walter at times. But it was still pretty awesome.

Then we enter into what was one of the greatest moments Iï¿½ve ever experienced in my lifetime. In my memory book of Steely Dan concerts, this one will be highlighted and earmarked til my final days. Donald starts talking about Gaucho and the master tapes incident and how this one song was pretty much gone, but hey letï¿½s play it tonight. Cut to me and Danfiend clinging to the edges of our seats, squealing, ï¿½Ohmygodtheyï¿½regonnaplaySecondArrangement!ï¿½ And lo and behold, I hear those magical opening notes of The Second Arrangement. The Second f 'in Arrangement! To say I love love love that song is a massive understatement, how does one describe the beauty of such majesty? The tears started welling in my eyes, as I drank in this magical moment, thinking especially of the late Bill Griffin (SpongeBill), who always had a soft spot for that song. I can only hope he was looking down at us that night and singing along. They finish the song, Danfiend and I lose our minds with applause, and Donald mentions that ï¿½This next song we get a lot of requests for, but donï¿½t play it a lot, but tonight weï¿½re going toï¿½ (Me: Oh god, itï¿½s gonna be Rikki Donï¿½t Lost That Number). And damn, if Donald didnï¿½t hit me again with shock as he played the opening chords of Dr. Wu. DOCTOR F'in WU! Danfiend and I lost it all over again, as we both burst into tears and gave each other a big hug. Seriously, how in the name of Jeff Porcaro do you top hearing The Second Arrangement AND Doctor Wu back to friggin back live by Steely Dan? Answer: You donï¿½t. You canï¿½t! Ok, MAYBE if they pulled me onstage and let me sing with them. But as long as Iï¿½m having this magnificent dream, I wonï¿½t push my luck.

So the evening of rarities and awesomeness continues with The Embassy Brats(!)--lead vocals by Catherine Russell--performing a song Donald and Walter wrote for Thomas Jefferson Kaye called ï¿½American Lover.ï¿½ Personally, this one was a huge surprise because not only was I not familiar with the song (a rarity for me at a Dan concert, period), but because it was a song D+W wrote for someone else. Whatï¿½s next, a Jay and the Americans medley (DO IT)? Not my favorite surprise of the evening, but damn if I donï¿½t love Catherine Russellï¿½s voice on lead.

So the evening wears on, they close with ï¿½My Old Schoolï¿½ and walk off, then I expect them to come back on and play something like ï¿½Reelin in the Yearsï¿½. Thankfully I was proven wrong, as Donald said ï¿½Weï¿½re gonna do what WE wanna do!ï¿½ and announced that for their final song, they would end the show like they did back in ï¿½74 and do ï¿½This All Too Mobile Homeï¿½.

HOLY. FREAKIN'. $j&7.

SERIOUSLY?!?!

Cut to Danfiend and me jumping up and down screaming in the aisle, while I high-fived Big Fan who had the good fortune (or misfortune, youï¿½d have to ask him) to be sitting behind us. Talk about a dream! If they got out the Ouija board and scared up Jeff Porcaro and Jim Hodder that song couldnï¿½t have been any better.

Now letï¿½s be honest for a minute: we all know how we know these songs. Don and Walt know. Theyï¿½re not stupid. But I did wonder for a moment if it was right to sing along with the unreleased songs, as I have now made it obvious that Iï¿½m the owner of one or two (dozen) ï¿½specialï¿½ recordings. Like Walter was gonna stop the song halfway thru and point to us and scream ï¿½BUSTED!ï¿½

Thankfully he didnï¿½t, and thankfully the best band in the world finally gave in and played some of the songs that we diehards have been fantasizing about hearing live for years and years.

When the house lights came on, I dropped to the floor and declared ï¿½You can literally scrape me off the floor now.ï¿½

Thereï¿½s only thing that could have made this show better, and thatï¿½s if it was at Roseland Ballroom, so I could stand shoulder to shoulder with the rest of my Danfamily and cry and laugh and sing along together. Incidentally, thatï¿½s where I was first introduced to most of you exactly 8 years ago.

What truly solidified the fact that this was nothing more than a glamorous dream was that it all happened in a whirlwind. One moment I was saying hello to people I havenï¿½t seen in two years, the next Iï¿½m saying goodbye to them. When I awoke the next morning, I felt like Dorothy Gale, waking up back at the farmhouse. ï¿½I had the most wonderful dream, and you were thereï¿½and youï¿½and youï¿½ï¿½

Date: Fri, September 17, 2021, 08:22:45 ET
Posted by: Gene, PA
The Black Cow discussion Tik Tok is up. The take away: He wrote a repeating four bar horn part for the fade, and Fagen recommended they alternate playing it with a solo.

Date: Thurs, September 16, 2021, 22:37:35 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
Very nice link to the Scheiner interview/geekfest.

No compression or EQ! D&W liked their performances dry. Not a lot of stuff filling the gaps in the way of the musicians performances. Clean. Smooth. Crisp.

Date: Thurs, September 16, 2021, 17:58:31 ET
Posted by: Jimmie, R
Tom Scott posted a Tik Tok performing the sax solo on Black Cow. He always follows these up in a day or so with a story about the recording.

https://www.tiktok.com/@tomscottjazzman/video/7008515400753237253

Date: Wed, September 15, 2021, 15:16:54 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicago
Ben: Thanks for the Allman Betts clip. Much appreciated. 🙏 Reminds me of meeting Warren Haynes backstage at the 2009 Chicago show; Larry Carlton was also there.

Rolling Stone magazine has updated its "500 greatest songs of all time" list. Obviously, one cannot even begin to debate such lists without introducing a huge element of absurdity, but there was one Steely Dan song on the updated list. Deacon Blues at #214. (I seem to believe that there was a second SD track, from the "Pretzel Logic" album that was on the original list, but I could be thinking of a different list.) At any rate, here's the Steely Dan content. Doobie Brothers' "What a Fool Believes" was also on there including a photo of both Michael McDonald and Jeff Baxter. Didn't realize they did hundreds of takes of that song. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767

#214 Deacon Blues
Writers. Walter Becker, Donald Fagen

"'Deacon Blues' is about as close to an autobiography as our tunes get," Donald Fagen has said. A dream of escape into a bohemian existence thatï¿½s also a fantasy of hipster oblivion, the song is the elegant, eglegiac centerpiece of Steely Danï¿½s 1977 album, "Aja". As for the characteristically cryptic title, Fagen later recalled, ï¿½If a college football team like the University of Alabama could have a grandiose name like the Crimson Tide, the nerds and losers should be entitled to a grandiose name as well.ï¿½

Date: Wed, September 15, 2021, 11:18:06 ET
Posted by: Steve M, Scotland
Really enjoyed that Allman/Betts cover. Nice to hear GFS in a more earthy, live context. Shame about the drum/percussion workout though, why oh why oh why oh......

Date: Tues, September 14, 2021, 15:08:55 ET
Posted by: Ben Jammin, Indy (Late mentioning how much I miss Walter!)
The Allman Betts Band's got a cool cover in their tour set!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao_nksMTRHs

Date: Mon, September 13, 2021, 16:39:38 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicagoland
48 minute interview with Elliot Scheiner about engineering Gaucho.

https://youtu.be/r87_NQ1c9g0

Date: Sun, September 12, 2021, 00:01:23 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicago
The latest edition of the Dandom Digest (Vol. 29, No. 3) was sent out in the past hour and you should in your email in box. It covers March 24-September 12, 2021.. (We had a special Dandom Digest remembering Walter on September 3, 2021. The previous regular Dandom Digest covered January 1-March 23, 2021.) At any rate, if you don't see it in your in box let me know by sending an email at jjmckay at me dot com.

As I regularly remind subscribers, some people have problems with delivery of the Dandom Digest, usually because of their spam filters, firewalls, etc. That's why this sort of notice is posted here--so you are aware that you should have received the latest edition. Heck, if you want, email me privately that you did get it. With email filters and spam what they are today, there can be some issues beyond our control. For example, many work-place email servers reject email that it scans as having a "naughty" word.

If you are not currently a subscriber but would like to receive the free Dandom Digest email newsletter, please email me at jjmckay AT me DOT com or see http://www.dandom.com/dandomdigest/

Also, if you wrote something for this most recent Dandom Digest and it didn't appear, please email me as well.

For the record, the Dandom Digest is a fan newsletter with content written by and for the fans of Steely Dan. The newsletter and its content is independent of, nor to be confused with, the glorious and much more glamorous official newsletters from steelydanofficialcom, sdarchive com, walterbecker com, walterbeckermedia com, donaldfagen com and other sites of Steely Dan and associates.

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Fly about as low, be so cool,

Jim

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DANDOM DIGEST

March 24-September 12, 2021

Yr. 29, No. 3

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IN THIS DANDOM DIGEST

PR: SD 2021 Tour & New Music
Nightfly Live Album
IGY from "Nightfly Live" Album
2021 Tickets come with CD
2020 Dates Rescheduled for 2021 now for 2022

*****
Walter Becker Media, WBUï¿½and more
New Outtakes at WBmedia com
Fretboard Journal: Walter's Guitars

*****
David Crosby Pens "Rodriguez" with Donald: Out Now!
Link to Crosby/Fagen Collaboration via Rolling Stone
RS Interview with David Crosby, Talks SD
James Raymond Breaks Down "Rodriguez For A Night"

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180 g Reissues of SD, Nightfly
Fresh Pressing of Original 1982 "Nightfly" album
2vN, EMG released on 180g Vinyl
Re: 2vN, EMG released on 180g Vinyl
First Impressions: 2vN & EMG Record Store Day LPs
Mastering of "Sunken Condos"

*****
Larry Carlton Talks SD with Rick Beato
Steve Kahn on His "Gaucho" Sessions
Tik Tok/Tom Scott
Good Stuff performs "Good Stuff"
SD: Millenial Cult Favorite
"The Suicide Squad" features "Dirty Work"
St. Vincent & Raina Discuss Steely Dan
Springsteen Plays "Through With Buzz"

*****
RS on Paulette McWilliams
Catherine Russell News & Notes
Michael Leonhart Notes
Jim Beard/Jon Herington "Chunks and Chairknobs"
Jon Herington News
Carlock & Band of Brothers
Keith Carlock News
LaTanya Hall Notes
Roger Rosenberg "Baritonality"
Walt Weiskopf, "Introspection, V, 2.0," more
Calling All Current SD Orchestra Members & Alumns

*****
33 1/3 Podcast Kicks Off w/Don Breithaupt's "Aja"
New Monkey House on the Way
DANgential: Nate McAdams' 3rd Arrangement
REDUX: Reeves Gabrels on Steely Dan

Followed by

PRETZEL LOGIC

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Date: July 26, 2010
From: Press Release at Official Steely Dan
Subject: PR: SD 2021 Tour & New Music

https://www.steelydan.com/#!/news/299826

The ï¿½Absolutely Normal Tour ï¿½21,ï¿½ kicks off with a four-night stand in Miami, Florida from Tuesday, October 5th, through Saturday, October 9. Tickets for the tour go on sale starting Friday, July 30th, at 10 AM Local through Ticketmaster. Fans can purchase Platinum tickets beginning Thursday, July 29, at 10 AM.

In album news, Steely Danï¿½s NORTHEAST CORRIDOR: STEELY DAN LIVE! and a live version of the acclaimed solo album by Donald Fagen ï¿½ THE NIGHTFLY LIVE ï¿½ will both be released on CD & Digital on September 24, 2021. Both albums will be available on 180g-vinyl on October 1, 2021. The first live Steely Dan album in more than 25 years, Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live! was recorded across tour dates at New York Cityï¿½s Beacon Theatre, The Met Philadelphia, & more, and showcases selections from Steely Danï¿½s extraordinary catalog of slinky grooves, sleek subversive lyrics, and infectious hits. Donald Fagenï¿½s The Nightfly Live was performed live by The Steely Dan Band. A full tracklisting can be found below.

Both albums are available for pre-order today. Fans who pre-order Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live! will instantly receive a digital download of ï¿½Reeling In The Yearsï¿½ and those who pre-order The Nightfly Live will instantly receive a digital download of ï¿½I.G.Y.ï¿½

Tour dates, pre-order info, and more follow at the link to the official site:

https://www.steelydan.com/#!/news/299826

Official Previews:
"Hey Nineteen" from the Met, Philly:
https://www.steelydan.com/#!/news/299856

"Aja" from The Orpheum Theatre
https://www.steelydan.com/#!/news/299896
https://youtu.be/7k7d_nuhGWk

"I.G.Y." fron the Beacon Theatre
https://youtu.be/mrLKinIp3wI

"New Frontier" the Beacon Theatre
https://youtu.be/0JFOASavLiw

Be sure to sign up for official email newsletters and e-blasts from Steely Dan. Go to http://www.steelydan.com and scroll down the page to "SIGN UP FOR UPDATES" and click "SUBSCRIBE."

(This news letter/email is from a third party and not affiliated with Steely Dan.)

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Date: Mon, July 26, 2021, 15:18:33 ET
Posted by: Ports, Minneapolis
Subject: Nightfly Live Album

https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/the-steely-dan-band-donald-fagens-the-nightfly-live/
The Nightfly Live coming this fall. Looks sweet

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Date: Tues, July 27, 2021, 18:20:27 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
Subject: IGY from "Nightfly Live" Album

IGY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrLKinIp3wI

Solid soundboard recording and not fake live like AiA.

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Date: Fri, July 30, 2021, 00:50:33 ET
Posted by: kewl!, there
Subject: 2021 Tickets come with CD

Each ticket purchased online comes with a CD copy of either Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live!, the first live Steely Dan album in over 25 years or The Nightfly Live, Donald Fagen's acclaimed solo album performed live by The Steely Dan Band in 2019, both out September 24 (max 8 albums per household). You'll receive an additional email with instructions on how to redeem. US and Canadian purchasers only. Not Valid for Fan to Fan Resale. All events may not participate in the album bundle offer.

(*LiveNation 2021 shows only it seems*)

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Posted by: Hans J.
Subject: 2020 Dates Rescheduled for 2021 now for 2022

In addition to the Fall 2021 dates announced on July 26, 2021,
the 2020 Steely Dan tour rescheduled for 2021 is now officially rescheduled for 2022.

https://www.steelydan.com/#!/events?page=1

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Subject: Walter Becker Media, WBUï¿½and moreï¿½

(Our last Dandom Digest, September 3, 2021, was dedicated to the 4th anniversary of that very sad day when we lost Walter to The Great Beyond. Please email jjmckay at me.com if you did not receive it.)

Lots going on at WalterBecker.com...please go to the site for links to other sub-sites. That said the following from the main page sums it all up quite nicely--but here it is to pique your interest even more:

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This season we proudly cut the ribbon on Walter Becker University (WBU). (http://walterbecker.com/wbu.html) Its Library houses key reference material including a bio, songwriting, playing and guesting credits, discographies, production projects, deep-dives, and more -- plus discussion boards on everything. Go Geckos.

The collection will grow in time: more reference material, an expanded multimedia department, and more seminars offered by our brightest (or bravest) students.
The news page (http://walterbecker.com/news.html) on-site flags new material on walterbecker.com (the WB Newsletter does even better at that--http://walterbecker.com/news.html#subscribe ) and archives all site content in the form of a chronological index of additions to this and other affiliated WB sites ï¿½ a list of which is found on the WeBWorld Dynasty page, http://walterbecker.com/webdynasty.html.

Also please visit us often over on Walter Becker Media, https://walterbeckermedia.com/ which is posting WB's demos and rarities (https://www.walterbeckermedia.com/forum/rarities-unreleased ) all the time ... accompanied by extensive discussion boards where the proud the brave and the few hold forth on what they hear there, and everywhere.

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Subject: New Outtakes at WBmedia com

A track from Walter's 1994 gig at Slim's up on walterbeckermedia.com:
https://youtu.be/gd_0pbyPdYs

Walter Becker - Golden City - Sa's Verse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx27w4fpdrc

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From: Pete F.
Subject: Fretboard Journal: Walter's Guitars

Wonderful piece, first published September 2020...

Can Buy a Thrill: The luthier-built guitars of Walter Becker | Fretboard Journal
FRETBOARDJOURNAL.COM

https://www.fretboardjournal.com/features/can-buy-a-thrill-the-luthier-built-guitars-of-walter-becker

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Date: Fri, May 21, 2021, 12:25:28 ET
Posted by: Chris, nh
Subject: David Crosby Pens "Rodriguez" with Donald: Out Now!

anyone catch this? new David Crosby record, due out next month, has a new Donald Fagen tune:

In a particularly meaningful turn for Crosby, For Free also includes a track penned by Fagen expressly for the album. "Steely Dan's my favorite band and I've admired Donald a long time, so that was a thrill for us," he says. A sharply detailed portrait of outlaws, angels, and drugstore cowboys, "Rodriguez For A Night" merges Fagen's sophisticated storytelling with Crosby's warmly commanding vocal presence, ultimately making for a glorious collision of worlds. Crosby taps another friend for the album's striking cover art, using a portrait Joan Baez painted of him.

https://davidcrosby.com/blogs/news/david-crosby-announces-new-album

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From: Hans Jonkhof
Date: June 23, 2021
Subject: Link to Crosby/Fagen Collaboration via Rolling Stone

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-crosby-donald-fagen-penned-song-rodriguez-for-a-night-1188126

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Date: Wed, June 30, 2021, 19:28:08 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicago
Subject: RS Interview with David Crosby, Talks SD

RollingStone : David Crosby on Channeling Steely Dan, Turning 80, and How His New Album Saved Him

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/david-crosby-for-free-album-interview-1190661/

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From: Pete F.
Subject: James Raymond Breaks Down "Rodriguez For A Night"

Logic Session Breakdown of David Crosby's "Rodriguez For A Night"

https://youtu.be/SuWgqsMXnVU

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Subject: 180 g Reissues of SD, Nightfly

Rhino/Warner Records is again offering a new 180-gram vinyl pressing of Donald's "The Nightfly". The reissue, of the 2012 vinyl master, came out in the US on May 28, 2021.

Rhino also released new 180 g vinyl versions of "Two Against Nature" (2vN) and "Everything Must Go" (EMG) as part of June's Record Store Day. These two titles were previously issues on conventional vinyl back in 2000 and 2003, but these are completely remastered. The 2000 vinyl issue of 2vN was never officially sanctioned by Steely Dan.

While these are limited pressings, copies can still be found. On Record Store Day, 2vN went on average for about $34 and "EMG" for about $28.

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Date: Sat, May 29, 2021, 20:17:12 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicago
Subject: Fresh Pressing of Original 1982 "Nightfly" album

Warner has released a "new" 180 g vinyl edition of the original 1982 studio version of "The Nightfly" I'm 99.9% certain that the master used to press this one is the same as the one used for the 180 g version that was included in 2017 with "Cheap Xmas: Donald Fagen Complete," as well as the 2012 pressing. This is based on the runout area information on the vinyl and discussion with Dan Fan Matt Channen. It appears to be identical. The only differences are minor graphics (new Warner Records logo replacing the Warner Bros. records logo, address, UPC code). Essentially the same LP from 2017. But does it sound great! So there!

"Cheap Xmas: Donald Fagen Complete" on 180 g vinyl is out of print. I recently was astounded to learn that the going price for the 7-LP set has quadrupled to over $400.

Remember, newly remastered 180 g editions of "Two Against Nature" and "Everything Must Go" are due next month on Record Store Day. Contrary to some recent publicity, both were previously available on vinyl in 2000 and 2003, respectively, but back then, 2vN was pressed without input from Becker/Fagen, and of course, they were not 180 g vinyl.

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Date: Thu, April 8, 2021, 07:18:53 ET
Posted by: popegreg , MKE
Subject: 2vN, EMG released on 180g Vinyl

"Two Against Nature" (2vN) and "Everything Must Go" (EMG) were given 180 gram vinyl releases limited to 10,000 copies each worldwide for Record Store Day on June 12.

https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/13596

In 2000, Steely Dan duo Donald Fagen and Walter Becker achieved both commercial and critical success with their long-awaited album Two Against Nature, which was released following a twenty-year hiatus. The album charted at #6 on the US and Canadian Charts, earned a Platinum certification in the USA, and went on to win four Grammy Awards including the prestigious Album of the Year. For RSD Drops 2021, Two Against Nature will achieve another first, as it will be released on vinyl for the very first time, skillfully cut by the album's original mastering engineer Scott Hull. It will be pressed on audiophile 180g double black vinyl for the discerning Steely Dan fans, and feature an etching on Side 4. Limited to 10,000 copies worldwide.

https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/13597

Everything Must Go is Steely Dan's final studio album with founding member Walter Becker. It was released in 2003, thirty years after their debut album and ended their studio album releases on a high with a Top-10 album in the US Billboard 200. It features the track "Slang of Ages," noted as the only Steely Dan song to feature Becker on lead vocals. For RSD Drops 2021, Everything Must Go will be made available on vinyl worldwide for the first time. Expertly cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering and pressed on audiophile 180gram black vinyl for the discerning Steely Dan fans. 10,000 copies worldwide.

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Date: Fri, April 9, 2021, 08:47:29 ET
Posted by: hoops , Chicago
Subject: Re: 2vN, EMG released on 180g Vinyl

Popegreg: Thanks for the thorough discussion on the two vinyl releases. I'm thankful that 2vN will be on three sides instead of four. It's great that they don't want to squeeze all those grooves into two sides; but four sides is a little too much flipping. the 2000 LP of 2vN was two-sided with "Almost Gothic" closing side one and "Jack of Speed" opening side two.

Some of the PR around these releases say it is the first time on vinyl. Not true. They were released on vinyl in 2000 (2vN) and 2003 (EMG), but 2vN was without input from Donald and Walter.

One thing I really miss is all the discussion that used to surround audiophile sound and high-end systems that used to be such a huge part of the Steely Dan culture. Perhaps that was more of a Walter and Roger Nichols thing? Or Donald has losty interest? I know Michael Leonhart mastered "Sunken Condos" for iTunes which was great because so much isn't specially mastered for that format--not that it's a great format.

At any rate, the reduced focus in audiophile discussion in the greater Dandom has been apparent in the past dozen years. I've posted here, Dandom on Facebook, and other SD forums for a credible reccommendation on turntables. Back in the 90s I think we would have experienced a huge debate about which turntables for best for the money. A few people kindly offered what model turntable they owned but nothing else. In the end, my plea was answered in depth in an Elton John forum with Matt Still, one of his producers, recommending a matrix of of turntables based on features, technical specs, brand rep, and budget. His comments included recommendations like, "For a $350 budget, this is a decent turntable; but the stylus will wear quickly. Replace with this stylus for better sound..."

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Date: Sat, June 12, 2021, 12:31:39 ET
Posted by: hoops, at Val's Halla Records, Oak Park, IL
Subject: First Impressions: 2vN & EMG Record Store Day LPs

Picked up the latest 180 g vinyl versions of EMG and 2vN this morning. Unlike the 2000 version which was not sanctioned by Donald and Walter, 2vN comes with a lyric sheet, additional (but not all) original artwork, and an updated label. The fourth (blank) side has the reindeer in relief. EMG LP artwork is identical to the 2003 Picking up a few different things for different people. Been to three stores participating in record store day. All of them are now sold out of 2vN but each had a copy or two of EMG.

