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Year 2009

 

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Original at YouTube external link    Wed, May 27

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By rss@youtube.com (TheBogartsAT) Author: TheBogartsAT Keywords: Do it again Steely Dan Fagen Acoustic Unplugged Cover Gelli Ferraro DeDonato Added: May 27, 2009

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Original at truveo.com external link    Mon, Mar 23

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Former Steely Dan frontman Donald Fagen's new solo album is presented here in a video trailer. www.truveo.com

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Original at YouTube external link    Fri, Dec 26

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By rss@youtube.com (ilovesteelydan) An interview with Donald Fagen in 1993 and a short interview with Steely Dan in 1994. I apologize for the low volume in the second half. Author: ilovesteelydan Keywords: Steely Dan Walter Becker Donald Fagen Added: December 26, 2008

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Original at YouTube external link    Wed, Dec 17

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By rss@youtube.com (aplotkin) After the success of Aja, Steely Dan founders Becker and Fagen were asked to contribute the title track for the movie FM. The movie was one of the year's worst box office disasters, but the song was another hit, barely missing out on the Top 20. Drumset musician Jeff Porcaro gave up a $1500/wee...

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Original at Metacafe external link    Sat, Dec 6

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The old Steely Dan tune, this time done by Don as part of his Rock and Soul Review, with vocals by Michael McDonald. Stirring guitar by Drew Zingg ... www.metacafe.com

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Original at YouTube external link    Thu, Nov 13    3 related articles

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By rss@youtube.com (wasntborntofollow) from the album "Marian McPartland Piano Jazz Radio Broadcast Series" (2005), devoted to the so important duo of Becker & Fagen. Author: wasntborntofollow Keywords: steely dan walter becker donald fagen marian mcpartland jazz limbo Added: November 13, 2008

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Original at YouTube external link    Sat, Nov 1

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By rss@youtube.com (rhyneaux9333) Donald Fagen is a hero of mine with all of the insane chordings he and Walter come up with. This is my attempt at a tough song of theirs. Author: rhyneaux9333 Keywords: Green Earrings/Ryan Springston jazz Added: November 1, 2008

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Original at YouTube external link    Sat, Nov 1

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By rss@youtube.com (Melegorm) From the compilation "No Static at All": "Hey Nineteen" featuring Michael Lington, Tony Guerrero, Steve Legassick, N'Dugu Chancler, Byron Miller and Michael Sims Author: Melegorm Keywords: Steely Dan Walter Becker Donald Fagen Added: November 1, 2008

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Original at YouTube external link    Wed, Oct 22

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By rss@youtube.com (Melegorm) Proto-Steely Dan: A photomontage of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker's "I Can't Function" Author: Melegorm Keywords: Steely Dan Walter Becker Donald Fagen Added: October 22, 2008

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Original at YouTube external link    Tue, Oct 14

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By rss@youtube.com (drhey19) Love Is Like An Ichin' In My Heart a Supremes' song done by Steely Dan as part of their Think Fast 2008 Tour. Sorry but this is only the audio. Enjoy! Keywords: jazz pop r&b soul rock blues Steely Dan Love Is Like An Ichin' In My Heart 2008 Think Fast Supremes' Fagen Becker Intros

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Original at Google Video external link    Thu, Sep 25

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Pioneering pop/jazz band Steely Dan, formed by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker in the early 70’s, had already secured five US Top 40 albums before the release of Aja in 1977. Aja, however, was to prove to be the biggest selling album of Steely Dan’s illustrious career, reaching Number 3 in th...

Stories

Past Two Weeks

 

Rate Steely Dan Plays Aja in Akron, OH

Original at All About Jazz external link    Tue, Dec 8

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Since coming back on the scene in 2000, hit makers Donald Fagen and Walter Becker have made it a habit to regularly hit the road each ...

Rate Wayne Krantz : Enthralling The Strings Of Guitar

Original at Oneindia external link    Mon, Nov 30

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Wayne Krantz is a well-known musician and has played with many world-renowned jazz artists from Steely Dan, Michael Brecker, Donald Fagen, Chris Potter and ...

Rate Music Review: Tin Huey - Before Obscurity: The Bushflow Tapes - Blogcritics.org

Original at blogcritics.org external link    Sat, Nov 28

Music Review: Tin Huey - Before Obscurity: The Bushflow Tapes Blogcritics.org (blog) Night” was of Steely Dan. Not the Dan that we are familiar with though. More like if Becker and Fagen had returned to New York after Pretzel Logic, ...

