User: SteveeDan ... in post-gig post land | Month: 7 | Day: 31
Message: Rajah -- You are too kind !!! Playing at Hermosa Beach is always tons of fun. I want to send my gratitude to Paul and Tony from the Mighty Doctor Wu band for coming down to see us. I've said this before and I'll say it again ... it is really heartwarming to have the support of another SD tribute band who can hold their own ... with any band. I feel lucky to be included in such a great society of ardent Steely Dan lovers ...
Rajah ... thank you for taking lots and lots of photos with my camera. I am downloading them to my computer right now and will take a long look at them.
I also want to thank Shelly L. for coming to see us. Your presence really made my day. You too Norm de Plume, n'est pas?
... and having a few iced Irish coffees at Hennessy's Pub didn't hurt either. Yeah, yeah, ... a wee swallie indeed.
User: Rajah of Erase(calling SteveeDan) | Month: 7 | Day: 31
Message: Whilst we await more reviews from Borgata and NY State Fair and the promise of Gina, two-three, your intrepid Danophile left the Rajah Palace and attended the Hermosa Beach Labor Day Festival of Chicky-Boom. Pretzel Logic with our beloved SteveeDan on the 88s minus some gave the beach crowd two stunning sets. So many SD fans who knew the songs cold in attendance. The conditions for soloists were adverse. The PL horns never sounded better, horn players LOVE the outdoors. Our rhythm section, Jake and Paul were bankable assets. How small do I feel criticizing the Donald's inability to conquer the outdoors and expertly sing the material when my boy Warren couldn't win for losing because of the mix. But Warren is a great choral singer, so he had the presense of mind to switch gears and rely heavily on the verrry formibable back up lady and gentleman singing with him. Kudos. The crowd told me sonething about the demographic Our Boys command. OK, old, old, they're old. You can see the smile force its way across their mugs when they finally get that it's "PEG!" Priceless. They love FM; one of my prohibitive bugaboos. The guitarists, Mark Snarly Vincent and David Cowboy Hill, could rival Warren Haynes & young master Trucks from the current and impeccable incarnation of the Allman Bros. Classic scratcher vs. bad dude guitarists. The crowd went wild and PL broke curfew the way SD couldn't on opening night in Costa Mesa, still burned up about that.
Our goodwill ambassador, SteveeDan, was especially screwed by the mix. That boy is a keyboard wizard, he can play anything. In mi countri, we love heeem.
User: WJAZ | Month: 7 | Day: 31
Message: OLEANDER:
Did you make any attempt to convince Donald and Walter to play in a venue that would be beneficial to folks like Steviedan, myself and you? I suggest Ghost Town or Santa Land... somewherez close. Thanks for the review...
User: Aussie | Month: 7 | Day: 31
Message: Wormy: I second that emotion. By the way, I still need a good electronic mail address from you to dump some awesome pics of the Dan live this year.
Your last postte said to dump 'em here but there was no email address attached.
So glad to see the band add Lunch With Gina. Hoping they'll also amend their set list to include Pixeleen by the time we see them at the Roseland gigs. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease?????????????
Off to the beach now......we'll cheque in later.
Aus
User: wormy | Month: 7 | Day: 31
Message: DON AND WALT
great to hear Lunch With Gina
absolutely great
but
with this gem comes heartbreak
for the love of God
DO NOT
REPLACE
THINGS I MISS THE MOST!!!!!!
the divorsiants in the crowd will never forgive you
and you might just lose those keys to your audi tt
your ever faithful topsoil admirer
sir worm tom
User: Beth-O-Matic | Month: 7 | Day: 31
Message: To: Walter and Donald.....I went to your Mohegan concert....superb without question/discussion. I request "West of Hollywood" to be played at Oakdale Sept 10th.
Yours Truly. Beth of Shoreline.
User: Hank Silvers | Month: 7 | Day: 31
Message: As noted elsewhere, Lunch With Gina was on the set list last night at the Borgata show. Followed Haitian Divorce, replaced TIMTM. I saw Pete Fogel after the show and chatted a few moments with him about the set change and the improv intro Ted Baker has added to My Old School.
Quite a show last night. The audience reaction reminded me of the recordings of the New York Rock and Soul shows, when it was evident that most everyone in attendance had already resigned themselves to never hearing a live version of Home At Last, and was properly thankful that they were getting the chance.
There was wild cheering just when the house lights went down, even more when the band took the stage, and especially when The Principals appeared and began Aja. In turn, last night's audience seemed to give the band that extra energy that makes a show memorable.
Roy: superfine description of the colourful events. One image stays with me, though: where I live, the National Weather Service issues storm warnings and tornado warnings, even blizzard warnings. To date, never any prophylactic warnings.
And I don't want to be there when they do...
