Steely Dan, an American rock band, have been making music for almost 55 years - but some fans are only just realising the ...

When we think of Steely Dan, we tend to think of ornate, jazz-tinged arrangements and twisting narratives that can be difficult to decipher. Now and again, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker threw us a ...

People have shared their shock after only just learning how Steely Dan got their stage name - with some admitting they 'love their music but hate the story behind their name' ...

It looked for quite some time the legacy of Steely Dan would be confined to the ‘70s, a decade their music helped define. Who could ever have expected that they’d make a grand return, sounding eerily ...

You’re basically standing by and waiting for a call,” he explains. “It’s kind of like a combination of an EMT, a carpenter, ...

For all of the strange detours in Steely Dan's discography, what does the phrase in the middle of 'Deacon Blues' actually mean?

Anyone would want to highlight the big names on their songs, but these music legends came as a major surprise on first listen ...

No theory practitioner would advise you do as these great artists did, but the brilliance of their songs speak for themselves ...

Guitar great Jeff Beck’s “Blow By Blow” and Tommy Bolin’s “Teaser” are favorites of several of our respondents. Other ...

Steely Dan’s “Katy Lied”: This is the fourth of the seventh excellent jazz-flavored pop albums released between 1972 and 1980 by Donald Fagen (piano, vocals, lyrics), Walter Becker (bass ...

Walter Becker, who with Donald Fagen formed the nucleus of the truly unique creative presence of Steely Dan, elicited career-long admiration from fans, critics and those close to him. On Becker ...