Bill Withers built a Hall of Fame career by challenging convention
Highly personal songs addressing both personal and political issues propelled Bill Withers into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Supertramp – Crime of the Century: Deluxe 40th Anniversary Edition (2014)
Supertramp’s ‘Crime of the Century: Deluxe 40th Anniversary Edition’ is a remaster befitting the classic pop-prog album’s legacy.
Best Steely Dan Drumming Performances: Steely Dan Sunday
Here are Steely Dan’s five best drum performances, selected in tandem by our panel of Steely Dan authorities.
Best Steely Dan Ballads: Steely Dan Sunday
S. Victor Aaron picks five standout Steely Dan ballads.
A new Steely Dan album? Here’s one that would be dandy: Steely Dan Sunday
We humbly offer up suggested songs for a new Steely Dan album, culled from outtakes, live-only songs and one famous erasure.
Steely Dan Sunday: Songs That Got Us Hooked on Steely Dan
Our panel of Steely Dan fanatics reminisce about that magic moment when their minds were blown away by the artful brilliance of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker.
An Appreciation: Joe Sample and the Crusaders, “It Happens Everyday” (1977)
Remembering a drop-dead gorgeous tone poem that was so emblematic.
Steely Dan Sunday, “Gullywater” aka “Funky Driver” (1975, unreleased)
Another cut with great promise, only to be shelved along with so many other ‘Katy Lied’ session nuggets. Perhaps not a Top 5 tune lay in the heart of this beast, but a heart that was very much ALIVE.
Steely Dan Sunday, “Mr. Sam” (1975, unreleased)
It’s everything one would expect from a song of the mid-Jurassic period of Steely Dan.
Steely Dan Sunday, “Stand by the Seawall” (1977, unreleased)
A crystalline peak behind the scenes of Steely Dan’s studio gigs.