User: Floridavid | Month: 7 | Day: 31
Message: Ole-Thanks for the Rich Color!C'mon Sept 16th!
Everynight lately, I'm sticking way more Dan than the Tourist's can handle in my set lists. Just my way of gearing up for the real deal.
Big Shout Outs to all my GB Pals. David
User: ggggggggg | Month: 7 | Day: 31
Message: Gina lives!!!!!!!!!
User: Ma... don't let 'em give me the chair! | Month: 7 | Day: 30
Message: Manassas 2003
Roy, you're way too kind to this old pentatonic scale hacker.
It was really wonderful to see you and Oleander and fezo again. Great to meet the Permasqueeze and Shark DeVille at the show. Wish we could have spent a lot more time together.
What an awe inspiring night it was! The Steely Dan Orchestra NEVER sounded better. Keith Carlock infuses energy into this band that puts them on a whole different level. You could tell that those folks were having a great time on stage. When you go to most concerts in general you usually pick out one or two musicians in the group who really stand out. In this band everyone is a shining star. The mix from the seventh row was perfect and the show flowed so smoothly from song to song that it really was almost overwhelming. My writing partner Jim Burnette and his lady went to the show with us and it was his first time seeing them live... something he had always wanted to do. He told me later that chills went down his spine when they started some of the tunes.
Hearing songs like Time Out of Mind and Caves live was like a once in a lifetime experience.
I had been curious about that Cubana Chant. Trying to imagine what it would be like. Reminded me a little of Two Against Nature (the song). A cool Latin time signature. It may have even been 6/4 but I don't know cause I was too busy looking to see the boys come out from the wings. What a moment that is! That ultra-laid-back saunter that Don does blows me away. He looks like he's so relaxed he's going to melt into
the floor at any moment. WB is all business walking out and they receive a well deserved ovation.
Seemed to me like Becker's solos were mixed just a little low and he didn't seem to be having a particularly "on" night as far as his guitar playing but I thought his vocals sounded great. Haitian Divorce works perfectly for him.
Herington was amazing. He'd start the solo off so you knew what it was (Peg) and then go into overdrive, but tasty as you want it to be. He never strays too far away from the feel that the guitar should have for each song. He nailed some incredible solos on My Old School, Don't Take Me Alive, Kid Charlemagne and Peg.
Black Cow (Roy's favorite) was a real highlight for me. The tempo was just a tiny bit slower than the original and I thought that gave it an even slinkier feel. Very cool.
Things I Miss the Most was beautiful. Really wonderfully executed.
The energy that builds as they get to those last four or five songs in the 2nd set is intoxicating.
Ted Baker, a star among stars, comes back with a beautiful little solo piano prelude that evolves into the ever recognizable intro to MOS and the place goes nuts!
I envy those who didn't know that one was coming.
And it was over all too soon. Really a great night.
Thank you Donald and Walter for getting back together and continuing to write great music. And thanks for touring so we can all get to see just how talented you guys really are. And take a side trip over to Europe as well next time.
I'm not even gonna talk about Carlock's Josie solo. Words can't describe it.
Hutch
User: SteveeDan | Month: 7 | Day: 30
Message: Hey Rajah - you'll only know for sure tomorrow. Is your mojo rising?
So, everyone, take Rajah's advice ...
put your monkey in your fez and come on out ... to ... yep, here it comes ...
PRETZEL LOGIC LIVE IN HERMOSA BEACH ... oops, sorry, I forgot ...
S H A M E L E S S .. P L U G G I N G .. T I M E ... ... ...
PRETZEL LOGIC LIVE IN HERMOSA BEACH TOMORROW SUNDAY AUGUST 31 AT 3 PM. WE WON'T STOP UNTIL 6 PM.
COME SEE RAJAH PLAY WITH HIS MONKEY-FEZ !!! BOFFO !!
SteveeDan
StveeDan - I got a nasty rumor you guys aren't doing Green Flower Street tomorrow at Hermosa Beach Pier at 3:00 PM put your monkey in your fez and come out. Why is dat?
User: Rajah of Erase | Month: 7 | Day: 30
Message: StveeDan - I got a nasty rumor you guys aren't doing Green Flower Street tomorrow at Hermosa Beach Pier at 3:00 PM put your monkey in your fez and come out. Why is dat?
User: Beers ... | Month: 7 | Day: 30
Message: Moll: people get ready ... there's a train a comin ........
User: Stevee(darn)Dan | Month: 7 | Day: 30
Message: Hey JayDubs ---
Man ! I really wish I could come over right now. It's early Saturday afternoon and I am on child patrol ... tomorrow the band plays in Hermosa so the wife will be stuck with the 5 year old ... so I have him today.
I'm not complaining ... I always have a great time with the boy ... but I really wish I could be up at your studio. Thanks for those photos of the Dead posters. I recognize them somewhat ... from the album cover. I haven't seen those that you put up. Great artwork ... I'm getting all swirly just looking at them.