Rate Cameo critic: Steely Dan

Original at Minneapolis Star Tribune external link    Sat, Nov 28

Steely Dan's Walter Becker and Donald Fagen collaborated wonderfully in concert at Northrop Auditorium this month. But getting them on the same page in ... Steely Dan still reelin' in the yearsCanada.com all 4 news articles »

Rate Black Friday's allure irresistible to masses

Original at Poughkeepsie Journal external link    Fri, Nov 27

When Black Friday falls, you know it's got to be, don't let it fall on me.'' - Steely Dan Somehow, this year, it seems fitting that the classic rock number cited above - penned by former Bard College students Walter Becker and Donald Fagen - was written about a financial collapse, and not what...

Rate Touring Steely Dan still making the rent

Original at Toronto Star external link    Fri, Nov 27

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Hour.ca Steely Dan's Donald Fagen, right, and Walter Becker drew a packed house to Massey Hall Thursday night. ... Steely DanHour.ca Steely Dan at its very bestToronto Sun Steely Dan: Still Worth The MoneyCityNews Jam! Showbiz all 6 news articles »

Past Month

 

Rate Live Review: Steely Dan in Toronto

Original at topix.net external link    Thu, Nov 26

That was Aja, what do you want to do now?' joked Steely Dan singer-keyboardist Donald Fagen on Wednesday night at Massey Hall.

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Original at blogs.mcall.com external link    Wed, Nov 25

Wednesday Morning Warm-Up. Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek (blog) We are also chasing down rumors that Leach intends to give his endorsement, instead, to Steely Dan keyboardist Donald Fagen. Because, y'know, that's how he ...

Rate Devo, Steely Dan say LP concerts are in order

Original at Toronto Star external link    Sun, Nov 22

For Steely Dan's Walter Becker, the motive for him and partner Donald Fagen to rotate shows featuring the jazz-rock projects Aja, The Royal Scam and Gaucho ... and more »

Rate Performers and venues, in and around town this week

Original at Philadelphia Daily News external link    Fri, Nov 20

Steely Dan: With a top-notch road crew of jazz cats surrounding Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, there's a whole lot of jamming going on, shared Fagen ...

Rate Steely Dan gives 'Aja' and 'The Royal Scam' their due in back-to-back ...

Original at topix.net external link    Wed, Nov 18

Walter Becker, left, and Donald Fagen of Steely Dan perform Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, at E.J. Thomas Hall in Akron.

Rate Steely Dan gives 'Aja' and 'The Royal Scam' their due in back-to-back gigs at ...

Original at Cleveland Plain Dealer external link    Wed, Nov 18

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John Soeder, The Plain DealerWalter Becker, left, and Donald Fagen of Steely Dan perform Tuesday, Nov. ...

Rate Steely Dan Hints At A New CD; Donald Fagen Will Release A Solo Project First

Original at topix.net external link    Sat, Nov 14

For its upcoming two shows in Akron, Ohio, Steely Dan will perform two of its classic albums from start to finish: Aja on Nov.

Rate Steely Dan to revisit 'Aja' and 'The Royal Scam' over two nights in Akron

Original at topix.net external link    Fri, Nov 13

SCAM' ARTISTS: Steely Dan's Donald Fagen, left, and Walter Becker will perform their "Aja" and "The Royal Scam" albums from start to finish.

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Original at The Morning Journal external link    Thu, Nov 12

For nearly two decades you couldn't get Steely Dan members Donald Fagen and Walter Becker out of the studio and on to a concert stage. ... and more »

Rate Cold? Aloof? No, not this Steely Dan

Original at Philadelphia Inquirer external link    Thu, Nov 12

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What have you guys done with my Steely Dan? Walter Becker, one of the two fellows (the other being Donald Fagen) at the heart of this floating jazz-pop ... Steely Dan to revisit 'Aja' and 'The Royal Scam' over two nights in AkronPlain Dealer

Year 2009

 

Rate After Steely Dan tour, Donald Fagen eyes another solo album next year

Original at Cleveland Plain Dealer external link    Mon, Nov 9

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For its upcoming two-night stand at EJ Thomas Hall in Akron, Steely Dan will perform two of its classic albums from start to finish: “Aja” (1977) on Monday, ... For Steely Dan, it's 'Aja' vu all over againCincinnati.com Red hot Steely Dannwitimes.com Music: Steely DanCincinnati CityBeat

