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Steely Dan
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...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6xUa5ZS65E |
Aja is a Fantastic album.......Front to Back
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Steely Dan Sidemen
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.
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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=ocfR3...eature=related |
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Rick Morotta again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEhRn...eature=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=PMLV0...eature=related |
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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. |
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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:
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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.
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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..... |
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I named first Dog Aja after that album. SD has always been one my favorites since college.:smokin: |
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good one Ron. My fav guitarist playing on that album. LC
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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-7L...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFV8A...eature=related |
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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).
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When you have talent and surround yourself with talent the sky is the limit
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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=CCM2K...eature=related |
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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.
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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.
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Just realized these guys are doing shows @ the Wang center next month.
I need to get tickets ! |
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