JW we SHALL get together soon. I'm serious. And I'm looking forward to it.
Have a great Labor Day Weekend Everyone !!!
SteveeDan
User: Roy.Scam | Month: 7 | Day: 30
Message: Oleander~ Splendid description of the evening at Manassas, August 27. Made me feel as if I was right there with you. Oh wait! I WAS right there with you. Well, thanks for putting down the words to help me mentally re-create it in case, some day, in a fit of senility, I forget what a day and night it was. -- I'm so glad I talked you into this trip.
If anyone is sitting on the fence about attending the Dan 2003 tour, don't listen to that cautious, frugal, inner self. Plead, threaten or trick yourself into it. Get up in your own face if necessary. I myself, was indecisive: The expense, the mileage, the abandonment of other matters of importance, the exhaustion and anticlimax of the next day's return to work. Not to mention the previously unknown deterrents such as drowning and simultaneous electrocution by multiple converging lightning bolts. But my friend Oleander saved me from that bugabear mentality with her gift for organizing forays and her enthusiastic style of persuasion. And now I won't have to hate myself for missing an irreplaceable experience. And now I won't also have to hate those among you who have had the good fortune to make a stop on this tour.
WHAT I DID THIS AUGUST 27TH
As fezo and ole described, the WHETHURR (That's the worst spell of weather we've had around here in a long time) was real, real bad for a while there. Earlier, I'd spent 4 hours driving through a perfect pastoral day in my convertible with the top down; then when we started heading for Manassas, it instantly became wrath-of-God, last-20-minutes-of-Ghostbusters, meteorological mayhem. How bad was the storm? We're talking lightning bolts with 10 to 20 tributaries slashing from Mars to the core of the earth in no-point-no seconds. Even Danfans on the way to a Dan concert appeared momentarily distracted. The Audi we were in was nearly split into two separate T's. But the distraction only prevailed through the most flagrantly life-threatening crashes, then group reverie was restored.-- One of the evening's highlights was when we approached the pavilion and the loudspeaker was repeating the message, 'If you're not within the gates, you are advised to return to your vehicle until the worst of the storm subsides." along with some mumbling about the National Weather Service and it's prophylactic warnings. This was a highlight for me because I don't remember a single person turning back or even slowing down. These were Steely Dan fans on what might be a final pilgrimage. What possible PA announcement could turn back that crimson tide? The bad weather lasted through the first third of the show and neither the audience nor the players experienced dampened enthusiasm; the storm kind of came off as a really elaborate light show. In all honesty, I was real impressed with Donald's nerve. Imagine having the brass balls to sing "Godwhacker" under a tin roof, surrounded by electrical equipment, when lightening bolts were already striking within twenty feet or so.
Any description of the concert I might offer would probably sound like Cinquegenarian babbling, but don't be misled by my verbal limitations, they were sensational! This group of musicians is ... Shit! I don't have any words to convey it. Just trust me. If you don't see them, you're a lame ass. (Sorry, sometimes it's necessary to become abrasive; it's for your own good.)
Perhaps I'll try to do commentary on the concert later, but Oleander did it about as well as possible. Thanks to Ole and Fezo and Dave for a great time. Sorry I missed Bill and the Australians, but it was good to see Hutch again. When a musician of his caliber is raving, you know you're hearing primo stuff.
Don't deliberate. Just go.
RS
User: Moll the Mistress of Mayhem | Month: 7 | Day: 30
Message: St.Al, *kisses* for your shoulder...poor darlin :-(
Fife, I wrote you from E-mail address listed on here. Tell me if ya got them. I'm up to my ears in fresh vegetables... I've canned tomatoes, tomato juice, salt pickles, corn, beans and made some peach chutney this last week. Have you got any decent salsa recipes?
Oleander, nice review! Yeah I'll write and/or call your Boss about your Gran ;-).
BB, Fingers....Where the hell are ya keeping yourselves?
Dennis, get in touch with me. Your Auntie worries. ggggggrrrrrrrrr!
off to sulk about not seeing Steely again...
User: DACW | Month: 7 | Day: 30
Message: t: Perfect! I have the only 4 cylinder Van in Texas...it's power is only 30 wpm as well!
