Some great players have run thru this band. Lets hear your fav's. Ron .
Mine, although it is tough to pick just a few

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifjVRdzapx4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBhSh_7gMlM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6xUa5ZS65E

Aja is a Fantastic album.......Front to Back

Bernard Purdie

John Herington

Larry Carlton

Jeff "Skunk" Baxter. A couple of guys I worked with actually threw down a few brews with him in Mudville Pub in Newport when he was here for one of the festivals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LKHCMmHOKQ&feature=related

Paul,
You must want to get my post count up !

I'll start with the drummers!

The Bobby Orr of drums ! King of the groove !
Steve Gadd,
This is legendary in the drum world because Steve did this in 1 take.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocfR3CIPFJo&feature=related

Rick Morotta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AslDzpaCURs&feature=related

Rick Morotta again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEhRnBSGPjA&feature=related

Jeff Porcaro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofhDF9ltv0M

Jeff Porcaro again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_fdJNeLlIs

More Jeff Porcaro, Jeff played on quite a few of their albums !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVQKiqCZ9No

Jim Hodder,
Played on a lot of their early songs including Dirty Work, Do it again, and this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j1Ol2rRxzY

Jim Gordon,
Jim was a major studio guy in the 70s, recorded with everybody!
He was also the drummer for a few of Eric Clapton's bands (derek & the dominos)
Jim co wrote the song "Layla" with Clapton (Jim wrote the piano 2nd half of the song)
Unfortunate Jim is/was NUTS !!!
Beat his mother to death with a hammer because he "kept hearing voices in his head) he's still in prison to this day !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm0Iq5ebU9U

More Jim Gordon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMLV05lqsx8&feature=related

Paul Keltner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhCo8KP-_xE&feature=related

Bernard Purdie,
This guy recorded on 100s of hits.
One of the funkiest drummers ever!
Invented the "purdie shuffle"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d23Z-_ki_Dc

Bernard Purdie again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inz9Sa_CVFs

More Bernard Purdie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aepm3FcShD8

Guitar players.
This is a pretty good mix of Dan's guitar solos. (played pretty well)
Most are the work of Larry Carlton (who of anyone was close to being a full band member)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZs4pK-aBuE
Skunk Baxter did the work on Reeling in the years.

Bass guitar.
Chuck Rainey !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x6uoNqH-_A&feature=related

Great stuff. Steely Dan are my 3rd favorite group of all time behind the Beatles and the Smiths. They were #2 while I was in college in the 70's. Can't Buy Me A Thrill was the first record album I ever bought.

Recent stuff is a little too jazzy for me, but their earlier music is classic. I think it was Denny Dias along with Skunk Baxter doing the guitar work on the earlier albums.

"Is there gas in the car?
Yes, there's gas in the car."

Way to monopolize a Thread there Ron......:hee:

yes denny dias. I would have mentioned it but no you tubes of him. I looked. I knew Ron would have fun with this one.

Way to monopolize a Thread there Ron......:hee:

Hey,
I only "monopolized" the drummers they used.
I haven't even started with some of the great sax players, back up singers, keyboardist/piano players, ect.....

Aja is a Fantastic album.......Front to Back

:agree:
I named first Dog Aja after that album.
SD has always been one my favorites since college.:smokin:

Bernard Purdie,
This guy recorded on 100s of hits.
One of the funkiest drummers ever!
Invented the "purdie shuffle"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d23Z-_ki_Dc

Gotta give a bump for one of my favorite bands.:wave:

good one Ron. My fav guitarist playing on that album. LC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQlTQpd5LVA&feature=related

This whole album is awesome



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9MiCUouS2g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocfR3CIPFJo


Back in the day..sunday mornings, bloody marys and SD was the norm. It just didn't get much better

I have really gotten into the 2 against Nature album lately. Fagen is really getting creepy looking though as he get older.:hs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC-7Luq6ds8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFV8ATd7pd8&feature=related

nother

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofhDF9ltv0M&feature=related

Another great Larry Carlton solo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AslDzpaCURs&feature=related

I think they are the only band whose output got better each time out from the first album to the last (at least in their first incarnation).

When you have talent and surround yourself with talent the sky is the limit

Another great Larry Carlton solo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AslDzpaCURs&feature=related



You got some great taste in musicians Paul !!!
Larry is one of my favorite guitar players.
Lots of people it's about popularity and not talent, Larry Carlton is one of the most talented guitarist around !

Yes he is and I own just about everything he ever did. From the theme songs of Hill street blues and Who's the boss to so many collaborations on others albums to the many, many solo albums he has put out. The consummate studio musician. You would be hard pressed to find a guitarist with his resume. He literally can do it all, and has

one for you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCM2K8kckGc&feature=related

one more for you Ron

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4LXq1NqU4A&feature=related

Carlton and Skunk, don't hardly get any better than that. Amazing to me that each album was so different and better. Can't really think of anybody else that could do that. Most bands I have the first two albums and then done, not them. Stopped at Guacho though.

I always wanted to hear Larry do an album with another great player and much his equal Lee Ritenour and when they finally came out with one, Larry and Lee, I was a happy camper.

Just realized these guys are doing shows @ the Wang center next month.
I need to get tickets !

Old, raw, and kinda dirty "Do it again"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXXmg2-6v-I&feature=related

Sounds straight off the album "Rikki"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOGjxhTKbtk&feature=related

Some contemporary live Deacon Blues:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck1N1I-LzWc&feature=related

Got tickets for my wife & myself for july 22 (Aja show @ the Wang)
Anyone else planning on going to a show ?

these guys really do have a style all their own

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x21geg_steely-dan-pretzel-logic_music

Tomorrow night @ the Wang center.
Can't wait !!! :drool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFKSyP5pNE0&feature=related

Have fun Ron. I am sure it will be great. Let us know how it was.

AWESOME show last night !!! :grins:
Played the whole Aja album, and as an added surprise the whole Royal Scam album, plus many other songs.
Some things that stuck out to me.

John Herrington on lead guitar was awesome, though Becker played a lot of lead stuff and is an incredible player also.

The 3 female backup singers were awesome !

Keith Carlock is a very gifted drummer but lackes the grove of Bernard Berdie & Steve Gadd (he plays like a white guy !!! )

Sounds great. I was really surprised how much lead Becker played when I saw them. They don't hire any bums. There is only 1 Steve Gadd:uhuh: