The band Linda Ronstadt could never match: “They’re much better than me”
Well ahead of everyone else.
Steely Dan
The jazz musicians who shaped Walter Becker and infused Steely Dan
The jazz artists that moulded ‘The Dan’.
The one person Donald Fagen called a musical alien: “A little guy from outer space”
An otherworldly influence.
The Steely Dan lyric Donald Fagen thought nobody understood: “Take the lyrics more literally”
Just a silly love song…with a twist.
The album that sent Donald Fagen into a depression: “I didn’t like what I was doing”
Fagen’s breaking point
The jazz albums Donald Fagen wanted to avoid: “I was so snobby”
“I didn’t like funky jazz that much.”
The album Steely Dan were never satisfied with: “Could be blamed on mechanical failure”
Getting wrecked in the mixing stages.
