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Sep 21, 2024 · Of course, when you write as many songs as Steely Dan, you are bound to draw from your own life experiences eventually. This autobiographical songwriting was perhaps most obvious on the 1977 track ‘Deacon Blues’, from the album Aja. Using a strange mixture of references to sci-fi novels, American football teams, and even academic essays ...
Sep 3, 2024 · Steely Dan - 'The Roaring of the Lamb' February 17, 2009, 02:10:40 AM. Anyone else heard this compilation? It's a very rare release from 1993 with 16 tracks of very early demos, recorded in 1971/72. They're all very unpolished, consisting of only a tinny piano, vocals and, occasionly, an acoustic guitar.
6 days ago · Steely Dan’s music has always had its fair share of jazz influences, but the title track is maybe the ultimate expression. What starts out as a tranquil love song becomes a full-on jazz-tinged workout that lasts a mighty eight minutes.
5 days ago · Donald Fagen (born January 10, 1948, Passaic, New Jersey, U.S.) is an American musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and keyboardist of the rock band Steely Dan.
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6 days ago · But Steely Dan’s unique, picaresque lyrics have, for the most part, stood the rest of time, as has its music. In their heyday, Becker and Fagan were never content to follow musical templates...
Sep 17, 2024 · The two artists likely crossed paths during Lennon’s time in New York, where Steely Dan had been based since their inception, but it’s unlikely they ever became particularly close. Not least because Steely Dan wrote a song mocking Lennon’s 1971 track ‘Imagine’.
Sep 22, 2024 · And while all of his work is worth spending some time with, his drum solo at the end of Steely Dan’s “Aja,” from their 1977 album of the same name, has become the stuff of legend. Full of explosive tom-tom runs and crisp cymbal grooves, the solo brings the song to a rousing close, the perfect conclusion to one of the greatest ...
