Steely Dan has built a worldwide reputation primarily because of their legendary songs, but their quirky name also helped to pique listeners' interest. There was one night, however, when they had a ...

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 ...

A Vulture series in which studio musicians select their best performances. “I used to go all the way to the backroom, find a guitar, smash it against the wall, and go to the manager and say, ‘Hey, ...

Ask any two music fans what qualifies as yacht rock, and an argument is sure to ensue. Does Steely Dan count? (Absolutely.) What about Hall & Oates? (No, too East Coast.) In the late 1970s and early ...