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Rock 'n' Roll Artists A-Z...Steely Dan

http://www.steelydan.com/

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Named after a "character" in "Naked Lunch" (William Burroughs).

Steely Dan History

http://www.steelydan.com/faq.html

The Leather Canary / The Bad Rock Group (1967 - ? )

Walter Becker - guitar - b. February 20, 1950, New York, New York, USA.
Donald Fagen - keyboards/vocals - b. January 10, 1948, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.
Chevy Chase - drums
Band formed at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, USA.

The Don Fagen Trio ( ? - 1970)

Walter Becker - guitar
Donald Fagen - keyboards/vocals
Others?...
Walter Becker and Donald Fagen join Jay & The Americans band under the pseudonyms Gustav Mahler (Becker) and Tristan Fabriani (Fagen) from 1970 to 1971.

Steely Dan I (1972 - 1973)

Walter Becker - guitar/bass
Donald Fagen - keyboards/vocals
Denny Dias - guitar
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter - guitar
Jim Hodder - drums - d. June 15, 1990.
David Palmer - vocals

Album:
"Can't Buy A Thrill" (1972) - Singles: "Do It Again", "Reelin' In the Years"

Steely Dan II (1973 - 1974)

Walter Becker - guitar/bass
Donald Fagen - keyboards/vocals
Denny Dias - guitar
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter - guitar
Jim Hodder - drums

Albums:
"Countdown to Ecstasy" (1973) - Singles: "My Old School"
"Pretzel Logic" (1974) - Single: "Rikki Don't Lose That Number"
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter joins The Doobie Brothers.

Steely Dan III (1974 - 1981)

Walter Becker - guitar/bass
Donald Fagen - keyboards/vocals
Others - Studio musicians including Michael McDonald (The Doobie Brothers), Jeff Porcaro (Toto), Royce Jones (Ambrosia), Larry Carlton (Crusaders), Chuck Rainey, Wayne Shorter, and Tom Scott.

Albums:
"Katy Lied" (1975) - Single: "Black Friday"
"The Royal Scam" (1976) - Single: "Haitian Divorce"
"Aja" (1977) - Singles: "Deacon Blues", "Peg", "Josie"
"Gaucho" (1980) - Single: "Hey Nineteen", "Time Out of Mind"
Group disbands.

Steely Dan IV (1993 - ? )

Walter Becker - guitar/vocals
Donald Fagen - keyboards/vocals
Others - including Georg Wadenius (Blood, Sweat and Tears) and Dennis Chambers (The Brecker Brothers)

Album:
"Alive In America" (live) (1995)
"Two Against Nature" (2000)

Compilations:

"Gold" (1982)
"Citizen Steely Dan" (4-CD box set) (1993) - contains all seven remastered Steely Dan studio albums on four CDs. Great music...you can't lose with this.
"Catalyst: The Original Recordings (1968-71)" (1994)
"A Decade of Steely Dan" (1996)
"Best of Steely Dan" (1997)

Walter Becker solo:

"11 Tracks of Whack" (1994)

Donald Fagen solo:

"The Nightfly" (1982)
"Kamakiriad" (1993)

Discography

http://www.steelydan.com/discog.html

http://www.netxpress.com/users/steelydn/stdan/albums.htm

http://62.58.175.163/SteelyDanDatabaseScripts/metalleg.asp?#top

Lyrics

http://www.steelydan.com/lyrics.html

Images

http://www.granatino.com/sdresource/images.htm

http://www.netxpress.com/users/steelydn/stdan/danpix.htm

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