Jeff “Skunk” Baxter on the “life-altering” impact of Steely Dan’s ‘Can’t Buy a Thrill’

The guitar icon reflects on the records that changed his life, including Steely Dan’s pioneering “yacht rock“ debut ...
The Lima News

The Dans to bring Steely Dan favorites to OC Prime

The Dans bring the sounds of Steely Dan to Old City Prime’s Upper Lounge this Saturday. Photo courtesy of Nathan Santos LIMA — Fans of live, local music may see a lot of familiar faces at Old City ...
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Steely Dan’s Classic Track Finds New Life in the Movie 'One Battle After Another'

Jazmin Kylene is a Miami-bred writer and editor with a decade-long career that spans all editorial genres, though she has a particular passion for music journalism. Upon graduating Florida Atlantic ...
Yakima Herald-Republic

Spin the Black Circle: Steely Dan inspires Yacht Rock genre, rejects label

Well into his 70s, Steely Dan cofounder Donald Fagen remains a contrarian. Along with the late guitarist and songwriter Walter Becker, Fagen wrote and sang some of the most biting and caustic lyrics ...
Yahoo

Steely Dan’s Denny Dias says his iconic Do It Again electric sitar solo was recorded on a lousy rental model

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Rick Beato YouTube Former Steely Dan guitarist Denny Dias has looked back on the making ...
Cinema Blend

With All Of The Music Biopics Happening These Days, Where The Hell's My Steely Dan Movie Already?

I'm going to have the (Deacon) blues if this movie never gets made. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Whenever somebody asks me ...
Rolling Stone

Every Steely Dan Song Ranked

There’s no story anywhere in music like Steely Dan. The Seventies jazz-rock masterminds have gone in and out of style over the years, but they’ve never been more popular, more influential, more of a ...
Mountain Xpress

Dirty Logic pays tribute to Steely Dan with a hometown show

DON'T LOSE THAT NUMBER: Each of the busy members of Steely Dan tribute band Dirty Logic has at least one substitute musician lined up in case they can't make a gig. Photo by David Simchock The recent ...
Vulture

John Mulaney’s Son Learned to Talk Because of ‘How Much He Hated Steely Dan’

This kid ain’t exactly Charlemagne. John Mulaney, a leading celebrity spokesperson for the music of Steely Dan, decided to take his recent Tonight Show appearance on a tangent about how his son, ...
The Cheat Sheet

Steely Dan Once Wrote a Song to Mock ‘Fool’ John Lennon

Like many artists in the 1970s, Steely Dan rose to prominence while following in the footsteps of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. The Beatles were a source of ...
American Songwriter

Behind the Meaning of Steely Dan’s Response to John Lennon, “Only a Fool Would Say That”

Lennon famously bared his desires for the world to know peace. Many would scoff at that idea. Lennon even acknowledged that in the lyrics in “Imagine”: You may say I’m a dreamer / But I’m not the only ...
NPR

50 years later, Steely Dan's 'Pretzel Logic' still sounds fresh

This is FRESH AIR. Rock critic Ken Tucker has noticed that there are a number of significant albums that are celebrating their 50th anniversary. And he's decided to devote a summer series to ...