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Yacht rock gets celebrated — smoothly, of course — in new documentary

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What is the Steely Dan “Mu chord”? Breaking down the left-field chord voicings that will open up your harmonic world

What is the Steely Dan “Mu chord”? Breaking down the left-field chord voicings that will open up your harmonic world

This deep dive into the Steely Dan chordal approach is a masterclass in Donald Fagen and Walter Becker’s supreme harmonic awareness

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“They’re probably some of the first guitar solos I ever learned”: Trey Anastasio tackles Steely Dan classics in searing Songwriters Hall of Fame performance

The Phish guitarist honored Steely Dan and their session guitarists’ work with an extended version of the Reelin’ in the Years solo

“When someone wants to rehearse before the session, that’s the kiss of death”: Watch Lee Sklar’s YouTube playthrough of Steve Lukather’s Stab in the Back

Bass legend Lee Sklar used his “Frankenstein 4-string” on Lukather’s 2008 nod to Donald Fagen

“He likes first takes is what I learned from Stevie Wonder”: Watch session legend Dean Parks talk Innervisions, Steely Dan and Larry Carlton’s “magic” ES-335

The definition of guitar greatness is tracking live with Stevie Wonder and being asked mid-take to play a guitar solo on a fat-necked acoustic

5 songs you need to hear by Steely Dan: "Like a lot of kids in the ’50s, we were looking for some kind of alternative culture, an escape from where we found ourselves"

Across nine studio albums, jazz-loving perfectionists Walter Becker and Donald Fagen created a stunning body of work. Here are five of their finest moments

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More electrifying footage from The Midnight Special's Steely Dan treasure trove has surfaced

More electrifying footage from The Midnight Special's Steely Dan treasure trove has surfaced

You want Reelin' In The Years, with some awesome guitar from Skunk Baxter and the world's liveliest backing singers? You got it

"The song virtually played itself" - the Steely Dan classic starring Jimmy Page’s favourite guitar solo

"The song virtually played itself" - the Steely Dan classic starring Jimmy Page’s favourite guitar solo

From 1972’s debut Steely Dan album Can’t Buy A Thrill, Reelin’ In The Years accidentally benefitted from an engineer who neglected to run the tape

‘The most important cassette on the planet’: how Steely Dan fans uncovered their holy grail

‘The most important cassette on the planet’: how Steely Dan fans uncovered their holy grail

The Second Arrangement was accidentally wiped in the studio in 1979. Now a version found by the recording engineer’s family has the community ‘freaking out’

The Guardian - AU

Queer sounds: our writers on their favourite LGBTQ+ songs

Queer sounds: our writers on their favourite LGBTQ+ songs

For Pride month, Guardian writers have singled out their favourite LGBTQ+ songs, from Pet Shop Boys to Frank Ocean

The Guardian - US

Steely Dan: more 24-carat 70s rock gold from the Midnight Specia

Steely Dan: more 24-carat 70s rock gold from the Midnight Specia

Watch Steely Dan play the classics Reelin' In The Years and Do It Again (with Dave Palmer on lead vocals) in 1973

Countdown To Ecstasy: all hail Steely Dan's idiosyncratic visions of jazz-charged contemporary rock

Countdown To Ecstasy: all hail Steely Dan's idiosyncratic visions of jazz-charged contemporary rock

Steely Dan's initially overlooked sleeper Countdown To Ecstasy is back on wax

Steely Dan’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

Steely Dan’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

With November marking 50 years since their debut album, we pick the best of the band’s idiosyncratic output, with tales of capitalism, drug dealers and mid-life crises

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Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen apologizes to Aimee Mann after she accuses band of sexism

Turns out Aimee Mann didn’t look like a perfect fit to open for Steely Dan on the band’s twice-postponed summer tour — but not for the reason she initially suspected.

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