Lay down your Jackson and you will see
The sweetness you've been cryin' for

I like your taste in music. Thanks for responding.

In the distant past I was once known as "Steely Me"

Clean this mess up else we'll all end up in jail
Those test tubes and the scale
Just get them all out of here

Can you hear me call
On this old Ham radio?

All I got to say
I'm alive and feelin' fine
Should you come my way
You can share my poison wine.

No marigolds in the promised land
There's a hole in the ground where they used to grow
Any man left on the Rio Grand
is the King of the World, as far as I know.

Another great opener;

Agents of the law
Luckless pedestrians
I know you're out there
with rage in your eyes and your megaphones
Saying all is forgiven
Mad dog surrender
How can I answer?
A man of my mind can do anything


I'm a bookkeepers son
I don't want to hurt no one
Well, I crossed my old man back in Oregon
Don't take me alive

Both typed from memory. I know most of the lyrics by heart from all the albums to Gaucho as well as Fagens "The Nightfly" and "Kamakiriad"

Love them, love them, love them.

Oh man. Thankfully I was under the age of 18 back then when my CB handle matched my penchant for having fun and I got caught up in the nuance of youthful indiscretion. But I did not hurt anyone.

in the song "Time out of Mind"

That is one dragon I won't be chasing.

What is "Chase the Dragon"?

A test to see how old you are!

Be it the urge to rediscover ones enjoyment through chemical enhancement in ever increasing doses or the natural endorphins that come from "love" and other facts of life.

"Chasing the Dragon" is a specific way of smoking Heroin.

Take a pece of aluminum foil or similar heatproof material, place a hits worth of "C-Dubs"....China White Heroin on the end, hang the foil off the edge of the table or other flat suface and heat the Heroin from below with a lighter.

The crystals will liquify and wiggle around, looking sort of like a Chinese Dragon and start to smoke. Inhale the smoke as it rises and you are "chasing the dragon."

Don't ask me how I know this!


FWIW, I'll be 56 next month.

(Edit here) I read that the song "Dr. Wu" is about/dedicated to the person who helped Fagen kick his Heroin habit way back when.

It was the scare tactics used in the 60's and 70's that set my mind to thinking chasing a dragon was a futile adventure and you just get deeper into trouble the more you chase him.

I won't ask or tell of any smoking craters of past indulgence.

I would love it if Michael McDonald shows up. I believe he lives nearby. Here's hoping.

I listen to them a lot. The ones I listen to most are probably Katy Lied, The Royal Scam, Pretzel Logic & Aja. I have all of their albums in my iTunes. Love listening to them.

Enjoy the concert tonight.

Let us know how it goes!

And yes, I'll let you know how it goes. The first two shows on their tour were last night and tonight in my town. I chose tickets for the second night to give them a chance to work out kinks from the first night.

Those jazz-groove sounds will stay with you for months.

You know, now that I think about it every one of their albums is great, from start to finish.

If I had to pick a favorite two I guess I'd say The Royal Scam & Katy Lied. But every single one they did is great.

Can't wait to hear about the show!

The Asheville show from 97. They opened with Welcome to my Nightmare. I had to explain who Alice Cooper was to our new Project admin. She just shrugged her shoulders. 24.

f*** 'em if they're unaware

He's one of my favorites!

Your co-workers as musically impaired.

Love Steely Dan: Josie, Rikki, Aja and Deacon Blues, of course.

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by my favorite band Kung Fu, joined by a number of players from Steely Dan.

Kung Fu has outrageously good musicians.

way too deep for most droogs .

Intelligent lyrics is an understatement.

"Well the danger on the rocks has surely passed
Still I remain tied to the mast
Could it be that I have found my home at last?
Home at last.


How many popular groups in the history of recorded music have ever so elegantly woven a reference from Homer into a song?

color me jealous.

I hope you enjoyed it.

need to find the first one somewhere, it's my favorite next to "Aja"

At the Palace of Auburn Hills (Home of the NBA Detroit Pistons).

15,000 45 year olds singing "My Old School"! It was very cool!

I've seen them 5 or 6 times since, including twice more in the Detroit area. They played "Pine Knob" - now DTE Music Theater - an outdoor ampitheater not far from The Palace. In fact, their "Live In America album has several tracks recorded at Michigan concerts and I was at all of them.

I've seen them last time at the Barbara B. Mann center in Fort Myers, FL.

I have always admired Becker and Fagen for their incredible attention to detail and professionalism, not to mention just..their craft. I enjoyed them every single time I've seen them.

Between Becker and Fagen, they have a LOT of music since they released "Gaucho" in 1980.

Have fun and dance in the aisle!