Rate Steely Dan - Katy Lied (MFSL 1-007 Audiophile LP) 24-bit/96 kHz Vinyl Rip

Original at AvaxHome external link    Wed, Aug 12

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By Dr. Robert Steely Dan - Katy Lied Katy Lied is the fourth album by Steely Dan, released in 1975. It went gold and peaked at #13 on the US charts. The single "Black Friday" also charted at #37. Band members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen were not happy with the album's sound quality due to an equipment malfun...

Rate Steely Dan - Aja (Cisco 30th Anniversary Audiophile LP) 24-bit/96 kHz Vinyl Rip

Original at AvaxHome external link    Tue, Aug 11

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By Dr. Robert Steely Dan - Aja Long argued as one of the (if not THE) best rock recording ever and a permanent fixture on many a demo system in the late 70’s and 80’s, Aja was the culmination of everything Donald Fagen and Walter Becker aspired to accomplish in their storied careers. It was the first album ce...

Rate Donald Fagen - The Nightfly (MFSL LP 1-120) 24-bit/96 kHz Vinyl Rip

Original at AvaxHome external link    Thu, Aug 6

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By Dr. Robert The Nightfly is the first solo album by Steely Dan co-founder Donald Fagen, released in 1982. It was one of the first fully digital recordings of popular music. In the UK the album was certified Platinum in 2004, despite only reaching #44 on the charts following its release. It has also gone pl...

Rate Steely Dan - Gaucho [2004 DVD-A 24/96 Advanced Resolution Stereo]

Original at AvaxHome external link    Fri, Jul 24

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By Guthead Steely Dan - Gaucho “The commercial success of this album's predecessor, Aja, made both the band and the dynamic duo of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen household names. Perhaps the most perfect recording ever made, the band spent three years in seven different studios and over a million do...

Rate Steely Dan Promises Special Shows On 'Rent Party' Tour

Original at Billboard external link    Tue, Jun 16

The irony, of course, is that the three albums were recorded after Steely Dan decided to forego playing live in the mid-'70s and therefore never toured to promote them, but Becker says he and partner Donald Fagen and the current incarnation of their ...

Rate Steely Dan: Still smart pop at Carr Performing Arts Centre

Original at Orlando Sentinel external link    Mon, Jun 15

 FL Walter Becker and Donald Fagen made the most of the 11-piece ensemble. Songs were elongated by drum, guitar and horn interludes and a trio of backing singers put the distinctive sheen on the choruses. Although the band did get around to a handful of ...

Rate (Following Advance for Use Sunday, June 21) | KXNet.com North ...

Original at KXMC external link    Mon, Jun 15

 ND In 1981, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker formally dissolved Steely Dan. They reunited in 1993. In 1994, singer George Michael lost his lawsuit against Sony. He claimed that his 15-year contract with Sony was unfair because the company could refuse to ...

Rate Steely Dan 'Reelin' In the Years'

Original at St. Augustine Record external link    Sun, Jun 14

Steely Dan's Donald Fagen and Walter Becker met while attending Bard College in New York State.

Rate Midnight ramblers

Original at Arkansas Democrat Gazette external link    Sun, Jun 14

 AR Since 2003, he has hosted twice-a-month Midnight Rambles sessions that have featured guest musicians including Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, Hubert Sumlin, Donald Fagen of Steely Dan and John Sebastian, plus Billy Bob Thornton's band, ...

Rate Tickets Still Available for Steely Dan at Mizner Park Tomorrow Night

Original at topix.net external link    Fri, Jun 12

Steely Dan should have belonged to the oughties. Their particular blend of soft-rock bears so many of the hallmarks of latter-day indie royalty that one begins to wonder whether it's a coincidence at all, or if Walter Becker and Don Fagen are actually time-traveling sonic explorers sent...

Rate Tickets Still Available for Steely Dan at Mizner Park Tomorrow Night

Original at The Miami New Times Blog external link    Fri, Jun 12

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Their particular blend of soft-rock bears so many of the hallmarks of latter-day indie royalty that one begins to wonder whether it's a coincidence at all, or if Walter Becker and Don Fagen are actually time-traveling sonic explorers sent from the far ...

