After Steely Dan’s ‘Everything Must Go’ tour, Donald Fagen returned to the final installment of his so-called “Nightfly Trilogy.”

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Big Star is a band that you know, at least by sound and structure, even if you never knew them, you know? Roundly ignored across two early-1970s releases, their’s was the sound of the college-rock scene of a decade later. You May Also Like: No related posts.