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STEELY DAN "Aja" (Crossover Prog, 1977) by Matthew T
5/5 STARS - They got a name for the winners in the world I want a name when I lose . Well that was not the case for the slick sixth album that was released by Steely Dan in 1977 with a sound that seemed just right for the time. Heavily influenced by Funk,Jazz and Rock and considered the bands best albu...
Wed, Jan 27 | from Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website
STEELY DAN "Katy Lied" (Crossover Prog, 1975) by Matthew T
Jeff Skunk Baxter and Mike McDonald did not land on the scrap heap they joined The Doobie Brothers and sold many a record with them. STEELY DAN Music Online: recommended progarchives.com worldwide prog rock stores More about STEELY DAN at Progarchives.com
Sat, Jan 23 | from Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website
STEELY DAN "Pretzel Logic" (Crossover Prog, 1974) by Matthew T
5/5 STARS - It was 1974 and the third Steely Dan album was upon us with jazz references all over it and even a Duke Ellington cover of his early classic East St Louis Toodle-Oo. Charlie Parker gets a mention with Parkers Band and a snip of a Horace Silver composition (Song For My Father) is used a...
Fri, Jan 22 | from Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website
STEELY DAN "Countdown To Ecstasy" (Crossover Prog, 1973) by Matthew T
5/5 STARS - This was the follow up "To Can't Buy a Thrill" and was released in 1973. Donald Fagen has taken over the lead vocals and David Palmer who also shared the lead duties on Can't Buy a Thrill is only doing backing vocals with numerous others listed on this album, "Countdown to Ectasy". Th...
Sat, Jan 16 | from Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website
The Morning Feed - New York Times
The Morning Feed blog) Do It Again: Nothing wrong with re-gifting when the gift itself comes from Donald Fagen, the co-founder and lead singer of Steely Dan. ... and more »
Tue, Dec 22 | from New York Times
Steely Dan Plays "The Royal Scam" at EJ Thomas Hall
The Food Writing of RW Apple Jr.: Far Flung and Well Fed compiles more than 50 essays by the Akron-born New York Times correspondent, who died in 2006 at 71 ...
Sun, Nov 22 | from Akron Beacon Journal
The spin from Steely
Cleveland Scene Weekly On tour this year, Steely Dan is rotating the three biggest albums from its 1970s warped-jazz-rock heyday: "Royal Scam," "Aja" and "Gaucho. ... Concert Review: Steely Dan at EJ Thomas Hall, 11/16Cleveland Scene Weekly all 3 news articles »
Tue, Nov 17 | from Philadelphia Inquirer
Steely Dan - Katy Lied (MFSL 1-007 Audiophile LP) 24-bit/96 kHz Vinyl Rip
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...
Wed, Aug 12 | from AvaxHome
Vintage Steely Dan still satisfies
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 »
Wed, Jun 10 | from News & Observer
Steely Dan: Why am I not excited?
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 ...
Mon, Apr 20 | from Orlando Sentinel
Opinion: Listen to it all
Herald & Review, IL “Katy Lied,” Steely Dan – Child molesters, Nazi sympathizers and addicts all gather in this dark little tale. Uplifting. “Tonight’s the Night,” Neil Young – The singer’s farewell to two close friends who overdosed and died. ...
Wed, Apr 8 | from Herald & Review
Opinion: STEELY DAN - Gaucho (1980)
In this album, versus many of the band's previous albums, Steely Dan seems to blend the jazz, pop, funk, and synth-ish prog rock flavors of their music less effectively. It seems like I'm always hearing one or two of those combined, rather than a cohesive combination of all at once as it was i...
Fri, Apr 3 | from Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website
Opinion: STEELY DAN - The Royal Scam (1976)
Years and years before I actually heard The Royal Scam, I remember being intrigued by its cover. Even at a very young age, I was familiar with H.P. Giger's work - and who of my generation wasn't, especially after his iconic cover for ELP's Brain Salad Surgery? Anyway, I knew a few Steely Dan song...
Mon, Mar 2 | from Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website
Concert Review: Steely Dan Live at the Beacon Theater - This Was No One Night Stand
Two Against Nature Hey 19 Peg Dirty Work Josie Aja Pretzel Logic (Everything Must Go-5/22) Kid Charlemagne ENCORE Bodhisattva A lifelong avid concert goer, my very first job was hawking programs at the Schaeffer Music Festival in Central Park. It has been one long encore ever since.
Thu, May 24 | from Blogcritics
Opinion: Dave Hill: Steely Danned
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...
Wed, May 23 | from Huffington Post
Podcast: New Music Thursday
1) Wilco's Sky Blue Sky is great, at least I think so, my girls think its too mellow. Anway the record goes on sale May 15th and can be pre-ordered on Amazon. Wilco announced US tour dates yesterday and will be playing the Hammerstein in NYC on June 25th. TIckets haven't gone on sale yet. I think the...
Thu, Apr 5 | from A VC : Venture Capital and Technology
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