Steely Dan Faq

Author : Anthony Robustelli
Publisher : FAQ
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Rock musicians
ISBN : 1495025128

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Steely Dan FAQ by Anthony Robustelli Pdf

(FAQ). Despite Steely Dan's popularity, its ability to cultivate an ever-growing base of avid and loyal fans, and its chart positions, relatively little has been written about the group. Steely Dan FAQ clears up some of the many misconceptions about the band and sheds new light on the genius behind the songwriting of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, the perfection of their productions, and the myriad musicians who have played a role in creating the distinctive Steely Dan sound. Steely Dan FAQ takes us through five decades of cryptic lyrics, sophisticated music, elusive interviews, dramatic interludes, and misconstrued sentiments. The band has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and has had the majority of its albums certified platinum or double platinum in the U.S., yet the story has not been fully told. Within these pages readers will gain insight into the influences, musicians, situations, and complications that created one of the most distinctive bands in the history of rock and roll.

Author : Barney Hoskyns
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781468316285

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Major Dudes by Barney Hoskyns Pdf

A “thoughtful, loving, and thorough portrait” of the pioneering musicians behind Steely Dan, featuring interviews, essays, reviews and more (PopMatters). At its core, Steely Dan is a creative marriage between guitarist Donald Fagen and keyboardist Walter Becker. It recorded several of the cleverest and best-produced albums of the 1970s, making them one of the most successful bands to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Major Dudes collects some of the smartest and most revealing interviews Becker and Fagen have ever given, along with intelligent reviews of—and commentary on—their extraordinary songs. Compiled by leading music critic Barney Hoskyns, Major Dudes features contributions from the likes of Sylvie Simmons, Fred Schruers, and the late Robert Palmer; plus rare interviews and reviews of Steely Dan’s early albums from Disc, Melody Maker, and Rolling Stone. With an introduction by Hoskyns and an obituary for Walter Becker by David Cavanagh, Major Dudes is essential reading for any rock afficionado.

Author : Donald Fagen
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781101638095

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Eminent Hipsters by Donald Fagen Pdf

A witty, candid, sharply written memoir by the cofounder of Steely Dan In his entertaining debut as an author, Donald Fagen—musician, songwriter, and cofounder of Steely Dan—reveals the cultural figures and currents that shaped his artistic sensibility, as well as offering a look at his college days and a hilarious account of life on the road. Fagen presents the “eminent hipsters” who spoke to him as he was growing up in a bland New Jersey suburb in the early 1960s; his colorful, mind-expanding years at Bard College, where he first met his musical partner Walter Becker; and the agonies and ecstasies of a recent cross-country tour with Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs. Acclaimed for his literate lyrics and complex arrangements as a musician, Fagen here proves himself a sophisticated writer with his own distinctive voice.

Author : Brian Sweet
Publisher : Omnibus Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781787591295

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Steely Dan: Reelin' in the Years by Brian Sweet Pdf

Reelin’ in the Years tell the remarkable story of the American jazz rock band who have sold over 50 million albums during a career lasting over 20 years: Steely Dan. Updated and revised for 2018. Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, a couple of cynical New York jazz fans wormed their way into a record contract and astonished critics with their first album Can't Buy a Thrill in 1973. Nine albums later, they were among the biggest selling acts in the world. Steely Dan were different from the rest of rock's super-sellers. They rarely gave interviews and, after some early bad experiences on the road, they refused to tour. They didn't have their photographs taken and few people knew what they looked like. Steely Dan weren’t even a proper group; it was two musicians and a producer, yet every top notch player in the world lined up to appear on their albums. This book, penned by Brian Sweet, the editor and publisher of Metal Leg, the UK-based Steely Dan fanzine, finally draws back the veil of secrecy that surrounded Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Here is the story of how they made their music and lived their lives.

