The reason why Steely Dan briefly had a different lead singer: “Fortunate to be there”

Before Donald Fagen was fully comfortable with being the lead singer of Steely Dan, David Palmer was briefly employed to be ...

The classic Steely Dan song Jimmy Page said was better than perfect: “That’s gotta be a 12”

Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page has always had his finger on the pulse, and once rated a Steely Dan song, better than ...
Uproxx

Walter Becker Is Gone, But Steely Dan Songs Will Never Stop Revealing New Layers Of Humor And Subversion

While reading the many fine tributes written over the weekend for Steely Dan’s Walter Becker — who died Sunday at age 67 — I noticed two common threads. The first is that people have been eulogizing ...
Houston Press

Steely Dan Still Shining, Still Reelin' in the Years

Steely Dan was, and remains, an anomaly. More on that later. The house was full Friday night at the Cynthia Woods Pavilion, despite the fact that the band (such as it is) has released no music that ...
Stereogum

Hear Steely Dan’s Previously Unreleased Cover Of Joni Mitchell’s “Carey”

A previously unreleased Steely Dan cover of Joni Mitchell’s Blue song “Carey” has been unearthed. As The Dan Vault‘s YouTube channel points out, the radio host Steve Acri played the track on ...
Slate

Steely Dan Is Getting Old

It’s been 30 years since Steely Dan came out with the first of nine albums that infused pop music with new layers of knotty harmonies, insouciant irony, and a cryptic poetry that Dylan might have ...
Variety

Steely Dan

Steely Dan has never been the most user-friendly of bands. But that may be changing, if the band's current show is any indication. Steely Dan has never been the most user-friendly of bands. For most ...
Houston Press

Steely Dan Fans Have Just Hit the Jackpot

Fans of Steely Dan — we see you lurking in either the “literature” or “true crime” section of the bookstore — have great reason to thank Brian Sweet’s mother for having him. After all, he is the ...
Decider

Steely Dan’s Walter Becker, Dead at 67, Featured Music in ‘The Simpsons’ and More

From the title song of 1978’s FM to an uncredited appearance of “Babylon Sisters” in last year’s The Simpsons‘ annual “Treehouse of Horror” Halloween episode, the Steely Dan music used in films and TV ...
Los Angeles Times

Appreciation: Walter Becker approached everything with irreverence — except Steely Dan’s music

Walter Becker wasn’t easily impressed. Addressing a crowd of show-business luminaries in 2001 as his band, Steely Dan, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he took a typically sly — and ...
NPR

Remembering Walter Becker Of Steely Dan

Steely Dan - that band's debut album in 1972 fused together jazz, rock guitar, drums, keys. And they just created this sound. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "DO IT AGAIN") STEELY DAN: (Singing) In the morning, ...
Miami New Times

Steely Dan

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