Rate Music Notes: Steely Dan, Ryan Cabrera and Mishka

Original at Florida Times-Union external link    Thu, Jun 11

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By Roger Bull Steely Dan never did sound quite like anyone else. Even though Donald Fagen and Walter Becker brought a parade of musicians and singers through to produce their musical vision, it always sounded like Steely Dan. Even through much of their ...

Rate Vintage Steely Dan still satisfies

Original at News & Observer external link    Wed, Jun 10

News & Observer Shockingly, Steely Dan frontman Donald Fagen did make one obvious mistake. "Let's try something from 1975, '76," he said as he rolled into "Aja" -- a song ... WIN tickets to see Steely Dan tributeGainsborough Standard all 2 news articles »

Rate JAY & THE AMERICANS' 'THE COMPLETE UNITED ARTISTS SINGLES' COMING ... - PR-Inside.com

Original at PR Inside (Pressemitteilung) external link    Wed, Jun 10

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Even though it was the group's final Top 20 hit, they still had one more important contribution to make; they gave Donald Fagen and Walter Becker – core members of Steely Dan – their big break, hiring them to play on and arrange JATA's final singles. ...

Rate The music of Steely Dan at Regent June 12

Original at wickedlocal.com external link    Wed, Jun 10

 MA This Friday, June 12 at 8 pm, The Regent Theatre, 7 Medford Street, will present a live concert and all-ages dance party with No Static — a 10-piece band playing the music of Steely Dan. Inspired by the genius of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, ...

Rate Going places with his bass

Original at News & Observer external link    Thu, Jun 4    11 related articles

News & Observer, NC The next day, Steely Dan will play the Durham Performing Arts Center. Miller has some history with Dan frontman Donald Fagen, whose debut 1982 album, "The Nightfly," featured bass work from Miller. It was Miller's rep as a workhorse session musician, ...

Rate Steely Dan make special plans for Boston

Original at Boston Music Spotlight external link    Tue, Jun 2

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Classic rockers Steely Dan have unveiled plans for a special set of shows for their fans in Boston. As part of the duo's upcoming "Rent Party '09" tour, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen are doing a series of special mini-residencies in four cities ...

Rate Steely Dan tour pays the rent with summer 'Party' dates in US

Original at Ticket News external link    Mon, Jun 1    2 related articles

 CT The Royal Scam" will be dropped from the lineup, allowing the third and final night's set list to remain open for requests. Original Steely Dan members Donald Fagen (vocals, keyboards) and Walter Becker (guitar) will be joined throughout the summer ...

Rate The 20 most memorable moments at the PG Pavillion

Original at Pittsburgh Post Gazette external link    Wed, May 27

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 PA 1 show of the year, Crowes was No. 4. There are certain givens in pop music, one of them being that Steely Dan is NOT a live band. But Donald Fagen and Walter Becker shocked everyone by reuniting and then launching their first tour in 19 years. ...

Rate Jukebox: The other Muldaurs (Geoff, Jenni) in spotlight

Original at Schenectady Gazette external link    Thu, May 21

 NY Since 1975, she has sung on albums by both parents, and on recordings and tours with Todd Rundgren, Eric Clapton, Michael McDonald, Donald Fagen (of Steely Dan), Rufus Wainwright, Loudon Wainwright, Teddy Thompson, Marianne Faithful, Romeo Void, ...

Rate Jay and the Americans to perform Saturday - Fulton Valley News

Original at valleynewsonline.com external link    Tue, May 19    4 related articles

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Currently, the group is in production for a new album with Gary Katz (Steely Dan) as producer. A single “Little Senorita” is currently available for streaming at www.jayandtheamericans.net. Steely Dan's Water Becker and Donald Fagen were in Jay and the ...

Rate Steely Dan: Cousin Dupree

Original at Jazz.com external link    Sat, May 9

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Steely Dan returned from a twenty year hiatus with the release of their 2000 album Two Against Nature, which captured a number of awards that year including Album of the Year at the Grammys. The Dan clan has always pushed the envelope compared to the ... Donald Fagen: The Nightfly Jazz.com

Rate Izabella: Drugs & Apple Pie

Original at JamBase external link    Fri, May 8

Izabella: Drugs & Apple Pie  CA Like early Steely Dan (the first three albums when they were still a group and not he Becker/Fagen show), Izabella are smart, mildly subversive cats that can't resist a good groove, and their foundations as tour dogs and festival regulars lingers in ...