Jimbo: I was being a little facetious, and agree...Chris Rock's putdowns on the fly would be the ONLY reason to watch (I'm sure there will be 35 reruns). Unfortunately, I'm too cheap to buy HBO viewing to catch his or Dennis Miller's shows, but I've seen him here and there on Specials and remember Chris Rock as about the only funny person on SNL besides Chris Farley for a couple of years. Yeah, the Madonna, Britney, Christina smooch-off was pure staged hype. Boring really...again nothing that couldn't be seen on HBO or Cinemax or Stern nightly...it's like the videos - what ever happened to the music or even the music video? (I contend there was no reason to go on after the Snowbound video - what a cool, weird one! and worth getting the Kama DVD-A alone) There was a critic in the Baton Rouge paper who reveled in doling out the occasional ZERO STARS for an album or movie or putrid quality ...and who once wrote about a Modonna album - to paraphrase: "I could give this latest Madonna album a review of some sort. But Why? It's like reviewing a can of tuna fish! It's pure product, and you know exactly what you're getting. Zero Stars."
A good portion of the press has just gotten into the E! machine mode...celebrities of all types are given a royal family treatment - a combination of worship, contempt, and fodder for papparzi feeding frenzy...like they say: Any Press is good Press...a poor excuse for culture...I prefer mine now on the bottom of a cup of tantric yogurt.
User: Jimbo | Month: 7 | Day: 29
Message: DACW-I didn't see the awards, but I kinda thought the press purposely overlooked Chris Rock's condemnation of MTV (ex-music television) in order to look on Madonna's indulgent suck up (no pun intended) to those two brats.
I think I'd rather hear Rock's commentary, especially on Ruben of American Shit , I mean Idol. Chris said that with Barry White's death and Luther's illness, he hopes that somewhere, Ruben is eating a salad.
User: Jaydubz | Month: 7 | Day: 29
Message: Steeve ~ Thanks, man! You'll have to come up and fool around the studio sometime...any way you can break away on a Saturday afternoon? Got a slew of new synths in the ever-expanding rack, including a Yamaha Motif Rack (same soundset as your S-90), a Roland XV-5050, an Emu Vintage Pro and a Korg MS2000R...and no more being relegated to working through headphones!
The poster is a Griffin known as the "Hawaiian Aoxomoxoa", because it kinda' bears a resemblance to the original Aoxomoxoa Avalon poster (and cover of subsequent Dead album of the same name, on which Rick modified the image to fit the square LP format). The concert was supposed to take place in Honolulu, with opening act It's a Beautiful Day ("White Bird") but was cancelled at the last minute. The first edition had a VERY limited run, and it's one of the many holy grails of Rick Griffin collectors. It's bigger than the subsequent (two) printings, and goes on the market for 4-5 grand. Unsigned seconds retail at about $350.00, signeds much more since Rick's no longer around to sign 'em. It's a beautiful image - of the hundreds of posters in my collection, I picked 10 to decorate the studio walls, and that was one of them. The image ABOVE the mixer is a hand-signed lithograph of the Yes/"Relayer" album by Roger Dean, another fav! When you come over, I'll break out the poster collection and take ya' down memory lane!
Original Avalon Aoxo -
http://www.sunnycot.demon.co.uk/images/aoxomoxoa.jpg
Hawaiian Aoxo -
http://www.dking-gallery.com/pix/Dead/Haoxo.jpg
User: tones | Month: 7 | Day: 29
Message: St. Al - your one hand at 30 wpm is still faster than my two. I think the lovely Mrs. St. Al should pour you onto a plane to Dallas, and maybe DACW can come and collect what's left of you there and point you in the direction of the show, if for no other reason so that D & W can know the sound of one hand clapping.
But just in case, there's still great seats available for Concord.
seriously... stay medicated and keep one flap down...
Hey ole... loved the colour, with the special effects and everything.
Same for everyone else... It's like following them from city to city on tour without having to quit my job. Thanks!
wormy - continue...
tnz
User: StAl... Did someone get the name of that freight train? | Month: 7 | Day: 29
Message: Typing with one hand sucks. I'm used to typing at around 60 WPM...
Sounds like everyone is having a great time and Dallas is starting to look questionable...sigh...
Dr K: They gave me Dilaudid in the hospital. I thought of you.
StAl
User: fezo | Month: 7 | Day: 29
Message: Nissan?
what ole said . . . except to add that the storm was even more apocalyptic than she so artfully detailed. I kept waiting for the Four Horsemen to enter, stage right.
User: funniest line of the day (so far)... | Month: 7 | Day: 29
Message: "...and the Wednesday Addams-imitating Christina Aguilera was notable primarily for her ongoing efforts to redefine the words "skanky ho.""
http://www.suntimes.com/output/entertainment/cst-ftr-mtv29.html
User: YGK | Month: 7 | Day: 29
Message: Uh, Whore, *gasp*, um........that was soooooooooooooo hot......
