Take the body of work of any Classic Rock band—or that of any other genre—and you’d be hard pressed to name a group with more characters of note than in the lyrics of Steely Dan. Dr. Wu. Mr ...

Though Steely Dan were marketed as a rock band, Becker and Fagan drew inspiration drew from a deeper well. “Both Walter and I have a background that includes songwriting from the ‘20s, ‘30s ...

Two Against Nature mostly gets remembered today for beating out Radiohead’s Kid A, Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP, and Beck’s Midnite Vultures for the ‘Album of the Year’ Grammy Award in 2001.

Steely Dan blew through thousands of dollars—and as many as eight guitar players—just to nail down one solo. This is the inside story of the hit song "Peg." ...

How Jay Graydon nailed the impossible guitar solo in Steely Dan's “Peg" Joe Matera. Sat, June 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM UTC. 6 min read.

Longtime Steely Dan producer Gary Katz recalled having to fire Don Henley after the Eagles member tried to track vocals for the band's 1977 hit "Peg," but it didn’t work out.. Both groups were ...

Interesting gossip out of the classic rock world today: apparently Steely Dan producer Greg Katz once had to fire the Eagles’ Don Henley from tracking vocals on Steely Dan’s 1977 hit “Peg.” ...

The Steely Dan/Gen Z connection seems like a parallel to Joni Mitchell. Gen Z just gets them on a deeper level than any previous generation did. Joni is definitely a parallel.

Donald Fagen lead Steely Dan in a tour-opening performance on ... Number, The Goodbye Look, Dirty Work, Peg, Third World Man ... Cortez the Killer” with Lost Lyrics in ...