By Mallary Jean Tenore The Dallas Morning News Grand Prairie, Tex. — The Nokia Theatre became a haven for cheering fans when Steely Dan took the stage Thursday night. Wearing black shades and a white jacket, legendary singer Donald Fagen and guitarist Walter Becker graced the stage following a short instrumental. The first song they […]
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Steely Dan Shows It Is As Vibrant As Ever
By Preston Jones Fort Worth Star-Telegram GRAND PRAIRIE — Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, the men who comprise the core of Steely Dan, have grown from sour, sharp-tongued hipsters into irascible iconoclasts over the course of their 25-year, stop-and-start career. During Thursday night’s set at Nokia Theatre, as the Grammy-winning duo’s “Think Fast, Steely Dan” […]
Steely Dan in St. Louis
By Daniel Durchholz Special to the Post-Dispatch ST. LOUIS — Steely Dan principals Donald Fagen and Walter Becker are known for their sardonic sense of humor. But even when they’re kidding, there’s an element of truth to what they say. So when Fagen remarked that Monday night’s concert at the Fox Theatre would feature “some […]
Steely Dan Remains True to its Nature
By Doug Pullen Flint Journal FLINT, Mich. — When an artist wins the Album of the Year Grammy Award, that artist pretty much can expect a healthy bounce in sales of said album and a not-so-healthy afterglow of cocktails, parties and God knows what else. The learned, enigmatic men behind the curtain that is known […]
Reliable Steely Dan Delivers
Originally published on July 21, 2008 By Michael Senft The Arizona Republic Another year, another great show from Steely Dan. The ’70s jazz rock superstars, who eschewed touring for the bulk of their career, have turned their concerts into well-oiled machines, featuring stunning playing from top jazz sessioneers and plenty of hits and album tracks from […]
Red Rocks: Better than singing alone in the rain
Originally published on July 17, 2008 By Jas Tynan Westword After the Joey DeFrancesco trio warmed things up, the Steely boys (and girls) kicked off their set with “The Royal Scam,” and then went into “Show Biz Kids,” where the lead saxophonist shredded his alto sax in a manner that would have made even David […]
Steely Dan jazzes up a summer night
By David KieleyBoston Globe Originally published on June 24, 2008 Pity the usher, tiny flashlight in hand, trying to keep a throng of Boston couples from dancing in the aisles during a Steely Dan show. Bandleaders Donald Fagen and Walter Becker brought their legendary jazz-rock outfit to the Bank of America Pavilion on Monday night […]
Pop Veterans Still Pumping Anti-Charisma
By Ben Ratliff New York Times Donald Fagen and Walter Becker seem like the kind of late-1960s hypercerebral born-cynical East Coast hipsters who are often found valorizing authenticity in aesthetic expression. You know: collectors of pre-war blues 78s, memorizers of outdated jazz argot. But instead of turning away from pop gloss, they acted like good […]
Donald Fagen interview
By John Del SignoreGothamist.com Originally published on June 13, 2008 Since he began his fruitful collaboration with Walter Becker back at Bard College in 1968, Grammy award-winning musician Donald Fagen has steadily distinguished himself as one of the smartest and most imaginative contemporary songwriters. As Steely Dan, the innovative duo lays claim to an impressive catalog of hit singles that […]
