Five Best Walter Becker Guitar Moments: Steely Dan Sunday
Walter Becker aficionado Preston Frazier picks out five instances where the guitarist shined on both Steely Dan and his own solo records.
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The Five Best Steely Dan Guitar Solos: Steely Dan Sunday
Wondering about the best Steely Dan guitar solos? Play air guitar along with fanatics John Lawler, Preston Frazier and S. Victor Aaron.
Steely Dan Sunday: The Five Best Steely Dan Covers, Part 2
These selections just might surprise you, and in a good way, too.
Jackson Browne – ‘Standing in the Breach’ (2014)
Jackson Browne’s ‘Standing in the Breach’ is as layered as it is honest, as reflective as it is determined.
The Beatles reunite! (Well, kind of): More Perfect Playlists
With Lennon and Harrison’s untimely passings, this is as close as we’ll ever get again.
John Wetton On ‘Battle Lines’: ‘It Will Take Some Doing to Better That’
‘Battle Lines’ found John Wetton beginning anew as a solo artist after an on-again, off-again initial period with Asia.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, “American Girl” (1976): Into the Great Wide Open
Decades later, this is still one of the absolute best songs Tom Petty ever wrote, and one of the best tracks that the Heartbreakers ever recorded.
Joey Molland and Tony Kaye remember Pete Ham, Tom Evans + Badfinger: Gimme Five
The Badfinger legacy was ultimately left to Joey Molland who, with a group of collaborators over the years that’s included Yes co-founder Tony Kaye, soldiered on.
Nick Mason on Pink Floyd’s Once-Lost Collaboration with Stephane Grappelli: ‘I thought we’d recorded over it’
A rare alternate take Pink Floyd’s ‘Wish You Were Here’ featuring violinist Stephane Grappelli finally appeared on an Immersion reissue of the 1975 album.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, “Breakdown” (1976): Into the Great Wide Open
“Breakdown” is both Tom Petty’s first exceptional lyrical effort, and also his first really strong vocal performance.