They are coming here this summer on a double-bill with Elvis Costello.

Be prepared for the practically geriatric crowd!
I remember looking around and thinking - what are all these OLD people doing here?
First time I REALLY realized that I was inching towards an expiration date.

At one concert, a guy in the front row died of a heart attack during the opening number of the Doobie Brother's set!

I've gone to see them about five times, and one solo Donald concert. They are my one and only,

They played a really great show last night. A jazz trio opened for them: drums, jazz organ, and one guy who switched between vibes/saxophone/flute. The opening band wasn't listed on the tickets or signage, and they announced their given names, but never the band's name. Anyway, they were good and they had the crowd ready to see the Dan.

Steely Dan played a really great set. They went for almost 2-1/2 hours. Donald Fagen can still hit all the notes. Walter Becker was in fine form. Steely Dan, as constituted last night, consisted of 13 people: Fagen, Becker, a lead guitarist, bass, piano, drums, 3 backup singers (they were great), Baritone sax, tenor/alto sax, trombone, and trumpet. As you would expect, the band was really tight, really talented.

1. Black Cow
2. Aja
3. Hey 19
4. Black Friday
5. Deacon Blues
6. Show Biz Kids
7. Time Out of Mind
8. Two Against Nature
9. Razor Boy
10. Bodhisattva
11. Daddy Don't Live in That New York City
12. Home at Last
13. Band Intros/Solos vamping on a blues structure
14. Josie
15. Peg
16. My Old School
17. Reelin' in the Years
18. (Encore) Kid Charlegmane

I had hoped to hear Dr Wu, Midnight Cruiser, Haitian Divorce, Green Earrings. But that's just me being greedy. This was their tour opener. If you get a chance to see them in the coming weeks or months, I'd highly recommend going.

I love Steely Dan.

Also, one of my favorite albums is Becker & Fagan: The Early Years
http://www.discogs.com/Walter-Becker-Donald-Fagen-The-Early-Years/release/1838975

I've seen them in concert and also saw Donald Fagen a couple times.

I was pregnant with one of my kids (teens now) at a Steely Dan concert and the baby was kicking away through the whole show.

They had absolutely FABULOUS band with them, and it was one hell of a memorable concert

1. "FM (No Static at All)" (from the movie FM) 4:50
2. "Black Friday" (from Katy Lied) 3:33
3. "Babylon Sisters" (from Gaucho) 5:51
4. "Deacon Blues" (from Aja) 7:26
5. "Bodhisattva" (from Countdown to Ecstasy) 5:16
6. "Hey Nineteen" (from Gaucho) 5:06
7. "Do It Again" (from Can't Buy a Thrill) 5:56
8. "Peg" (from Aja) 3:58
9. "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" (from Pretzel Logic) 4:30
10. "Reelin' in the Years" (from Can't Buy a Thrill) 4:35
11. "East St. Louis Toodle-oo" (Duke Ellington and Bubber Miley, from Pretzel Logic) 2:45
12. "Kid Charlemagne" (from The Royal Scam) 4:38
13. "My Old School" (from Countdown to Ecstasy) 5:46
14. "Bad Sneakers" (from Katy Lied) 3:16
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Decade_of_Steely_Dan

I have it in my music library.

Steely Dan is awesome ( in the words of my young 1972 born self ;0). And looks like they played amazing sets at the concert! Awesome !!!!

I took notes of the set list last night. It really was a great show. And you were born the year Can't Buy a Thrill came out. I'd say that's auspicious.

Just checked 33 and saw the set you heard / saw. Awesome, Disgustipated!!!!!

Oh, if you haven't check out Classic Albums: Aja On DVD, definitely do. It shows Fagen and Becker at the control room console playing back and dissecting the album track by track, amongst interviews with the group. Awesome.

On another edit. Thanks... Can't Buy A Thrill also happens to be way up here in my CD collection. Coincidence????? ;0)

So good that they are heavily used during sound checks for testing and calibrating equipment pre show.

I was a total outcast in high school, band nerd, freak, stoner and their music seeped into my soul. Everything about their music made sense to me and helped me feel o.k. about being a misfit.

I've seen them about 4 times since then, starting with their regrouping as New York Rock and Soul Review in Cincinnati in 1991. Best show- 1996 Gorge Amphitheater in George, WA. A friend of mine who used to run a fan internet site called "Under the Banyan Trees" was friends with Don and Walt and had will-call tickets courtesy of Walter Becker, so we had the best seats in the house. My friend got to go backstage and hang.

Worst show- Dukes of September in San Antonio. Horrible, drunk audience and Donald was obviously not into it (and tells about what a shitty mood he was in during that particular show in his book, Eminent Hipsters).

Have fun.