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May 6, 2008

Q&A: Steely Dan's Walter Becker

The guitarist and reggae enthusiast talks his new solo LP and his future with Donald Fagen
August 28, 2006

Online Exclusive - Steely Dan Brings Its Jazzy Funk-Rock to Atlantic City

Smooth jazz icons descend on Atlantic City's Trump Taj Mahal casino for an uneven performance
March 24, 2006

NA Donald Fagen Gets Inspired

Steely Dan's co-leader talks about Charlie Mingus, Mick Jagger and "Morph the Cat", his first solo album since 1993
April 3, 2001

What a Shame About Them

Unlikely Grammy winners, Hall of Famers Steely Dan wax sardonic

Recordings and Reviews

Two Against Nature

Sure, Steely Dan are a decade or two late in delivering Two Against Nature, their follow-up to 1980's Gaucho. But time may finally be on the side of rock's most illustrious music geeks. The old knock on Steely Dan was that they were too good for their own good -- if Walter Becker and Donald Fagen...

2007 RS: 3.5of 5 Stars

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Less a band than a concept, Steely Dan was one of the most advanced, successful, and mysterious pop units of the '70s. Combining pop hooks with jazz harmonies, complicated time changes and cryptic, often highly ironic lyrics, the band sounded like no one else. Because of the perfectionism of founders Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, the outfit rarely toured, and toward the end, was composed almost ...

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