Steely Dan is one of those bands with instantly recognizable songs. While they're considered pioneers of the yacht rock genre (even if founding member Donald Fagen doesn't particularly like being ...

A Vulture series in which studio musicians select their best performances. “We were baffled because, to us, it was very much a ‘Here’s the 11th-hour, late-bloomer song that went on the record.’” Photo ...

Steely Dan produced seven albums during their classic run in the 1970s, but critics disagree about the goodness of 1976's 'The Royal Scam.' ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The mid-70s was the era for rock groups "doing too many things at once". Yet Steely Dan stood apart from all of them. The musical ...