I think we're going to eventually see something like "Cheap Xmas," but with the 7 ABC/MCA albums. In reality, I'd like to see all nine studio albums plus AIA in a single box, but I doubt Universal and Warners will get together on that one.

Wishing everyone good luck in obtaining these.

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Date: Fri, April 9, 2021, 13:22:54 ET
Posted by: Randy , V
Subject: Mastering of "Sunken Condos"

It was Scott Hull who did the mastering of Sunken Condos, including i Tunes. At least that's what was being reported prior to the album release.

https://sonicscoop.com/2012/04/17/session-buzz-whos-recording-in-around-nyc-a-monthly-report-8/

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Date: Tues, August 10, 2021, 03:10:50 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
Suject: Larry Carlton Talks SD with Rick Beato

Another Larry Carlton interview with Rick Beato. I didn't know that Larry did his solos in the control room with Donald, Walter, Katz.

https://youtu.be/4wZp3LleWF0

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Date: Sat, March 20, 2021, 18:24:45 ET
Posted by: Michael
Subject: Steve Kahn on His "Gaucho" Sessions

Steve Khan kept reflects upon his Gaucho sessions.

http://www.stevekhan.com/gaucho_steelydan_reflections.htm

Heartbreak Souvenir featured Bernard 'Pretty' Purdie on drums while the full band arrangement for I Can't Write Home About You featured Jeff Porcaro. Perhaps recordings of both still exist somewhere.

I leave you with this excerpt from Steve Khan.

"One last little story, and it happened when Donald was really struggling to find one last song to complete "GAUCHO"! He phoned me one day, and by then, I had the confidence to speak with him frankly, and after hearing about his grave concerns about needing to have one more song, I decided to remind him that, at the very least, I knew that he had a GREAT performance on the track, "Heartbreak Souvenir" by Bernard Purdie [not to mention Don Grolnick, Anthony Jackson, and yours truly), and I begged him to PLEASE go back, and listen to it carefully!!! A few weeks later, he phoned me again to tell me that, he had gone back and listened to that performance, and he said to me, "You know, you were absolutely right, it is incredible!!! But, it's just too hard to sing for me!" And that was the end of it. As we all now know, "Third World Man" filled the role of the missing track!!! How about that?!?!?!"

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Date: Thu, April 29, 2021, 11:06:39 ET
Posted by: Pope Greg , CBE
Subject: Tik Tok/Tom Scott

Thanks, Jack, for the Tom Scott tiktok link. As you predicted, there's 2 awesome clips up regarding his work on "Gaucho."

https://www.tiktok.com/@tomscottjazzman/video/6955824574315416838

https://www.tiktok.com/@tomscottjazzman/video/6955480942072843525

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Date: Wed, June 30, 2021, 19:25:54 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicagoland
Subject: Good Stuff performs "Good Stuff"

This cover band is pretty darn good. So good that, in the best way, that it's also giving me additional appreciation of Donald's original. The vocalist has the right touch. Just enough attitude without coming off like a Donald Fagen impersonator. All in all, pretty ambitious and very successful.

Good Stuff performing DF's "Good Stuff":
https://youtu.be/tIu2JofDdAA

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Date: Wed, July 21, 2021, 9:17:48 ET
Posted by: Napoleon , UK
Subject: SD: Millenial Cult Favorite

How Steely Dan Became a Cult Favorite for Millennials - The Ringer

https://www.theringer.com/music/2021/7/21/22586128/steely-dan-popular-cult-favorite-millennials

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Date: Fri, March 26, 2021, 15:11:56 ET; Approved Sat, March 27, 14:23 ET.
Posted by: Geo , NOLA
Subject: "The Suicide Squad" features "Dirty Work"

I see the new trailer for James Gunn's "The Suicide Squad" features "Dirty Work".

https://www.gamesradar.com/the-suicide-squad-trailer-james-gunn-margot-robbie-idris-elba/

The movie itself also features Pete Davidson, who was memorably introduced to the wonders of Steely Dan by John Mulaney. The Dan-centric part starts at 3:15.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDz-RUMmpjE

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Subject: St. Vincent & Raina Discuss Steely Dan
From: John Moore
Date: September 2, 2021

St. Vincent & Raina Discuss Steely Dan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaZWdQtyZhc

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Date: Fri, June 18, 2021, 07:12:32 ET
Posted by: Russ, OH
Subject: Springsteen Plays "Through With Buzz"

From Bruce Springsteen's podcast series. Through with Buzz plays around the 30 min mark and there's some commentary at around 39 min after a few more songs.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZTV8AO1YwZQ_EL0gRsleHDWrUABy0Hxg/view

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Date: Tue, April 27, 2021, 10:48:01 ET
Posted by: Ben Jammin , Indy
Subject: RS on Paulette McWilliams

Rolling Stone's Unknown Legends featured Ms. McWilliams. She's one of the best, and Cindy brought her into the fold to meet Don and Walt.

https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/singer-paulette-mcwilliams-interview-1161380/

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Subject: Catherine Russell News & Notes

Catherine Russell holds forth at Dizzy's Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center Thu Sept 16 through Sun Sept 19, shows at 7:30 & 9:30pm nightly. Live music for live audiences returns. Join us for the celebration! Tickets and info here: https://bit.ly/3yZ7oAb
photo by Lawrence Sumulong

Pretty much her entire CATalogue including her latest, the Grammy-nominated
"Alone Together"
Buy at: http://www.catherinerussell.net/listen.php

Links to all of Catherine's social media channels can be found at the bottom of the page at http://www.catherinerussell.net and there's a lot of information at her Facebook artist page, https://www.facebook.com/catherinerussellmusic and her official Twitter feed, https://twitter.com/crussellsinger

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Subject: Michael Leonhart Notes

On August 19, Michael appeared on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, playing with Common featuring Black Thought and Seun Kuti.

Beyond that, last we heard a few months ago, Michael Leonhart reported:

I'm in the finishing stages of the 3rd Michael Leonhart Orchestra album which features two new extended compositions: "The Normyn Suites No. 1 & No. 2". These two works are contemplations on love & loss, written during a burst of inspiration & catharsis after the passing of our family dog Normyn in 2018. Little did I know that the themes of "love, loss and catharsis" would become a central theme for all of humantity during the pandemic.

Originally set for a 2020 release, the album will come out mid 2021 on Sunnyside Records. Thank you Franï¿½ois Zalacain for your patience. The album features guests Elvis Costello, Joshua Redman Chris Potter Donny McCaslin Keyon Harrold Larry Goldings Bill Frisell Nels Cline and more... Today is Normyn's birthday so she's in our minds. Happy birthday to Neymar Jr.(28) and Cristiano Ronaldo(35) as well -- also legends in their own time.

Michael Leonhart Orchestra
Several titles, including "Suite Extracts, Vol. 1"
Buy at: https://michaelleonhart.bandcamp.com/

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Subject: Jim Beard/Jon Herington "Chunks and Chairknobs"

Overview: http://www.jonherington.com/beardherington.html

Buy at: http://www.jonherington.com/store.html
A Great Interview with Jim & Jon: "How did this come about?"
https://youtu.be/euklbIfq414

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Subject: Jon Herington News

Jon's new CD, "(quiet)" - 18 arrangements for solo guitar
http://www.jonherington.com/store.html

Master Class
Jon will co-lead a master class with Allen Hinds on Sunday, September 19, 12 noon PST

The featured song for this 2-hour workshop will be "Reelin' In The Years" by Steely Dan

Fee is $125 ï¿½ Registration will be on a first come first served basis ï¿½ event is limited to 20 participants.

Zoom capability is required.

Jon and Allen will review all submissions and listen, analyze and make notes to share during the workshop.

Workshop will include direct interaction between students and instructors, with tips, comments and critiques designed to help students become more proficient, professional guitar players.

More information at http://www.jonherington.com

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Date: Sat, July 17, 2021, 00:53:56 ET
Posted by: Ben Jamminï¿½, Soggy Nap Town
Subject: Carlock & Band of Brothers

Happy Weekend, DanDom!

https://relix.com/blogs/detail/band-of-other-brothers-babko-carlock-coffin-felder-lee-announce-new-album-share-the-rabbit/

Each Band member surely keeps busy in the ï¿½off seasonï¿½, and Keithï¿½s projects seem to get the most press, along with alum Ms. Russellï¿½s (at least they do pon my radar!).

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Subject: Keith Carlock News

Buy All Kinds of Stuff including "IN THE JAM: NYC Funk" 10 Multi-Track Video Jams--You Control The Mix" with Carlock/Jenkins/Buono
http://keithcarlock.com/buy/

Keith has a great web site and store at http://keithcarlock.com, but be sure to follow his Twitter feed for the up-to-the-minute news and appearances from Keith --http://www.twitter.com/KeithCarlock

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Subject: LaTanya Hall Notes

The latest from LaTanya at
http://latanyahall.com

"Say Yes"
Buy at: http://latanyahall.com/album/la-tanya-hall-say-yes-coming-november-8th-2019/

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Subject: Roger Rosenberg "Baritonality"

Roger Rosenberg
"Baritonality"
Buy at: https://www.amazon.com/Baritonality-Roger-Rosenberg/dp/B002F3BPF4

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Subject: Walt Weiskopf, "Introspection, V, 2.0," more

Walt Weiskopf European Quartet announces v. 2.0 of their most recent release, "Introspection." Featuring six additional tracks, the new version drops at the usual digital music sources on October 15, 2021. The first of these six tracks, "When Your Lover Has Gone," is available now at https://waltweiskopf.lnk.to/gone

Walt's website, including links to all of his social media outlets can be found at https://waltweiskopf.com

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Subject: Calling All Current SD Orchestra Members & Alumns

The Dandom Digest would like to support your new album release by sending a special edition of the Dandom Digest. The Dandom Digest wants to do its part to help get the word out about your labor of love. The Dandom Digest goes to approximately 1,750 hardcore Steely Dan fans. Email jjmckay at me.com for info when the release is approaching. Thank you!

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Subject: 33 1/3 Podcast Kicks Off w/Don Breithaupt's "Aja"
Date: Friday, September 10, 2021

The debut episode of the new 33⅓ podcast dropped today, wherein hip hop icons Prince Paul and Posdnuos (De La Soul) discuss Steely Dan's "Aja", using excerpts from Don Breithaupt's 2007 book!

Link to the podcast:
https://https://open.spotify.com/episode/3MRRwDUxz95bo9ZoPNWB4T?si=7BAjrkgJTEiIMLg0t_2cOA&dl_branch=1

Link to the book:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0826427839/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_NBJE25YDFYKZR8Q3E3YA

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Date: Wed, September 08, 2021, 14:54:29 ET
Subject: New Monkey House on the Way

Don Breithaupt and Monkey House is in an L.A. studio working on their next release. Don reports: Date: Wed, September 08, 2021, 14:54:29 ET

We're well into production on the new Monkey House album. Rhythm section, my vox, and loads of overdubs done. Doing the horn section Sept. 16. Guest stars classified for now, but you can count on Drew Z on at least one track! More soon...

In the mean time, if you haven't already, be sure to pick up Monkey House's most recent release, "Friday" (featuring a cover of "Book of Liars").

Buy at http://www.almarecords.com/releases/#26 or Amazon.com
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DDate: Fri, May 7, 2021, 21:15:12 ET
Posted by: hoops
Subject: DANgential: Nate McAdams' 3rd Arrangement

A hearty endorsement for our very own Nathan MacAdams and his cohorts known as The Third Arrangement. "Rosie" is The Third Arrangement's latest single, their first release since the groupï¿½s debut EP ï¿½Scarecrowsï¿½ in November 2019. "Rosie" is the first of a few tunes to be recorded and released throughout 2021. ï¿½Available now on all platforms - Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music, and more!

https://tinyurl.com/9ht37554

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Date: Tue, April 27, 2021, 01:00:03 ET
Posted by: hoops , Chicago
Subject: REDUX: Reeves Gabrels on Steely Dan

Posted before but bears repeating. David Bowie guitarist Reeves Gabrels explains why it pisses him off when people call Steely Dan "Yacht Rock."

"The problem became when people start copying. Itï¿½s like Steely Dan. I love Steely Dan; people calling it ï¿½yacht rockï¿½ piss me off to this day. It was because the people who copied it didnï¿½t have the attitude behind it, or the lyric content. The copycats werenï¿½t rooted in Naked Lunch; they were rooted in pina coladas."
https://www.guitarmoderne.com/artists/david-torn-and-reeves-gabrels-talk-rerecording-bowie

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Date: Wed, September 08, 2021, 14:54:29 ET
Posted by: DonBreithaupt, Los Angeles
It's all true: We're well into production on the new Monkey House album. Rhythm section, my vox, and loads of overdubs done. Doing the horn section Sept. 16. Guest stars classified for now, but you can count on Drew Z on at least one track! More soon...

Date: Mon, September 06, 2021, 17:08:01 ET
Posted by: The Dean, St. Augustine. It's a Labor Day Happy Hour
Thanks for the persistence, Steve. Monkey House news always appreciated.

Date: Mon, September 06, 2021, 17:07:51 ET
Posted by: The Dean, St. Augustine. It's a Labor Day Happy Hour
Thanks for the persistence, Steve. Monkey House news always appreciated.

Date: Mon, September 06, 2021, 13:56:26 ET
Posted by: Steve M, Scotland
Right, 3rd (and last) time trying to post on here about this, here goes....

New Monkey House album in production, this is "A Good Thing" surprised Don B hasn't posted about it here himself.

Here's a link to one of those tweet things, hope it works:

https://twitter.com/MonkeyHouseBand/status/1429786565631528965/photo/1

Date: Sat, September 04, 2021, 20:53:20 ET
Posted by: RP, NC
Mayer Hawthorne played FM (7ï¿½ single version) and The Boston Rag from ï¿½74 Live From the Record Plant this week on Wine & Vinyl Hour. Starts at 30:14.

https://youtu.be/SVbX6kUosew

Date: Sat, September 04, 2021, 19:22:53 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
RIP Walter.

Great recording of the live version from the 1996 Tour with Walter taking lead on Jack of Speed. Epic Krantz solo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vUsw7mXSHU

We had driven back very late the night before from Austin and the Nightflyers concert at ACL. Unbelievable, absolutely on fiyah!

My daughter rolled me awake from slumber to say Walter had passed. From the highest high to lowest low in a matter of hours...

Date: Sat, September 04, 2021, 11:51:07 ET
Posted by: D, NJ
As I've done today, and as I had done so many times going back to the old Banyan trees guestbook in the mid 90s, I started into 9/3/17 with a cup of coffee and check of this page where I learned the news. I was shocked, of course, but not totally surprised given Walter's absence from touring that year. Will be giving his solo discs some spins this weekend.

Date: Sat, September 04, 2021, 02:10:47 ET
Posted by: Hat2Flat,
Miss you, Walter... till we all meet again at the great gig in the sky.

Date: Fri, September 03, 2021, 19:45:18 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicago
Have things back up and functioning for now...let's see how it goes...thanks for your patience and friendship. You all are the best.

Missing Walter more than ever today. Check out the new stuff at the Walter Becker Media site, including a new demo of "Surf and/or Die".

Jim (aka hoops)

Date: Fri, September 3, 2021, 19:07:09 ET
Posted by: Don Patrol, Mtl
Miss you Walt!

Date: Fri, September 3, 2021, ET
Posted by: The Greater Dandom,

Date: Wed, August 18, 2021, 11:19:53 ET
Posted by: Hat2Flat,
I've noticed that Live Nation is now requiring proof of Covid vax or negative covid test as part of attending the shows. Steely Dan shows appear to be part of this.

Date: Mon, August 16, 2021, 12:37:51 ET
Posted by: Chris, nh
I agree that it's more than likely that Becker was not interested in any more Steely Dan releases, live or otherwise.

Hey 19 was released. A nice performance, great solos from Jon and Jim, but boy is the breakdown lacking without WB. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlrCsq-CMiE

Date: Thurs, August 12, 2021, 19:46:24 ET
Posted by: Shark, DV
Dean-
I don't mean the sound quality is low budget, just the product itself seems like it was done rather quickly and cheaply compared to any previous Dan-related release. the artwork for instance is nothing special and could've been done by Donald himself, knowing he designed the graphic for the "Sweet" tour a couple years ago.

I've only heard a song or 2, "IGY" was one of them. and while I suspect Donald did do some "sweetening" post-production, I would guess it was minimal compared to Alive.

Date: Thurs, August 12, 2021, 18:14:51 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
Dean, Shark,

Yeah, Donald tweaked AiA post-hoc into zombie land. Walter probably didn't want to deal with it again. As Walter got older, Donald's anal-ness became a bit weary.

There's the story of Roger Nichols contacting the company that wrote either ProTools or early quantisization software they used on Two Against Nature to sync the drums, etc. ran out of memory. When the manufacture realized that The Immortal was making 1-2 orders of magnitude more adjustments on the tracks than the software was written for guy on the phone said "We'll get back to you."

EMG was probably a compromise to do more live tracking with mostly the live band on analog tape and a modicum of overdubs, and just a smidgeon of digital massaging.

"Everything Must Go was, naturally, a project of such importance, and Becker enthuses about how having "a great bunch of musicians in a room" supports analogue recording and their decision to play live. "One of the things that people discovered is that when you're mixing, you're not necessarily trying to make things distinct, you're trying to blend them together. With digital recording this can be difficult. But analogue, because it changes the sound a little bit more than digital does, tends to blend and process things so that it sounds more coherent and unified. You want to make the guys in the band sound like they're playing together.

"It's actually always been our first plan on any project to get a live band together. It's true that we've often worked with various sorts of track manipulations, but always as a last resort."

"Most of the time we've used technology at the tracking stage because we were unable to the track with a live band," adds Fagen. "It was a desperation tool."

"This time we had better luck," Becker continues, "because of the musicians that we found in the last two years, particularly drummer Keith Carlock. He also played on one track on Two Against Nature and is able to play in any number of styles and still remain himself. He's a great groove drummer and a good jazz drummer as well. So he has the technique and the happening backbeat. He just nailed every song that we gave to him and by the end of the day, or sooner, we'd have a track down on tape. We had a six-guy band with two guitar players [Jon Herington and Hugh McCracken], two keyboard players [Fagen and Ted Baker], and bass and drums. Everybody felt the same way and was able to get on the same wavelength and really define the rhythm and come up with cool parts."

A lot of the feel for Everything Must Go comes from the seamless interplay between Becker on bass and Carlock on drums, surely the reason why Becker preferred to play bass and not guitar in the six-piece. According to Scheiner, Fagen and Becker's working method was to rehearse one or two tracks in a rehearsal studio, record these tracks live with the band in Sear Sound Studio A, and overdub and mix soon after, mostly in Skyline Studios (NYC) and Presence Studios (Connecticut) respectively. A few weeks later the process would be repeated for the next batch of songs."

"Once Scheiner had recorded the band at Sear, the project continued with overdub recording, which was, perhaps surprisingly, done on digital multitrack. "One of the problems with analogue tape," explains Becker, "is that as you continue to work on a piece of tape the sound deteriorates. So after recording the basic tracks on analogue we transferred them to a 16-bit Sony 3348, used this for overdubs, and when it was time to mix we used the original analogue 24-track and locked it up with the overdubs on 3348. While we did overdubs we also did some editing on computer. There are a few manipulations that are much easier to do on a workstation."

https://www.soundonsound.com/people/steely-dan

Circus $ is largely live tracked. IF there had been another SD studio album, Larry Klein should have co-produced it.

Even Fagen now is "through with Buzz," and I imagine will not tweak the life out of the new live recordings.

"Donald Fagen's explanation for Steely Dan's return to analogue recording was, typically, more surreal: "Digital sound loosens the fillings in your teeth. I had a lot of work done on my teeth since I started working with digital.""

Date: Thurs, August 12, 2021, 17:40:02 ET
Posted by: The Dean, St. Augustine. Uptown, Baby!
Shark, when you say "these 2 new albums have a pretty low-budget quality about them", do you have any first hand listening experience with both/either? Or is this just your hunch given the circumstances and such?

Very hard for me to believe Don would be involved with "low-budget quality", although I've never been the biggest fan of Alive in America.

Date: Thurs, August 12, 2021, 15:58:35 ET
Posted by: Shark, De Ville
Walter apparently had no interest in doing another Steely Dan album, and that probably goes for live albums too.

these 2 new albums have a pretty low-budget quality about them. it seems like they're being released just to create some buzz and probably to help sell a few more tickets.

they won't get the widespread distribution of the classic SD albums but there's nothing wrong with a couple new releases presenting the band in its current incarnation. bring it on

Date: Wed, August 11, 2021, 21:54:12 ET
Posted by: Lutz, Hnl
Well worded, Dean. Probable a combination of those things. While disappointment is understandable, us fans would do well to keep all this insufferable cancel dreck off this forum.

Date: Wed, August 11, 2021, 21:51:15 ET
Posted by: Gino F., Back again, just to make a point that others seem to have missed...
So totally agreeing with The Dean!! I can hardly wait until the [even now] much-anticipated 2023 Steely Dan North American Tour finally gets underway!! We'll all get to line up with our canes/walkers/colostomy bags in the skin-blistering sun, to (eventually) get to our cramped plastic seats in the generic/crappy summer shed venue, but all the BS will be so worthwhile as we enjoy our "Steely Dan" [sic] concert with new vocalist Colton Sensitive-Safespace and a band of no-name-but-just-barely-competent fucks that Donald's estate ("the lawyers") found on the Yoo-Toob!! But the setlist will be mostly ALL HITS, with a few DEEP CUTS!!!

Won't that be soooooo cool?? Not only no pesky WB, but no DF as well??

After all, it's, y'know, the "music" that counts. Right? No? "Soldiering on", and everything...

Not, y'know...who's actually IN the band or who gets credited in the fine print. Or who gets chosen to appear on a live album. Of a band he co-created. And worked in for, like three decades.

Y'know.

Date: Wed, August 11, 2021, 21:43:38 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
Mash-up of the best instrumental outtake from Second Arrangement with Porcaro/Greene/Gadd (still sounds like a Porcaro shuffle), Mounsey on Rhodes, Steve Khan, Anthony Jackson I believe with the WENDEL-ized outtake and Fagen's vocal track.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTAPLsTQh7M

Not bad, and one helluva an effort to reconstruct.

Date: Wed, August 11, 2021, 21:05:11 ET
Posted by: The Dean, St. Augustine. Uptown, Baby!
Slang me said
"Has anyone here has seen the detailed artwork or heard the album to say that Walter is being canceled, honored, etc.? It's premature to judge.