Author : Brian Sweet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Rock musicians
ISBN : 184449425X

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Steely Dan by Brian Sweet Pdf

Updated and redesigned editions of the classic guides to the music of the worldâs best known acts. Written by experts, each book examines every song in a given artistâs recorded repertoire, making it an invaluable guide for collectors and fans alike.

Author : Don Breithaupt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2007-05-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781441115188

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Steely Dan's Aja by Don Breithaupt Pdf

Aja was the album that made Steely Dan a commercial force on the order of contemporaries like Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles and Chicago. A double-platinum, Grammy-winning bestseller, it lingered on the Billboard charts for more than a year and spawned three hit singles. Odd, then, that its creators saw it as an "ambitious, extended" work, the apotheosis of their anti-rock, anti-band, anti-glamour aesthetic. Populated by thirty-fi ve mostly jazz session players, Aja served up prewar song forms, mixed meters and extended solos to a generation whose idea of pop daring was Paul letting Linda sing lead once in a while. And, impossibly, it sold. Including an in-depth interview with Donald Fagen, this book paints a detailed picture of the making of a masterpiece.

Author : Steely Dan
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1995-10-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781458495211

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Steely Dan Complete (Songbook) by Steely Dan Pdf

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). All the songs from Can't Buy a Thrill, Countdown to Ecstasy, Pretzel Logic, Katy Lied, The Royal Scam, Aja and Gaucho 62 songs in all! Includes: Reelin' in the Years * Rikki Don't Lose That Number * Aja * Deacon Blues * Peg * Hey Nineteen.

Author : Jez Rowden
Publisher : On Track
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10
Category : Music
ISBN : 1789520436

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Steely Dan by Jez Rowden Pdf

Author : Steely Dan
Publisher : Cherry Lane Music
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Music
ISBN : 1575603136

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Best of Steely Dan by Steely Dan Pdf

A fantastic collection of 16 hits showcasing the sophisticated sounds of Steely Dan. Includes: Babylon Sisters * Bad Sneakers * Cousin Dupree * Deacon Blues * Do It Again * FM * Gaucho * Here at the Western World * Hey Nineteen * I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World) * Josie * Kid Charlemagne * My Old School * Peg * Reeling in the Years * Rikki Don't Lose That Number.

Author : Steely Dan
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1996-04-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781476803203

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The Best of Steely Dan (Songbook) by Steely Dan Pdf

(Guitar Recorded Versions). Transcriptions of 20 top hits, including: Aja * Deacon Blues * Hey Nineteen * Josie * Kid Charlemagne * My Old School * Peg * Reelin' in the Years * Rikki Don't Lose That Number * and more. Includes an introduction, photos and tab.

Author : Chris Charlesworth,Ed Hanel
Publisher : Omnibus Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Music
ISBN : STANFORD:36105121900067

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The Who by Chris Charlesworth,Ed Hanel Pdf

Updated and redesigned editions of the classic guides to the music of the world's best known acts. Written by experts, each book examines every song in a given artist's recorded repertoire, making it an invaluable guide for collectors and fans alike.

Author : Richard Williams
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780571261178

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The Blue Moment by Richard Williams Pdf

'It is the most singular of sounds, yet among the most ubiquitous. It is the sound of isolation that has sold itself to millions.' Miles Davis's Kind of Blue is the best selling piece of music in the history of jazz, and for many listeners among the most haunting in all of twentieth-century music. It is also, notoriously, the only jazz album many people own. Recorded in 1959 (in nine miraculous hours), there has been nothing like it since. Its atmosphere - slow, dark, meditative, luminous - became all-pervasive for a generation, and has remained the epitome of melancholy coolness ever since. Richard Williams has written a history of the album which for once does not rip it out of its wider cultural context. He evokes the essence of the music - identifying the qualities that make it so uniquely appealing - while making effortless connections to painting, literature, philosophy and poetry. This makes for an elegant, graceful and beautifully-written narrative.

