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Bill LaBounty feels the pain
The patron saint of divorce yacht is back with a new album that finds the singer-songwriter in vintage form, backed by members of a Steely Dan tribute…
 • Jake Malooley
The rhythm of Steely Dan’s revival
As "Alive in America" comes to vinyl, drummer Peter Erskine and bassist Tom Barney reflect on touring with Walter Becker and Donald Fagen in the '90s.
 • Jake Malooley
The unbelievable true story behind ‘Moonlight Feels Right’ by Starbuck
Bruce Blackman on how a horrific injury, a long-shot romance, and a virtuoso marimba solo collided in the creation of one of the most distinctive…
 • Jake Malooley
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A never-before-heard Donald Fagen interview
Longtime Conan O'Brien keyboardist Scott Healy talked to Fagen in 2006 about "Morph the Cat," the secret to his Rhodes sound, the magic of the "mu…
 • Jake Malooley
Steely Dan's gone to the movies
A survey of films that include the music of Walter Becker and/or Donald Fagen
 • Jake Malooley
In praise of weird Steely Dan photos
The stepdaughter of jazz legend Bill Evans talks about her backstage snapshot of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen that has become a much-memed fan…
 • Jake Malooley
Alison Rose (RIP) on Donald Fagen's nightmares
The former model and New Yorker writer, who died last fall, led a wild literary life fit for a Steely Dan song.
 • Jake Malooley
Steely Dan's big Grammys night, 25 years later
Engineer Dave Russell recalls the making of 'Two Against Nature' and the exhilaration of the 2001 Grammy Awards.
 • Jake Malooley
Larry Klein on making 'Circus Money' with Walter Becker
"It was fantastic drinking wine and laughing our asses off and exploring the dark territory of our romantic lives."
 • Jake Malooley
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