Steely Dan got labelled as “dadrock” by the Washington Post. Donald Fagen wrote a reply which was published on rollingstone.com
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The Hermit of Mink Hollow Road
It all comes from somewhere and it all happens at a certain moment in time someplace, somewhere. It was happening when when Miles Davis was recording Kind of Blue at Columbia’s 30th Street Studio in New York City. It was happening when Donald Fagen was recording the Nightfly at Soundworks Digital Audio/Video Recording Studios and […]
Donald Fagen went autobio: Eminent Hipsters
Donald Fagen thought that one day he would be an English teacher. Or a journalist. But a mixture of a psychedelic sugar cube and a bunch of bad musicians made him change his mind. The bad musicians played in a band and seemed to be having lots of fun. Donald liked that. During his college […]
My 5 unknown tracks for TEDxAmsterdam
“I’m working on the program TEDxAmsterdam, this year on November 6 at the Concertgebouw. I think we should do some special things with sound there … would you want to brainstorm with me?”
“Lennon and McCartney take two buses to some guy’s house who is rumoured to know a B7 chord”
“Bloody silly name that is, The Beatles. How corny can you get?”