By Kevin O’Donnell Rolling Stone The last time Steely Dan frontman Donald Fagen performed at New York’s Beacon Theater was in 1991 with the “New York Rock and Soul Revue,” an informal collective of musicians that included Boz Scaggs and Michael McDonald. Tuesday night, some fifteen years later, the singer and keyboardist came home. While […]
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Donald Fagen, Cool and Partly Steely
By Dave McKenna Washington Post WASHINGTON — Donald Fagen never had much “Louie Louie” in him. Still doesn’t. There is little obvious difference between the output of Steely Dan, the franchise that Fagen and Walter Becker founded in the early 1970s and have occasionally reassembled, and the solo works Fagen presented at the Warner Theatre […]
Steely Don: Fagen’s show keeps plenty of Dan in the mix
By Jay Lustig Newark Star-Ledger Staff Early in his Wednesday night concert at the State Theatre in New Brunswick, Donald Fagen said it was his first time there. Then he clarified the statement, saying it was his first time anywhere. What he meant was, Wednesday’s show, which kicked off a month-long tour (with more shows, […]
Steely Dan is Heaven in Concert
By Gary C.W. Chun Honolulu Star Bulletin For the baby boomers who nearly filled Blaisdell Arena to capacity Saturday night, two hours of Steely Dan — with intermission — was absolute heaven. Never mind that they had to wait nearly 30 years for Donald Fagen and Walter Becker to return to the Hawaii concert stage. […]
Be on Time for Steely Dan
By Tim Ryan Honolulu Star Bulletin Legend has it that musicians Walter Becker and Donald Fagen considered thousands of names for their then-new band. With the help of a computer, some of the lively monikers that came up were Penis Whip, Hard Donut, Chucky Upchuck, Thigh Patties, Virginia Mastic Wiener Whistle, Sucktion, Luvburst, Shredded Brain […]
Steely Dan Still Does It Well
By Stacey Vreeken Santa Cruz Sentinel SANTA CRUZ, Cal. — Call it revenge of the nerds or the triumph of music over rock stardom, but Steely Dan at the Chronicle Pavilion proved again that good music knows no age. The band seamlessly performed a concert heavily laden with hits from its heyday in the ’70s, […]
Steely Dan in Universal City
By Gabriel Sheffer liveDaily Contributor LOS ANGELES — With no less than 13 musicians onstage at the Universal Amphitheatre on Thursday night (10/2/03), Steely Dan was a formidable ensemble that proved virtuosos know how to rock too. Now back on the road with their second studio effort in three years, Steely Dan — the band […]
LA Concert Review: Steely Dan
By John Lappen Hollywood Reporter LOS ANGELES — A mere three years after their Grammy-winning triumph of “Two Against Nature,” a megasecond in the lifetime of a band that virtually ignored the call of the live stage in the ’70s and ’80s, Steely Dan has returned with both a vivacious new album (“Everything Must Go” […]
Steely Dan Delivers Pristine Pop
By Michael Senft The Arizona Republic Before we proceed with the review of Steely Dan’s concert, here are a few words of advice for Valley concertgoers. 1) When a concert is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. without an opening act, don’t wait until 8 p.m. to find your seats. Dozens of fans were still […]
Band Brings New Life to Old Favorites
By Dave Ferman Fort Worth Star-Telegram DALLAS — Even a serious Steely Dan fan was probably surprised when the group embarked on its first full-length reunion tour nearly 10 years ago. The Dan (guitarist/vocalist Walter Becker and keyboardist/vocalist Donald Fagen) were known throughout the ’70s for creating ultrasmooth, tuneful jazz-pop — and then not going […]
