Music Appreciation

happybird

(4,608 posts) Tue Jan 26, 2021, 06:11 PM Jan 2021

Steely Dan on Old Grey Whistle Test: Reeling in the Years

My YouTube algorithm is mining some gold today. I don’t think I’ve ever seen old, live footage of Steely Dan.

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Steely Dan on Old Grey Whistle Test: Reeling in the Years (Original Post) happybird Jan 2021 OP

That was great! dchill Jan 2021 #1

I usually don't like drmeow Jan 2021 #2

That's Jeff "Skunk" Baxter Playing Lead ProfessorGAC Jan 2021 #3

dchill

(38,505 posts)

1. That was great!

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Tue Jan 26, 2021, 07:11 PM

Jan 2021

drmeow

(5,020 posts)

2. I usually don't like

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Wed Jan 27, 2021, 11:37 AM

Jan 2021

live recordings (love live shows but prefer to listen to studio recordings) but that was awesome!

ProfessorGAC

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3. That's Jeff "Skunk" Baxter Playing Lead

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Wed Jan 27, 2021, 05:14 PM

Jan 2021

He didn't play the iconic lead on the studio version. That was Elliott Randall who played it.
Skunk is good, but he's no Elliott Randall.
Walter Becker, the guy who plays that clever guitar piece before the two leads (Baxter plays the harmony part) is a wonderful guitar player. But, his ego was so in check that he thought nothing of having someone else play the leads.
I saw these guys on the one tour they did until MANY years later. Decades actually.
Small college about 40 miles north of our house. I want to say 1974.
They were superb! Redbone was the opening act!
That was a good show. Musicianship just flowing off the stage.

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