It's not like Walter was kicked out of the band. That would be "cancelation." Donald is just soldiering on for what will probably be just a handful of years. If you want to see cancelled, IMHO, Don Felder was cancelled from Eagles. Walter died. He wasn't canceled.

When the lawsuits were happening 3-4 years ago, it came out that Donald approached Walter about changing the buyout on death clause. Walter didn't do anything to change it, according to Donald.

Would I like it if the "Northeast Corridor" featured Walter? Yes. I bet so would Donald and everyone else"

Completely agree with those sentiments. The cancelling comment was ignorant, IMO. But whatever. I despise the new meaning of that anyway.

Didn't Don say he wanted to move forward as The Steely Dan Band with Donald Fagen, or something like that. But the label/management wasn't going to go for that. They probably wouldn't be able to tour with a band like this without being called "Steely Dan" let's face it.

So why not use tracks from older tours with Walt? Who the fuck knows? Maybe monetary considerations/Beker estate issues. Since (IMO of course) it does seem like the album as a ticket incentive, maybe Don wanted to do it HONESTLY and present the band the people hear in concert. I'm sure there are a shitload of other possibilities. But I guess some think they should never pass up an opportunity to interpret something in the least positive way (with very little actual information), and then blast someone for the thing they invented.

Date: Wed, August 11, 2021, 21:04:59 ET
Posted by: The Dean, St. Augustine. Uptown, Baby!
Slang me said
"Has anyone here has seen the detailed artwork or heard the album to say that Walter is being canceled, honored, etc.? It's premature to judge.

It's not like Walter was kicked out of the band. That would be "cancelation." Donald is just soldiering on for what will probably be just a handful of years. If you want to see cancelled, IMHO, Don Felder was cancelled from Eagles. Walter died. He wasn't canceled.

When the lawsuits were happening 3-4 years ago, it came out that Donald approached Walter about changing the buyout on death clause. Walter didn't do anything to change it, according to Donald.

Would I like it if the "Northeast Corridor" featured Walter? Yes. I bet so would Donald and everyone else"

Completely agree with those sentiments. The cancelling comment was ignorant, IMO. But whatever. I despise the new meaning of that anyway.

Didn't Don say he wanted to move forward as The Steely Dan Band with Donald Fagen, or something like that. But the label/management wasn't going to go for that. They probably wouldn't be able to tour with a band like this without being called "Steely Dan" let's face it.

So why not use tracks from older tours with Walt? Who the fuck knows? Maybe monetary considerations/Beker estate issues. Since (IMO of course) it does seem like the album as a ticket incentive, maybe Don wanted to do it HONESTLY and present the band the people hear in concert. I'm sure there are a shitload of other possibilities. But I guess some think they should never pass up an opportunity to interpret something in the least positive way (with very little actual information), and then blast someone for the thing they invented.

Date: Wed, August 11, 2021, 18:19:16 ET
Posted by: Lutz, Hal
'not a knock'

Date: Wed, August 11, 2021, 16:03:11 ET
Posted by: Slang Me, Try Here
I dunno, Gino.

Has anyone here has seen the detailed artwork or heard the album to say that Walter is being canceled, honored, etc.? It's premature to judge.

It's not like Walter was kicked out of the band. That would be "cancelation." Donald is just soldiering on for what will probably be just a handful of years. If you want to see cancelled, IMHO, Don Felder was cancelled from Eagles. Walter died. He wasn't canceled.

When the lawsuits were happening 3-4 years ago, it came out that Donald approached Walter about changing the buyout on death clause. Walter didn't do anything to change it, according to Donald.

Would I like it if the "Northeast Corridor" featured Walter? Yes. I bet so would Donald and everyone else. But I guess Walter's estate (wife, etc.) would have to collaborate. From what I have read about the legal brouhahas in Rolling Stone, etc., I doubt Walter's wife and Donald would work together.

In terms of Steely Dan's rep, let's face it, Steely Dan's rep is overwhelmingly cemented as being Walter and Donald. Donald is in the twilight of his years. People aren't going to discover Steely Dan based on this new live album and then think Walter had nothing to do with Steely Dan.

These upcoming releases appear to be like "official bootlegs." I doubt they will be big sellers, except to established, hard-core fans. If they sell over 100,000, I will be shocked.

You don't have to buy these or go the shows. It's understandable if you think Steely Dan is history. But Walter's rep as one of the two talents of Steely Dan is secure. If you think the live album and the tour are going to change minds, you're wrong.

Date: Tues, August 10, 2021, 22:29:35 ET
Posted by: Gino F., Can you imagine??
Imagine a time and place where a thing you started, a thing you co-founded, a thing you helped create & shape for more than three decades...now, suddenly not only apparently doesn't want or require your [posthumous] participation, but where your [posthumous] involvement may actually be prohibited (or at the very least made unworkable) by the machinations of The Music Business or The Legal System? Can you even imagine some[thing] so utterly shitty??

No need to imagine anything.

The time and place are here and now.

Your name was Walter Becker, and you've just been cancelled, "moving forward" (as the horribly-overused catch-phrase goes).

No offense. It's "strictly business", you understand [posthumously, of course].

"Oh...yeah...thanks for whatever you did, but we don't no longer need ya no more".

Did someone just say, "Utterly shitty"??

Of course, we all realize it's 2021. But from where I'm sitting, 1977 is looking pretty damned good...again...

Date: Tues, August 10, 2021, 14:11:42 ET
Posted by: Gene, PA
Alec Baldwin did an interview with Daryl Hall where he explained how hard it was to get guests for his Live From Daryl's House show because of all the red tape involved with the artists' respective record companies, etc. From a legal perspective, having Walter on a record almost certainly much much more than just a few pesky details.

Date: Tues, August 10, 2021, 03:10:50 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
Another Larry Carlton interview with Rick Beato. I didn't know that Larry did his solos in the control room with Donald, Walter, Katz.

https://youtu.be/4wZp3LleWF0

Date: Mon, August 09, 2021, 15:35:38 ET
Posted by: rocky, mountain high

Yes, muddy the waters. Like having to pay WBs estate a dollar. Yuck. How muddy!

Date: Sun, August 08, 2021, 08:25:50 ET
Posted by: It's, Obvious
Releasing an album with Walter's performances would seriously muddy the waters with his estate. Don doesn't want to go there. Remember the David Palmer litigation a few years back?

Date: Sat, August 07, 2021, 22:27:58 ET
Posted by: Lutz, Hal
'not a knock'

Date: Sat, August 07, 2021, 22:26:43 ET
Posted by: Lutz, Hnl
While one is grateful the show goes on, it would have been great to have a final Steely Dan album with WB on top of his game on it. Perhaps from 10-15 years back. His fingerprints are all over everything SD anyways, and his missing stage presence is a void for every fan I know. Most are very fond of Walter I kind of expected him to be on it by default.
The new guy is great and of course thatï¿½s to a knock on him. But who knows, maybe there is still some personal or legal stuff going on between the parties, as there was after Walters death.

Date: Fri, August 06, 2021, 12:59:58 ET
Posted by: Steely Director, NOLA
As it was before the tour was postponed, so it is again...for Memphis. Still the only venue listed as "TBA" with an inactive link for tickets. Hope that promotional CDs are still available when/if tickets go on sale. Interestingly, Steve Winwood is not showing the Memphis stop on his tour page, even though he's listed as the opening act on Steely Dan's page.

On a related note, I was out and about and heard a club mix of a tune that incorporated a line from Winwood: "Call on meeeeeeeeee...Valerie". Which would have been fine, except that they repeated it back-to-back somewhere between 100 and 200 times, resulting in the audio equivalent of Chinese water torture. I seriously thought the tune was skipping for a while. Do not recommend.

Date: Fri, August 06, 2021, 10:43:44 ET
Posted by: Lifetime Fan, another 2 cents' worth
"No reason to knock Don for doing it now."

Respectfully, I disagree. Not with the decision to issue a live set, but rather with the decision to do a "Steely Dan"-branded album with no Walter. Surely there must be enough quality material from the past decade-and-a-half - say, 2006-2017 - to fill a CD/download. Or is the real intent here to re-brand the band as strictly Donald Fagen's act?

Or maybe I'm just sad because WB's gone...

Date: Fri, August 06, 2021, 02:44:51 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
Albums don't make very much money anymore. These live concerts are for the fans. Maybe an effort to mitigate the soundboard boots/posts.

A concert literally costs 10X as much as a CD/download of an album.

Date: Thurs, August 05, 2021, 21:42:11 ET
Posted by: Updraught, Philly Area
I believe there could have been another "live" Steely Dan album 10 years ago or so, but Walt had no interest. No reason to knock Don for doing it now.

Date: Thurs, August 05, 2021, 20:11:17 ET
Posted by: Lifetime Fan, Is this what it's come to?
I'm thinking of this new "live" album as being an official "Steely Dan" album without Walter Becker...and that's leaving me feeling just a little...cold...inside...

Date: Wed, August 04, 2021, 22:08:34 ET
Posted by: Hat2Flat,
I'm thinking of these two live albums is being official bootlegs with a little sweetener added afterwards by Donald.

Date: Tues, August 03, 2021, 20:52:24 ET
Posted by: Vic Hedges, Tri-City Area
"Didn't expect a Steely Dan CD without Walter either, surprised about that one as well."

Surprised...and I would add to that, "disappointed".

I understand that the remaining band has to earn a living (thus the live tours since Walter died).

An album/CD/whatever without WB, though?

Somehow, it just doesn't seem right.

I would stop short of labelling it a sleazy cash grab, because I think that would be unfair (and probably inaccurate).

Still doesn't seem right.

Not to me, anyways.

Now that I know what it is - and what it isn't - I'll be taking a hard pass,,,

Date: Tues, August 03, 2021, 12:08:20 ET
Posted by: BadSneakers, NJ
Why isn't the Steely Dan 2022 rescheduled date for PNC Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ listed on the Steely Dan website? I have pre-pandemic tickets for that show from 2020 !

Date: Tues, August 03, 2021, 08:09:20 ET
Posted by: not, exactly...
Demand for tickets determines prices, and that determines what the tour budget is (a big part of which is the band.)

Date: Mon, August 02, 2021, 23:18:17 ET
Posted by: Lutz, Hnl
Thanks, Hat.
Surprised and glad those 2 songs were played, only went to one show that year.
Didn't expect a Steely Dan CD without Walter either, surprised about that one as well.

Date: Mon, August 02, 2021, 21:41:13 ET
Posted by: Hat2Flat,
Lutz. Both CDs due 9/24 are from the 2019 tour, sans Walter.

Date: Mon, August 02, 2021, 17:29:45 ET
Posted by: Lutz, Hnl
Maybe I missed it, but does anyone know what year/s Norheast Corrdior was recorded and if Walter is on it.
TIMTM was only performed in 2003 from what I remember and I haven't seen GP on any setlist since 2006.

Date: Mon, August 02, 2021, 17:00:48 ET
Posted by: Mitt Romney, SLC
Kendall, now I understand why my ticket to see the Mormon Tabernacle Choir cost $5,000!

Date: Mon, August 02, 2021, 12:48:12 ET
Posted by: Kendall Park Accountant, Tour Guide
The cost of the tickets is directly related to the number of players SD brings on tour. If you're looking at a three or four piece band, sure they can sell you the tickets for $50 dollars and still make a decent living, but how many players does SD take on tour with them? Three or four horn players, an additional keyboard player, three backup singers, a guitarist (sometimes with a guest guitarist), a bass player, various other instrumentalists, then all the accommodations for this group of people (tour buses, airline tickets, hotels, food, insurance, whatever else). So $100 bucks minimum sounds about right.

Date: Sun, August 01, 2021, 14:45:16 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu, Clarify
Reelin in the Years guitar solo, Rikki, maybe the muffled high end of Katy Lied due to the noise reduction malfunction Leading to the MYTH...but

Date: Sun, August 01, 2021, 14:42:39 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
I guess it's Reelin in the Years guitar solo, Rikki, maybe the muffled high end of Katy Lied due to the noise reduction malfunction...but SD in my view was never a classic rock, or SoCal (Iggles), or even Yacht Rock...but an R&B/jazz group with subversive lyrics.

...with more in common with Atlantic Records recordings, Al Green, Thom Bell, Gamble and Huff than Zeppelin, Stones post Brian Jones, Deep Purple, etc.

The transitions, chord change, modulation of Silk Sonic (Anderson Paak., Bruno Mars) next single digging into OG 70s soul is a reminder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEw-7cMnBDY

that you can have major and minor 7ths and 9ths, suspended, and stacked chords and still have the groove.

Date: Fri, July 30, 2021, 15:58:38 ET
Posted by: Gene, PA
"Very soon, if not already, an album will only be a promotional tool for a concert tour."

Don Henley c. 2015

Date: Fri, July 30, 2021, 09:58:19 ET
Posted by: irving , -
the "album w/ a ticket" bundle thing is a somewhat sneaky but shrewd way to boost sales; it's likely that will help it chart well on its release. be sure to fill out the form to request it when they email it to you.

Date: Fri, July 30, 2021, 00:50:33 ET
Posted by: kewl!, there
Each ticket purchased online comes with a CD copy of either Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live!, the first live Steely Dan album in over 25 years or The Nightfly Live, Donald Fagen's acclaimed solo album performed live by The Steely Dan Band in 2019, both out September 24 (max 8 albums per household). You'll receive an additional email with instructions on how to redeem. US and Canadian purchasers only. Not Valid for Fan to Fan Resale. All events may not participate in the album bundle offer.

(*LiveNation 2021 shows only it seems*)

Date: Thurs, July 29, 2021, 11:13:55 ET
Posted by: cw, ny
There don't appear to be any Capitol Theatre tickets under $100, even upper balcony. Ouch.

Date: Wed, July 28, 2021, 22:01:54 ET
Posted by: Chris, Nh
Gene, only half if you count Reelinï¿½ and round up; considering itï¿½s a totally different version Iï¿½d call it 1/3.

Date: Wed, July 28, 2021, 21:56:39 ET
Posted by: Chris , Nh
DFï¿½s vocals on the new live tracks sound tuned to me. But thatï¿½s standard procedure for a live release like this for any band. Not to mention itï¿½s nothing new for Steely Dan, who replaced entire solos on AiA. (And - thank goodness - itï¿½s not as jarring as the tuning on the Dukes DVD, which borderline ruins the whole experience IMO).

Im extremely surprised and thrilled theyï¿½re doing this. Long overdue.

Date: Wed, July 28, 2021, 09:16:06 ET
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Date: Tues, July 27, 2021, 20:15:43 ET
Posted by: Ignoramus, The Bronx
Capitol in Portchester NY
Nov 9 will be NE Corridor
Nov 10 will be Royal Scam

Anybody know about the presale Thursday morning?

Expect the Beacon run will be early 2022.

Date: Tues, July 27, 2021, 19:40:30 ET
Posted by: Denise, Hinktown
Doc Mu, sweet recording. Love that song. TY.

Date: Tues, July 27, 2021, 18:20:27 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
IGY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrLKinIp3wI

Solid soundboard recording and not fake live like AiA.

Date: Tues, July 27, 2021, 12:37:44 ET
Posted by: Gene, PA
Half the tracks on NEC (if the below listing is accurate) were also on AIA. Neither album is going to have me camping out at the record store the night before, but The Nightfly live interests me more.

Date: Tues, July 27, 2021, 11:45:31 ET
Posted by: Different Sets, per night
So far listed, for shows on-sale via venue pre-sales already -

ORLANDO
10/12 - Aja
10/13 - Hits

MORRISTOWN
11/3 - Scam
11/4 - Gaucho
11/6 - Hits
11/7 - Aja

Date: Mon, July 26, 2021, 22:31:17 ET
Posted by: Jimmie, East
Interesting that they are doing four dates in Morristown, NJ of all places. Last time they were there (two night run) nobody even reported back with a set list.

Date: Mon, July 26, 2021, 22:07:30 ET
Posted by: Ports, Minneapolis
IGY on Spotify sounds killerï¿½but Iï¿½m pretty sure Don did some post work on his vocal.
Ok with me it sounds good.

Date: Mon, July 26, 2021, 20:41:16 ET
Posted by: Becker's favorite Cafe, The Grey Area

Steely Don Live

Date: Mon, July 26, 2021, 18:38:28 ET
Posted by: Napoleon, Uk
New Steely Dan album (of sorts) up on Spotify...

First Live album in 25 years followed up with The Nightfly live too.

Nap

Date: Mon, July 26, 2021, 15:42:00 ET
Posted by: These ain't cheap!, Ka Ching, USA
Absolutely Normal Tour Dates

October 5th ï¿½ Miami Beach, FL @ The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater
October 6th ï¿½ Miami Beach, FL @ The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater
October 8th ï¿½ Miami Beach, FL @ The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater
October 9th ï¿½ Miami Beach, FL @ The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater
October 12th ï¿½ Orlando, FL @ Dr Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
October 13th ï¿½ Orlando, FL @ Dr Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
October 15th ï¿½ St. Petersburg, FL @ Duke Energy Center for the Arts ï¿½ Mahaffey Theater
October 16th ï¿½ St. Petersburg, FL @ Duke Energy Center for the Arts ï¿½ Mahaffey Theater
October 19th ï¿½ Jacksonville, FL @ Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts ï¿½ Moran Theater
October 20th ï¿½ North Charleston, SC @ North Charleston Performing Arts Center
October 22nd ï¿½ Charlotte, NC @ Ovens Auditorium
October 23rd ï¿½ Richmond, VA @ Altria Theater
October 25th ï¿½ Baltimore, MD @ Hippodrome Theatre at France-Merrick Performing Arts
October 27th ï¿½ Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia
October 29th ï¿½ Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia
October 30th ï¿½ Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia
November 1st ï¿½ Red Bank, NJ @ Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre at the Count Basie Center
November 3d ï¿½ Morristown, NJ @ Mayo Performing Arts Center
November 4th ï¿½ Morristown, NJ @ Mayo Performing Arts Center
November 6th ï¿½ Morristown, NJ @ Mayo Performing Arts Center
November 7th ï¿½ Morristown, NJ @ Mayo Performing Arts Center
November 9th ï¿½ Port Chester, NY @ The Capitol Theatre
November 10th ï¿½ Port Chester, NY @ The Capitol Theatre
November 13th ï¿½ Wallingford, CT @ Toyota Oakdale Theatre
November 14th ï¿½ Bethlehem, PA @ The Wind Creek Event Center
November 17th ï¿½ Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre
November 19th ï¿½ Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre
November 20th ï¿½ Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre

Date: Mon, July 26, 2021, 15:18:33 ET
Posted by: Ports, Minneapolis
https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/the-steely-dan-band-donald-fagens-the-nightfly-live/
The Nightfly Live coming this fall. Looks sweet

Date: Mon, July 26, 2021, 14:54:07 ET
Posted by: Vinyl & CD, Spotify, Youtube, Amazon Music, Apple music, etc., etc....
"Northeast Corridor"; The first live Steely Dan album in over 25 years.

1. Black Cow
2. Kid Charlemagne
3. Rikki Don't Lose That Number
4. Hey Nineteen
5. Any Major Dude Will Tell You
6. Glamour Profession
7. Things I Miss the Most
8. Aja
9. Peg
10. Bodhisattva
11. Reelin' in the Years
12. A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry

Date: Mon, July 26, 2021, 09:25:23 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicago
BTW: I don't think the concert dates this fall or a surprise, given some of the rumors we had earlier this month. My wording came out wrong. I just think the LP is a surprise since I've not heard any rumors.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/steely-dan-absolutely-normal-tour-1201991/

Date: Mon, July 26, 2021, 09:24:24 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicago
East Coast tour goes on sale this week; dates in October into November.

A little bit more of a surprise: New live album taken from Northeast Corridor shows. Released on universal, which also owns the first seven classic Steely Dan albums and not Warner.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/steely-dan-absolutely-normal-tour-1201991/

Date: Fri, July 23, 2021, 22:01:21 ET
Posted by: The Dean, St. Augustine. Uptown, Baby!
Chris, thanks for the info. I'm not on Facebook, but if desperate, will check a Facebook page for info if not available on a regular website. But I noticed something strange. The post you linked requires one to be logged into Facebook in order to view it. IMO that makes ZERO sense for any commercial enterprise looking to disseminate information. Wouldn't most any business want their pages open for anyone to see?

With that said, when I simply go to https://www.facebook.com/SteelyDan I can see the page just fine. So it might just be for that particular post. Judging by Don's first post, he isn't all that thrilled to be on Facebook either.

Date: Fri, July 23, 2021, 21:56:54 ET
Posted by: The Dean, St. Augustine. Uptown, Baby!
Chris, thanks for the info. I'm not on Facebook, but if desperate, will check a Facebook page for info if not available on a regular website. But I noticed something strange. The post you linked requires one to be logged into Facebook in order to view it. IMO that makes ZERO sense for any commercial enterprise looking to disseminate information. Wouldn't most any business want their pages open for anyone to see?

With that said, when I simply go to https://www.facebook.com/SteelyDan I can see the page just fine. So it might just be for that particular post. Judging by Don's first post, he isn't all that thrilled to be on Facebook either.

Date: Fri, July 23, 2021, 14:09:36 ET
Posted by: chris, nh
for those of you who aren't on facebook, I envy you, and also, Fagen has reactivated the official Steely Dan Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/SteelyDan/posts/367727628044417

hopefully trying to get engagement up in preparation for a fall tour announcement.

Date: Wed, July 21, 2021, 21:51:46 ET
Posted by: no, no
can't be right I read here that millennials don't like Steely Dan

Date: Wed, July 21, 2021, 21:50:53 ET
Posted by: no, no
can't be right I read here that millennials don't like Steely Dan

Date: Wed, July 21, 2021, 19:17:48 ET
Posted by: Napoleon , UK
How Steely Dan Became a Cult Favorite for Millennials - The Ringer

https://www.theringer.com/music/2021/7/21/22586128/steely-dan-popular-cult-favorite-millennials

Date: Sun, July 18, 2021, 17:11:54 ET
Posted by: Bernie, C
College marching band doing IGY.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7QAK0CQqFg

Date: Sun, July 18, 2021, 11:02:17 ET
Posted by: RP, NC
Mayer Hawthorne gave Steely Dan a mention on Wine & Vinyl Hour on Thursday night. Fast forward to 45:32.

https://youtu.be/Wjqexp60naY

Date: Sat, July 17, 2021, 00:53:56 ET
Posted by: Ben Jamminï¿½, Soggy Nap Town
Happy Weekend, DanDom!

https://relix.com/blogs/detail/band-of-other-brothers-babko-carlock-coffin-felder-lee-announce-new-album-share-the-rabbit/

Each Band member surely keeps busy in the ï¿½off seasonï¿½, and Keithï¿½s projects seem to get the most press, along with alum Ms. Russellï¿½s (at least they do pon my radar!).