*pant*
the keyword is survival in the new frontier
ygk
User: DACW | Month: 7 | Day: 29
Message: Just saw a pic of Britney and Madonna lip locked...It's truly the end of Civilization as we know it ladies and gentlemen...or the beginning of the age of Howard Stern where chick sex = chick fight
User: Moll the Mistress of Mayhem | Month: 7 | Day: 29
Message: Spike, I always pay attention...... stay away from those Bond babes. I love you *kisses~~~~~~~~~*
Make No Mistake
Make no mistake about it
Things ain't what they seem
I'm gonna scream and shout it
This is just a dream
A simple conversation
Every now and then
A touchy situation
Fascinates a man
What shall I do, if I should see you
And have to pretend that we have never met
Its not a cheap sensation
When you touch me with your hand
A little complication
Can hypnotize a man
How we gonna hide it
This thing with you and me yeah
Everyone can tell by now
I just can't lie you see
What shall I say to hide it, to hide it baby
No words can convey your lips melting into mine
No mistake, no mistake
Make no mistake, make no mistake about it
Make no mistake, c'mon make no mistake, make no mistake
about it
I'm gonna make you mine, no need to talk it over, we're
running out of time
I've made up my mind about you
I know in my heart that you have the same point of view
Make no mistake, this is it
Make no mistake, make no mistake
It's not we don't have the time
Make no mistake
Not in the right place
make no mistake, make no mistake
Ooh come on baby, make no mistake
No mistake
I'm talking to ya baby
K Richards
User: SouthOfHollywood | Month: 7 | Day: 29
Message: Bluz...Awesome show this morning!...Thanks for the goods...SOH
User: SteveeDan | Month: 7 | Day: 29
Message: Steviedan - my namesake. Thank you very much. The StevEEfest is still at full tilt. Everything looks crooked. I hope all is well with you.
SteveeDan
User: SteveeDan | Month: 7 | Day: 29
Message: JayDubs (Post # 4435) - That's a beautiful studio. I wish you a lot of success and enjoyment with it. What's that colorful poster in the corner of the studio? Is that a Grateful Dead poster? I recognize ... somewhat.
Clas -- Still trying to get a couple of tracks mastered for you. After this weekend, I should be able to handle it. Thank you for you continued reminders.
SteveeDan
User: Vincent Egan | Month: 7 | Day: 29
Message: Oh the current US tour sounds fun - I wish I had the spare cash and time to justify a weekend in at Roseland shows. But amongst the enthusiasm, just a note of concern; I saw SD at the NEC in Birmingham in 1993 and 1996; 'My old school' was the encore on both occasions, and FM on the second (and occasionally played on the first) tour. 'Dont take me alivce' was also a regular fixture. Lets get real - the fans are part of a 70s demographic. Moreover, to allude to an old Frank Zappa gag, the younger ones in any audience were probably conceived to the self-same music. There's plenty of songs to play - even SDed covers normally kept for the soundcheck. WHEN the tour comes to Europe (come on guys!) eschew 'My Old School'...
User: Dan | Month: 7 | Day: 29
Message: Ole , Another superb dooser of a wingding.
There has been so much good shit on here lately , what are we gonna do when tour comes to an end??
I know ?? Maybe Don & Walt can come to bloody blighty!!
Dano says , Im aff fir a swallie.
User: Lady Bayside | Month: 7 | Day: 29
Message: Oleander...
Whatever you need to get you to the Roseland show....we shall cheerfully provide. I enthusiastically volunteer the services of one Aussie Torres, fabricator extraordinaire (and Aus, you know I mean that in the nicest possible sense). I'll BE your sick grandmother on the phone if need be.
Sometimes, in the course of pursuing a dream, some minor things, like one's livelihood, must be sacrificed for the greater good.
Dan is certainly greater than good.
User: Hank (A.C. or Bust) Silvers | Month: 7 | Day: 29
Message: ole: Madame la fleur toxique, thanks for delivering the essence of Manassas. What a night, indeed -- you made me wish I'd made the drive. But no, I'm saving my gas money for the Borgata show tomorrow night. This should be fun: Labor Day weekend traffic going to Atlantic City on the AC Expressway. And rain in the forecast besides. Let alone driving home afterward. But there's gas in the car, EZPass for the tolls, and the payoff will be worth it.
Coffee in SD songs? You must be referring to the fine Colombian, right? "Mountain grown - it's the richest kind!"
User: angel | Month: 7 | Day: 29
Message: Wormy: They did the Paso Soundcheck at 3P and the Toronto one seemed to be closer to 4P, if that helps.
Ole: Beyond wonderful! Goosebumps! I vote with Aussie. You and me and a stage and dancing in NYC. A repeat of some Danfests I happen to remember, but with the prime movers and shakers? I can dig it.
