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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 Eagles will embark on their own long road out of Eden this fall for a farewell tour expected to last into 2025. "We know how fortunate we are, and we are truly grateful," the band said in a ...
Pop-rock band 311 announced it had canceled upcoming European tour dates due to the “rising costs of touring overseas,” which made completing certain portions of the tour “unfeasible.”
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 ...
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.
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 ...
In common with other Steely Dan albums, The Royal Scam is littered with cryptic allusions to people and events, both real and fictional. In a BBC interview in 2000, songwriters Walter Becker and Donald Fagen revealed that "Kid Charlemagne" is loosely based on Owsley Stanley, the notorious drug "chef" who was famous for manufacturing hallucinogenic compounds, and that "The Caves of Altamira" is ...
Drink your big black cow and get back in here. Donald Fagen has simultaneously released two new live albums — one under the nearly 50-year-old banner of Steely Dan; one billed as a solo album ...