Steely Dan Sunday: “Everything You Did” (1976)
- 8:52 AM — Feb 5 —
- Source: Something Else!
In rock music, there's been occasions where one act provokes another in a rock song, resulting in a retaliatory song by the provoked. Read More
Steely Dan Sunday: “Haitian Divorce” (1976)
- 7:34 AM — Jan 29 —
- Source: Something Else!
You could call "Haitian Divorce" a love song, but as Steely Dan love songs go, it's not about the bliss so much as it's about the ugly side of romance. Read More
The Darcys Giveaway Their Interpretation Of Steely Dan's 'AJA' Via Arts & Crafts
- 8:51 AM — Jan 25 —
- Source: Alt Sounds
'AJA', the second in a trilogy of releases from Toronto artrockers The Darcys, is available for free download from today. Read More
Album Review: The Darcys – AJA
- 8:00 AM — Jan 23 —
- Source: Consequence of Sound
When an Aja -loving friend heard that Toronto band The Darcys were releasing a track-by-track tribute to the classic Steely Dan record, he e-mailed me, " Aja … cannot be duplicated or reinterpreted…I couldn't think of a band that would be less appreciative of someone covering their material."Read More
Steely Dan Sunday: “Green Earrings” (1976)
- 9:34 AM — Jan 22 —
- Source: Something Else!
"Green Earrings" has such a great, clavinet-laden groove to it, thanks to the Chuck Rainey/Pretty Purdie rhythm machine that keys up nearly every track on The Royal Scam , it doesn't need any close inspection to appreciate. Read More
ADVOCACY: Steely Dan Fans Are Assholes
- 10:25 AM — Jan 21 —
- Source: All About Jazz
William Gibson called them the most genuinely subversive" band in late-20th Century pop. Read More
PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Steely Dan's Donald Fagen to Sit in for Levon Helm at Midnight Rambles in February
- 10:25 AM — Jan 21 —
- Source: All About Jazz
With Levon Helm sidelined by an undisclosed medical procedure, his web site has announced that Donald Fagen of Steely Dan will be a special guest at previously scheduled Midnight Rambles on February 11, 18 and 25. Read More
Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen to sit in for Levon Helm at Midnight Rambles in February
- 2:59 PM — Jan 20 —
- Source: Something Else!
With Levon Helm sidelined by an undisclosed medical procedure, his web site has announced that Donald Fagen of Steely Dan will be a special guest at previously scheduled Midnight Rambles on February 11, 18 and 25. Read More
Steely Dan guitarist Jon Herrington to perform at Stage on Herr in Harrisburg
- 8:21 AM — Jan 19 —
- Source: The Patriot-News - Harrisburg PA
Since 1999, Jon Herrington has served as the guitarist, both on tour and in recording, for the groundbreaking rock group Steely Dan. And if being the guitar player for the nigh-perfectionist Steely Dan didn't say enough about his skill, he is also the frontman for his own group, the Jon Herrington Band, where he serves as guitarist as well as singer and songwriter. Read More
Steely Dan Sunday, “The Fez” (1976)
- 7:42 AM — Jan 15 —
- Source: Something Else!
The one song where Walter Becker and Donald Fagen shared songwriting credits with somebody else, that being keyboardist Paul Griffin. Read More
Biography
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