The band that gave Steely Dan their big break: “Our first professional job”
“It was our first professional job, really”.
Donald Fagen
The song Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen gifted David Crosby: “I’m so honoured”
He was a Steely Dan superfan.
The music legend Donald Fagen said “didn’t work” as a songwriter
“…they don’t lend themselves very well to cover renditions”.
The genre Steely Dan were bored to death of: “The limited chord structure”
A far cry from their sound.
When Bob Dylan brutally rejected a Steely Dan: “Dylan passed up a good thing”
“Minor-key-drone tunes with three chords.”