Chicago was on a roll in 2013, as the venerable band capped off the year with the release of the song “Crazy Happy.”

A lot of people are good a composing year-end lists. Taking that a step further, a friend asked me and a group of acquaintances to list our favorite 10 CDs of all time You May Also Like: How Johnny Cash Challenged Convention Once Again on ‘American Recordings’ Johnny Cash’s AmericanRead More

<<< BACKWARD (“The Great Pagoda Of Funn”) ||| ONWARD (“The Night Belongs To Mona”) >>> *** STEELY DAN SUNDAY INDEX *** Maybe Donald Fagen’s Morph the Cat is better than I remember; I still feel that the production is dry You May Also Like: Walter Becker, “Hard Up Case (LiveRead More

Clearly, this was a great night of music at the Dakota in Minneapolis. fDeluxe create infectious grooves that stick in your head.

<<< BACKWARD (“Brite Nitegown”) ||| ONWARD (“Security Joan”) >>> *** STEELY DAN SUNDAY INDEX *** Track 5 on Morph the Cat is an enigma; “The Great Pagoda of Funn” ranks with songs like “Maxine” and “On The Dunes” You May Also Like: Steely Dan, “Carey” (circa 2001): Steely Dan Sunday

I guess Houston-born Hamilton Loomis is compared a lot to Gary Clark Jr. but that’s not quite fair to Loomis. Sure, like Clark, he has formitable guitar chops. You May Also Like: Dave Clark Five – ‘All the Hits’ (2020) Gene Clark – Firebyrd (1984): On Second Thought

<<< BACKWARD (“What I Do”) ||| ONWARD (“The Great Pagoda of Funn”) >>> *** STEELY DAN SUNDAY INDEX *** Did Fagen hit his high water mark with track number four on Morph The Cat? You May Also Like: Donald Fagen, “New Frontier” from ‘The Nightfly Live’ (2021): Steely Dan Sunday

Hollywood has the unfortunate habit of taking an success and grinding it into the ground but remaking it until the essence of what made it successful dissolves. You May Also Like: Micky Dolenz Might Have Finally Figured Out What the Monkees’ ‘Head’ Was About Roger McGuinn, John Kay + OthersRead More

<<< BACKWARD (“H Gang”) ||| ONWARD (“Brite Nitegown”) >>> *** STEELY DAN SUNDAY INDEX *** While the album Morph The Cat represented the conclusion of Fagen’s musical trilogy, it was hardly an end. In fact, the album may represent the most productive stage in Fagen’s career. You May Also Like:Read More

Listening to a bass player’s album is like watching porn to me. At first it seems like a good idea, but a few minutes in I get bored and would rather nap. You May Also Like: Leslie Johnson – The Leslie Johnson Project (2015) Leslie Johnson Discusses Getting Funky onRead More