Date: Thurs, July 15, 2021, 23:11:13 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
The Bear Live

1:48:48

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AeA0FCFMII

Date: Thurs, July 15, 2021, 19:18:40 ET
Posted by: dont get it,
Don't get Hoops disinterest in Rodriguez. It's got the rich jazz harmony, interesting and sophisticated chord progressions, instrumental layering, and elite studio musicianship of Steely Dan. Frankly, Donald's lyrics are the relative weak point of the song. Way too basic and obvious for what he typically writes. The song though I think is an amazing piece of writing. It cracked the Steely Dan musical code IMO.

Date: Thurs, July 15, 2021, 07:13:40 ET
Posted by: namtrag100, Cleveland, Ohio
New Cover of My Old School
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_8aZZ9d_EA
by Leonid & Friends

Date: Sun, July 11, 2021, 04:08:42 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,

Yeah, I could see that. Nothing Goes to Plan has that Only a Fool Would Say That kind of Vibe.

https://youtu.be/rpfswALi0BM

Was thinking about what the aborted mid 80s Fagen second solo album *could* have sounded like.

I'm not saying that these songs would have been on it (but a few would have), but these were the kind of songs. A post-modern Cole Porter NYC feel.

Big Noise New York, Snowbound, Lazy Nina, Century's End, On the Dunes, Confide in Me, Love Will Make it Right, West of Hollywood.

Just sayin'

Date: Sun, July 11, 2021, 02:07:19 ET
Posted by: Steve M, Scotland
Doc, here's a thing.

Gary Clark fronted a band made up from bunch of kids from our school (the cool kids who played guitar, every school has them!) playing in the main hall as part of The Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations back in '77 (we would have been 14/15)

My memory (95% sure) is that they played 'Only a Fool Would say That' I think that's where it all started for me!

Date: Sat, July 10, 2021, 18:48:01 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,

Steve,

From Dundee? Wow - I wasn't expecting that kind of reply!!

First Man on the Sun is an outstanding fusion of power pop, some rock edge and Steely Dan-lite sensibilities.

https://youtu.be/Ov7-YDAt2KU

Greedy is a bit more minor key foreboding.

https://youtu.be/x9glgGeHPfY

Life After You

https://youtu.be/RRUI_0hD0Jc

"Sometimes the little guy, little guy
Is nothing more than a Big Guy cut in two"

Anyway a really solid, overlooked album.

Date: Sat, July 10, 2021, 15:39:49 ET
Posted by: Steve M, Scotland
Doc, Gary Clark, singer and songwriter with King L (previously in Danny Wilson) was in my class at school. Nice guy, solo album '10 Short songs about love' is a thing of beauty. The single from the King L album "First man on the sun" is one of the finest examples of the genre "bittersweet pop song with supremely catchy chorus" I can think of.

Date: Sat, July 10, 2021, 14:31:21 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
King L

Date: Sat, July 10, 2021, 14:30:40 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
Steve: Yeah, Nice Girls and the first Eye to Eye album have a little more bite, but the production on Shakespeare Stole my Baby is a little more organic and jazzy. The songwriting through is less consistent on the sophomore effort.

Another blast from the past, although no Katz of SD/Fagen session types are present.

Just some clever use of major 7th chords, modulation, and the occasional suspended chord. Gary Clark, post-Danny Wilson, and Freefloating. Clark was the front guy for King K's Great Day for Gravity album and then a producer and songwriter behind the scenes (Natalie Imbruglia). More recently, Gary Clark wrote most of the songs in the brilliant movie Sing Street.

https://youtu.be/kSH54m6YkZE

Some chill Saturday ear candy.

Date: Sat, July 10, 2021, 13:50:02 ET
Posted by: Steve M, Scotland
Yeah, love the Eye to Eye stuff Doc, 'Nice Girls' in particular does it for me. You can really hear where Gary Katz was production-wise around that time between that and the Rosie Vela album.
Anyhoo, I stand corrected on one point, I've since been informed that Donald sang backing vocs on three of the Far Cry album tracks...cheers Tony!

Date: Fri, July 09, 2021, 19:06:07 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,

Steve, Bill Champlin on ludes but attempting to reverse with coke?

Palate cleanser with Fagen on keys/synth, Keltner, Derringer, Dean Parks...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVSbfd-Sl5c

RWA Sari and Shakespeare Stole My Baby are gems on their 2nd album which features The Usual Suspects including Dr. Fagen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5AdiM56VqU&list=OLAK5uy_mKVxxT5D9iep7fo1OHfvpmlR0eqE_zKKs

Date: Thurs, July 08, 2021, 14:11:29 ET
Posted by: Steve M, Scotland
I thought I knew most of the Steely Related projects over the years, especially the ones where Donald or Walter were directly involved. This however completely passed me by until I was sniffing about on YouTube the other day.

It's an album by a duo called Far Cry, released in 1980. Rob Mounsey, Bernard Purdie, Donald (admittedly only on backing vocs on one track), Elliot Randall, Will Lee, Steve Khan, Randy Brecker, should be good right?

Sadly no, to these ears it sounds utterly bland and forgettable. Bit of a waste of their talents imho.

See what you think (Warning: don't attempt to drive or operate heavy machinery immediately after listening)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAGIHHHsLrA

Date: Thurs, July 08, 2021, 00:17:15 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicago
Thank you, hat 2 flat and Dean. Very generous.

Date: Tues, July 06, 2021, 21:17:35 ET
Posted by: The Dean, St. Augustine. Uptown, Baby!
Is it really Hoop's Birthday?

Happy Birthday, Jim. And once again, thanks so much for keeping this community alive.

Enjoy!

Date: Tues, July 06, 2021, 12:39:30 ET
Posted by: Hat2Flat,
Happy Birthday, Hoopsie!!!!

Date: Sun, July 04, 2021, 18:51:48 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
Bill Payne (Little Feat, Doobie Bros sessions) on piano as well.

Date: Sun, July 04, 2021, 18:49:57 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
Yep.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUA7ylTmrmA

Date: Sun, July 04, 2021, 12:40:06 ET
Posted by: Gene, PA
Trivia:

Song also features James Gadson on drums (IGY), and a singer with a strong, early Dangential tie. Correct?

Date: Sat, July 03, 2021, 22:46:44 ET
Posted by: Don Patrol, Mtl
A "Happy 4th" to all my US buddies.and the greater Dandom.Have fun and stay safe!! Peace

Date: Fri, July 02, 2021, 18:24:14 ET
Posted by: Trivia, Q
Name a number 1 pop hit with Jeff Baxter and Jay Graydon credited as the two guitarists. Hint: itï¿½s not a Doobie Brothers song.

Date: Fri, July 02, 2021, 17:21:08 ET
Posted by: Denise, Hinktown
Hey Nineteen got a mention in this story about favorite songs of Boston: https://www.boston.com/culture/community/2021/07/01/best-song-to-mention-boston-reader-poll/?p1=hp_secondary

The song voted #1 is Dirty Water, which SD played as an encore at the Wang Center one year - I think it was the same year that Dr. Wu was finally performed, but cannot remember, maybe 2011 or so?

"Sweet things from Boston" always got a great response from the audience here:)

Date: Fri, July 02, 2021, 02:32:31 ET
Posted by: Les, K
Lee, also the lyric ï¿½Zooming on a couch somewhereï¿½ from 2000.

Date: Thurs, July 01, 2021, 17:32:09 ET
Posted by: OrangeTom, Formerly backwoods
On yet another sleepless night, recently saw a clip of Everyone's Gone To The Movies from the '96 tour. Had no memory that Walter and Donald swapped lead vocals or of the brief monologue from the latter near the end. Is that how it was usually performed?

Really preferred Walter's half and seriously thought he had always done the whole tune.

Date: Thurs, July 01, 2021, 08:12:48 ET
Posted by: Nicholas Urfe, Phraxos
This link popped up on RefDesk today (that's a nice site if you're not familiar with it). DF gets a mention.

https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/International+Geophysical+Year

Date: Wed, June 30, 2021, 19:59:18 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu, Left of the Rio Grande
Damn. SD with Croz bringing it on Wooden Ships.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoebEunmPZ8

Date: Wed, June 30, 2021, 19:39:32 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
Thought of the Day: It's fitting the the ARP in King of the World met a flaming Death and the carcass kicked to the proverbial curb.

Date: Wed, June 30, 2021, 19:28:08 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicago
RollingStone : David Crosby on Channeling Steely Dan, Turning 80, and How His New Album Saved Him

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/david-crosby-for-free-album-interview-1190661/

Date: Wed, June 30, 2021, 19:25:54 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicagoland
This cover band is pretty darn good. So good that, in the best way, that it's also giving me additional appreciation of Donald's original. The vocalist has the right touch. Just enough attitude without coming off like a Donald Fagen impersonator. All in all, pretty ambitious and very successful.

Good Stuff performing DF's "Good Stuff":
https://youtu.be/tIu2JofDdAA

Date: Wed, June 30, 2021, 13:59:59 ET
Posted by: Lee, Tampa
Is Donald Fagen prescient, or what?

First, he conceived of a service similar to GM's OnStar System before GM even introduced it in 1996! In the song "Kamakiriad" (1993), he sang "With all screens and functions In sync lock with Tripstar".

Now, very unfortunately, the title of his Sunken Condos album has been transformed into a harbinger of the tragic event that happened in South Florida.

I'm sure that when it happened, he had to have connected the name of the album with the event. I can imagine that he most likely was left in a somewhat dazed state while staring at his TV and shaking his head in amazement.

Date: Wed, June 30, 2021, 07:40:38 ET
Posted by: Gene, PA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gumngGrCAQ

18 minute video mainly about Elliot Randall and his solo on RITY.

Date: Tues, June 29, 2021, 12:08:20 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
Chris - Yeah, I agree with you. Jon's a chameleon.

Speaking of which, Donald talks about the escape of his iguana into NYC lore...and other stuff around AIA.

In case you missed it the first time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NknzAsxsivI

Date: Mon, June 28, 2021, 17:58:22 ET
Posted by: Jack, At the wheel
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/22/science/moray-eels-eat-land.html

Date: Mon, June 28, 2021, 14:13:56 ET
Posted by: Chris, nh
Doc, I see what you mean by Walter-zed, but it sounds like JH all the way through to me. Lots of his go-to licks throughout.

I could be wrong but I only hear one guitar the whole time.

Date: Sun, June 27, 2021, 20:01:52 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicago
Put it another way, after a few days of listens, I've pretty much forgotten about Rodriguez. Meanwhile, I played my two vinyl versions of EMG several times this weekend. Rodriguez? I played once again because people were saying how it's the best. No, it's interesting like the Derick Smalls' thing or Tinfoil Hat, etc. but it doesn't compare with Steely Dan at the end of the day, regardless of Donald's lyrics. But good on David Crosby for making an album that sounds good, especially at age 80.

Date: Sun, June 27, 2021, 16:18:14 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
Q: I assume that's Jon Herrington on the I Idolize You guitar solo? There's some near shredding at 3:02, but the solo is heavily Walterized - those licks 2:19 - 2:30. Great altered bluesy, heavily modulated penetrating stuff...

Date: Sun, June 27, 2021, 16:08:21 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
It may seem like I'm splitting hairs but She Got To Be Somewhere sounds a lot more like Monkey House (ex. chord progression at 0:51-) than Steely Dan.

Rodriguez definitely has that Ike Turner funk thing and Atlantic Records horn thing going on. Rhymes has that, but leans more towards Al Green in sound.

I dig Steely Dan's last recording (as far as we know) I Idolize You with some reimagined lyrics more than Rhymes. It's got that attitude. Looks like the youtube video has been taken down, but if you have it, you know it.

I like Rodriguez. However, Croz is nearing 80. I hate to hear his vocals autotuned, but IIWII. My daughter gives me a hard time because I can instantly hear anything autotuned 100 light years away.

Date: Sun, June 27, 2021, 13:30:56 ET
Posted by: croz, croz
She's Got to be Somewhere sounds great and I enjoy listening to it but it has the most embarrassing lyrics this side of

Date: Sat, June 26, 2021, 23:26:38 ET
Posted by: hoops, chicago
I think "Rodriguez For a Night" is pretty good but not as good as 2017's "She's Got To Be Somewhere." "Rodriguez" reminds me a lot of "Rhymes," which as you know, Donald covered with Todd Rundgren producing. Rhymes is also very good but not among my favorite outstanding SD/DF tracks.

The thing with Rodriguez is that the horns that don't sound right in certain places. Donald's horn arrangements are intentionally and smooth as glass, with some very deliberate exceptions. Crosby's horns get a little unnecessarily rough at times or raw in a way that doesn't seem to be purposeful. That's probably my biggest complaint. Plus the abrupt ending. The horns were also my biggest complaint about "Rhymes." That's not saying the horns aren't good, but not the right arrangement if you are looking to homage SD/DF.

Here's the link to "She Got To Be Somewhere" on YouTube in case it's not handy for you: https://youtu.be/BdzCyNC_MCQ

Link to "Rhymes"
https://youtu.be/-m66623AoL8

Date: Fri, June 25, 2021, 09:08:49 ET
Posted by: Chris, nh
man, Rodriguez For A Night is great! I just wish Fagen was singing it.

Date: Fri, June 25, 2021, 03:13:22 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
Dean, That sounds like an Ike Turnerized outtake from The Nightfly. James Raymond and Croz took Donal'd lyrics and channeled him heavily on the song and production. Fantastic.

We need a Steely Croz album!

Date: Thurs, June 24, 2021, 22:38:23 ET
Posted by: The Dean, St. Augustine. Uptown, Baby!
Nicholas, I checked out that after I linked Rodriguez. Very cool.

I also had never seen this fabulous version of Deja Vu:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6Mg2IVmb6U

That link led me to a lot of good shit I had never heard.

Date: Thurs, June 24, 2021, 18:54:17 ET
Posted by: Nicholas Urfe, Phraxos
Many thanks to The Dean for that Croz-Fagen link. There are a couple of other songs from Croz's upcoming album out there. This one with Sara Jarosz is very nice. I'm not sure where I first heard of her several years ago, but it was probably here on the Blue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exwPoSgrjv0

Date: Thurs, June 24, 2021, 15:42:25 ET
Posted by: Florida, Room
Ohhhhhh Miami

Date: Wed, June 23, 2021, 20:18:49 ET
Posted by: The Dean, St. Augustine. Uptown, Baby!
Welcome back Tony.

Always good to get a check in from Don Patrol, Technicolor Motorhome and Nicholas.

Happy 20th Anniversary to the Blue Book and more thanks to Hoops for keeping the place active.

I'm wondering if the mystery poster from Norway is (or has heard from) Jazzassisin. I really miss him as well as M/O/D/P.

Here's a quick treat. David Crosby collaboration with Donald Fagen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s4g9PhYthU&t=5s

Date: Wed, June 23, 2021, 15:22:29 ET
Posted by: It comes for all of us eventually, Norway

ask not for whom the bell tolls

Date: Wed, June 23, 2021, 05:07:13 ET
Posted by: The Magnificent,
Donald with a cane in a studio?

http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2021/3/1/donald-fagen-steve-winwood-nile-rodgers-featured-in-new-vide.html

Date: Wed, June 23, 2021, 01:36:12 ET
Posted by: Brain Strainer, Saranac
@Doc Mu

There are many types of CHORDS out there such as 5; 7; 9; Major, Minor, Sustained, Diminished etc. In Personal Parachuting there is the RIP Chord (actually "Cord"). Pun intended.

In many of your missives over the years, you have posted You Tube links, and such that would appeal to whom you refer to as "Chord Sluts", which intuitively might mean those listeners, i.e. Aficionados with a proclivity toward obscure or esoteric types of Chords employed in tunes by The Dan and others.

At other times you have referred to certain chords adjectivally as "Slut Chords". Intuitively, and perhaps Analagously, might "Slut Chords" be defined as Loose, Easy, Cheap "Used-Up" types of chords in the sense that "Slut" is used in reference to females having those very same characteristics?

When answering, think deeply, choose your words carefully, and leave no details unspecified.

Let er' RIP....

Date: Tues, June 22, 2021, 21:39:03 ET
Posted by: TechnicolorMotorhome, SE US of A
OK, so I finally made it to the (cough-cough) "Rock and Roll" (cough-cough) "Hall of Fame" a few weeks ago. The only Dan was a little plaque on a wall of plaques of all inductees. No Queen. Almost no Led Zep. Almost no Rush even though they got their start in the U.S. right there in Cleveland. But they did have lots of Beyonce and Whitney Houston. And a gigantic "Super Bowl Halftimes" exhibit. And the biggest room? The gift shop full of egregiously priced merch, of course. Did anybody else feel disappointed and ripped-off by this place?

Date: Tues, June 22, 2021, 18:30:59 ET
Posted by: Nicholas Urfe, Phraxos
Based on the number of times they play it on Yacht Rock Radio on XM, Escape is deep yacht rock. But maybe they intentionally miss the point and need to be scolded on the very forum that they have the courtesy to provide.

Date: Tues, June 22, 2021, 17:16:42 ET
Posted by: Rupe, rt
Pina Colada Song is not Yacht Rock Jim but keep missing the point on purpose

Date: Tues, June 22, 2021, 16:37:00 ET
Posted by: hoops, chicago
Thanks for all of us here, Don! Past and present. That includes you, Docs Mu and B, M/O/D/P, the Dean, Fionna, Tony, Jane Lightning, jk, Rajah, Gretchen, Little Wild One, Chris and Tony, Ed, and on and on and onï¿½especially F Skirt DC, and most of all Mark, Bill, Pete & Shari, and even more, Walter and Donald. I could go on and onï¿½ And I'm going toï¿½ eventually.

hoops

Date: Tues, June 22, 2021, 16:31:13 ET
Posted by: hoops, chicago
Another article dismissing Steely Dan as yacht rock.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/yacht-rock-album-guide-1175018

My response:

People who think Steely Dan is yacht rock, don't get Steely Dan. The attitude is punk, set to Jazz, with a sense of humor like Iggy Pop and jazz-rock music similar to Bowie's last album, "Dark Star."

In a 2018 "Guitar Moderne" interview, Bowie guitarist Reeves Gabriel commented, "REEVES GABRELS: ï¿½The problem became when people start copying. Itï¿½s like Steely Dan. I love Steely Dan; people calling it ï¿½yacht rockï¿½ piss me off to this day. It was because the people who copied it didnï¿½t have the attitude behind it, or the lyric content. The copycats werenï¿½t rooted in Naked Lunch; they were rooted in pina coladas.ï¿½

To be sure, Walter and Donald did chuckle at some of the patrols of their session musicians during the 2006 tour, even donning captain's hats for one show as a joke. But to dismiss them simply as yacht rock does not understand their darkly funny music that's much more than easy listening. Still waters run very deep and dark.

https://www.guitarmoderne.com/artists/david-torn-and-reeves-gabrels-talk-rerecording-bowie

Date: Tues, June 22, 2021, 15:31:59 ET
Posted by: Don Patrol, Mtl
Happy 20th Bluebook!!
Thanks Hoops, it's been a blast so far, looking forward to brighter times. Also,thanks to the Greater Dandom
community for all the great parties and get togethers over the years.
Peace

Date: Mon, June 21, 2021, 16:50:20 ET
Posted by: Tony, Sunny Fla
Been a while but wanted to wish everyone the best. Shout out to Hoops, Dean, M/O/XYZ, and of course Mï¿½. Here's to 20 more years.

Date: Sun, June 20, 2021, 11:24:25 ET
Posted by: Knows Better,
There will be a tour this fall, just not necessarily those dates. It's all being worked on. Probably be limited sort of like the way New York Rock and Soul Revue was limited to just a portion of the US.

Date: Sat, June 19, 2021, 13:59:18/Updated: Sun, June 20, 2021, 09:01:08
Posted by: hoops, chicago
Thanks, "Shhhhh....". Much obliged...but someone in touch with DF's people say that's not quite the info they have.

Date: Sat, June 19, 2021, 12:52:00 ET
Posted by: Shhhhh....., 2124 Broadway
Beacon Theater, November 12 - 21, 2021

Aja x2
Royal Scam x2
Gaucho
Early Years
Greatest Hits

Stay tuned...

Date: Fri, June 18, 2021, 15:27:52 ET
Posted by: hoops, chicago
Thanks, Russ. I would have missed that had you not posted.

Date: Fri, June 18, 2021, 07:12:32 ET
Posted by: Russ, OH
From Bruce Springsteen's podcast series. Through with Buzz plays around the 30 min mark and there's some commentary at around 39 min after a few more songs.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZTV8AO1YwZQ_EL0gRsleHDWrUABy0Hxg/view

Date: Wed, June 16, 2021, 09:35:58 ET
Posted by: Hat2Flat,
The new vinyl does indeed sound amazing!

Date: Sat, June 12, 2021, 12:31:39 ET
Posted by: hoops, at Val's Halla Records, Oak Park, IL
Picked up the latest 180 g vinyl versions of EMG and 2vN this morning. Unlike the 2000 version which was not sanctioned by Donald and Walter, 2vN comes with a lyric sheet, additional (but not all) original artwork, and an updated label. The fourth (blank) side has the reindeer in relief. EMG LP artwork is identical to the 2003 Picking up a few different things for different people. Been to three stores participating in record store day. All of them are now sold out of 2vN but each had a copy or two of EMG.

I think we're going to eventually see something like "Cheap Xmas," but with the 7 ABC/MCA albums. In reality, I'd like to see all nine studio albums plus AIA in a single box, but I doubt Universal and Warners will get together on that one.

Wishing everyone good luck in obtaining these.

Date: Fri, June 11, 2021, 18:56:23 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicago
Rmember that Everthing Must Go and Two Against Nature vinyl goes on sale tomorrow on Record Store Day.

Date: Tues, June 08, 2021, 20:24:43 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicago
Happy "Everything Must Go" Day!
Released 18 years ago today on Tuesday, June 8, 2003.

Happy "Circus Money" Day!
Released 13 years ago today on Tuesday, June 8, 2008.

Date: Tues, June 08, 2021, 20:19:34 ET
Posted by: Courageous Cat, It's as simple as that!
See when the man tells you what he wants, DO WHAT HE WANTS!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgnES11CdtM

Date: Sat, June 05, 2021, 16:16:39 ET
Posted by: Just posted, to youtube
Walter Becker - Golden City - Sa's Verse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx27w4fpdrc

Date: Sat, June 05, 2021, 15:02:36 ET
Posted by: hoops,
Vinyl re-releases of Two Against Nature and Everything Must Go will be part of next Saturday's Record Store Day. Two Against Nature will be 2 lps/3 sides, like NY Rock and Soul Revue.

Except for a brief run back when the albums came out, they have not been out on vinyl since. I remember SD.com had a page about how the Two Against Nature vinyl out of Germany did not even seek their input.

Looking forward to getting these. It will be 18 years to the week that Everything Must Go was released.

Date: Mon, May 31, 2021, 10:54:31 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicago
Released 45 years ago today: Steely Dan's "The Royal Scam".

