Wasn't Rosie Vela's basically with SDan as backing band?
― Mark G, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 14:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think so. They've been working together a lot after disbanding Steely Dan, so no wonder they regrouped for two new Dan albums around 10 years ago.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 15:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
I reckon, btw, that Fagen's solo albums have sounded more Dan-like than Becker's and the one that as not produced by Becker as probably the most Dan-sounding of all (probably should have worked more with Gary Katz).
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 15:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
Becker's last solo album Circus Money is the best Steely Dan album of the last 30 years
― some dude, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 15:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
Following up on the High Llamas comment, I think "Checking In, Checking Out" from Gideon Gaye is by far their most Steely Dan-like song. It sounds like a long lost track from Pretzel Logic.
― Moodles, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 15:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
High Llamas are Steely Dan meets Beach Boys and Herb Alpert.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
Steely Boys are Herb Dan meets Beach Llamas and High Alpert
― jabba hands, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
There is something about The High Llamas which keeps drawing me back to them. They still make good albums. Never quite as good as Gideon Gaye, but certainly never bad albums. I will probably love all their albums when I really am on old git.
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 22:40 (1 year ago) Permalink