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Countdown to Ecstasy has similar lyrical themes to Can't Buy a Thrill. [9] It explores topics such as drug abuse, class envy, and West Coast excess. [15] " Your Gold Teeth" follows a jaded female grifter who uses her attractiveness and cunning to take advantage of others, [16] "My Old School" was inspired by a drug bust involving Walter Becker and Donald Fagen while they were students at Bard ...
Steely Dan is an American rock band formed in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, in 1971 by Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals). Originally having a full band lineup, Becker and Fagen chose to stop performing live by the end of 1974 and continued Steely Dan as a studio-only duo, utilizing a ...
The film is notable for early-career appearances by several artists: Richard Pryor has a small role playing his signature "wino" character; Wes Craven made his professional debut as the film's editor; [3] the film's soundtrack was co-written and performed by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, who went on to form Steely Dan. [4]
Steely Dan's last tour performance was on July 5, 1974, a concert at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in California. [4] Steely Dan disbanded in June 1981. [5] Becker moved to Maui, where he became an "avocado rancher and self-styled critic of the contemporary scene." [6] He stopped using drugs, which he had used for most of his career.
At one point in the documentary, Price rings up Donald Fagen, 76, the surviving full-time member of Steely Dan, the landmark '70s group behind yacht rock classics like "Ricki Don't Lose My Number ...
Katy Lied by Steely Dan (1975) — Solo on Chain Lightning; Images by Dan Hartman (1976) — Rhythm guitar and solo on Thank You for the Good Times; Songs for the New Depression by Bette Midler (1976) — Pedal steel on Let Me Just Follow Behind; Gaucho by Steely Dan (1980) — Guitar on My Rival; Schwartz by Eddie Schwartz (1980) — Guitar
Steely Dan set: On the Eagles tour, Fagen performs 10 songs drawn from Steely Dan’s 1972-1980 albums, and two cover songs to bookend his set. The show includes tracks from “Pretzel Logic ...
Jazz keyboardist Jim Beard, who played with Steely Dan for more than a decade, has died. The rock band confirmed Beard's death on its website. Jim Beard, longtime keyboardist for Steely Dan, dies ...