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He was talking about the drum recordings - session ace Steve Gadd came in, in a period when he was very frequently off his rocker on some substance or other, and laid down that magnificent drum track in only two takes, while high as a kite.
A few months later, when the album was being mixed and mastered, Gadd was coincidentally rehearsing with someone else just down the corridor and they brought him in, again absolutely off his face, for a listen. He sat, silently, listening to the whole of that eight-minute track, including his blistering drum solo in the middle section, before saying "That's cool. Who played drums on it?"
"Umm... you did, Steve."
"Oh right."
[long pause]
"I'm a motherfucker."
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
Great to see the SD love in this forum! I play in a SD tribute and now we've got to somewhere around the 60 songs mark in our repertoire, it's always a real bummer having to leave out any of them to accommodate a 2hr set!
I love the fact that their tunes can vary from country-rock to full-on jazz and yet it all has an unmistakeable Steely Dan sound tying it all together. Even their simpler stuff will have an odd subversive hook or lyric here or there to make it stand out from the norm.
My favourites do have a tendency to change all the time but I think we should definitely add a Walter solo tune into the mix as we cover a few Donald solos already. Downtown Canon is a personal fave...he had such a great feel for those slow reggae-ish grooves.
Am seeing them at the O2 in October and it's going to be quite a poignant evening. Last time they came over we had the bonus of Elliot Randall joining them for Reeling, so hopefully the band will still give us a similar night to remember.
End of an era....RIP Walter.
When I saw them in Birmingham in 2009, WB announced it as "A sleazy song about a sleazy individual" - perfect!
When I see my little cousin Janine walk in
All I could say was ow ow ouch
Honey how you've grown
Well we used to play
When we were three
How about a kiss for your cousin Dupree
In those little tops and tight capris
Actually, having had a listen to that album, I prefer "Jack of Speed".
Nearly Dan are very good and probably the main one in the UK that people know of. I'm seeing them next month.
Stanley Dee (great guitarist in that band) are another gaining popularity
Gas in the Car
Stealing Dan and Don (a lot of London pit players in that one)
This session guy plays in a tribute band in Ireland called Steely Dan Project and he does an impressive job on the various solos
I never got to see Danny Steel unfortunately. Have seen Nearly Dan but not for a long time...must sort that out soon.
It's been a revelation playing this stuff...it's the first band I've ever been in where it's purely for the love of playing the music rather than worrying about earning any money from it....which is quite fortunate really!!
initially the enjoyment of learning the stuff in a short time frame was great and the first few gigs were cool , theres a real kudos to playing the material but it soon wore off and just became another covers band ( 2 days out of your life in the north east for twenty quid ? fuck that ) also as an improvising musician it became stale real quick , ie i love it when john herrington plays his version of charlamange ! punters dont want to hear that so ....
Heres chris , neil and ian the notts contingent the dan collective ... may now be de-funked lol
rings of rare design ...
Nice vid and some tasty p!aying there!