Steely Dan roared out of the gate in 1972 ... Me Alive,” or the epic futile grandeur of the title track. It’s just that as stand-alone songs, I don’t think they work as well as the ones ...

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Jane’s Addiction guitarist says it helps to become disillusioned from time to time. He and Steely Dan's Walter Becker thought they could “make some easy money," but things didn't go to plan.

The original Steely Dan songs were so meticulously arranged and brilliantly played that it's a thrill to hear Walter Becker and Donald Fagen's musical fussiness copied so faithfully. Tedde doesn't ...

Dirty Logic started from a conversation after a gig one night, and from there it took on a life of its own. The band works hard to pay respect to Steely Dan by playing the music the way that it should ...

What makes a great song title? For artists, they typically want to keep titles as concise as possible to not only capture the song's context, but also make it memorable. There is no better way to ...

Eagles' "Hotel California" is based on a cult classic movie as well as some films by one of the best directors ever.

It turns out your pot-smoking uncle was right: Steely Dan songs are a technical marvel and this video explains why and how they're composed.

Enter “Gaucho 2022,” a concept playlist I created during a long boring day working behind a desk at Washtenaw Community College. The playlist consists of 25 hand-picked Steely Dan songs, alternating ...

With a title borrowed from a 1937 history of mathematics, references to Allen Ginsberg and Allen Watts, and a talking snake, all over a disco-lite beat with a jazzy, Steely Dan–ish gloss ...

Roberts won the contest with a cover of “Photograph,” a hit from the Def Leppard album “Pyromania.” Def Leppard launched the ...