User: wormy | Month: 7 | Day: 29
Message: hey Ole - fan tab u lous color on the virginia show
I felt as if the rain had just let up - the heavnes parted and the music unfolded as I was reading it - pure vivid splashes
love hearing the progressing perceptions of the initiate as the tour rolls around. Feels like one big collective wave in St Al's Yellow fish bowl
Sorry to hear StevieD and Midnite Jim weren't in the NC contingent there
this week I entered the vinyl arena after an over 20 year absence
wow - the dynamics, the detail, the wonderful overtones
my dan collection is in good shape and I love finding new things on the cheap I'm in aural bliss
the new MOJO arrived in the mailbox yesterday
3 pages of Dan - one an aja era full page photo
epiphone and sax on the porch
and an interesting brief interview - wouldn't want to spoil the fun
catch it in your local Barnes and Knobles or Borders
pg 38 Yellow - The Strokes cover
that Jones Beach dan fest looked like a great time for all
auss - try this email for a big photo dump
so when's Greenbook making the setlist??? Lunch? EMG?
also what time of day does the dan generally do the soundcheck?
Albuquerque is an outdoor setting so I'd like to catch things echoing down the canyons ....
I am resplendant in divergence
wormy
User: duncan | Month: 7 | Day: 29
Message: Ole Ole Ole
dohhhhh !!!!
should have taken you up on that offer
User: steviedan | Month: 7 | Day: 28
Message: damn ole, you're killin' me here ! full-color commentary on the pure musical contributions with such ole-isms that you barely needed to sign that post. if you recall, mister d offered that same "see you next time" in raleigh back in double-ought and what a BITTER HOLLOW PROMISE THAT turned out to BE !!!
... no no... i'm okay...
thanks for sprinkling us...
can't wait to hear hutch's take...
User: C @ W | Month: 7 | Day: 28
Message: Stevie - ok, thanx.
---
During the night our own family doctor, Dr. Fill, been busy.
Check out his Daily Words of Wisdom at:
http://www.ateljelundkvist.se/z/drFill
Or click the URL above.
User: Aussie | Month: 7 | Day: 28
Message: Oleander: Holy Jesus! What fuckin' awesome colour! Thanks a million for taking me there. And worry not Ole, I will be more than ready willing and able to author a splendid get-out-of-work tome, just for you. See you and hopefully the Permasqueeze as well at the Roseland gigs.
Aus
User: oleander.....................................................lay it all on don & walt | Month: 7 | Day: 28
Message: Hey, donÆt tell Kruger, but itÆs working--most doctors, especially shrinks, forget that if itÆs a nice delusion, say including three squares and the occasional Dan show, who wants to get ôwellö? His denial may be the sweetest of all, and if I can amuse him with my pathology, whatÆs not to like? I mean, how many DID-ers do you know with a toxic flower as an alter?
But my current malady is post-Manassas bliss. WHAT A NIGHT! (I quote)
We had a nice old-school GB miniDanFest with Roy.Scam, fezo, the Permasqueeze, & me. As usual, I wore Steely-themed garb--having to do with coffee & New Orleans (OK: where is coffee mentioned in SD songs?) After a mellow hang and scrumptious preconcert repast expertly prepared by chef fezo, we piled in the Permmobile and headed to the venue. It was a perfect, cloudless late summer evening. Of course, as we got closer, we drove smack into desperate and dark clouds and tornado-force winds which morphed further into the god-awful-scariest thunderstorm in recent memory. Zeus must have been hitting the uppers hard, and his hurling hand was hot, hot, hot. I was not sanguine on our ability to make it to the show, but despite being soaked to the bone and sure of eventual electrocution, we bravely made it in. And found Hutch and friends--great to see you! I hope the move and gigs go great--and shark deville, straight outta Tampa. The lightning continued to enhance the visuals onscreen for quite a while, and R.S commented that the setlist should be amended to include ôChain Lightning.ö
The start was delayed a bit while everyoneÆs adrenaline rush edged off, but no sooner did the lights dim than the endorphins started to spike. We had lovely center orch seats and could see everyone quite vividly. What a rush when the band walked on and started to play! It was as noted earlier--they were saying: weÆre going to fucking pin your ears back, so get used to it. This was my first and next-to-last show of the tour, and when Mr. F & Mr. B walked on (without shaking hands this time), I was just a bag of morphine-analog gel. Damn, IÆd go to a HUNDRED shows, and I wouldnÆt care if they played ôPegö ten times in a ROW!
Except for an occasional feedback squeak, the sound was very good. The set list has been posted. At first, I was a little dubious about the down-tempo treatment of ôBabylon Sistersö and a couple of other first-set tunes, but ôGodwhackerö KICKED and the entire second set SLAMMED. The energy and synergy were dynamite. Mr. B was splendid on lead, and his ôHaitian Divorceö made me wonder why he didnÆt sing it in the first place. He place-tweaked ôSlangö with ôIf you grew up in Washingtonàö And he gave us ôSlang me!ô Mr. FÆs voice and delivery were at their inimitable best. I just go all to pieces when he sings, ôGive the man some whackinÆ spaceö (among other things). He also did some amazing things on the Rhodes, the Lync, and even the Goofus, Mr.BÆs fond moniker for the melodica (wind piano? Diamonica? Melodeon?), and is nonpareil as a bandleader. HeÆs starting to look kinda like Dave Brubeck, which is not a bad thing. Yeah, he misses a couple words. So what? ThereÆs a lot of call and (audience) response going on anyway.
