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Reelin’ in the years: Ten essential Steely Dan songs

When I first heard that Steely Dan tribute band No Static was playing Bull Run in Shirley June 26, I … well, I made a bunch of jokes. The ’70s jazz-rock-fusion favorite comprising musicians Donald ...
Steely Dan is one of those bands with instantly recognizable songs. While they're considered pioneers of the yacht rock genre (even if founding member Donald Fagen doesn't particularly like being ...
There’s no story anywhere in music like Steely Dan. The Seventies jazz-rock masterminds have gone in and out of style over the years, but they’ve never been more popular, more influential, more of a ...
Jeff Cornell is a veteran music and entertainment writer, who has contributed to Variety, Billboard, Loudwire, The Hollywood Reporter, and MTV. Steely Dan carved out a unique place in music history, ...
Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, the masterminds behind Steely Dan, constantly surrounded themselves with the best musicians. It’s just that they were rarely the same musicians from one song to the ...
On their third album, Steely Dan got a little weirder, funnier, and more obscure. Pretzel Logic, released in 1974, is way out there much of the time, making the moments when Donald Fagen and Walter ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Steely Dan is one of those bands with instantly recognizable songs. While they're considered pioneers of the yacht rock genre ...
Steely Dan carved out a unique place in music history, fueled by studio perfectionism, potent and ironic lyrics and a jazz-rock sensibility that scored mainstream success while creating a cult ...