Rate UMBRIA JAZZ, DAL 10 AL 19 LUGLIO OLTRE 500 ARTISTI - AGI

Original at Agenzia Giornalistica Italia external link    Wed, Apr 29

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E poi ancora, a seguire, gli 'Steely Dan', gruppo fondato sul nucleo storico composto dal duo Donald Fagen, voce e tastiere e Walter Becker alla chitarra e basso. Sonorita' pop-soul dalla Gran Bretagna per Mick Hucknall ei suoi Simply Red che, ... Umbria Jazz 09 QuotidianoViaggi

Rate Steely Dan Announce Short US Tour

Original at Ultimate-Guitar.Com external link    Mon, Apr 27

Details are below: 09/16 - Ft. Meyers, FL - Barbara B Mann Performing Arts Hall This trek, though so far light, marks the fourth consecutive year that the band - helmed by co-founders Walter Becker and Donald Fagen - has hit the tour trail after ...

Rate SAGA - Saga (1978)

Original at Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website external link    Sat, Apr 25

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Tired World, if one took out Sadler’s vocals, starts out as if it were a track from Steely Dan’s Gaucho. An album where the Dan lost the soul in its’ music and sounded cold more than cool. With Saga & Sadler, it has not the hipster attraction of a tossed off Fagen lyric, nor some jazz history o...

Rate Steely Dan ready for summer 'Party'

Original at LiveDaily.com external link    Thu, Apr 23

This trek, though so far light, marks the fourth consecutive year that the band--helmed by co-founders Walter Becker and Donald Fagen--has hit the tour trail after several years of avoiding consistent roadwork. More dates for the summer run will be ...

Rate Steely Dan to play in Orange Beach in June - Press-Register Entertainment - al.com

Original at topix.net external link    Wed, Apr 22    4 related articles

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Steely Dan will play The Wharf in Orange Beach this summer, the venue recently announced." The band, featuring founders Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, will play The Amphitheater at The Wharf on June 19, a Friday.

Rate Tickets for Steely Dan at The Wharf go on sale April 25

Original at Mullet Wrapper external link    Wed, Apr 22    4 related articles

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Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Walter Becker and Donald Fagen have announced that STEELY DAN will bring their 2009 US Tour to The Amphitheater at The Wharf in Orange Beach, AL on Friday, June 19th 2009. Tickets will go on sale beginning April 25 at 10 am ...

Rate Steely Dan: Why am I not excited?

Original at Orlando Sentinel external link    Mon, Apr 20

 FL Don't get me wrong: I love the band's classic stuff, and even if I never really gravitated in the same way to Two Against Nature and beyond, I still respect what Donald Fagen and Walter Becker do in the studio. At these prices, though, I think I'd be ...

Rate Steely Dan to perform at The Wharf

Original at Pensacola News Journal external link    Fri, Apr 17    4 related articles

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Steely Dan will perform at the Amphitheater at The Wharf in Orange Beach, Ala., on June 19. The duo of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen is delving deep into its catalog for the 2009 tour, offering hits and fan-requested favorites from their lengthy ...

Rate Steely Dan / Rent Party Concert

Original at Orange Beach external link    Fri, Apr 17    4 related articles

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April 17, 2009 - Orange Beach, AL – Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Walter Becker and Donald Fagen have announced that STEELY DAN will bring their 2009 US Tour to The Amphitheater at The Wharf in Orange Beach, AL on Friday, June 19th 2009. ...

Rate Steely Dan sets June 9 concert date at DPAC

Original at topix.net external link    Wed, Apr 15

From staff reports Apr 14, 2009 DURHAM -- Guitarist Walter Becker and keyboards player Donald Fagen -- better known as Steely Dan -- will perform at the Durham Performing Arts Center June 9, according to the band's Web site.

Rate Steely Dan bound for Durham

Original at topix.net external link    Mon, Apr 13

Coming our way in less than two months, says Pollstar: 1970s FM radio icons Steely Dan, scheduled to play the Durham Performing Arts Center on June 9. That's a far more intimate venue than our big outdoor shed, where the duo of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker played on their previous spins thr...

