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There's things I've had, there's things I wanna have"
Keith Carlock’s drumming is simply other worldly. One of, if not the best drummer I’ve ever seen live.
The rest of the band were top notch as well. Jon Herington is Jon Herington; but Keith Carlock man. Holy shit.
There's things I've had, there's things I wanna have"
OH FUCK OFF.
I know they had a mic stand set up that wasn't really used (with exception in one song I think Fagen used it, when he was stood up playing the weird keyboard/recorder thingy), which my dad thought could have been a nod to him, but I would have thought he would at least get a mention - unless it's still too raw, which is fair enough I guess!
I just thought it was a bit weird.
(Not my video, likely to get pulled eventually, so watch while you can...)
Anyway, yeah, he did mention Walter quite fondly on the quick 2017 British Isles run... and during that tour they played Book Of Liars too on some dates with an accompanying photo montage (omitted from the O2 show in London due to earlier curfew than normal, apparently). So I guess he's kinda started to move on now... he's said in interviews that he doesn't even wanna be touring as just 'Steely Dan' but that the promoters are basically forcing it.
Re the gig last night though, superb stuff... band was on even better form than last time, which was quite something. Steve Winwood sitting in on/singing Pretzel Logic was excellent, I know they did that a while ago on an Aus/NZ tour so glad he dusted off those charts.
We got Babylon Sisters in the pre-band-intro slot, they've been doing Home At Last and Deacon Blues as well, and I would have preferred DB simply due to not hearing it before, but it is what it is.
Was a bit lame that there were no video screens... hard for people in the back of the arena to see much, but the acoustics at Wembley are soooooo much better than they used to be. I was very close to the desk so that was a plus regarding what I was hearing for sure.
Herington was awesome as usual. Just the greatest blend of his own thing plus the important phrases/licks people wanna hear. Could listen to him play all day and all night.
Wembley show was awesome. Right up there with the best gigs I've ever been too.
That said... I thought Steve Winwood and his band lacked energy and engagement in their performance (if you can call it that). However, that was quickly forgotten when Steely Dan took hold of the night. An arena that had seemed overly large - with some distant chaps on a distant stage - during the Winwood set.... became cozy and engaging.
And although I enjoyed SW, as you say, they lacked a bit of energy I think....I still find it strange that he's 70 years old though, he only looks about 50!
And yes - where was the Bass player ? Fairly sure he wasn't using Hammond Bass pedals.