Steely Dan, 'Countdown to Ecstasy' (July 1973) Countdown to Ecstasywas Steely Dan's second studio album and the first to feature Donald Fagen exclusively as the lead vocalist. Though it didn't perform well commercially, it features well-known catalog tracks like "My Old School" and "Show ...
By 1974'sPretzel Logic, it was abundantly clear that Steely Dan, the band, really referred to its core two songwriters,Donald FagenandWalter Becker. But nevertheless crucial to the recording of the song "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" was drummerJim Gordon(a decade before he was sentenced to...
Grinding through Utah in a Buick Enclave crammed so full of cra….stuff I had to rely on the side mirrors. Fighting off narcolepsy from the endless rotation of Seals & Croft, James Taylor and Carly Simon. I ‘n’ don’t think I’m gonna listen to any Steely Dan for at least a year...
” the Beach Boys’ seminal 1966 love song. Released on their groundbreaking album 'Pet Sounds,' the track features lyrics from collaborator Tony Asher. In the 1995 documentary 'Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times,' Asher reflected on ...