By Michael Senft The Arizona Republic Twenty-two years ago, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen dissolved Steely Dan, the band they had taken to stardom with such albums as Pretzel Logic, Katy Lied and Aja, despite a lack of concert performances. Ten years ago the pair reunited, and spent most of the ’90s on summer shed […]
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Dan Dares Again
They made it big — and lost it even bigger. Now, Steely Dan are back, with a new philosophy and a new album. And the thinking man’s hippies sound better than ever. By Robbin Eggar Times of London Donald Fagen and Walter Becker have always been too clever by at least two-thirds. They are so […]
Elliot Scheiner Interview
By Maureen Droney MixOnline.com I once heard a group of established engineers debate who was the best all-around engineer. It should have been a difficult question, given the opinionated nature of the average audio professional. But in a few minutes, they were in agreement: Elliot Scheiner. Another story: Not long ago, three producer/engineer/owners of a […]
Steely Dan: Reelin’ in the Accolades
By Stephen Humphries Christian Science Monitor In the rollicking 1973 Steely Dan song, “My Old School,” Donald Fagen defiantly sang, “I’m never going back to my old school.” But last Friday, he did. Thirty-five years after spending a summer studying at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Fagen returned, this time bringing his longtime […]
Now, Berklee is Steely Dan’s Old School
Rock Vets Accept Honorary Degrees With Terse Wisdom By David Abel Boston Globe For commencement addresses, which often can induce drowsiness or produce a panoply of platitudes, the bloviation quotient was minimal. Not surprising, perhaps, for the men behind Steely Dan, who have been recording albums filled with slick tunes and sly, dark lyrics for […]
Nature Boys
By Mark Felsot RockDaily.com It took four years of eligibility, but on March 19, jazz-rock brainiacs Steely Dan were finally inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The honor was truly a momentous occasion for guitarist Walter Becker and singer-keyboardist Donald Fagen, but you wouldn’t know it by their nonchalant demeanor at the […]
Steely Dan is Reeling in Recognition
By John Soeder Cleveland Plain Dealer Less than two weeks before their band, Steely Dan, would be welcomed into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker were still going back and forth about what to perform at the induction ceremony. “Hey, Walter, you know what I was thinking would be […]
Remembering ‘The Nightfly’
By Jim Clayton Bad Monkey X I missed the Grammys this year, since they aired while I was out on a gig. But my sources (one drunken friend watching a delayed satellite feed at 2 a.m.) described the momentary hush and murmur that fell over the audience before they burst into applause for Album of […]
Eminem Ripped, Steely Dan Beats Rap
By Jon Pareles The New York Times In the furor that surrounded this year’s Grammy contenders for album of the year, it may surprise no one to hear that one of the nominated albums included a song whose narrator gloats over his affair with an underage girl and tries to pressure her into a threesome. […]
Outsiders’ Night in Steely Dan
By John L Walters The Guardian LONDON — Great gig, but what a shame not to hear “What A Shame About Me.” It’s the perfect singalong anthem for fans of Steely Dan, since something in it chimes with misfits, jazz lovers and ill-groomed outsiders everywhere. And there are enough of us around to buy a […]