Date: Mon, May 31, 2021, 08:53:30 ET
Posted by: Arnie, F
Documentary about Steve Gadd coming. Not sure of release date. Here's the teaser trailer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoJs_1YMC0Y

Date: Sat, May 29, 2021, 20:17:12 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicago
Warner has released a "new" 180 g vinyl edition of "The Nightfly." I'm 99.9% certain that the master used to press this one is the same as the one used for the 180 g version that was included in 2017 with "Cheap Xmas: Donald Fagen Complete." This is based on the runout area information on the vinyl and discussion with Dan Fan Matt Channen. It appears to be identical. The only differences are minor graphics (new Warner Records logo replacing the Warner Bros. records logo, address, UPC code). Essentially the same LP from 2017. But does it sound great! So there!

"Cheap Xmas: Donald Fagen Complete" on 180 g vinyl is out of print. I recently was astounded to learn that the going price for the 7-LP set has quadrupled to over $400.

Remember, newly remastered 180 g editions of "Two Against Nature" and "Everything Must Go" are due next month on Record Store Day. Contrary to some recent publicity, both were previously available on vinyl in 2000 and 2003, respectively, but back then, 2vN was pressed without input from Becker/Fagen, and of course, they were not 180 g vinyl.

Date: Fri, May 28, 2021, 17:02:26 ET
Posted by: OrangeTom, NoLongerBackwoods
Wow, had completely forgotten Walter had sole producer credit on Kama.

But do remember where I was when I heard the first release from the disc on the radio. Headed down Rt. 33 to Columbus so I could pick up my girlfriend--now wife--for my law school graduation.

Damn, time moves fast. Jane, how do I stop this thing?

Date: Fri, May 28, 2021, 02:49:25 ET
Posted by: Steve M, Scotland
1.53: Cm7......hey, I know that one!

Date: Thurs, May 27, 2021, 19:13:21 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu ,

You chord sluts out there, and you know who you are, will enjoy this funhouse ride over Glamour Profession.

Keeping up with the masterful jazz chord progressions is like surfing the tube in Hawaii.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXnUa6SNJFQ

Date: Tues, May 25, 2021, 17:48:24 ET
Posted by: hoops, chicago
It was 28 years ago, just after midnight, that I got the keys to my very own Kamakiriï¿½I'm sure I wasn't alone in that.

http://steelydaninternetarchive.com/kamatracks.html

Date: Mon, May 24, 2021, 23:46:05 ET
Posted by: The Dean, St. Augustine. Uptown, Baby!
Thanks, Chris. Good to hear. The initial "single" seems pretty tight.

Date: Mon, May 24, 2021, 20:54:56 ET
Posted by: Hat2Flat,
I remember the Crosby/Fagen collaboration being talked about. Nice to see it's finally here. Wonder if it's a one-off or if there will be more.

Date: Fri, May 21, 2021, 12:25:28 ET
Posted by: Chris, nh
anyone catch this? new David Crosby record, due out next month, has a new Donald Fagen tune:

In a particularly meaningful turn for Crosby, For Free also includes a track penned by Fagen expressly for the album. "Steely Dan's my favorite band and I've admired Donald a long time, so that was a thrill for us," he says. A sharply detailed portrait of outlaws, angels, and drugstore cowboys, "Rodriguez For A Night" merges Fagen's sophisticated storytelling with Crosby's warmly commanding vocal presence, ultimately making for a glorious collision of worlds. Crosby taps another friend for the album's striking cover art, using a portrait Joan Baez painted of him.

https://davidcrosby.com/blogs/news/david-crosby-announces-new-album

Date: Sun, May 17, 2021, 13:06:08 ET
Posted by: Ben Jammin, Indy: Easy like Sunday morning/afternoon
An excellent interview with Donald from Fall of '91:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iFWLoWxPzeYV75WamXj2l0oFUJq05rOg/view

What shows are my Dandom Brothers and Sisters catching this concert season?

I've got tix to: Mike Love (the Reggae Boy, not the Beach Boy)
Satsang, Phish, Boz, and Christopher Cross.

A nice weekend of legendary artists is coming to Cincinnati in mid-October. Pat Metheny's Side-Eye Tour plays Memorial Hall Friday night, and Hiroshima's at The Ludlow Garage Saturday!

Date: Thu, May 13, 2021, 07:23:27 ET
Posted by: JCDS, random keys
DTMA would have been unwholesome AM fodder. Not that KC and The Fez were any better, hence their failure to crack the top 50.

Date: Tue, May 11, 2021, 10:26:05 ET
Posted by: chris , nh
Hat - re: "Other times they end up highlighting what Donald's contributed to Steely Dan."

I think the officially released solo material from both of them do a better job at highlighting their differences, as well as the fact that they truly did bring out the best in each other creatively. Everything released on WB Media was deemed unworthy of release (or unworthy of completing) at one point. It would be more fair to compare them with DF's unfinished works.

FWIW, I think everything posted there is worth a listen. Some of the songs are up there with my favorites of his released material, like Were You Close Today, Three Sisters, Only One Season, Our Lawn, This Is My Building, and Love in the Fourth. Good discussions happening over there too.

Date: Fri, May 7, 2021, 21:15:12 ET
Posted by: hoops ,
A hearty endorsement for our very own Nathan MacAdams and his cohorts known as The Third Arrangement. "Rosie" is The Third Arrangement's latest single, their first release since the groupï¿½s debut EP ï¿½Scarecrowsï¿½ in November 2019. "Rosie" is the first of a few tunes to be recorded and released throughout 2021. ï¿½Available now on all platforms - Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music, and more!

https://tinyurl.com/9ht37554

Date: Thu, May 6, 2021, 02:12:40 ET
Posted by: (Don't Me Take Me Alive),
I was just thinking, how was Don't Take Me Alive not a single? According to Wikipedia, KC and The Fez (!) were the singles. Seems like the bulldozing guitar work and strong vocals would have made it a no-brainer as a single.

Date: Sat, May 1, 2021, 10:56:35 ET
Posted by: Hat2Flat ,
Walter's Slim's track is great. They should put out a box set with 11TOW, C$ and the Slim's show.

The other snips and demos can be insightful. Other times they end up highlighting what Donald's contributed to Steely Dan.

Date: Fri, April 30, 2021, 23:46:09 ET
Posted by: Matt ,
A track from Walter's 1994 gig at Slim's up on walterbeckermedia.com:

https://youtu.be/gd_0pbyPdYs

Date: Thu, April 29, 2021, 11:06:39 ET
Posted by: Pope Greg , CBE
Thanks, Jack, for the Tom Scott tiktok link. As you predicted, there's 2 awesome clips up regarding his work on "Gaucho."

https://www.tiktok.com/@tomscottjazzman/video/6955824574315416838

https://www.tiktok.com/@tomscottjazzman/video/6955480942072843525

Date: Tue, April 27, 2021, 10:48:01 ET
Posted by: Ben Jammin , Indy
Rolling Stone's Unknown Legends featured Ms. McWilliams. She's one of the best, and Cindy brought her into the fold to meet Don and Walt.

https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/singer-paulette-mcwilliams-interview-1161380/

Date: Tue, April 27, 2021, 04:24:03 ET
Posted by: Mike H ,
Al Schmitt has passed away. Truly a legend in the recording industry. He won more Grammys than any other engineer. In 1977 he won the Grammy for best engineered recording for his work on Aja, and in 1978 he won best engineered recording for FM (No Static At All).

Rest in Peace
https://www.musicradar.com/news/al-schmitt-legendary-recording-engineer-and-producer-dies-aged-91

Date: Tue, April 27, 2021, 01:00:03 ET
Posted by: hoops , Chicago
Posted before but bears repeating. David Bowie guitarist Reeves Gabrels explains why it pisses him off when people call Steely Dan "Yacht Rock."

"The problem became when people start copying. Itï¿½s like Steely Dan. I love Steely Dan; people calling it ï¿½yacht rockï¿½ piss me off to this day. It was because the people who copied it didnï¿½t have the attitude behind it, or the lyric content. The copycats werenï¿½t rooted in Naked Lunch; they were rooted in pina coladas."

https://www.guitarmoderne.com/artists/david-torn-and-reeves-gabrels-talk-rerecording-bowie

Date: Mon, April 26, 2021, 21:32:52 ET
Posted by: Prime Time , Texas
Reelin' just played on 9-1-1 Lone Star as Rob Lowe and his son were doing shots of Tequila.

Son- Oh man, this is my jam!
RL- You don't know Steely Dan!
S- I am all about the yacht rock!
RL- No, I AM ALL ABOUT THE YACHT ROCK!
S- You got a yacht, dad?
RL- No

(Something along those lines)

Date: Mon, April 26, 2021, 12:22:21 ET
Posted by: Jack , MD
Tom Scott has started a TikTok page giving anecdotes of his recording sessions for pop artists. Should see something on SD eventually, although he's previously said Fagen isn't too social.

https://www.tiktok.com/@tomscottjazzman

Date: Sun, April 25, 2021, 21:48:01 ET
Posted by: Little Birdie , Alabama
Donald did NOT participate...but still, it was a great show.

Connor, Marco Benevento (keys), and Levon Collins (drums--Amy Helm's son/Levon Helm's grandson/Donald's step grandson) were stand outs. A great performance.

Date: Sat, April 24, 2021, 12:49:30 ET
Posted by: The Dean , St. Augustine. Uptown, Baby!
Little Birdie, thanks for the heads up.

Date: Sat, April 24, 2021, 12:49:30 ET
Posted by: The Dean , St. Augustine. Uptown, Baby!
Little Birdie, thanks for the heads up.

Date: Fri, April 23, 2021, 17:39:52 ET
Posted by: Little Birdie , Alabama
Be sure to attend Sunday night's webcast at 7 PM EDT from Levon Helm's barn. Amy Helm and Connor Kennedy will be performing with others including some special guests. It's been mentioned here before I think. So here's what a little birdie told me. Donald's likely gonna join in. He's going to help out on a Grateful Dead tune, but probably not the one he usually performs. Hint: instead he'll help out on what some would call a lyrical cousin to "Deacon Blues." Then again he might change his mind.

The stream is for a minimum $12 donation, although more is appreciated. Here's the link to sign up now.

https://levonhelm.com/shows/2021/4/25/an-evening-to-be-grateful

And if Donald bails out or if the birdie is wrong, at least you'll hear some good music.

Over and out.

Date: Fri, April 23, 2021, 07:09:33 ET
Posted by: Jimmie , US
1974 Billboard story. A mention of Gary Katz having a previous partnership with Richard Perry. Perry produced I Mean to Shine for Barbara Streisand, so apparently Katz was the connection there.

https://tinyurl.com/k5b75zxz

Date: Thu, April 15, 2021, 17:14:53 ET
Posted by: (Doc Mu) ,
You chords sluts out there, and as always you know who you are are going to love this breakdown of the Steely Dan catalog highlights and progression of W&D by Bill Graham and host.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFTN5ybd2RA

Date: Wed, April 14, 2021, 10:54:50 ET
Posted by: Ben Jammin , Indy
Will Connor's influence and skill playing Americana/Country Swing maybe lead to some dusting off of the "down home" Dan jams on the '22 tour setlist? Several Pretzel Logic deep cuts come to mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n-V5UFWlF0

Date: Sat, April 10, 2021, 07:14:29 ET
Posted by: hoops , Chicago
Randy: Thanks for the correction and link. I'm not sure how I got Michael Leonhart in the mix...unless it was because he was producing.

Date: Fri, April 9, 2021, 13:22:54 ET
Posted by: Randy , V
It was Scott Hull who did the mastering of Sunken Condos, including i Tunes. At least that's what was being reported prior to the album release.

https://sonicscoop.com/2012/04/17/session-buzz-whos-recording-in-around-nyc-a-monthly-report-8/

Date: Fri, April 9, 2021, 08:47:29 ET
Posted by: hoops , Chicago
Popegreg: Thanks for the thorough discussion on the two vinyl releases. I'm thankful that 2vN will be on three sides instead of four. It's great that they don't want to squeeze all those grooves into two sides; but four sides is a little too much flipping. the 2000 LP of 2vN was two-sided with "Almost Gothic" closing side one and "Jack of Speed" opening side two.

Some of the PR around these releases say it is the first time on vinyl. Not true. They were released on vinyl in 2000 (2vN) and 2003 (EMG), but 2vN was without input from Donald and Walter.

One thing I really miss is all the discussion that used to surround audiophile sound and high-end systems that used to be such a huge part of the Steely Dan culture. Perhaps that was more of a Walter and Roger Nichols thing? Or Donald has losty interest? I know Michael Leonhart mastered "Sunken Condos" for iTunes which was great because so much isn't specially mastered for that format--not that it's a great format.

At any rate, the reduced focus in audiophile discussion in the greater Dandom has been apparent in the past dozen years. I've posted here, Dandom on Facebook, and other SD forums for a credible reccommendation on turntables. Back in the 90s I think we would have experienced a huge debate about which turntables for best for the money. A few people kindly offered what model turntable they owned but nothing else. In the end, my plea was answered in depth in an Elton John forum with Matt Still, one of his producers, recommending a matrix of of turntables based on features, technical specs, brand rep, and budget. His comments included recommendations like, "For a $350 budget, this is a decent turntable; but the stylus will wear quickly. Replace with this stylus for better sound..."

Date: Thu, April 8, 2021, 07:18:53 ET
Posted by: popegreg , MKE
It looks like TVN and EMG are getting 180 gram vinyl releases limited to 10,000 copies each worldwide for Record Store Day on June 12.

https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/13596

In 2000, Steely Dan duo Donald Fagen and Walter Becker achieved both commercial and critical success with their long-awaited album Two Against Nature, which was released following a twenty-year hiatus. The album charted at #6 on the US and Canadian Charts, earned a Platinum certification in the USA, and went on to win four Grammy Awards including the prestigious Album of the Year. For RSD Drops 2021, Two Against Nature will achieve another first, as it will be released on vinyl for the very first time, skillfully cut by the album's original mastering engineer Scott Hull. It will be pressed on audiophile 180g double black vinyl for the discerning Steely Dan fans, and feature an etching on Side 4. Limited to 10,000 copies worldwide.

https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/13597

Everything Must Go is Steely Dan's final studio album with founding member Walter Becker. It was released in 2003, thirty years after their debut album and ended their studio album releases on a high with a Top-10 album in the US Billboard 200. It features the track "Slang of Ages," noted as the only Steely Dan song to feature Becker on lead vocals. For RSD Drops 2021, Everything Must Go will be made available on vinyl worldwide for the first time. Expertly cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering and pressed on audiophile 180gram black vinyl for the discerning Steely Dan fans. 10,000 copies worldwide.

Date: Sat, April 3, 2021, 11:58:01 ET
Posted by: hoops , Chicago
Dean:

Thanks for the appreciation. I should point out that Hans J. says he had a lot to do with the photos' release. I'm the same way about how Donald is depicted as Mr. Steely Dan. The Storytellers compilation video is one that especially bothers me--just shows Donald on the package without Walter.

I get a laugh once a year, because this is one of the few weekends each year when the peeps motif is timely with the holidays. (May is the Orthodox holiday.)

Date: Sat, April 3, 2021, 07:18:10 ET
Posted by: Nicholas Urfe , Phraxos
As is usually the case, I'm sure that I'm years behind most denizens of the Blue, but the most recent Dandom Digest's mention of Roger Rosenberg's Baritonality album inspired me to finally buy it (not that I've been resisting since 2009, I just havent' mustered the gumption). If you haven't heard it, or if you haven't heard it lately, it is a wonderful jazz album. WB produced it, and there is a cool pic of WB and Roger Rosenberg on the inside cover.

Now, if we could just get an update on the rumored new Monkey House album...

Date: Sat, April 3, 2021, 00:22:13 ET
Posted by: The Dean , St. Augustine. Uptown, Baby!
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Thanks for those Getty images. Very cool.

Loved that Aretha made it in, via the Purdie, McCraken connection. Nice surprise.

Just a bit confused by the pic of Donald that's simply labeled "Steely Dan". I envision another group of idiots seeing that and believing that there is some guy in the band name Steely Dan.

Date: Fri, April 2, 2021, 18:48:33 ET
Posted by: Bad Sneakers , here
Received email from Ticketmaster today stating that Steely Dan's 2021 date is rescheduled for 2022:

"We've worked with the Event Organizer to reschedule your event and make sure you still have the chance to attend. Your tickets are still valid for the new date.
Steely Dan with Special Guest Steve Winwood
Steely Dan with Special Guest Steve Winwood
YOUR NEW EVENT DATE IS:
June 30, 2022 @ 7:30 PM
PNC Bank Arts Center
We understand that you might not be able to make it, but have worked with the Event Organizer to make sure you have an option.

You have through May 2, 2021 to choose a refund.

Date: Fri, April 2, 2021, 14:43:34 ET
Posted by: Ben Jammin , Indy: Sunny on this Good Friday
The bots at Jive Nation/TicketBastard are sending notices for tour dates bumping to 2022...

Date: Fri, April 2, 2021, 13:48:34 ET
Posted by: Hans ,
The 2020 Steely Dan tour rescheduled for 2021 is now officially rescheduled for 2022.

https://www.steelydan.com/#!/events?page=1

Date: Fri, April 2, 2021, 10:41:59 ET
Posted by: ....aaaaaaaannnnnnnddd they're gone , Nowhere
The SD website's touring page has been updated.

THERE ARE NO EVENTS SCHEDULED AT THIS TIME.
PLEASE CHECK BACK LATER

Official announcement coming soon.

Date: Fri, April 2, 2021, 09:11:22 ET
Posted by: Mikey , R
I was pretty certain that I could see any random snippet of 5 or 6 words from any Steely Dan song and know the song. I was testing myself, and this one got me.

he walks through the old routines

Had to look it up. Not that I hadn't heard the song a million times.

Date: Fri, April 2, 2021, 03:19:10 ET
Posted by: Steve M , Scotland
Jeff Porcaro on tambourine....I have no words.

Date: Fri, April 2, 2021, 00:41:31 ET
Posted by: hoops ,
Getty now has 66 photos from the Santa Monica Civic Center show in 1974. Great photos. Check them out. Great stuff, high definition. Love Donald in the "Ambassador" jacket. Reminds me of Donald's smoking jacket for the New York Rock and Soul Revue.

https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/steely-dan-1974?page=2&phrase=steely%20dan%201974&sort=best

Date: Fri, April 2, 2021, 00:34:28 ET
Posted by: hoops ,
Just a technical note:

If you post to the bluebook and fill one of the fields with only punctuation marks, it scrambles the rest of your post such that it can not be read. So for the benefit of you, me and everyone, don't do that. It's simply how it works (or doesn't work actually).

Been a while since I mentioned this, but it occurred again in the past few days, so need to explain. Thanks.

P.S. Personally I don't understand why so many routine posts need to be anonymous. Just sayin'

Date: Tue, March 30, 2021, 21:18:33 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu ,
DaddyG: Dead at 90. Tried to warn ya...

Date: Tue, March 30, 2021, 18:39:40 ET
Posted by: hoops , Chicago
Bob in Texas:

Jon Herington's assistant has said in the past 48 hours that the dates are not happening.

Where did you hear? Please state sources.

Date: Tue, March 30, 2021, 17:49:40 ET
Posted by: Bob , Texas
Are the June Steely Dan concert shows going to take place? Today I heard some news that they have changed course and that the shows will happen as currently scheduled. This would be new news so to speak.

Date: Tue, March 30, 2021, 09:42:34 ET
Posted by: Bad Sneakers , nyc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GercWVffYo

DONALD FAGEN
"Paul's Pal"

Performance in honor of Sonny Rollins
Apollo Theater
October 23, 2015

trademark shaky video...
I don't watch the show through the phone

Date: Mon, March 29, 2021, 22:02:41 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu ,
Throwing a bone to David Palmer related to the 2014 royalty lawsuit?

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/steely-dan-sued-by-singer-684388

Yeah, I think we're all going to skip this one.

Date: Mon, March 29, 2021, 18:57:18 ET
Posted by: Jimmie , updown
As far as him licensing a song for a consumer product advertisement, everybody has their price. No manufacturer is likely to meet his since any song that may interest them is now 40-50 years old and has limited appeal. He did say that he turned down offers for IGY.

Date: Sun, March 28, 2021, 00:28:58 ET
Posted by: The Dean , St. Augustine. Uptown, Baby!
As far as I can tell, Fagen is fairly liberal with licensing the music to movies (and perhaps TV shows, etc). And (again, AFAIK) has never licensed his music for strictly advertising purposes.

My understanding (and I've been out of the business for years and I'm not a lawyer) is when an artist license the music, it typically applies to trailers and promotions. Although I'm guessing there might be ways to control that.

When I see a consumer product (like baked fucking beans) use a Dan/Fagen song, I will be extremely disappointed. I don't expect that to happen in Fagen's lifetime.

Date: Sat, March 27, 2021, 10:23:24 ET; Approved Sat, March 27, 14:23 ET.
Posted by: Chris , nh
Steely Dan was trending on Twitter last night because of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuDLepNa7hw

Not the first time Dirty Work has been used in a movie, but probably the first time it's been in such a shlock fest. The strangest part to me is the "mashup" with the movie's score.

A lot of formerly choosy artists relaxed their standards for 'product placement' in the last year -- Wilco, for example, licensed a song to sell Bush's Baked Beans -- and it looks like Fagen might've done the same.

Date: Fri, March 26, 2021, 15:11:56 ET; Approved Sat, March 27, 14:23 ET.
Posted by: Geo , NOLA
I see the new trailer for James Gunn's "The Suicide Squad" features "Dirty Work".

https://www.gamesradar.com/the-suicide-squad-trailer-james-gunn-margot-robbie-idris-elba/

The movie itself also features Pete Davidson, who was memorably introduced to the wonders of Steely Dan by John Mulaney. The Dan-centric part starts at 3:15.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDz-RUMmpjE

Date: Wed, March 24, 2021, 14:16:07 ET
Posted by: Geo , N
I think we found the real Miss Marlene

https://www.tiktok.com/@ka1yarose/video/6943270140557511942?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v3

Date: Tue, March 23, 2021, 22:55:34 ET
Posted by: hoops , Chicago

The latest edition of the Dandom Digest (Vol. 29, No. 1) was sent out a few minutes ago and you should have it within an hour of this post. It covers January 1-March 23, 2021.. (The previous Dandom Digest covered December 17-31, 2020.) At any rate, if you don't see it in your mailbox, let me know (see below) or check out the full text below.

