Steely Dan, “Any Major Dude Will Tell You” from ‘Northeast Corridor’ (2021): Steely Dan Sunday
No, there’s nothing transformational here; it’s just the Steely Dan band giving you the good stuff.
No, there’s nothing transformational here; it’s just the Steely Dan band giving you the good stuff.
Steely Dan’s “Hey Nineteen” has aged reasonably well. Unfortunately, the live versions are now missing two critical elements that Walter Becker provided.
“Rikki Don’t Lose That Number,” Steely Dan’s most popular single, doesn’t consistently make it on the set list. Are they bored with it too?
There’s a good reason that “Kid Charlemagne” debuted on the Citizen Steely Dan Tour in 1994 and has never left the setlist.
This lineup has played together longer than any incarnation of Steely Dan, so the results overall are excellent.
I’ve reached the end of this collection of great Donald Fagen songs with mixed feelings.
An expertly performed live version of the opus “Aja” is an advance single from the upcoming concert album ‘Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live!’
Here is the advance track “I.G.Y.” from the upcoming Steely Dan/Donald Fagen release ‘Donald Fagen’s The Nightfly Live,’ set to drop on September 24, 2021.
‘Everything Must Go’ boasts a warmth missing from 1977’s ‘Aja,’ the album Steely Dan fans usually gush over, as well as 1980’s ‘Gaucho.’
Don Breithaupt joined Ross Boissoneau to discuss career-shaping albums by Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell and Stevie Wonder.