And the other musicians: Walt Weiskopf has great tone and chops; Michael Leonhart--calm and crisp and strong; Jim Pugh--all the trombone jokes burnt to a crisp in the flames of his riffs; Mr. Bumpus--that immovable exterior belies the perfection and grace of his solos; Jon Herington looks like a young Lou Reed and plays like an angel on aphrodisiacs; Tom Barney--he IS the pocket; and Keith Carlock--omigod, he is a DIAMOND. Even the superlatives of the Fandom didnÆt prepare me. I can usually tell where a drum solo is going, but on ôJosieö he deconstructed me like a Braque. I also think heÆs superbly suited for the Dan with his precise but passionate creativity. And Ted Baker--I wanted to go up, take his hand, and ask him to play solo for me for 3 or 4 hours. IÆd love to hear him ply his lyrical virtuosity as he did in the intro to ôJosieö in æ00.
OK, I miss Victoria Cave, and still think the vocal mesh of the Babe Choir æ00 canÆt be matched, but the BC delivered on ôParkerÆs Band,ö and they were steady ON the entire show. ôShake itö went to a whole nother level. Fezo summed it up when he said that looking at Ms. Leonhart made him feel that all was right with the world.
Oh yes, and Mr. Fagen ended with "See you next time!" whatever that means.
Enough raves already. IÆm home, richer by a few t-shirts and a poster and another headful of magnificent Steely memories. My shoes have even dried out. Thanks to Roy.Scam and fezo for hospitality and companionship, and the PÆsqueeze for driving 7 hours each way to chase this particular grail.
And say, anyone up for writing my boss that my grandmother is ailing and needs me to take care of her at Roseland 9/12-13?
User: Moll | Month: 7 | Day: 28
Message: King of the World, I apologize if I was insensitive about your illness. That was certainly never my intention. My basic philosophy about life has always been this: We each are allotted a certain amount of time here. It doesn't really matter when, or the manner in which a person dies. But how one lives while they are here. That belief gives me a sense of direction and comfort. I hope whatever your beliefs are, they give you comfort. M
User: fife | Month: 7 | Day: 28
Message: Hello all,
this just in, The Eagles are playing a private concert, here in our nations capital, to celebrate the purchase of the Ottawa Senators, our NHL team by Eugene Mylnek. The whole city is abuzz, the catch though is you have to be a season ticket or package holder. MMM a six pack of hockey might just be the the thing. I realize that this is not dan news but its too bad mylnek's wife favorite group wasn't steely!!
Moll- did you get the pictures i e-mailed you or should i try again
bluz- i miss you being in chat everynight
jaz-where the heck are you, is there a run on the deceased lately?
fife
User: Moll | Month: 7 | Day: 28
Message: King of the World....... WTF are you talking about?
User: king of the world | Month: 7 | Day: 28
Message: Molly-- you didn't bother to find out what kind of medical situation this is, before you commented on it. You have no clue what you're talking about. I won't address any more remarks on the medical thing to you, and I hope that will mean I won't be getting any further comments on this from you. In any case, I'm going to wait until you get any reactions to this post out of your system, before I come back here.
User: Rajah of Erase | Month: 7 | Day: 28
Message: OK, so three more shows this weekend, then the ten day break. Everyone goes off for a few days then back to the Upper West Side to rehearse on the 8th and/or 9th. Then a tune up on the 10th before the very high pressure Roseland shows. We'll know the tale of this tour after Roseland.
User: Bill | Month: 7 | Day: 28
Message:
Nissan Pavilion Addendum a.k.a. "Whoops"
Right, add Parker's Band to the second set and you will have a slightly more accurate account of this particular show.
User: duncan | Month: 7 | Day: 28
Message: Would anyone believe me if i said that the builders have finished the bathroom.
it was started the day EMG was released..
where does the time go
User: Bill | Month: 7 | Day: 28
Message:
Nissan Pavilion Show - "And the heavens opened.."
Last night's show at Nissan was an otherworldly experience. First, we were treated to the full fury of a raging tempest, against which the aforementioned "pavilion" offered little protection. Then, after a brief delay (and a curious Mr. Becker appearing onstage amongst the roadies), it was showtime.