The following are the subjects/headlines of the items in the latest newsletter:

SD Shows in 2021...or 2022?
"A really great honor for our fans..."
One In The A.M.
Great WB Interview from 2008
New 180g Vinyl of "The Nightfly"
NEW! Evan Arntzen Featuring Cathering Russell
NEW! "(quiet)" Album by Jon Herington
NEW Amy Helm; Featuring Connor Kennedy
NEW! Weiskopf Music Master Class
Weiskopf's "Fountain of Youth" Available on Bandcamp
3rd MLO Album Due
LA Times on John Beasley
John Beasley Wins Grammy
Purdie Nominated for Blues Music Award
Scorpion's Guitarist Loves "Royal Scam"
Aimee Mann on Steely Dan
Missing Connie Smith
Thank you for 28 Wonderful Years
Steely Dan Fan SPRING Shopping Guide
Calling All Current SD Orchestra Members & Alumns

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Yr. 29, No. 1

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IN THIS DANDOM DIGEST

SD Shows in 2021...or 2022?
"A really great honor for our fans..."
One In The A.M.
Great WB Interview from 2008
New 180g Vinyl of "The Nightfly"
NEW! Evan Arntzen Featuring Cathering Russell
NEW! "(quiet)" Album by Jon Herington
NEW Amy Helm; Featuring Connor Kennedy
NEW! Weiskopf Music Master Class
Weiskopf's "Fountain of Youth" Available on Bandcamp
3rd MLO Album Due
LA Times on John Beasley
John Beasley Wins Grammy
Purdie Nominated for Blues Music Award
Scorpion's Guitarist Loves "Royal Scam"
Aimee Mann on Steely Dan
Missing Connie Smith
Thank you for 28 Wonderful Years
Steely Dan Fan SPRING Shopping Guide
Calling All Current SD Orchestra Members & Alumns

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Subject: SD Shows in 2021...or 2022?

In the last Dandom Digest, we had a link to a Rolling Stone story that gave cred to the idea that those 2020 Steely Dan concert dates postponed exactly 52 weeks may wind up getting postponed at least a total of 104 weeks into 2022. But you never know...maybe some late winter 2022 dates in Vegas?

At any rate, the social media for a couple members of the Steely Dan Orchestra suggested the upcoming June/July shows will be postponed; meanwhile, as of this writing on March 23, 2021, Ticketmaster and SteelyDan.com shows the concerts moving ahead as scheduled this June and July. Stay tuned...

Here's a link to the referenced Rolling Stone article...no direct Steely Dan content, but insightful.
https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/features/when-live-music-return-2021-covid-1106719

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Subject: "A really great honor for our fans..."
Date: Febuary 21, 2021

"A really great honor for our fans and for us and for everyone who voted for us..."
--Walter Becker, 20 years ago, on February 21, 2001

Relive:

YOUTUBE.COM
Watch Walter Becker, Donald Fagen: Steely Dan's Album of the Year GRAMMY Win | Recording Academy Remembers
https://youtu.be/6XzvRwSg3M0

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From: Matthew Kerns
Date: February 20, 2021
Subject: One In The A.M.

A little piece to celebrate Walter's birthday.
https://youtu.be/ySuyyNLDaME

Discussion at WB Media Forum
https://www.walterbeckermedia.com/forum/rarities-unreleased/one-in-the-a-m

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Subject: Great WB Interview from 2008

Although this is 12 years old, I don't think that this has appeared here before. Nice article on Walter's second solo album. There are many good arguments for it being the best album of the Modern Steely Dan era.

SOUNDONSOUND.COM
Walter Becker
For his second solo album, Steely Dan's Walter Becker made the unexpected decision to apply his band's high production values and jazzy sophistication to the world of reggae...

https://www.soundonsound.com/people/walter-becker

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Subject: New 180g Vinyl of "The Nightfly"

Rhino/Warner Records will be offering a new 180-gram vinyl pressing of Donald's "The Nightfly". Originally scheduled for release in late March 2021, the release has been rolled back to May 28, 2021.

Music Diret, Acoustic Sounds, and of course Amazon are taking pre-orders, and of course, your local bricks-and-mortar or clicks-and-bricks vinyl retailer can probably order it for you.

Buy 2021 180-Gran Vinyl Edition of "The Nightfly" from:

Music Direct
https://www.musicdirect.com/donald-fagen-the-nightfly-(180g-vinyl-lp)

Acoustic Sounds
https://store.acousticsounds.com/d/162004/Donald_Fagen-The_Nightfly-180_Gram_Vinyl_Record

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Subject: NEW! Evan Arntzen Featuring Cathering Russell

Evan Arntzen's new single is Kid Ory's "Muskrat Ramble" sung swingingly by the one and only Catherine Russell!

Get it here! https://sym.ffm.to/muskratramble
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Subject: NEW! "(quiet)" Album by Jon Herington

Jon Herington's new CD. You can get an autographed copy for $20.00.
http://www.jonherington.com/store.html

Tracks: I Wish I Knew * Angel Eyes * 'Round Midnight * Love Theme From Spartacus * Both Sides Now * The Shadow Of Your Smile * Prelude To A Kiss * Happy Days Are Here Again * Autumn Leaves * Invitation * My Funny Valentine * When Sunny Gets Blue * Young And Foolish * Lover Man (Oh, Where Could You Be?) * ...

"When new shade is imposed upon a plant, it finds a way to bend towards the sun. Isolation helped push me to present a series of online workshops on the newly apt topic of arranging and performing music for solo guitar. In preparing for these monthly meetings I enjoyed losing myself in crafting new arrangements - an old obsession - and decided that the time was right to choose and record my favorites. Here is (quiet) - a small harvest of some of the unexpected fruit of the last eleven months."

ï¿½ Jon Herington, January 2021

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Subject: NEW Amy Helm; Featuring Connor Kennedy

Ron Ozer shared a link.
3h ï¿½
Amy has a new album in June and "Breathing" is the first single (in a much simpler arrangement than the studio) in Dangential news. Aside from Amy being Donald's stepdaughter, Steely Dan guitarist Connor Kennedy is also featured. Side note, we have booked Amy for an outdoor live show here in Arden, Delaware on June 12, we announce Thursday.

Here' s link to the video for "Breathing".

https://youtu.be/WUBoTf9IyFY

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Subject: NEW! Weiskopf Music Master Class

Walt Weiskopf hoped that you'll check out his new edition of "Standards GPS!"

https://www.mymusicmasterclass.com/premiumvideos/walt-weiskopf-jazz-standards-what-is-this-thing-called-love-lesson/

Description: In this "Standards GPS" lesson, renowned saxophonist and educator Walt Weiskopf breaks down the chord changes and improvisational choices for the iconic jazz standard "What Is This Thing Called Love?". Walt digs beneath the surface to show you what harmonic options are available, so that you can develop a deeper understanding of the song and achieve more cohesive improvisations. If you want to be able to play fluently through this tune as well as apply this knowledge to your other repertoire, this jazz masterclass is for you. NOTE: There is a PDF bundled with the download version of this video (not the $9.99 streaming version) which includes the onscreen notation. The PDF includes notation in C, Bb and Eb.
Topics Covered: Jazz, Improvisation, "What Is This Thing Called Love?" Changes, Jazz Harmony, Harmonic Function, Improvisational Choices, Common Substitutions, Exercises, Playing the Changes, Soloing, ii-V-I, Navigating Minor7b5 Chords, Etc.

While you are there, check out Walt's other masterclasses, listed near the bottom of the same page.

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Subject: Weiskopf's "Fountain of Youth" Available on Bandcamp

Walt Weiskopf's 2017 album "Fountain of Youth" is now available on Bandcamp,

For more info...
https://waltweiskopf.bandcamp.com/album/fountain-of-youth

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Date: Feb 5, 2021
Subject: 3rd MLO Album Due

Michael Leonhart reports:

I'm in the finishing stages of the 3rd Michael Leonhart Orchestra album which features two new extended compositions: "The Normyn Suites No. 1 & No. 2". These two works are contemplations on love & loss, written during a burst of inspiration & catharsis after the passing of our family dog Normyn in 2018. Little did I know that the themes of "love, loss and catharsis" would become a central theme for all of humantity during the pandemic.

Originally set for a 2020 release, the album will come out mid 2021 on Sunnyside Records. Thank you Franï¿½ois Zalacain for your patience. The album features guests Elvis Costello, Joshua Redman Chris Potter Donny McCaslin Keyon Harrold Larry Goldings Bill Frisell Nels Cline and more... Today is Normyn's birthday so she's in our minds. Happy birthday to Neymar Jr.(28) and Cristiano Ronaldo(35) as well -- also legends in their own time.

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Subject: LA Times on John Beasley
From: Amy Eyre Acers
Date: March 10 at 8:20 AM ï¿½

A nice piece about John Beasley, with bonus Walter Becker mentions.
On Sunday, a local session pro-turned-Thelonious Monk disciple could have a Grammys for the ages
LATIMES.COM

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-03-09/john-beasley-jazz-grammys

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From: Jim McKay
Date: March 10, 2021
Subject: John Beasley Wins Grammy

"The Beas' Knees." John did indeed win the Grammy.

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella: John Beasley, "Donna Lee"
(Sure, I have many complaints about the Grammys, but it is great when is Steely Dan orchestra alumni member wins. )

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Subject: Purdie Nominated for Blues Music Award

Bernard "Pretty" Purdie nominated for

"I am thrilled to announce I've been nominated for a 2021 Blues Music Award (BMA) in the category of Drum Inatrumentalist! The Blues Foundation's BMA is recognized as the highest honor conferred upon a blues musician by the blues community, and it is my great honor to accept the nomination!" The BMA's are June 6, 2021.

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Subject: Scorpion's Guitarist Loves "Royal Scam"

Why I <3 Steely Dan's The Royal Scam, by Rudolf Schenker
By Rudolf Schenker (Classic Rock) 02 March 2021

Scorpions guitarist Rudolf Schenker reveals his unlikely love for Steely Dan's 1976 jazz-rock classic The Royal Scam

https://www.loudersound.com/features/why-i-steely-dans-the-royal-scam-by-rudolf-schenker

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Subject: Aimee Mann on Steely Dan
From: Jack Evans

So Aimee Mann appreciates those "snarky jerks" Steely Dan. Who knew.

Private Playlist: Aimee Mann looks past the snark to appreciate Steely Dan's craft

Aimee Mann like's Steely Dan, if not Snark
https://www.kcrw.com/music/shows/music-special/aimee-mann-songwriter-playlist

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Subject: Missing Connie Smith

So many long-time Dandom fans will be sad to hear of Connie Smith's passing. She was a wonderful woman with a wonderful sense of humor. I got to know her through her late brother, Mark Drinan and related-Steely Dan fans. I know she's near and dear to everybody in the greater Dandom, so many of the hundreds of fans here. It's a loss to all of us.

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Subject: Thank you for 28 Wonderful Years

What became the Dandom Digest and Dangential internet resources started as an offshoot from rec.music.gdead USENET back on March 23, 1993. Back then and for much of the Digest's first four or five years or so, we came out almost every day. Today, there is of course countless Internet resources devoted to Steely Dan and fans, but this was the first fan newsletter and web site, not to mention Gopher server, if you remember what that was. Thanks to all who made it possible, missing those who have passed on, starting with Walter Becker at the top of that list. If the fates allow, let's start planning to make the 30th year something special. I am grateful for your support and thankful that I've had the opportunity to work on this.

Best regards and many thanks,

Jim "hoops" McKay
Chicago

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Subject: Steely Dan Fan SPRING Shopping Guide

In addition to the Steely Dan Orchestra items listed above, here' a link to some other spring treats and what nots from Steely Dan Orchestra members and other Dangential creators. Yes, this is a bit of a rehash of the post-Christmas shopping list...but hope it's useful. Support members and alumni of Our Favorite Band.

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Jim Beard/Jon Herington
"Chunks and Chairknobs"
Buy at: http://www.jonherington.com/store.html
A Great Interview with Jim & Jon: "How did this come about?"
https://youtu.be/euklbIfq414

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Jon Herington
Jon Herington's Arrangements for Guitar
http://www.jonherington.com/store.html

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Keith Carlock
Buy All Kinds of Stuff including "IN THE JAM: NYC Funk" 10 Multi-Track Video Jams--You Control The Mix" with Carlock/Jenkins/Buono
http://keithcarlock.com/buy/

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LaTanya Hall
"Say Yes"
Buy at: http://latanyahall.com/album/la-tanya-hall-say-yes-coming-november-8th-2019/

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Jay Leonhart with Tomoko Ohno & Vito Lesczak
"Joy"
Buy at: https://jayleonhartbass.bandcamp.com/album/joy

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Michael Leonhart Orchestra
Several titles, including "Suite Extracts, Vol. 1"
Buy at: https://michaelleonhart.bandcamp.com/

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Roger Rosenberg
"Baritonality"
Buy at: https://www.amazon.com/Baritonality-Roger-Rosenberg/dp/B002F3BPF4

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Catherine Russell
Pretty much her entire CATalogue including her latest, the Grammy-nominated
"Alone Together"
Buy at: http://www.catherinerussell.net/listen.php

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Walt Weiskopf European Quartet
Latest releases including "Introspections" and "Worldwide"
Buy at:
https://waltweiskopf.com/product/european-quartet-worldwide/

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Monkey House (featuring Don Breithaupt)
"Friday" (featuring a cover of "Book of Liars")
Buy at http://www.almarecords.com/releases/#26 or Amazon.com

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Don Breithaupt
"33-1/3: AJA"

Not only one of the best books about Steely Dan, also by far the best of any of the books in the 33-1/3 series.

Aja book. Amazon link:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0826427839/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_rRJ7Fb8KAMYG8

Here's an excerpt of Don's interview with Donald Fagen for the book:

"Dick LaPalm knew Wayne Shorter from Weather Report. He vouched for us. He said, 'These are nice guys, they seem to like a lot of the old jazz records, they talk about Jackie McLean!' Wayne said okay, and came in. We did a couple of takes, and wanted to look at it some more. He said, 'Give me a minute.' He went over to the piano with the chart, and he was over there for a good half hour messing with scales. Then he came back and did three or four takes, and they were all great." -- Donald Fagen

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ANTHONY ROBUSTELLI
"Steely Dan FAQ: All That's Left to Know About This Elusive Band"
Amazon Link:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1495025128/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_2iL7FbTEJDZP4

Apologies for anything that may have been left off. Let us know by emailing jjmckay@me.com

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Date: Tue, March 23, 2021, 02:59:27 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu ,
Chris,

A note: .Paak, Bruno etc. wearing their ear monitors so that's "live" singing. I noticed .Paak is wearing just one - some singers like to hear the ambient as well as their soundboard mix.

Given that Bootsy Collins is involved the album is likely to be of high quality.

Date: Mon, March 22, 2021, 23:43:01 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu ,
.Paak is an amazing drummer and performer. His pocket is so... deep - not a lot of drummers since Porcaro and Purdie's heyday

The official song video is a lip sync, but lievely. The Grammy "performance" is live, not live. It's pre-recorded with overlayed 70s video effects. That's their (live/not live) vocal performance over a pre-recorded band. In a nutshell a video "Alive in America" thing, where the SD "live album" features recorded live performances, then massaged and overdubbed by Fagen.

No fear when .Paak and Bruno Mars go out on the road. They are quintessential professionals. I've had both vaccines now - ready for Dan and Silk Sonic concerts! Maybe some Monkey House?

Date: Mon, March 22, 2021, 11:56:02 ET
Posted by: Chris , nh
I saw .Paak a couple years ago, it was by far one of the best shows I've ever seen. Insane stage show/production values and an incredible performances by him and his band.

But Doc, I could be wrong, but I think both of those videos are mimed to the recording, with plenty of pop vocal processing (including auto-tune). I was pretty disappointed the Grammy "performance" because they are both exciting, dynamic performers who *could* have replicated it live.

It's a great tune, though, no disagreement there. .Paak crosses genres a lot and his albums are a little uneven, but folks here might enjoy a handful of tracks on Malibu.

Side note, I did watch the Grammys, as I do every year, and it was one of the worst in recent memory.

Date: Sun, March 21, 2021, 03:13:32 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu ,
WARNING: There was probably no autotune in these recordings.

I know y'all did not watch the Grammys. I didn't either. Maybe someone did...

But anyway, it was recorded so...

This collaboration with Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak has something. The lead single could be a fluke...but OG, analog production. Great spacing instrumentation, micing of instruments, rich vocals, tight harmonies. Sick, but economical drum fills. Chord changes rife with Dan-friendly maj7ths. Steeped in 70s soul and fusion. Kewl key changes. Bruno Mars finally goes beyond light vocals. A wicked Cmaj7 to A7 at the end of the chorus. As my Dad would say (about Gaucho): "sounds like they've practiced."

...able to replicate (kinda) live. Not bad kids.

https://youtu.be/adLGHcj_fmA

https://youtu.be/_d4yW6Lz_1o

It would be wishful thinking that an R&B/soul revival might happen...but a glimpse of actual musicianship? (instead of a computer and producer)

It reminds me of the parallel universe Steely Dan lived in when oddly pigeonholed as classic rock(ers) back in the day...they were always far closer to Stax, Atlantic, EWF, Thom Bell produced recordings, than the 70s rock scene dinosaurs.

Date: Sat, March 20, 2021, 18:24:45 ET
Posted by: Michael ,
Steve Khan kept reflects upon his Gaucho sessions.

http://www.stevekhan.com/gaucho_steelydan_reflections.htm

Heartbreak Souvenir featured Bernard 'Pretty' Purdie on drums while the full band arrangement for I Can't Write Home About You featured Jeff Porcaro. Perhaps recordings of both still exist somewhere.

I leave you with this excerpt from Steve Khan.

"One last little story, and it happened when Donald was really struggling to find one last song to complete "GAUCHO"! He phoned me one day, and by then, I had the confidence to speak with him frankly, and after hearing about his grave concerns about needing to have one more song, I decided to remind him that, at the very least, I knew that he had a GREAT performance on the track, "Heartbreak Souvenir" by Bernard Purdie [not to mention Don Grolnick, Anthony Jackson, and yours truly), and I begged him to PLEASE go back, and listen to it carefully!!! A few weeks later, he phoned me again to tell me that, he had gone back and listened to that performance, and he said to me, "You know, you were absolutely right, it is incredible!!! But, it's just too hard to sing for me!" And that was the end of it. As we all now know, "Third World Man" filled the role of the missing track!!! How about that?!?!?!"

Date: Thu, March 18, 2021, 10:28:30 ET
Posted by: Phil , Pau
Toxic vegan; and now you can put some names on the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZALHN1AeTc

Date: Thu, March 18, 2021, 10:23:02 ET
Posted by: Steve M , Scotland
Yep, really enjoyed the Toxic Vegan album too. Nice to hear Freddie Washington in the mix. It would be great if they could time releases to fill the hiatus inbetween new Monkey House albums.

Date: Wed, March 17, 2021, 14:35:29 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu ,
Nicholas - good to hear. Picked up the album for just under $20 in the states. It was more than worth it.

Now that you mention it Andy Platts and Shawn Lee look like some weird reverse image Donald and Walter from the late 70s/Aja period. lol

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81TIhSzkJfL._SL1200_.jpg

https://ibb.co/GpXbKnp

vs.

https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/walter-becker-steely-dan-obit-rs1297-0c4e6f1a-5936-47ec-aa41-11630dc07827.jpg

Date: Wed, March 17, 2021, 14:15:28 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu ,
Wow Phil. That's really good. Toxic Vegan (great moniker) sounds more like a cross between Becker and Fagen solo albums than it does Steely Dan per se, but that's still a really, really good thing.

Date: Tue, March 16, 2021, 18:34:21
Posted by: Nicholas Urfe , Phraxos
Doc Mu, I bought Canyons and agree that it is a fine collection of songs. My timing wasn't great, though - I had to pay somewhere around $30 for it. But it's for a good cause, and all that.

They are an unlikely-looking pair, that's for sure.

Date: Tue, March 16, 2021, 14:48:26 ET
Posted by: Phil , Pau
A new Steely Dan ersatz, I've heard that Dean Parks and John Beasley play on it. The codes are there but there's nothing like te real thing of course. https://vimeo.com/316860523

Date: Tue, March 16, 2021, 00:18:32 ET
Posted by: hoops ,
Fun little tidbit, especially for those of you discussing Steely generations. This is clip is a year old, but Dan Levy (born 1983, creator, writer, and star of "Schitt's Creek") talks about his essentials. At 13 minutes in he mentions his current playlist, liking late 70s California rock, etc. "like your parents would listen to," with Steely Dan on that list. My description as well as this photo pretty much captures all the Steely Dan info, but if you feel you need to watch the whole YouTube video to catch nuances, context, my mistranscriptions, etc., here's the link. https://youtu.be/TmNARZonhvY

Date: Mon, March 15, 2021, 18:58:01 ET
Posted by: Dr. Mu ,
Soundboard recording from the 2006 Fagen solo tour. Still kicking myself for missing that leg.

https://youtu.be/Ds5EJ1SuD3g

[ Complaints about the video should be directed to YouTube. We are not responsible for the content. ]

Date: Mon, March 15, 2021, 18:53:45 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu ,
Brae is Gen Z, hoops. If anything can generate a new generation of SD fans it's Almost Gothic!

W/E - my experience with millenials (don't trust anyone over 27 and less than 43) is that most don't like jazz. Especially jazz fusion. For those better doctrinated, well done! My kids are now in their 20s and in the transition generation zone, but they were also exposed to Steely Dan and jazz in their formative years and played in jazz bands, etc.

Part of the thing with Gen Z may be that they aren't as over-helicoptered and exposed to jazz and fusion through hip hop. Also, the number of view on Steely Dan songs on has increased instead of decreased. Furthermore, 15 years ago at a Steely Dan concert, most of the crowd was older than myself. Almost no one under 29-30 (millenials at the time). At the Fagen & Nightflyers Tour in 2017 there was as many under their late 20s as over 50. There weren't a lot in between. Either young or older. Just my observations. Plus all the articles over the past 2 decades on Millenials hating on SD.

On to awards.

Good to see Chick Corea garner one more jazz Grammy.

Thundercat won in the progressive jazz category.

https://youtu.be/yA4R9qLa26E

OK, Young Gun Silver Fox did not win nor were nominated, but have expanded on their HallOatesSteelyDanAlJarreauEWFEyetoEye thing they've got going on. Andy Platts (YGSF, Mamas Gun) is a brilliant songwriter with a knack for R&B altered blues melodies and jazzy/R&B harmonies and chord changes. Production is reminiscent of Jay Graydon ca. 1979-1983

Canyons was released in the middle of the pandemic. Not quite as organic as AM Waves but the harmonies may be more developed.

Baby Girl has a bit of Prince vibe.

https://youtu.be/cjTRaEG7SFs

Who Needs Words - a little Purdie/Porcaro shuffle

https://youtu.be/_J-XXrwYIjg

Dream Woman - spookily chords changes reminiscent of of the Gary Katz produced (and Fagen guest starred) Eye to Eye group (Nice Girls, Shakespeare Stole My Baby, TWA Sari) and a Dan-like middle 8 break

https://youtu.be/loONrB3Zk3U

Major LA late 70s LA sound, especially Private Paradise

All this Love begins like an early Steely Dan piano riff and morphs into a Sad Cafï¿½ ballad. Tasty horns charts throughout the album.

Date: Mon, March 15, 2021, 11:59:23 ET
Posted by: Michael ,
I don't think it's accurate to claim that Millenials (or whatever generation) creating reaction videos on YT constitutes some sort of new SD movement. It's become trendy for people of all generations to react to a wide assortment of artists from across the spectrum. It doesn't require effort to sit there and listen to a song. That many of the reactors are discovering the quality of SD's catalog is pure happenstance, but what most of them are really after is clicks.

