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The Dukes of September was an American supergroup, formed in 2010 featuring Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs.The project was a resurrection of the previous New York Rock and Soul Revue, which featured the same three musicians and played a combination of hits from the members' respective careers as well as a wide variety of covers.
Dig was re-released in 2006, with the exception of the song 'Get on the Natch'. After a break in recording, he undertook a series of shows across the US in 2008. Two years later he joined Donald Fagen and Michael McDonald for concerts entitled the Dukes of September Rhythm Revue. His next album Memphis was released in March 2013.
Leonhart was born in New York City on 10 July 1971, daughter of bassist and composer Jay Leonhart and vocalist Donna Leonhart. [1] She was exposed to music from a very early age, attending her father's gigs where she saw him accompany famous singers such as Sarah Vaughan, Mel Tormé, and Peggy Lee. [2]
In 2010 and again in 2012, Jon joined the Dukes of September touring group which is composed of Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs. [4] On June 14, 2012, the band performed on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to promote their 2012 summer concert tour. [5] Herington also played on Fagen's album Sunken Condos.
Scaggs recalled: " 'Lido Shuffle was a song that I'd been banging around. I...took the idea of the shuffle [from] a song that Fats Domino did called 'The Fat Man' that had a kind of driving shuffle beat that I used to play on the piano, and I just started kind of singing along with it. Then I showed it to [David] Paich and he helped me fill it out.
The song was also a major hit in Canada, peaking at number two. It was a minor hit in the UK, topping out at #28. Scaggs is quoted as saying that the success of "Lowdown" was "an accident" and that, even though it was their favorite from Silk Degrees , he and the others involved in the making of the song thought there "wasn't a chance in hell ...
"Miss Sun" was never featured on an original Toto album — the demo track was released on Toto XX in 1998 — but in 1980 Scaggs cut the song with Bill Schnee producing and with Hungate, Lukather, Paich, and Porcaro providing backing. Dalbello chanced to be in Los Angeles and was invited to replicate her vocal contribution to the original demo.
Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator is a live album by Steve Earle and the Dukes. The album was released in 1991 and recorded live in London and Kitchener (misspelled in the liner notes as "Kitchner") Ontario, Canada, in October 1990. The title was inspired by an anecdote told by author Tom Wolfe in his 1979 non-fiction work, The Right Stuff.