Oh hey, see it now. Yeah, he was something else. Teamed with Fagen they had a bunch of hits, some will know, some folks don't necessarily associate with them.
Deacon Blues
Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Do It Again
Peg
Hey 19
My Old School
Reeling In The Years
Kid Charlemagne
FM
Josie
Babylon Sisters
Lesser known personal favorites include
Time Out of Mind
Pretzel Logic
Aja
Bhodisatva
Black Cow
Chain Lightning
Royal Scam
Greenflower Street
Caves of Altamira
Many others.
I saw them about 8 or 10 times starting in 2000 when they toured again. Last was in October. Went up to NYC and caught one of their album shows.
I'm not sure folks realize how influential they were on other musicians. Kanye West sampled them recently. Jimmy Page has lauded them and some of the guitar solos in their contemporaneous music, though they had such different styles.
Fagen says he will continue with the modern version of the band. And I did see him just a few weeks ago here in Orlando, with a new band he's doing a few shows with and they played a lot of their stuff.
If you haven't seen either Steely Dan proper, or Fagen solo, and you are a fan of musicianship, tight bands that work hard, and clever lyrics, don't wait.
