Steely Dan – The Second Arrangement
A Lost Masterpiece Finally Given Breath Before an Audience That Knew Its Weight When Steely Dan performed “The Second Arrangement” live on September 17, 2011 at the Beacon Theatre in…
A Lost Masterpiece Finally Given Breath Before an Audience That Knew Its Weight When Steely Dan performed “The Second Arrangement” live on September 17, 2011 at the Beacon Theatre in…
A Cool, Nocturnal Snapshot of Outsiders Drifting Through a Jazz Lit Dreamscape Steely Dan’s “Here at the Western World”, heard in this 2009 rehearsal clip, revisits a song that has…
Rare Footage Surfaces from Steely Dan’s Y2K Rehearsals for Sony Studios PBS Special Previously unseen rehearsal footage from Steely Dan’s January 2000 sessions in New York City has resurfaced, offering…
A Masterclass in Poise and Fire as a Familiar Song Is Reclaimed on Stage When Steely Dan performed “Dirty Work” live on 12 August 2006, the song emerged not as…
Two Late Night Moments Where Precision Met Playfulness and Steely Dan Reclaimed the Spotlight When Steely Dan appeared on the Late Show in 1995 and again in 2000, these performances…
A Meticulous Pursuit of Perfection Where Groove, Obsession, and Craft Become One When Steely Dan released “Peg” in 1977 on the album Aja, the song climbed to number 11 on…
Steely Dan Wrote This Song Just to Mock John Lennon From the restless streets of early 1970s New York City to the immaculate control rooms of Los Angeles, this story…
A Quiet Glow of Longing and Wit Illuminating the Corners of Steely Dan’s Early Craft When listeners explore the unofficial archival material collected under Found Studio Tracks, one of the…
The Subtle Tension Between Desire and Restraint in Early Steely Dan Sophistication When Steely Dan released their debut album Can’t Buy a Thrill in 1972, it reached number 17 on…
A Wry Confession Draped in Smooth Cynicism On Steely Dan’s 2000 album Two Against Nature, “What a Shame About Me” emerges as a quietly cutting reflection on human folly, delivered…