In new book Donald Fagen lets his thoughts roam- and they’re not all kind By Christopher Borrelli Chicago Tribune Donald Fagen of the band Steely Dan has a new book and tour diary, Eminent Hipsters. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune) Ever wonder what the typical rock star is thinking about on stage? Playing the same songs […]
Donald Fagen’s ‘Eminent Hipsters’
By John Mulveyuncut.co.uk In his excellent Uncut review of the Morrissey Autobiography, Michael alludes to the get-out clause afforded rock memoirists post-Chronicles: why bother obfuscating certain awkward details when you can, by being capricious with time and chronology, just skip the difficult stuff? Since my reading of Morrissey’s book has thus far been limited to […]
‘Eminent Hipsters’
By Daniel Scheffler Edge on the Net There’s nothing quite like a music man revealing his thoughts on the world, to the world. Everyone perks up his ears and squints his eyes for this kind of revelation. And this comes as great pleasure from cofounder (also front man and keyboardist) of Steely Dan, Mister Donald […]
Review: ‘Eminent Hipsters’
‘Eminent Hipsters‘ is a witty, erudite selection of essays by Steely Dan’s grumpy old frontman, Donald Fagen By Bernadette McNulty The (London) Telegraph I remember the first time a friend presented me with a Steely Dan CD. It was both a gift and a test, an initiation into music beyond what then, among Nineties rave […]
Donald Fagen’s Curious Memoirs Released
By Dylan Jones GQ Magazine – UK As an eminent hipster himself, Donald Fagen is more than adequately qualified to write about cool. As one half of Steely Dan, and as a solo artist, Fagen has been responsible for some of the coolest music of the last fifty years. Not content with creating what many […]
Mood Swings on Broadway
Originally published on October 14, 2013 By James Campion For Huffington Post Steely Dan — Beacon Theater — 10/4/13 What you expect from the newest Steely Dan show, Mood Swings: 8 Miles High To Pancake Day Tour, the most recent incarnation of the enigmatic jazz-pop duo of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker — the resurgence […]
Getting Started on the Site
Many of you reading this have already consumed the 100-plus articles housed on our predecessor site, The Steely Dan Internet Resource. Those articles are all here on the new site. In addition we now have an additional 350 more interviews and reviews, and that number is growing. To find articles of interest, you may: Search […]
Reelin’ in the Years
Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen writes a portrait of the artist as a grumpy old man. Originally published on Oct. 11, 2013 By Seth Stevenson Slate.com Late last summer, I noticed that Donald Fagen — one half of the 1970s fusion-rock duo Steely Dan — was playing at the Beacon Theater in New York. I bought […]
Steely Dan Conclude 53-Show Tour in NYC
Originally published on Oct. 10, 2013 By Jambase Considering the rate at which Steely Dan has toured over the past ten years, it’s easy to forget this is a band that famously didn’t tour during their hey day. Walter Becker and Donald Fagen were content for the Dan to be a “studio band” after a brief period […]
Steely Dan Brings Complete ‘Aja’ to Beacon
Originally published on Oct. 8, 2013 By Roger Friedman Showbiz411.com Ok. You know, I was 20 years old in 1977 and already five years into Steely Dan from the release of Countdown to Ecstasy. The album Aja was the pinnacle of their original output of classic albums. I hadn’t seen them since June 2007. But […]
