Before Donald Fagen was fully comfortable with being the lead singer of Steely Dan, David Palmer was briefly employed to be ...

The LP’s release is part of a campaign that will see Steely Dan’s first seven studio effort return to vinyl. The initiative, which is being overseen by frontman Donald Fagen, began in November 2022 ...

In the beginning, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker didn’t have much intention of being recording artists. They wanted to be songwriters. But none of the covering artists could do justice to their quirky ...

Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page has always had his finger on the pulse, and once rated a Steely Dan song, better than ...

Rock and jazz fusion band Steely Dan’s first studio album “Can’t Buy a Thrill” celebrates its 50th anniversary this November. Steely Dan formed when two Bard College students discovered their mutual ...

Steely Dan was, and remains, an anomaly. More on that later. The house was full Friday night at the Cynthia Woods Pavilion, despite the fact that the band (such as it is) has released no music that ...

Steely Dan are one of those bands you either love or hate. To some, they represent the highest peaks of songwriting and studio craft, with lyrical vignettes about lost souls and strange characters ...

The musicians per capita on stage was impressive on Saturday night, June 8, at the Pine Knob Music Theatre. And so was the musicianship displayed by Steely Dan and opener Snarky Puppy. It’s no ...

Take the body of work of any Classic Rock band—or that of any other genre—and you’d be hard pressed to name a group with more characters of note than in the lyrics of Steely Dan. Dr. Wu. Mr. La Page, ...

The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. “Third World Man,” the last song on Steely Dan’s 1980 ...

Eagles’ (Vince Gill, Timothy B. Schmit, Don Henley, Deacon Frey and Joe Walsh) final tour, “The Long Goodbye,” features special guest Steely Dan. New shows added include a date at Hard Rock Live at ...