By Kevin D. Thompson Palm Beach Post PALM BEACH — Walter Becker and Donald Fagen – better known as Steely Dan – are in the music business, but could very well star in their own vaudeville act. Example: Ask Fagen about the time he came down with a serious case of writer’s block and underwent […]
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You Can Buy A Thrill With Steely Dan
By Prentiss Findlay Charleston (SC) Post and Courier Steely Dan’s Walter Becker and Donald Fagen are comical and serious, excited and droll, confused and clearheaded. They are ready to “Do It Again” and don’t mind spending some time on the phone “Reeling In The Years.” Oh, yes, they’re looking forward to playing at North Charleston […]
Becker/Fagen interview on Pathfinder site
Moderator: Hang with us folks… Steely Dan is on the line… Typist: Testing…. Moderator: Welcome to the chat… sorry for the inconvenience Typist: We’re ready to go! Moderator: We’d like to welcome Walter Becker and Donald Fagen…who now hate us… Let’s get right to the questions… Donald pick up the phone… HoopsMcCann: Mr. Becker and […]
Interview with Walter Becker and Donald Fagen on MSN
Host Sam_Sutherland: Welcome to Music Central’s first on-line chat. Our guests are Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, the once and future Steely Dan, who recently released their first new album in 15 years, ALIVE IN AMERICA. It’s also the first live Dan album, and, as such, beats what were once high odds placed by most […]
Interview with Fagen and Becker on CompuServe
Glenn: hello everyone…. Glenn: welcome to an evening with Steely Dan Glenn: Donald Fagen… Glenn: and Walter Becker… Glenn: without further ado… TOM BREWSTER asks: Is East St. Louis Toodle-oo” the only cover Steely Dan has recorded? Steely Dan: WB – Yes it is Barney asks: Your classic Rikki Don’t Lose That Number … is the lyric a plea on the part of a friend of a […]
Interview with Becker and Fagen on Prodigy
Originally published on Oct. 17, 1995 Moderator (Speaker): Thanks for joining us for tonight’s chat with Steely Dan co-founders and rock legends Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. The duo is responsible for some of the greatest rock songs of all-time. Their new CD, recorded live on tour, is Alive In America. Please help us welcome DONALD FAGEN and […]
The Return of Steely Dan
Originally published on Oct. 1, 1995 By Mojo Magazine Once upon a time, they were the odd couple in rock. They wrote songs that featured knuckle-knotting chords and brain-twisting lyrics. They welded jazz and rock into an alloy so smooth and shiny it was impossible to tell where the one ended and the other began. […]
Interview with Walter Becker on America Online
OnlineHost: He hooked up with Donald Fagen to form Steely Dan. That was twenty-odd years ago. Their first album Can’t Buy a Thrill quickly went gold. The group went on to record a total of seven commercially successful and critically acclaimed albums which included Pretzel Logic (1974), Aja (1977), and Gaucho (1979) as well as numerous hit singles. OnlineHost: About 1980 or so, Steely Dan […]
The Reinventing of Walter Becker
Steely Dan’s resident reticent artist sings his own songs on a new solo album, 11 Tracks of Whack.’ He performs tonight at the Blockbuster Pavilion in Devore. By Chris Willman Los Angeles Times After more than two decades in the public eye, formerly close-mouthed Steely Dan co-founder Walter Becker put himself into the public ear […]
Steely Dan’s Silence is Broken
By Larry Katz Boston Herald Walter Becker is no longer Steely Dan’s silent partner. “My inner child is screaming like a banshee,” he says. That’s because his adult self is singing onstage with Steely Dan and on a first solo album, “11 Tracks of Whack,” which lands in stores Sept. 27. The seldom-heard-from Becker’s emergence […]
