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Steely Dan hated touring. That’s been the accepted narrative for a long time. But it’s one former guitarist Jeff “Skunk” Baxter questions. *“I’m not sure that’s actually 100% true,” he tells UCR\. “I know [\[Walter\] Becker](https://ultimateclassicrock.com/tags/walter-becker/) and [\[Donald\] Fagen](https://ultimateclassicrock.com/tags/donald-fagen/) enjoyed the concept of saying \[that\], but we toured a lot in the beginning\.”* Baxter has logged countless studio hours with artists like John Mellencamp, Carly Simon, Ringo Starr and Joni Mitchell. Still, his lengthy stints with both Steely Dan...
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It’s well-known that, due to music industry contracts, it’s often impossible for artists to prevent their music from being used in ways they don’t like. In the instance of Steely Dan seemingly being unable to stop covers band Sixwire from performing “Reelin’ In the Years” at the Republican National Congress this week, the band decided to react by offering an alternative suggestion. “Hey! Sixwire: If you want to play our music, how about playing ‘The Man in the Tin Foil Hat’?” read an image post on the Steely Dan website and social media channels, with no additional text seemingly needed. READ ...
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Phish‘s Trey Anastasio paid tribute to Steely Dan on Thursday at the band’s Songwriters Hall of Fame induction, taking the lead on a medley of two of their beloved hits. You can watch the performance below. Anastasio handled guitar and vocal duties on a funky rendition of “Kid Charlemagne,” which was cut short after the solo and segued into “Reelin’ in the Years.” The Phish bandleader took an extended solo on the outro to the latter song. READ MORE: The Night Steely Dan Performed Under a Different Name Who Was in the Songwriters Hall of Fame 2024 Class?Along with Steely Dan, the Songwriters Ha...
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Michael McDonald has detailed his failed attempt to “make some easy money” by selling cocaine. It was the ‘70s and McDonald was a member of Steely Dan’s touring band, while also providing backing vocals on their albums. The rockers’ common interests extended beyond music, as they were also frequent cocaine users at the time. In a moment of inspiration – or stupidity, depending on how you view it – the musicians devised a plan to sell drugs on the side. McDonald details the scheme in his new memoir, What a Fool Believes. He and Walter Becker decided they would “buy about a half ounce of some of...
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