Rate Steely Dan ...DO IT !!! DO IT AGAIN !!!Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at it.truveo.com external link    Mon, Apr 6

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Walter Becker and Donald Fagen : Steely Dan Otro de mis grupos favoritos. Éste es uno de mis temas preferidos de principio a fin, aunque he ... it.truveo.com

Rate Steely Dan, Juan Gabriel, Marco-Antonio Solis, Amy Grant & Michael ...

Original at HispanicBusiness.com external link    Sun, Apr 5

 CA The pioneering, critically acclaimed and Grammy-winning Steely Dan kick off their first concert tour in three years on July 23. Led by longtime creative partners Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, the band has carved one of the most distinctive paths in ...

Rate Head to Perth and you’ll find something to please everyone

Original at The Herald external link    Wed, Apr 1

 UK The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, led by saxophonist Tommy Smith, brings its superb, and rarely heard, programme of the music of Steely Dan, which covers three decades of the work of Messrs Becker and Fagen in arrangements by Fred Sturm. ...

Rate Living With Music: A Playlist by Arthur Phillips

Original at New York Times Blogs external link    Wed, Apr 1

 NY 4) The Nightfly, Donald Fagen. Fagen and Steely Dan are old pros at literary tunes, but this portrait of a late-night DJ in Baton Rouge, taking lunatic phone calls from listeners while silently battling his own loneliness and regret, stands out. ...

Rate Bernard Purdie Signature Shuffle Enjoys a New Life

Original at All About Jazz external link    Tue, Mar 31

 PA Youd do a first take, and hed put on his overcoat as if he was about to leave, said Donald Fagen, the Steely Dan keyboardist. The problem was that some of the other musicians had just become comfortable with the chords. You had to cajole him to do some ...

Rate A Signature Shuffle Enjoys a New Life

Original at New York Times external link    Mon, Mar 30

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 United States “You’d do a first take, and he’d put on his overcoat as if he was about to leave,” said Donald Fagen, the Steely Dan keyboardist. “The problem was that some of the other musicians had just become comfortable with the chords. You had to cajole him to do ...

Rate Pretzel Logic by Donald Fagen w/ Michael McDonaldVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at it.truveo.com external link    Mon, Mar 30

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The old Steely Dan tune, this time done by Don as part of his Rock and Soul Review, with vocals by Michael McDonald. Stirring guitar by Drew Zingg ... it.truveo.com

Rate Music critics' picks

Original at Philadelphia Daily News external link    Fri, Mar 27

 PA Plus special guests Donald Fagen (of Steely Dan fame) and Phoebe Snow. 88-Keys is a familiar name for true hip-hop fans; the Harlem-based producer has worked behind the scenes for a decade creating classics with Beanie Sigel, Mos Def, Macy Gray and ...

Rate Levon Helm and Donald Fagen Saturday; the Bacon Brothers April 4

Original at Poughkeepsie Journal external link    Thu, Mar 26

 NY The Levon Helm Band will play at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia Saturday, with special guests Phoebe Snow and Donald Fagen of Steely Dan. Helm will hold one of this Midnight Ramble house concerts April 4, with opening band The Bacon Brothers, ...

Rate Donald Fagen Big Noise New York

Original at strimoo.com external link    Tue, Mar 24

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Donald Fagen s version of Jennifer Warnes song Big Noise New York Donald Fagen Steely Dan www.strimoo.com

Rate happily home to a hwyl in the wall

Original at Times Online external link    Thu, Mar 19

 UK title in history and the sweariest single ever (the live version of their signature song The Man Don’t Give AF*** featured more than 100 F-words, even if most of them were actually uttered by the looped, sampled voice of Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen). ...

Rate Cagle & Nash 'Pick Up the Phone' and Release Highly Anticipated ... - Aim168 Real Estate

Original at aim168realestate.com external link    Thu, Mar 19

stations throughout the United States and two syndicated shows, and the group has already drawn comparisons to many musical greats such as to Steely Dan, John Legend, Michael Buble, Donald Fagen, Hall and Oats and the Bobby Blue Band to name a few. ...

Rate Borrowed music. Borrowed look. Borrowed fame.

Original at San Diego Reader external link    Wed, Mar 18

 CA The day we booked our first show, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker announced Steely Dan’s first tour in almost 20 years. I figured that meant TSD would get a year or two run.” That was 15 years ago. Fagen and Becker are definitely aware of those Damned ...

