Listening to Billy Joel's “52nd Street“ album and suddenly wonder... “what's this Steely Dan track doing here, am I on some weird shuffle? Doesn't really sound like Fagen vocals though…”
Turns out I was listening to track 4, “Zanzibar” - clearly inspired by the west coast dudes 🎹
And then an old friend from my college radio days who I told about the youngun who didn't know from Frank immediately responded with this song, so now it's on my mental soundtrack as well. TBH I think it's a safe bet the youngun wouldn't know from Steely Dan either. Or maybe even Aretha. Ah well, time flies when you're having. ("Typo" intended.)
"This is a 90s live gig with #VernonReid (Living Colour, Zig Zag Trio), #DennisChambers (#P-Funk, Santana, #SteelyDan), and JP Bourelly (#MilesDavis, Cassandra Wilson) and is an hour of both accessible and experimental jams of original material, as well as some very eccentric covers of The Meters‘ “Cissy Strut” and Sonny Sharrock’s “Dick Dogs”.
This old favorite is back again on my mental soundtrack, ever since I unearthed one of my Steely Dan concert swag shirts while unpacking (see previous toot for photo).
Professional musician most of my life and never heard the connection between Van Morrison’s “Domino” and Steely Dan’s “My Old School” until today. #VanMorrison#SteelyDan#Music
"Peg" is a song by the American #rock group #SteelyDan, first released on the band's 1977 album #Aja. The track was released as a single in 1977 and reached number 11 on the #US Billboard chart in 1978 and number eight on the #CashBox chart. With a chart run of 19 weeks, "Peg" is tied with "#RikkiDontLoseThatNumber" and "#HeyNineteen" for being Steely Dan's longest-running chart hit. In #Canada, "Peg" spent three weeks at number seven in March 1978. https://youtu.be/LI7NDDQLvbo