SD live audiences skew mostly towards older white audiences because they're the ones who for the most part supported SD's music from their formative years up to the present day. That DF & WB were heavily influenced by black artists is news to nobody that's been paying attention.

Right now I'm far more interested [ in hearing more about the two known copies of The Second Arrangement which have yet to be made public. One is in the hands of a collector, possibly one of the studio engineers, and the other by Roger Nichols' daughter. ]

Date: Sat, March 13, 2021, 14:41:22 ET
Posted by: Steve M , Scotland
Such precious memories of my oldest daughter who is now 30 singing "The Girls Don't Seem to care..." age about 4 in the back of our car.

Both our girls are itching to see our SD covers band "Nearly Dan" (the UK version) live, once the restrictions here are lifted

Date: Sat, March 13, 2021, 11:40:00 ET
Posted by: hoops , Chicago
Don:

Add #GreatDad to your impressive resume.

Date: Sat, March 13, 2021, 11:03:21 ET
Posted by: hoops , Los Angeles
My two sons, who are both technically millennials, were indoctrinated into the Dan at an early age, natch, and have never looked back. They're both in the music biz now, play multiple instruments, produce, sing, write and arrange. They have great ears, which I attribute in part to their brains decoding B&F's chord progressions at an early age. And they have great time and feel, which is maybe what happens to kids with innate musical wiring when they hear Gadd, Porcaro, Marotta et al while still in diapers! #ProudDad

Date: Fri, March 12, 2021, 12:22:29 ET
Posted by: hoops , Chicago
FYI, I believe this is the video that some are referencing regarding Millenials and a Canadian female. She is Braie McFadden:

https://youtu.be/hgRJIuCPxPc

Date: Wed, March 10, 2021, 11:30:39 ET
Posted by: Chris , nh
Millennials (sorry Hoops) are near or in their 30s now, and there is definitely a shift in favor of Steely Dan, at least in circles that I'm aware of. I see a ton of stuff on Twitter and Instagram. Not to mention friends and acquaintances who know I've been a lifelong fan approaching me in hushed tones to tell me that they "get" Steely Dan now.

Audiences still skew heavily over 40 of course. Ticket prices probably have something to do with it. Live Nation oldies package tours are marketed to boomers.

--

Nice article about John Beasly who is up for several Grammy awards this year. It mentions a children's audio book with music by him and WB, which I wasn't aware of. Also mentions Becker "pushing him out the door" when he got the call to join Miles Davis' band and was initially reluctant.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-03-09/john-beasley-jazz-grammys

Date: Tue, March 9, 2021, 11:54:29 ET
Posted by: hoops , Chicago
I'm not a fan of these labels like "GenX," "Millenial," "Boomer," etc. I rarely find people fit into those categories.

As for younger or new generation Steely Dan fans, I am pleased to see them in the mix at Steely Dan shows. That said, I still think the audience skews heavily to "over age 40." The Illinois State Fair show a few years ago was an exception. Very young crowd. For that matter, while I know quite a few women and African Americans who love Steely Dan, the audience at shows skews male and white, more than, say, a Michael McDonald, Elton John, or Dead concert.

The reality is that Steely Dan owes so much to African American culture; moreover, Steely Dan music is a gateway to African Amerian music and culture.

Date: Tue, March 9, 2021, 10:06:39 ET
Posted by: Would you , Care to explain?
How is "Almost Gothic especially big" on "millennial charts?" Because that one Canadian girl made a youtube video about it?

Date: Mon, March 8, 2021, 11:36:45 ET
Posted by: nope ,
Millenials are into SD way more than the generations that preceded them.

I'm not a millenial but I'm around more than a few who know more about TVN and EMG than the show-going, Boomer-Dan fans I know, or the age groups that followed them. TVN is really big on millenial charts, Almost Gothic especially.

So, no, bit of a miss on this one Mu. A bunch of kids doing reaction videos to Peg for clout does not a movement make.

Date: Mon, March 8, 2021, 08:01:03 ET
Posted by: Aja1 , Newtno
Wow, 15 years ago...I was at the Opera House performance in Boston which had to be rescheduled for a night or two after the original date as Don wasn't feeling well. On the night of the show, he was hoarse, but as he said during his brief monologue, "We're going to try to rise above!" I was more excited for that show than any concert to date. Hoops, your setlist looks similar to what I remember, though he did play at least one and maybe two from Kamakiriad (Springtime and Countermoon I think). I'd definitely give something for another solo tour.

Date: Sun, March 7, 2021, 23:01:01 ET
Posted by: hoops , Chicago
Thanks, Don P. Looking forward to when we can get out and see the band again. I especially miss the Beacon shows.

Best

Date: Sun, March 7, 2021, 22:46:09 ET
Posted by: Don Patrol , Mtl
Great post Hoops! A fine example of why I say the people who you hang with,can make even a regular show special. Having met some of the folks from that time, I know it was a blast.

That time period was during my U.S. border blackout. I had(still have) tickets for the Ottawa show(cancelled) and the Tour shirt. So I figure Donald still owes me one. Lol

Peace

Date: Sun, March 7, 2021, 11:04:08 ET
Posted by: Don Patrol , Mtl
Great post Hoops! A fine example of why I say the people who you hang with,can make even a regular show special. Having met some of the folks from that time, I know it was a blast.

That time period was during my U.S. border blackout. I had(still have) tickets for the Ottawa show(cancelled) and the Tour shirt. So I figure Donald still owes me one. Lol

Peace

Date: Sun, March 7, 2021, 16:38:30 ET
Posted by: hoops , Chicago
Today, March 7, 2021, marks 15 years since the legendary Donald Fagen Band "Morph The Cat" Tour Concert at NYC's Beacon Theatre.

The show had a lot of buzz going into it. The "Morph The Cat" album was scheduled for release on the same day. As a result, a lot of us hard core fans had quite a buzz about seeing Donald perform tracks from the album on the day of its release in Steely Dan's hometown of NYC. As the day approached, release of the album was bumped back a week to March 14th. Nevertheless, fans from around the country and the globe flew in.

That day, I flew in from Chicago during lunch hour. The next morning, I tool a 6 AM return flight as I had to be at work in Chicago the next morning at 9 am. Other fans flew in from California, Florida, and Seattle. Others drove or tool the train in from various points along the Bos-Wash Corridor. So there was a lot of anticipation.

There was a nice Danfest in the hotel adjoining the Beacon. It was a lot of fun to say the least...thanks to all who made it possible.

The show started out great and there was quite a buzz. However, unexpectedly at roughly midway through the show, Donald introduced Martha Wainwright. She came on and sang her song "Year of the Dragon." Now it was a good performance, but for the fans it was very unexpected. For more than a few hard core fans, it was like watching a first-run movie only to have the station interrupt with a news event or some other programming. It killed some of the momentum, with the late, great Steely Dan fan Mark Drinan from Boston referring to it as as "Marthagate." The rest of the show was good, but the momentum never came back. So the show fell short a little bit from hopes. That said, the rest of the tour gained momentum, with many saying the best shows were during the last week or two of the tour in late March.

Here's the setlist. I can't find my notes, so this is based on Setlist FM--so please consider any errors.

Here At The Western World (sped up version)
The Nightfly
Green Flower Street
New Frontier
Third World Man
Home At Last
Brite Nitegown
Year of the Dragon (Martha Wainwright)
FM
H Gang
What I Do
The Goodbye Look
I.G.Y.

Encore
Pretzel Logic
Viva Viva Rock and Roll (Chuck Berry Cover)

Here's a link to a YouTube video from the event. This isn't great quality but this gives you an indication of what the show was like. (As per policy, any complaints about this video should be addressed to YouTube management. I'm not responsible for it.)

https://youtu.be/GQ1LDq-TMHs

Date: Sun, March 7, 2021, 13:24:25 ET
Posted by: (Doc Mu) ,
There are exceptions but Millennials never really got Steely Dan. Completely swung and missed on their subversive messages ahd R&B/jazz fusion.

But Gen Z (or Gen COVID or whatever moniker they assume) are exploring and getting it. Young African Americans especially are discovering the wellspring of those samples, how the grooves can be so deep and the musician so top shelf. They can hear the wicked chord changes the instruments placed and executed so flawlessly. The revelation that SD isn't and never was a rock band, but some strange R&B/jazz alloy. One that morphed with every song, every album. Don't knock those reaction videos.

Steely Dan. It's growing. Again.

Date: Sun, March 7, 2021, 11:04:08 ET
Posted by: Jimmie , US
Apparently Stanley released a song called Night by Night similar enough to the Pretzel Logic track that Don & Walt got co-writer credits.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSB_(album)

Date: Sun, March 7, 2021, 09:47:32 ET
Posted by: Gabe , PA
RIP Cleveland rock legend Michael Stanley. Why is this Dangential to me? Because in the 70s and 80s his records were always right in front of Steely Dan in the record bins.

Date: Sat, March 6, 2021, 17:12:51:27 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu ,
Jordan's ghost notes are ridiculous on True Companion. It's probably some of the best recording and mic placement of drums/percussion I've ever heard. So much space in the recording.

Date: Sat, March 6, 2021, 09:55:27 ET
Posted by: Jimmie , US
In a magazine story about the breakup of Steely Dan, it mentioned that Fagen had recorded a solo song called True Companion for a forthcoming movie. That's all I ever knew about it and didn't know it was ever released or even made it into the movie. The day I went out to the store to by the NY Rock & Soul CD, I saw the newly released SD Gold CD for sale which included it. That was a lot more exciting to me than NYR&S, which has been aptly described as like watching your favorite ballplayers in a Spring Training game.

Different world before the Internet (or at least before I had Internet.) I didn't know Kamakiriad was released until they played a song from it on the radio. I learned of 11 Tracks of Whack because I had a subscription to Stereo Review magazine which gave it Best of Month honors.

Date: Thu, March 4, 2021, 23:06:19 ET
Posted by: Ed ,
Sad no summer tour, but there's light at the end of the tunnel.

Pretty cool about the Scorps' guitarist. Another reason not to dismiss Steely Dan as Yacht Rock.

Date: Thu, March 4, 2021, 19:58:47 ET
Posted by: Shark DeVille , up on the hill
I've never posted about my shirts on here, so here goes.
in an effort to foil the bootleggers (I've shut down sellers on eBay, Etsy, teepublic, etc) here's a link to my Etsy shop. I am the artist of this design and I can get these done in any size or color, also ladies shirts, long-sleeves, and hoodies. just drop me a line if you don't see what you need.
thanks!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/RScottMurray

Date: Wed, March 3, 2021, 13:08:43 ET
Posted by: Linda ,
Will Lee talking a little bit about recording "True Companion."

Donald Fagenï¿½s ï¿½True Companion,ï¿½ is the first solo recording by either Becker or Fagen. With its gorgeous vocals and well-recorded instrumental sounds, it was featured in the animated movie ï¿½Heavy Metalï¿½. Done at Automated Sound in NYC with Elliot Scheiner at the recording desk, we had all assembled not knowing anything about what we were about to play. Donald handed out charts to me, Steve Jordan, Don Grolnick and Steve Khan (who shines brightly on this piece!). As soon as we began playing through the beautiful chords, the song started to play itself through us. Turn it up!

https://youtu.be/stzE87JbOao

Date: Tue, March 2, 2021, 22:04:22 ET
Posted by: Marty ,
Doesn't surprise me about the shows this summer. Will be nice when they comes back.

Date: Tue, March 2, 2021, 16:33:19 ET
Posted by: hoops ,
Jim Beard says on one of his pages that Summer 2021 touring now not happening.

A different person who assists one of the SD band members says the dates will likely be moved back another 52 weeks to 2022. There is also a remote possibility that there will be some late 2021 dates or early 2022 dates if things go well with the pandemic recovery.

Bear in mind, nothing official from Steely Dan or Ticketmaster...but that's how things are shaping up.

Date: Tue, March 2, 2021, 12:22:18 ET
Posted by: Matt ,
"Why I Love Steely Dan's 'The Royal Scam'"

"Scorpions guitarist Rudolf Schenker reveals his unlikely love for Steely Dan's 1976 jazz-rock classic The Royal Scam"

https://www.loudersound.com/features/why-i-steely-dans-the-royal-scam-by-rudolf-schenker

Date: Sat, February 27, 2021, 13:43:19 ET
Posted by: Marty ,
It's too bad the Internet has been diluted with so much noise. If you think about it, Walter and Donald checked out on their web site several years ago. Can't see them wanting to put up with a$$hï¿½ï¿½3s.

Date: Sat, February 27, 2021, 04:28:18 ET
Posted by: Paul P ,
A streaming event would be great, but I think Donald will just kick back and rest his voice.

I don't think any shows until '22

"By '22, we'll be A-O.K."

Date: Thu, February 25, 2021, 16:12:22 ET
Posted by: Stevie Dan ,
Is there any chance that Donald might do a streamed concert or a pod cast talk show this year? I don't think they will be able to tour this year. Looking to 2022.

Peace out.

Date: Wed, February 24, 2021, 09:05:11 ET
Posted by: Hank, Ohio
Gene:

Everybody thinks they are an expert these days because they have an internet platform. It's like the Tower of Babel.

Good attention aside, someone like this doesn't even deserve views.

Just my two piasters.

Date: Sun, February 21, 2021, 17:22:10 ET
Posted by: Gene, Ohio
This guy has posted a number of Tik Toks about SD considering himself somewhat of authority, then comes this.

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeFC98TS/

Date: Sat, February 20, 2021, 22:23:41 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicago
A huge part of Steely Dan culture is sonic perfection. That's why the albums "Aja", "Gaucho", and "The Nightfly" are considered some of the most sonically perfect albums, commonly used for soundchecks or to try out high-end audio. Before Steely Dan resumed touring, so much attention focussed on debate version of a Steely Dan album was considered the most perfect.

With The Nightfly, the legendary story goes that when Stevie Wonder got the first CD edition, he immediately called Roger Nichols because it didn't sound right. It turned out that the first versions out in 1984 were made from 4th generation sources. This was subsequently corrected. From what I remember, if your CD stock number starts with the single digit of 9 separate from the rest of the stock number, then you have one of the corrected copies.

At Steve Hoffman's respected audio forum, that version (with the "9") is considered one of the preferred versions, as is the DVD-A version (which features four extra measures to the opening riff of "Green Flower Street").

The MoFo 45 RPM version naturally has higher resolution and gets a lot of praise.

Here's the rest of the discussion, but would prefer to hear what folks here like Mu, etc think. Looking forward to that.

Discussion on Steve Hoffman forum:
https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/best-sounding-no-dvd-a-donald-fagen-nightfly.25318/

Also, here's another interesting article:

Donald Fagen The Nightfly Alternate Format Discography
https://www.hifinews.com/content/donald-fagen-nightfly-sidebar-alternate-format-discography

About 18 months ago, Warner came out with an "MOA" / "Ultimate High Quality CD." It sounds great, but I'm haven't yet formed an opinion that I would recommend going out of my way to obtain it.

And now there's this 180 Gram version on it's way at the end of March.

Date: Sat, February 20, 2021, 22:09:29 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicago
Bob in Texas:

I would say it's almost certain that the June shows will be postponed for another year. If it's a Ticketmaster show, I think they will likely give a window to get a refund or hold on to your tickets until a new date; perhaps they will move it back another 52 weeks like they did with the 2020 dates. If you are able, scroll back to mid-2020 in the BlueBook and I think there is some more discussion as part of a reprint of the Dandom Digest.

Best,

Jim aka hoops

Date: Sat, February 20, 2021, 21:59:28 ET
Posted by: Bob, Texas
Hi
Have not posted in a awhile. But this is important,

I have tickets to Steely Dan in Austin for June 14th and 15th.

Is this going to happen? Some one in the know can help here.
Thanks,
Bob in Texas

Date: Sat, February 20, 2021,
Posted by: The Greater Dandom, World-wide

Happy Birthday, Walter!

Date: Thurs, February 18, 2021, 14:10:17 ET
Posted by: Marty, USA
"A lot of versions of The Nightfly out there. Any that you especially recommend?"

Check out Donald Fagen's version.

Seriously, I still have my CD from 1986. A very sentimental purchase. And unless perhaps time has degraded the data layer, I'm still fine with it.

Date: Tues, February 16, 2021, 12:34:51 ET
Posted by: hoops, chicago
Irving Azoff has formed Iconic Artists Group. The company will purchase and manage music catalogs much like the deal Bob Dylan just did with Universal. their first big deal is with the Beach Boys. According to this article, his twist will be there he'll also manage and promote the artists image and brand, while other deals may be more financially-based. (I'm not sure I know enough yet to personally debate the nuances of that.) That said, I could certainly see Donald working with Azoff on this one, as well as some other Azoff- associated artists. Of course, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham have already done deals with others.

(Yes, the article I linked to below is behind a pay wall. Frankly, Rolling Stone is pretty overpriced right now and I do not have a subscription either. But a trick I've found is to set my smartphone to 4G. The connection is then slow enough such that the pay wall kick in until a minute or two after which gives me time to read the article. Or I can do a reload and get another couple of minutes.)

https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/features/beach-boys-rights-sale-azoff-1129316/

Date: Thurs, February 18, 2021, 08:23:24 ET
Posted by: Mike K, -
The Nightfly is being reissued on 180g vinyl at the end of March. You can pre-order at the usual vinyl places. This copy is selling for only $24.99.

Back about 3-4 years ago, there was a 45 rmp half-speed version on two 180g 12" records. From MoFi. Went for over $100. Out of print, copies have been sighted for over $400.

A year or two ago, there was talk of an LP release of Two Against Nature. So far that has not come to pass. The 2000 LP of Two Against Nature had limited released in Europe. Mastering for that version was never approved by Steely Dan, as I recall.

A lot of versions of The Nightfly out there. Any that you especially recommend? If so, why?

Date: Tues, February 16, 2021, 18:41 ET
Posted by: Greece, Phaxos
M/O/D/P, that is what we like to call pure internet gold. It should be posted every so often as a reminder of why Al Gore invented the internet. Anticipating your eventual demise (RIP, sir), perhaps you could set up some sort of autopost, or provide in your will that one of your beneficiaries will inherit untold sums - but only a little at a time as he or she reposts the Springsteen Dustup Treatise for a new generation. Failing all of that, I'll just thank you for a fine trip down memory lane.

Date: Tues, February 16, 2021, 15:44:29 ET
Posted by: hoops, chicago
Today's NYTimes Mini Crossword puzzle references Bernard Purdie...was the answer "snare" or "hihat" or something as obscure as the clue, give the relatively obscure Purdie reference? No...it was (spoiler alert) "DRUMS." That said, gotta love that based on some recent NYT crosswords, there's clearly a Steely Dan fan there that loves us.

Hope you are all managing the weather well. Good news here in Chicago is that we are above 0ï¿½F again, but bad news is that we have 36" of snow on the ground.

Best,

Jim

Date: Mon, February 15, 2021, 15:07:33 ET
Posted by: M/O/D/P, Waxing Nostalgic, with a small jar of "Andrea" brand cold wax treatment.
Ah, yes...The Great Springsteen Dustup of long ago. How we fondly remember it, fondly. Nicholas Urfe, my oh-so-wise Internet Pal, I can't thank you enough for bringing the subject up...again...

Hey! How about this? For old time's sake, for sheer nostalgia we understand, let's kinda/sorta "Do It Again" [sic]!! Whaddaya say?? It might be fun!! Certainly more fun than, say, engaging in (or reading) a heated argument about whether or not a cute girl is actually "cute", no?

OK, so, verbatim, here's my thoughtful, sensitive addition to that very-enjoyable-yet-thoroughly-aggravating-to-some conversation about Bruce Springsteen, posted many years ago here on The Blue. Not surprisingly, it evoked some positive responses ("a few people here loved my stuff"), and some bizarrely defensive & negative ones ("a few others surely hated my putrid guts") that appeared to have been composed by one VERY angry, cerebral-atrophy-afflicted eleven-year-old fan of The Boss - complete with threats of violence [snicker] and overflowing with unearthly foul language. Because (as we all know) posters are not supposed to deviate too far from the forum's specific mandate - Mr. Steely Dan and his many friends & associates - Hoops ("Jim") deftly swooped in and deleted almost everything, but leaving my post untouched because he enjoyed it so much. It's probably still up, I guess, although the idea of searching for it now is definitely out of the question. And so is born the concept of Reusable Posts...

Anyways, the fun started when some of the regulars were taking funny, snarky, arbitrary shots at Beloved Rock Mega-Star Bruce Springsteen, and forum regular and all-round good guy "EC/NY" specifically called on yours truly to add to the proceedings...
______________________________________________________________________

ORIGINALLY POSTED AS: M/O/D/P - By Popular Demand/Request Night/It's All in Good Fun/No Need to Pretend to Be "Offended"
______________________________________________________________________

Let's set the tone, shall we?

QUOTE: "This dustup over Springsteen has provided some of the most entertaining reading on the blue in months. Off topic, to be sure, but much more enjoyable than, say, actually listening to Springsteen."

Very well said, Nicholas Urfe. Sometimes, somebody just crystalizes the whole darn thing, with a few well-chosen words, like you just did. Sometimes I wish I could be that concise. Not tonight, though...it wasn't meant to be...

EC/NY - I have in fact seen Bruce Springsteen Live & In Person - once and only once - and I have the deep psychological scars to prove it. Thanks for asking. They say you should never post anything really embarrassing about your past on the internet, but here goes anyways...

Once, long, long ago, I very reluctantly agreed to accompany a friend to a B.S. concert because he wouldn't stop assailing me with the "You just HAVE to see him LIVE, THEN you'll get it!" routine. I finally just gave in. And so I found myself - against all odds, against all common sense, and certainly against all common decency - in the middle of a crowded football stadium filled to capacity with fervent, devoted, frothing-at-the-mouth Lunch-Bucket-Toting/Blue Collar Springsteen fans as they happily bellowed & barfed along to every predictable, sound-alike number. I kept asking my friend, "Why are they playing this one again?", and he kept insisting it was a different song. He wasn't fooling anyone but himself.

Anyways, by the time the band had played "Born To Run In The USA" for the fifteenth fucking time in a row, I found myself desperately wishing for an escape route - any escape route. It was unbearable. "What if I pretend to be having a grand mal seizure? Will that get me out of here?", I wondered, as I looked around frantically for some ice-picks, so I could shove two into each ear and finally put an end to the pain. It was the mid 1980s, though, and there just weren't any ice-picks to be found at rock concert venues in those days. The "concert" - if you could call it that - droned on longer than a Fidel Castro "prime period" speech, or so it seemed to me at the time.

In hindsight, it was probably only four hours, but it seemed more like four and a half.

I still sometimes awaken late at night, shivering - and not because the A/C's been turned up too high, either. The awful, awful memories of that fateful, disturbing evening haunt me to this very day.

