By Kevin O’Hare Newhouse News Service With their first new studio album in 20 years set for release, two of the most enigmatic stars to ever grace the pop scene are starting to actually interact with the real world. That might not seem like a big deal to some, but when it comes to Donald […]
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Steel Crazy After All These Years
By Jack Sawkin Glasgow Herald As someone once memorably remarked, dinosaurs weren’t exactly walking the earth the last time Steely Dan released an album of new material, but their tracks were still fresh. But, having been missing in action for most of the eighties and all of the nineties — their last studio album, Gaucho, […]
Steel Crazy After All These Years
Steely Dan: They may be older and fatter, but their sense of humour remains unchanged By Jack Sawkin Glasgow Herald As someone once memorably remarked, dinosaurs weren’t exactly walking the earth the last time Steely Dan released an album of new material, but their tracks were still fresh. But, having been missing in action for […]
Give Me the Jitters: The Case of the Mysteriously Bad Test Pressing
By Roger Nichols EQ I thought seriously about changing professions last week. How about tourist helicopter rides in Maui, or maybe just a hot dog cart on the beach in Miami. What about a house pet massage therapist in Montana, or a storm chaser in the Midwest? I could sell Pope-sicles in front of the […]
Steely Dan’s Countdown to Infamy
By Steve Hochman Los Angeles Times The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in May was full of excitement and controversy: Neil Young boycotted over the hall’s policies on reimbursing performers and televising the proceedings, there was turmoil about the exclusion of members of bands that had lineup changes, and one inductee (Joni Mitchell) […]
Steely Dan: Wembley Arena
By Samantha Wimsatt Chimera LONDON — Modesty prevents me from describing how deeply fetching I looked on this particular evening. Many hours of thought and experimentation preceded my decision to go with a black satin mini, spikes and a low-necked, plum-red sweater, vintage circa 1955 (during the interval Bernard Copland told me I looked like […]
The Second Coming of Steely Dan
By Lenny Stoute Toronto Star TORONTO — After all these years, the Greta Garbo of rock bands is finally coming to town. Garbo was a movie actress as famed for her elusiveness and aversion to appearing in public as for her over-acting. She gave the language the phrase, “I vant to be left alone,” and […]
On the Road, Steely Dan is Reeling in the Cheers
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
