Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen and Walter Becker were notorious for demanding perfection from their studio musicians, particulalry when it came to guitar solos. With a number of crème de la crème A-list ...

As the seventies wore on, the core members of Steely Dan—Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, who died this month at 67—became as well-known for their studio perfectionism as they were for their songs. The ...

I find it kind of fascinating that a nine-year-old boy would become intrigued with a band like Steely Dan. But that was the case for this young music fan in 1974. I was bit by the music bug when I was ...

You could fill a book with all the shady characters you meet in Steely Dan songs. Quantum Criminals is that book. Journalist Alex Pappademas and artist Joan LeMay take a deep dive into the genius of ...