The only band Frank Zappa seemed to genuinely admire: “I’d give it a 98”
Musical outcasts.
Steely Dan
Five musicians who couldn’t stand John Lennon: “Ain’t no revolutionary”
“John Lennon ain’t no revolutionary. He’s a fucking idiot, man.”
The 1979 Steely Dan song that was almost erased from history: “Naw… scrap it”
The risks of tape recording.
A sunny May in 1976: Five songs turning 50 this month that changed music history
The month that punk missed.
The 1976 song Steely Dan used to ‘take the piss’ out of the Eagles: “They’re very droll”
“They’re very droll.”
The classic rock band that weighed Mark Knopfler down: “A swimming pool with lead weights”
An exhaustive studio session.
“It’s a hell of a town”: 10 locations of famous album covers across New York City
If those sidewalks could talk…
The story of the 1977 Steely Dan classic that went through eight discarded guitar solos
The band went through musicians like butter.