M/O/D/P
ps - "Shivering"

______________________________________________________________________________

Well, I sure hope everyone enjoyed that misty-eyed trip down Memory Lane. For those of you who didn't enjoy it, that's OK too. Just remember, nobody gives a shit what you pinheads think anyways...

Date: Mon, February 15, 2021, 07:12:50 ET
Posted by: Nicholas Urfe, Phraxos
M/O/D/P, it's been sometimes ugly, you're right. Brings to mind the Springsteen Dustup of yesteryear. The Springsteen Dustup was ugly, for sure, but kind of fun.

Date: Thurs, February 11, 2021, 17:35:54 ET
Posted by: Marty, -
RIP, Chick Corea.

Date: Wed, February 10, 2021, 05:56:04 ET
Posted by: popegreg, MKE
An online event hosted by Chicagoï¿½s Old Town School of Folk Music on March 11:

Jon Herington: A Journeyman's Journey-How I Got Here
ADULT GROUP CLASS / GUITAR PROGRAM

The Old Town School is honored to host a special workshop and conversation with the esteemed lead guitarist of Steely Dan. Join Jon Herington as he ruminates on his approach to mastery on the guitar. He will address the basic elements of music, the value of listening, finding individual style, and expanding one's knowledge of the instrument. Jon will provide materials to work on and demonstrate a couple of tunes as well. This will be a valuable experience to anyone who strives to enhance their own musical journey. If time permits, there will be a Q&A session.

https://www.oldtownschool.org/classes/detail/?courseid=6853

Date: Thurs, January 28, 2021, 14:27:50 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,

Mamas Gun Live COVID concert. Here's the 2nd half. Chord slut changes, piano solos, guitar solos...

Very much in the Fagen/Dan/MonkeyHouse/SteveWonder/Kenny Kirkland R&B jazz/pop fusion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkUCCh6Y1Iw

Date: Tues, January 26, 2021, 14:05:57 ET
Posted by: Napoleon, UK
Hi everyone,

I'm listening to Worldwide FM as I type this and playing is a new release from someone called Lou Hayter with a cover of 'Time Out Of Mind'.

The strangest thing is that it's done in the style of 80s synth pop that might've been around when the original SD version was made. Not really my bag but see what you think....

https://youtu.be/A_PIiWA-w2c

Nap

Date: Sun, January 24, 2021, 14:57:54 ET
Posted by: Steve M, Scotland
Looks like the 'Steely Dan Greatest Hits' album to me but I would not claim to be in the top 1% of hardcore fans ( top 5% softcore maybe....)

Date: Sun, January 24, 2021, 14:30:43 ET
Posted by: MIkey, Online
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJK4bWjL/

If you can identify the Dangential object in that video by name you are in the top 1% of hardcore fans.

Date: Sun, January 24, 2021, 10:40:12 ET
Posted by: Chris, nh
Those WOH chords sound pretty close to me. Certainly closer than I could get it by ear. (Keep up with your ear training, kids.)

But I agree with Doc Mu - that's a top tier Steely Dan song, on the same level with Scam, Aja and Gaucho material.

Date: Fri, January 22, 2021, 23:34:09 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,

https://i.imgur.com/I3GrFS2.jpeg

Date: Thurs, January 21, 2021, 12:14:58 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu, These tabs look iffy...
Les: West of Hollywood is an EPIC masterpiece. True SD fans understand.

A+ for effort. Some of the chords are wrong, though.

Date: Thurs, January 21, 2021, 12:12:36 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu,
Take out the trash day...

https://youtu.be/sOLDxq7iYok

...but full of those major and minor 7ths, chord inversions that you chord sluts need on a daily feed. Not sure if SD did it first with Show Biz Kids, but Ben Folds manages to find the right spot to interject profanity in many of this songs.

Date: Wed, January 20, 2021, 21:42:32 ET
Posted by: Les Steelies Dï¿½nudï¿½s, on campus
https://youtu.be/S7-AuFnzsFA

A piano cover of one of the most underrated tracks from our beloved duo. Y'all should take a look at the rest of this guy's channel. Lots of cool SD/SD-adjacent covers.

Date: Wed, January 20, 2021, 19:35:38 ET
Posted by: Michael,
Steely Dan - The Second Arrangement (New Demo Source)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTiGjh7rNYE

For no apparent reason the original uploader saw fit to add a bunch of horrible delay / echo effect over parts. Did he get access to Roger Nichols' demo tape and if so how? Is it being restored? I hope so.

For your listening satisfaction, here's a pleasant cover of SA on a classical guitar. That couldn't have been easy to do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqHrc46M-4A

Date: Tues, January 19, 2021, 17:19:42 ET
Posted by: Dr. Hund, Hanging Valley Wall, CO
<<She could pull this off. I cannot. Well done. Good to see your new generation.>>

Almost Gothic wasn't included in Hyden's Best Steely Dan Songs, Ranked. :(

Date: Tues, January 19, 2021, 17:04:30 ET
Posted by: Dr. Hund, Hanging Valley Wall, CO
<<Azoff helped to put Steely Dan on a different level, transforming them from a cult act with a few fluke hits into one of the foundational bands of late "70s superstar El Lay rock culture. But even then they couldn't help but be snarky about their peers.

"We were supposed to go to The Eagles' wedding," Fagen deadpanned in a 1977 interview.

"No, that wasn't The Eagles' wedding, it was Jimmy Buffett's wedding," Becker countered.

"Or birthday party," Fagen sighed.>>

<<This separation also preserved their connection to outsiders personified by songs like "Charlie Freak," a parable about a man who buys a gold ring from a panhandler, and then learns that the destitute Charlie took that money and overdosed. It's hard to imagine The Eagles or Fleetwood Mac writing about that.>>

<<If we think of the ï¿½70s LA rock scene as a high school lunchroom, The Eagles were the jocks table, Fleetwood Mac were the beautiful rich kids table, and Steely Dan were the brilliant chain-smoking English-lit nerds table. But in true Breakfast Club fashion, the jocks and the nerds kind of got along. Steely Dan famously referenced The Eagles in the venomous ï¿½Everything You Didï¿½ as a pointed signifier in the mind of the songï¿½s jealous narrator. ï¿½Turn up the Eagles the neighbors are listening,ï¿½ he demands as they argue, because of course sheï¿½s into the eraï¿½s studliest, most confident band. The Eagles, much more famously, returned the favor with the ï¿½steely knivesï¿½ reference in ï¿½Hotel California.ï¿½ Hence the dynamic between these bands ï¿½ The Dan mocks, and the Eagles laugh it off while laughing to the bank.>>

Got a chuckle out of this guys Azoff Dan stable adoption observations during the time.

Got a kick out of his partiality for Gaucho. "I came very close to simply listing the first four songs from Gaucho at the top of this list. The whole album is incredible, but those four opening tracks are probably Fagen and Beckerï¿½s peak as songwriters and social commentators."

https://uproxx.com/indie/steely-dan-best-songs-ranked/

Date: Tues, January 19, 2021, 15:12:11 ET
Posted by: H, C
She could pull this off. I cannot. Well done. Good to see your new generation.

https://youtu.be/hgRJIuCPxPc

Date: Tues, January 19, 2021, 12:42:20 ET
Posted by: Aja1, Newton
Nice list, Don. I might also add a song or two from Boz' Greatest Hits Live album, Drew was Zingging it that night big time.

Peace!

Date: Tues, January 19, 2021, 11:32:28 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu, left of the Rio Grande

Raise up your glass to Good King John.

Todd and THE Donald nailed it years ago.

https://youtu.be/los9WulxBjM

This time there really were (neo)nazis

https://youtu.be/VjnMrGdjxis

So for any man left on the Rio Grande, this one's for you.

https://youtu.be/7Ay8tPN8Rys

https://youtu.be/roLIYw8Ov_I

Date: Mon, January 18, 2021, 13:54:27 ET
Posted by: DonBreithaupt, Los Angeles
My new Drew Zingg Spotify playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ginpF6mAPh24gnBmhl8WC?si=tkLbDDSSTA2OnHTbRiK-3w

Date: Mon, January 18, 2021, 13:48:31 ET
Posted by: hoops,
On Fri, Jan 22 at 5PM PT (8PM ET), @SFJAZZ presents Catherine Russell's concert from September 2019. performing music from 'Alone Together', ft. renditions of swing era jazz & blues classics. Be there! sfjazz.org/watch

Date: Tues, January 12, 2021, 10:14:23 ET
Posted by: Hank, Hinktown

I included the part about the photo---but we don't have photos here. If you want to see the photo, check out Catherine's Facebook.

Date: Tues, January 12, 2021, 10:08:54 ET
Posted by: Hank, Hinktown

Catherine Russell writes:

Howard Johnson, my beloved friend and a musical mentor. Thank you for your gifts!! I met Howard through my mom, Carline Ray. Between them, they knew and worked with just about everybody. I got to work with Howard at Levon's Midnight Rambles, and many other shows. This photo was taken at Dizzy's club 2010. FUN!! Marion Felder is also pictured on drums. Thank you, brother Howard Johnson. Rest In Peace.

Date: Mon, January 11, 2021, 20:04:49 ET
Posted by: Tuba Man, w/ God Now

R.I.P. Howard Johnson

https://bestclassicbands.com/howard-johnson-tuba-obituary-1-11-21/

Date: Mon, January 11, 2021, 12:27:56 ET
Posted by: Lockdown, Fun

I found two things Dangential in this 1985 story on the new compact disc format. How many can you find?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwrU8s-M-gc

Date: Sun, January 10, 2021, 14:08:30 ET
Posted by: Ben Jammin, Indy-finally kicking the fir to the curb

Happy Birthday, Donald!

Happy Belated 2021 to The Dan Fans, too! May the Earth After Hours Tour happen as planned, and isn't it about time for a complete Steely Dan Box Set?!

Date: Wed, January 06, 2021, 12:41:38 ET
Posted by: BadSneakers, my location

John Mulaney talks about bringing Pete Davidson to a Steely Dan Concert ...
https://youtu.be/TDz-RUMmpjE?t=206

Date: Sat, January 02, 2021, 14:13:36 ET
Posted by: Doc Mu, Left of the Rio Grande

Nice live blues track from Walter, hoops.

Date: Sat, January 02, 2021, 11:00:14 ET
Posted by: Something, New

As much as I once loved it, Deacon Blues is one of the few SD songs that no longer warrants a listen for me every now and again if I haven't heard it in a while. Perhaps overexposure from too much classic rock radio.

Date: Fri, January 01, 2021, 23:33:17 ET
Posted by: Mock Turtle,

...also, I forgot the PBS concert, Storytellers, Letterman. The turn of the millennium was a great time to be a danfan.

I'm speaking more about the era than about the music. Obviously Deacon fucking Blues is better than anything on Two Against Nature. Everything on 2vN is, however, superior to Kings (really? Kings??).

Date: Fri, January 01, 2021, 20:12:03 ET
Posted by: Lutz, SF

Thanks hoops, and a new one today!
Golden City.
HYN everyone, better luck this year...

Date: Fri, January 01, 2021, 17:38:20 ET
Posted by: hoops, chicago

Just a reminder of two recently new items at Walter Becker Media Project. How new? Around Dec 15, 2020, but that was last year......

New Walter Becker Outtake: "Black Dog"

"Black dog is barkin' all night long..."

Link to outtake:
https://youtu.be/B3ttW0TqScY

Also: Lost "11 Tracks of Whack" Liner Notes

Dusted off liner notes by The Walter himself...from WalterBeckerMedia.com

Check it out.

https://www.walterbeckermedia.com/forum/rarities-unreleased/lost-whack-liner-notes

Date: Fri, January 01, 2021, 17:36:32 ET
Posted by: Mike ,

This is pretty sweet. You can really hear what Chuck and Bernard are doing.
A sophisticated bass line if there ever was one. I read an interview with Chuck where he said he left the studio feeling pretty proud of his work that day.

https://youtu.be/sICy54XjjWY

Date: Fri, January 01, 2021, 17:35:07 ET
Posted by: hoops, chicago

A good read about masters, how record companies have historically treated them, etc. This was written before the 2019 NYTimes exposï¿½ on the 2008 Universal Music Group fire. (Do a quick 20-second search of this group for more on that topic before posting since a lot has already been said about that.) But if you want to cut to direct Steely Dan content, here it is:

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The engineers who worked with Steely Dan on transferring the group's "Royal Scam" album tapes to digital in 1982 for eventual CD release says that MCA couldn't find the analog master for one whole LP side of the album.

"These guys searched and searched and finally had to use an (earlier) backup digital copy for that side of the album. They barely got the tape to play--some clown had apparently tried to play it on an analog machine. The edges were all wrinkled There's a photo somewhere of the engineers holding the tape down on the recording heads with a Q-Tip so it would track properly.

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Full piece which is very interesting...

http://www.billholland.net/words/Labels%20Strive%20to%20Rectify%20Past%20Archival%20Problems.pdf

Date: Fri, January 01, 2021, 17:27:52 ET
Posted by: hoopsie, chicago

Happy 2021, Dandom!

Peace and love, really!

XOXOXOXO

Jim

Date: Fri, January 01, 2021, 16:17:15 ET
Posted by: Don Patrol, Mtl

Happy New Year Dandom!!
Peace

Date: Fri, January 01, 2021, 15:17:24 ET
Posted by: The Pizza Guy, the TV on the cover to Daft Punk's acclaimed 2005 album "Human After All"

on 2VN being peak Dan i'd disagree, when you say that you forget about several memorable moments in the catalogue, examples being

-Peg
-Deacon Blues
-All of Gaucho
-All of The Royal Scam
-Do it Again
-Reelin' in the Years
-Kings
-the Your Gold Teeth duology
-Black Friday
and the rest

plus the grammies mean NOTHING.

Date: Fri, January 01, 2021, 14:47:16 ET
Posted by: Mock Turtle,

A case could be made for 2vN being peak Dan. Massive hype and anticipation, huge grammy win, R&R HoF, great tour with awesome diverse setlist. The boys were mentally and physically at their prime. The website was updated consistently with amazing writing and other content. Few would argue 2vN was their best album, but it was very listenable at the time and has aged very well, I'd say.

Date: Thurs, December 31, 2020, 20:58:31 ET
Posted by: Mizarian, 2021

Happy new years to all the Dandom people!

Date: Thurs, December 31, 2020, 20:55:48 ET
Posted by: The Pizza Guy, the Steely Dan Directory

dear snobbish private collectors:

go fuck yourself!

signed, the people who actually care about releasing these unheard gems to the public (aka the Directory)

Date: Thurs, December 31, 2020, 20:52:21 ET
Posted by: frog, RIP

rip MF DOOM

"Gas Drawls" isn't the best song of Operation: Doomsday but it's damn good

Date: Thurs, December 31, 2020, 20:04:09 ET
Posted by: The Pizza Guy, TRS is the greatest SD album

"TAN is peak Steely Dan Hill"

*laughs in The Royal Scam*

Date: Thurs, December 31, 2020, 18:17:56 ET
Posted by: hoops, Chicago

The latest edition of the Dandom Digest (Vol. 28, No. 9) was sent out a few minutes ago and you should have it within an hour of this post. It covers December 17-31, 2020. (The previous Dandom Digest covered September 4/5-December 16, 2020.) At any rate, if you don't see it in your mailbox, let me know (see below) or check out the full text below.

The following are the subjects/headlines of the items in the latest newsletter:

TONIGHT! RING IN THE NEW YEAR with Catherine Russell!
New Walter Becker Outtake: "Black Dog"
Lost "11 Tracks of Whack" Liner Notes
New Rickie Lee Jones Memoir
"Binky Listens To Steely Dan"
Cindy Mizelle: The RS Interview
Jim Keltner on Jeff Porcaro
SD Shows in 2021...or 2022?
Steely Dan Fan (Post-)Holiday Shopping Guide
Calling All Current SD Orchestra Members & Alumns
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DANDOM DIGEST

December 17-31, 2020

Yr. 28, No. 9

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IN THIS DANDOM DIGEST

TONIGHT! RING IN THE NEW YEAR with Catherine Russell!
New Walter Becker Outtake: "Black Dog"
Lost "11 Tracks of Whack" Liner Notes
New Rickie Lee Jones Memoir
"Binky Listens To Steely Dan"
Cindy Mizelle: The RS Interview
Jim Keltner on Jeff Porcaro
SD Shows in 2021...or 2022?
Steely Dan Fan Holiday Shopping Guide
Calling All Current SD Orchestra Members & Alumns

Followed by

PRETZEL LOGIC

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Subject: TONIGHT! RING IN THE NEW YEAR with Catherine Russell!

Ring in the new year with Catherine Russell and her set, part of NPR "Toast of the Nation."

Thursday December 31, 2020. Toast of The Nation is NPR's annual holiday special that rings in the New Year with a jazz party! We are honored to be included this year. Catherine Russell Trio was recorded on October 1, 2020, kicking off a Thursday night concert series "Live from Dizzy's Club" at Jazz at Lincoln Center, and will now be broadcast over 200+ NPR stations on New Year's Eve. If you can't catch us over the radio, you can read all about it and listen to the concert here.

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/28/948032453/toast-of-the-nation-2021

Friday January 8, 2021 at 6PM PT. Streaming for 24 hours. Join Catherine and other guests:

"A Bowie Celebration - The David Bowie Alumni Experience...'Just For One Day'!"
Tickets and more information:
https://rollinglivestudios.com/collections/bowie

Finally, Catherine is part of SFJAZZ Center's Fridays at Five Virtual Concert Series
Friday January 22, 2021 at 5pm PT (8pm ET) Catherine Russell - vocals, Matt Munisteri - guitar, Mark Shane - piano, Tal Ronen - bass, Mark McLean - drums!

More info at https://www.sfjazz.org/fridaysatfive/

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Subject: New Walter Becker Outtake: "Black Dog"

"Black dog is barkin' all night long..."

Link to outtake:
https://youtu.be/B3ttW0TqScY

From Walter Becker Media-- http://www.walterbeckermedia.com

Check it out.

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Subject: Lost "11 Tracks of Whack" Liner Notes

Dusted off liner notes by The Walter himself...from WalterBeckerMedia.com

Check it out.

https://www.walterbeckermedia.com/forum/rarities-unreleased/lost-whack-liner-notes

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Subject: New Rickie Lee Jones Memoir

Rickie Lee Jones' memoir is due this spring. Bound to have some stories about Donald and especially Walter.

"Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour"
by Rickie Lee Jones
Amazon Link:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0802127126/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_5aK7Fb5QGYGWE?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

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Subject: "Binky Listens To Steely Dan"

"(Steely Dan Music) is tres avante garde, Binky..."

Binky has a life changing experience on Steely Dan.

https://youtu.be/JmJAgj9tc5M

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Subject: Cindy Mizelle: The RS Interview

Learn a few new things about one of the amazing Danettes!

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/cindy-mizelle-singer-interview-bruce-springsteen-rolling-stones-mariah-carey-1102369/

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Subject: Jim Keltner on Jeff Porcaro

This came out back in May, but we missed it back then. A good listen.

https://youtu.be/M3HpNnHBSbE

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Subject: SD Shows in 2021...or 2022?

This story gives cred to the idea that those Steely Dan concert dates postponed exactly 52 weeks may wind up getting postponed at least a total of 104 weeks. But you never know...maybe some late winter 2022 dates in Vegas?

Some disclaimers:
--Yes, no direct mention of Steely Dan, and it is behind a pay wall--if you want, reload a few times and read real fast. If that is a non-starter, I understand if you drive by.
--It's strictly my opinion that we won't see Steely Dan shows until 2022. I have no inside track on information.

https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/features/when-live-music-return-2021-covid-1106719

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Subject: Steely Dan Fan (Post-) Holiday Shopping Guide

Now that Christmas has passed and the New Year is upon us, it's time for the Steely Dan Fan Holiday Shopping Guide--because, after all, it's time to pleasure yourself with the Steely Dan gifts no one else remembered to get for you.

Here are some suggestions:

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Jim Beard/Jon Herington
"Chunks and Chairknobs"
Buy at: http://www.jonherington.com/store.html
A Great Interview with Jim & Jon: "How did this come about?"
https://youtu.be/euklbIfq414

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Jon Herington
Jon Herington's Arrangements for Guitar
http://www.jonherington.com/store.html

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Keith Carlock
Buy All Kinds of Stuff including "IN THE JAM: NYC Funk" 10 Multi-Track Video Jams--You Control The Mix" with Carlock/Jenkins/Buono
http://keithcarlock.com/buy/

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LaTanya Hall
"Say Yes"
Buy at: http://latanyahall.com/album/la-tanya-hall-say-yes-coming-november-8th-2019/

***

ay Leonhart with Tomoko Ohno & Vito Lesczak
"Joy"
Buy at: https://jayleonhartbass.bandcamp.com/album/joy

***

Michael Leonhart Orchestra
Several titles, including "Suite Extracts, Vol. 1"
Buy at: https://michaelleonhart.bandcamp.com/

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Roger Rosenberg
"Baritonality"
Buy at: https://www.amazon.com/Baritonality-Roger-Rosenberg/dp/B002F3BPF4

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Catherine Russell
Pretty much her entire CATalogue including her latest, the Grammy-nominated
"Alone Together"
Buy at: http://www.catherinerussell.net/listen.php

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Walt Weiskopf European Quartet
Latest releases including "Introspections" and "Worldwide"
Buy at:
https://waltweiskopf.com/product/european-quartet-worldwide/

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Monkey House (featuring Don Breithaupt)
"Friday" (featuring a cover of "Book of Liars")
Buy at http://www.almarecords.com/releases/#26 or Amazon.com

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Chicago featuring the song writing of Don Breithaupt
"Chicago Christmas 2019"
Features the track, "All Over The World" co-written by MonkeyH House's Don Breithaupt
Buy at: Target, iTunes, Amazon, etc.
More: https://chicagotheband.com/js_albums/chicago-christmas/

***

Don Breithaupt
"33-1/3: AJA"

Not only one of the best books about Steely Dan, also by far the best of any of the books in the 33-1/3 series.

Aja book. Amazon link:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0826427839/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_rRJ7Fb8KAMYG8

Here's an excerpt of Don's interview with Donald Fagen for the book:

"Dick LaPalm knew Wayne Shorter from Weather Report. He vouched for us. He said, 'These are nice guys, they seem to like a lot of the old jazz records, they talk about Jackie McLean!' Wayne said okay, and came in. We did a couple of takes, and wanted to look at it some more. He said, 'Give me a minute.' He went over to the piano with the chart, and he was over there for a good half hour messing with scales. Then he came back and did three or four takes, and they were all great." -- Donald Fagen

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ANTHONY ROBUSTELLI
"Steely Dan FAQ: All That's Left to Know About This Elusive Band"
Amazon Link:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1495025128/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_2iL7FbTEJDZP4

Apologies for anything that may have been left off. Let us know by emailing jjmckay@me.com

Thank you and "Happy New Year!"

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