The first Steely Dan album Donald Fagen could actually stand listening to
Not content.
Steely Dan
Steely Dan’s impossible song: “It’s very existence is a contradiction”
Beyond any guitarist’s capabilities.
The band Linda Ronstadt could never match: “They’re much better than me”
Well ahead of everyone else.
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.”