Author : Brian Thornton
Publisher : Down & Out Books
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Die Behind the Wheel by Brian Thornton Pdf

This is the book of the expanding man. What’s the end result of a crazy scheme to match some of music history’s most evocative and memorable songs with twelve of today’s most entertaining writers? You’re looking at it. With this collection there’s no need to chase the dragon, tour the Southland in a traveling minstrel show, or drink Scotch whiskey all night long. You’ve already bought the dream. Covering every game in the Grammy-winning catalog of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker—collectively celebrated as Steely Dan—these compulsively readable stories will stagger the mind of ramblers, wild gamblers, and—of course—the winners in the world. From the suburban streets of Annandale to the mystical spheres of Lhasa…from the shine of your Japan to the sparkle of your China…from Sunset Boulevard to Camarillo and from Scarsdale to Brooklyn … put these twelve masters of crime fiction behind the wheel, and come along for a ride you won’t soon forget. Like a Sunday in T.J., it’s cheap, but it’s not free. Edited by Brian Thornton with a Foreword by Jeffrey Weber and stories by David Corbett, Nick Feldman, Bill Fitzhugh, Linda Joffe Hull, R.T. Lawton, Cornelia Read, Stacy Robinson, Brian Thornton, dbschlosser, Sam Wiebe, Simon Wood, and James W. Ziskin.

Author : Dale Sherman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781493050864

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John Waters FAQ by Dale Sherman Pdf

For more than 50 years John Waters has been staging a coup against the good taste of the American public. From the ultimate gross-out in Pink Flamingos to the amazing general-audience rating of his biggest hit Hairspray, Waters has been subverting viewers' expectations with comedies that stretch past the boundaries of even today's jaded audiences. A provocateur of bad taste in a glorious way, Waters started out as an outsider with a camera and a small circle of fellow delinquents. In tearing down icons of the silver screen, Waters would create his own that are used still by others in movies and television. And that's only part of the tale. John Waters FAQ looks at how a nice boy from the right side of the tracks would end up becoming a demon of society and the influences that drove his ambition in moviemaking. Also featured are biographical information of the Dreamlanders -- the actors and crew members who would join Waters on his adventures in filmland over the years, including Waters's best-remembered find Divine. Beyond chapters dedicated to the making of each of his films -- from Hag in a Black Leather Jacket to his most recent A Dirty Shame -- there are those covering his career as a writer and artist. Also reviewed are his acting career in other people's television shows and movies over the years, Water's interest in music, and projects that never were to be. John Waters FAQ covers it all in the career of a man who started out with a dream of becoming an underground filmmaker and became so much more.

Author : Donald Gibson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781617137020

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Elton John FAQ by Donald Gibson Pdf

This month, as Sir Elton John celebrates his seventieth birthday, Backbeat Books is thrilled to announce the release of Donald Gibson's Elton John FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Rocket Man. An exploration of Sir Elton's accolades alone could span several volumes: in a career spanning nearly five decades, he has sold over 250 million records worldwide, appeared in nearly 4 000 live performances, been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and received multiple awards and nominations from the Academy, GRAMMYs, Oscars, and Tonys. How can one possibly hope to examine the life and times of this peerless singer-songwriter, the most successful solo artist Great Britain has ever produced and the third-most successful artist overall in American music history? Why, with Backbeat's acclaimed FAQ format, of course! Like every other volume in the FAQ series, Elton John FAQ is overflowing with enlightening data, compact histories, rare photographs and period ephemera, all organized into chapters equally suitable for a straight-through read or random perusal. Gibson touches on every major episode from Sir Elton's life, from his humble, and at times disheartening, childhood in the North London suburb of Pinner to his serendipitous meeting with lyricist Bernie Taupin, with whom he'd form a songwriting partnership that would ultimately rank alongside Lennon and McCartney in its success, and beyond. Scrutinizing the highs and lows of a life crammed with musical phases and sartorial changes, the book underscores not only the renowned musician's talents, but the truth behind tales that are familiar only to diehard fans.