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WIKI-- Although the lyrics are, at first glance, typically oblique and allusive, writers Walter Becker and Donald Fagen have stated that it was loosely inspired by the exploits of the infamous 1960s San Francisco-based LSD chemist Owsley Stanley[1] — although it conflates the core story with numerous other images of the Sixties. This is evident in the following lines: "On the hill the stuff was laced...
LOS ANGELES, CA - This is an unbelievable deconstruction of a hit song ("Peg" by Steely Dan) played by the world's greatest session musicians in the 1970's. These players knew they were great, too. Big budget record. High expectations. Lots...
A little self indulgence ... Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, song-writers extraordinaire, share behind the scenes interviews with the talented musicians involved in the making of the song Peg. Personnel : * Drums: Rick Marotta * Bass: Chuck Rainey * Electric Piano: Paul Griffin * Clavinet: Don Grolnick * Guitar Steve Khan * Solo Guitar: Jay Graydon * Percussion: Victor Feldman, Gary Coleman (not THAT...
New on Walter's homepage is a hi-res version of the "cover" of the digital-only EP. There's also an ad for Circus Money supposed to be shared and spread. So we'll do just that: P.S. And you can here the tracks from the EP (and album) if you listen to Radio Dupree !
October 1973 (35 years ago) marked ABC’s last-ditch attempt to garner a hit for this album: They released the single “My Old School,” backed by “Pearl of the Quarter.” It didn’t work.
So today is Sunday October 26, 2008. One day away from the online-only release of the three track ... uh ... "EP" from Walter Becker featuring S omebody's Saturday Night (Radio Edit), Bob Is Not Your Uncle Anymore (Radio Edit) and Circus Money Dub (Instrumental Remix) . All three songs from the album Circus Money . And as far as the radio edits go an "edit" usually means you shorten it and give it...
*The Long Island Music Hall of Fame Second Induction Gala on October 30, 2008 at the Garden City Hotel* The Long Island Music Hall of Fame Second Induction Award Ceremony and Fundraising Gala will be held on Thursday, October 30, 2008 – 7 PM at the Garden City Hotel, 45 Seventh Street in Garden City, New York. The second induction [...]
A few weeks ago we speculated that the "more to come"-line over on walterbecker.com might mean some remixes and/or dub versions of the songs from Circus Money. Looks like we were right as a new online only EP has been announced: Tracks: * Somebody's Saturday Night (Radio Edit) * Bob Is Not Your Uncle Anymore (Radio Edit) * Circus Money Dub (Instrumental Remix) The EP will be out October 27 and available...
Here’s Walter Becker and Donald Fagan with the rest of ‘Dan on The Midnight Special in 1972. Jimmy Page has said that his favorite guitar solo of all time was the one in “Reelin’ In The Years”. Did you know that Chevy Chase was once the drummer for Donald Fagan and Walter Becker’s previous band, [...]
In researching Sadowsky's Walter Becker Signature guitar for a recent Friday Strat , I also checked out the video interview of Roger Sadowsky at Behind the Notes , linked to at the guitar builder's homepage. Roger Sadowsky is one of the top guitar & bass builders around. Although he's highly sought and referenced as a bass builder (Will Lee, Marcus Miller, Tal Wilkenfeld, etc., etc., etc., ad infinitum),...
A few weeks ago DH were surprised to receive an invitation to an event at The Wallace Collection celebrating the launch of The Evening Standard's 1000 Most Influential People in London. It's not that we think that we don't have our own little sphere of importance. Waitrose, for example would be in an even worse state if it were not for my regular purchase of bags of mixed nuts &
(image:www.sadowsky.com) Anyone familiar with Roger Sadowsky 's reputation as a premier guitar & bass builder, will know that we're looking at some serious sweetness here! The Walter Becker Signature Model has just got to one kitchen clean, smokin' with the boys upstairs, Stratzle logicness of a classic old school axe! Click the image for bigger better views. The following specs indicate this Babylon...
By Jim Harrington There was one moment during Rickie Lee Jones’ performance at the Bankhead Theater that truly seemed to sum up her three decades in the music industry. It occurred when Jones, now 53, set down her guitar and picked up an unusual three-stringed, fretted instrument, which couldn’t have measured much more than three inches at [...]
Walter Becker is interviewed in the September issue of Mix Magazine as well as the November issue of Vintage Guitar Magazine . The latter also feature an article on Steely Dan guitarist Jon Herington . Mix Magazine is kind enough to have the article online for anyone interested in reading it. No such luck with Vintage Guitar Magazine . You just have to track down a copy of the paper version.
It's on! The first airing has been, but you have two more chances to catch one hour special of Walter Becker -music; he's the artist, the producer, the songwriter. Luciana, Madeleine, Rebecca and Krishna Das all show up. As does John Beasley and a couple of rare songs. A live version of Fall Of '92 can be heard on Alive In America , but have you heard the studio version that only made it onto a promo-CD?...
