The band Glenn Frey hailed as the bravest songwriters: “We were always quite amazed”
Too cool for school.
Steely Dan
The Steely Dan song that left Michael McDonald completely defeated: “I wasn’t able to do it”
“I smoked way too much at that point.”
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.
