Any Steely Dan guitarist needs to reach a certain level of musicianship, and Donald Fagen knew this guitarist had the sonic magic.

It’s certainly impressive that Steely Dan masterminds Walter Becker and Donald Fagen have contributed such a staggering group of hit songs to the canon of modern music. One imagines that, even after ...

Donald Fagen led a crack band through Steely Dan's greatest hits Friday night at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. Credit: Photo by David Clements Steely Dan was, and remains, an anomaly. More on ...

Is Steely Dan the greatest band of all time? Is Steely Dan even a band? If so, what kind of band are they -- rock, pop, jazz? Is their sound incredibly polished or annoyingly slick? The answer to all ...

At Winstar Casino in Oklahoma last Friday night, Steely Dan marched in with a sophisticated army of 13 musicians armed to mellow you out. The band’s music always has a peculiarly lukewarm character, ...

Steely Dan rocked the Lakefront Arena near the University of New Orleans campus on July 26, 2014. Their "Jamalot Ever After" tour kicked off in Portland, Ore., on July 2. Steely Dan's main men Walter ...

Issued 40 years ago this week, Steely Dan’s sixth studio album “Aja” is still a demarcation point for a great divide among rock listeners. The main bone of contention was picked at in Rolling Stone’s ...

All Vic Monaco has to do is show up and sing his favorite songs. It’s the other 10 members of Countdown to Ecstasy, an 11-piece Steely Dan tribute band, that have it a bit rough. “Playing Steely Dan ...