Rate Vellucci sets the stage with Kowloon crowd: Malden resident to ...

Original at wickedlocal.com external link    Thu, Mar 12

 MA The closest we got is a tribute song to Steely Dan founders Fagen & Becker that Christopher Cross wrote — “Deputy Dan” — but there’s no doubt the crowd would have exploded had his astute musicians jumped into “Deacon Blues.” Wonderful songs from deep ...

Rate Levon Helm sits in with Allman Brothers

Original at Poughkeepsie Journal external link    Tue, Mar 10

 NY The Levon Helm Band played its own shows at the Beacon last week, welcoming vocalist Phoebe Snow, Steely Dan co-founder Donald Fagen and blues guitarist Joe Louis Walker each night. The band also bid farewell to guitarist Jimmy Vivino and bass player ...

Rate Steely Dan in concert

Original at Evenement Nieuws external link    Thu, Mar 5

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Virtuozen Walter Becker en Donald Fagen beleven hun hoogtepunt in de jaren ’70. Na solo de muziekwereld te hebben veroverd vormen zij in 1993 een nieuw Steely Dan. Het eerste studioalbum in 20 jaar, ‘Two Against Nature’, uit 2000, werd enthousiast ...

Rate Donald Fagen "Morph the Cat" album trailer

Original at uk.video.yahoo.com external link    Wed, Mar 4

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Former Steely Dan frontman Donald Fagen's new solo album is presented here in a video trailer. uk.video.yahoo.com

Rate Tour italiano per gli Steely Dan, il loro soft rock dal 6 all'11 ...

Original at Musicalnews.com external link    Wed, Mar 4

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 Italy A luglio Donald Fagen e Walter Becker, ovvero gli Steely Dan, saranno in tour in Italia. E' la seconda volta che la band statunitense viene in Italia, dopo il concerto evento di due anni fa a Lucca: li vedremo a Roma, Napoli, Milano e Perugia. ...

Rate Duke backs commemorative Monk show

Original at The Chronicle external link    Mon, Mar 2

 NC Steely Dan singer and keyboardist Donald Fagen said he is typically skeptical of commemorative shows, but enjoyed the Tolliver concert. "I thought it was a really good representation of what Monk does," he said. "It was really great as far as tributes ...

Rate Guitar Legend Wayne Krantz Teams up with Abstract Logix Music

Original at All About Jazz external link    Thu, Jan 15

 PA - Wayne Krantz ,ex sideman with Steely Dan, Michael Brecker, Donald Fagen, Chris Potter and many others, is a guitarist who can be spoken about in the same ...

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Original at The blog of whall external link    Wed, Dec 24

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By whall Note: background music supplied unknowingly by the fantastic duo of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, key stalwarts that make up Steely Dan, off their latest album Everything Must Go. The track I used portions of is Lunch With Gina. Pick this music up if you can - it is amazingly good.   (DITL = Da...

Rate Steely Dan offers musical retrospective in Wellmont show - The Star-Ledger

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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com Steely Dan offers musical retrospective in Wellmont show The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - Becker, who has played both guitar and bass on Steely Dan's recordings, shared guitar duty with Jon Herington throughout this show, and also gave Fagen a ...

Rate Harry Shearer, Songs of the Bushmen

Original at Gothamist external link    Fri, Oct 31

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By John Del Signore I hear some Steely Dan in that Colin Powell song, "Smooth Moves." And the lyrics are very funny, like, “They snapped a big towel at the doctrine of Powell." Thank you. I will never deny being informed by [Donald] Fagen and [Walter] Becker because their songs were a huge part of my musical landsc...

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Rate Opinion: Dave Hill: Steely Danned

Original at Huffington Post external link    Wed, May 23

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By Dave Hill Another interesting thing about the Steely Dan show is how much Walter Becker and Donald Fagen (the Steely Dan guys) looked like dentists who shop at Sam Ash on the weekend. Then again I guess they always kind of looked like that. Still, they rocked it and that's what really matters in the end. A...

Rate Music Review: Billy Martin/John Medeski - MagoVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Blogcritics external link    Wed, Apr 11

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By Pico So what does Martin and Medeski sound like when they're not bringing the Wood? To use yet another rock analogy, it's a lot like listening to a Donald Fagen record: most people probably won't notice the missing member, but the dedicated Steely Dan fans will catch on and probably like it, any...

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