The setlist, though the order may not be perfect:
First Set
[band overture]
Aja
Time Out of Mind
The Caves of Altamira
Godwhacker
Black Cow
Babylon Sisters
Peg
Slang of Ages
Home at Last
Second Set
[The Steely Dan Show]
Janie Runaway
Hey 19*
Things I Miss the Most
Haitian Divorce
Josie
Kid Charlemagne
Don't Take Me Alive
Encore
My Old School
FM
All told, some seriously funky work from the band (especially "Time Out of Mind" and "Kid Charlemagne"), some great banter from Donald and Walter, and a superb (and subtle) use of lights and projected images throughout.
Not a bad first Dan show for this young fan.
*Say what you will about including hoary "hits" and shopworn "classics", "Hey Nineteen" kicked serious ass, especially with that Cornelius Bumpus solo at the end.
User: s | Month: 7 | Day: 27
Message: matter of fact ?
it's a "clas-sical gas" ...
...NOOOOOOO !
User: stevie slicin' and dicin' | Month: 7 | Day: 27
Message: st al, i hope you are up on the good foot soon !
stevEE, happy stevEEfest !
beast without, good to hear your voice again. i again join in the mantra for more new material. the steely dan i love are NOT a nostalgia act. as for the corporate sponsorship, in the present day interstate/international touring climate/scheme/hierarchy, i don't think they can afford not to. who doesn't on some level or another ? maybe a few, but i couldn't right off hand name one major act...
longisland-iced-dude ? SOOO glad here everyday to not be living in your world. did they not implore you and "the crowd" to either "wave in the air like you just don't care" or "c'mon everybody clap" your collective hands. you know like, to get you guys going and stuff ?
aus ? now there's your colour there folks. the man's thang is trademark. BAM !
clas, that album is listed on e-bay three times and they accept international trade. why not eliminate the middle man and save on shipping ? the "buy it now" prices are reasonable, so you don't even have to bid. join in on the worldwide market, clas. it's a gas...
that's how i acquired the "steviedan reissue of the week"(TM), "the first seven days" by a pre-miami vice jan hammer. finally !
User: C | Month: 7 | Day: 27
Message: JayDubz - went in on your homepage. Mighty setup you have.
I am wondering about one of those softwares; Corel Bryce
As an old PC-user, I have used Corel Draw in my daily work for about 14 years (instead of the Mac-ers Illustrator and Freehand).
But what is Corel Bryce?
I am curious.
User: C @ W | Month: 7 | Day: 27
Message: JayDubz - there's something wrong with the link. Or is it me?
Anyway, I am looking forward to hear your "Songs from the Canyon".
--
Hutch - sorry to hear that, but good luck with the new house.
User: Jaydubz | Month: 7 | Day: 27
Message: Clas ~ Still haven't rolled any proverbial "tape", but I'm finished moving in, back from vacation, and I finished (knock on wood!) rewiring the studio in the new crib...so's I should be able to sit down and squeeze out a tune for the compilation ~ I promise! :)~
Here's a shot of the new studio up in the Laurel Canyon digs:
http://www.mthigh.com/forum/attachments/laurelcanyonstudio.jpg
User: BORROWATHRILL | Month: 7 | Day: 27
Message: CAN ANYONE ADVISE ON THE BEST OF THE BEST QUALITY SD CD RECORDINGS? ARE THEY AVAILABLE I ONE SET IE: CITIZEN SD?
User: Ned Flanders | Month: 7 | Day: 27
Message: Golly, I hope they *don't* do that G - almighty whappin' song... It gives me the heebie-jeebies!
User: trusty angel girl | Month: 7 | Day: 27
Message: Tonight we might find out if Steely Dan is going to change the set list for the Southern leg of the journey. Could we get a substitution of "Green Book" for "Godwacker"? Time will tell.
User: lp | Month: 7 | Day: 27
Message: jane doe - now that i gotta see, perfect! wish i was going to 'cuse but alas i am done with my shows
ed - lol, how have you been? wish i could have partied with you sir!
nmn - same to you but i am glad you at least got to see the last of the mohegans - going to the kingdom the first weekend in otcober
aus - thanks for the pics - you look happy in your scene my dear - enjoy!
on my sunny island!
User: Dan Caragher | Month: 7 | Day: 27
Message: Hey SD Fans !
Can anyone post a recent setlist ?
Please ????
Thanks !
User: Ron in VA | Month: 7 | Day: 27
Message: Anyone going to see the Dan in Virginia tonight?
Any pre or post concert parties going on???
I'm breaking out the hats and hooters for the show.
I can't wait!!
Judging by the recent posts, my bride and I are in for a real treat!
Ron in Virginia
User: Rajah of Erase | Month: 7 | Day: 27
Message: Dear Doctors: My reptile brain is now in combat mode. The visitors to this virtual place are all solid and productive beings, caring and creative in their own right. The majority of us have the ability to separate that Id from the Ego, no small feat since we all want what we want and we want it now. Many of us do ride on the ontological plane with shocking ease, very thin tether. But that don't mean we're crazy. