Steely Dan , American rock band. Essentially a studio-based duo, Steely Dan drew from the gamut of American musical styles to create some of the most intelligent and complex pop music of the s. The band members were guitarist Walter Becker b. January 10, , Passaic, New Jersey. Gradually the duo dropped the pretense of being an actual band and ceased touring, preferring to nurture their eccentric ideas with a regular crew of studio musicians that included guitarists Larry Carlton, Elliot Randall, and Hugh McCracken, vocalist-keyboardist Michael McDonald, and drummer Jeff Porcaro. The absence of a formal group liberated Fagen and Becker, who did not have to devote energy to dominating other musicians.


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Steely Dan is an American rock and jazz fusion band founded in by core members Walter Becker guitars, bass, backing vocals and Donald Fagen keyboards, lead vocals. Rolling Stone has called them "the perfect musical antiheroes for the Seventies". After the group disbanded in , Becker and Fagen were less active throughout most of the next decade, though a cult following [2] remained devoted to the group. Since reuniting in , Steely Dan has toured steadily and released two albums of new material, the first of which, Two Against Nature , earned a Grammy Award for Album of the Year. They have sold more than 40 million albums worldwide and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March It sounded like, you know, like a black person, really. Becker and Fagen began playing in local groups. They looked like ghosts—black turtlenecks and skin so white that it looked like yogurt.
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May sees them back on the road for dates postponed from late the previous year. As mentioned, Steely Dan continue to perform live extensively. The best sounding cds ever,especially Aja and Gaucho. I sold high end car audio for several years and those two were my demo discs. Had the great fortune of seeing them perform at the New Orleans Jazz Fest a few years ago and Michael Macdonald joined them onstage for a few numbers. What a treat. Their main fault is they they are so studied, so tightly laced in their composition and playing that there is no room for them to breathe! I come fromm a jazz and blues background, and the freedom and looseness of good improvisation is missing. Technically Steely Dan are very good, just not my cup of tea.
We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our Cookie Policy. Steely Dan never subscribed to that aesthetic. Steely Dan created a sophisticated, distinctive sound with accessible melodic hooks, complex harmonies and time signatures, and a devotion to the recording studio. With producer Gary Katz, Becker and Fagen gradually changed Steely Dan from a performing band to a studio project, hiring professional musicians to record their compositions. Though the band didn't perform live between and , Steely Dan's popularity continued to grow throughout the '70s, as their albums became critical favorites and their singles became staples of AOR and pop radio stations. Even after the group disbanded in the early '80s, their records retained a cult following, as proven by the massive success of their unlikely return to the stage in the early '90s.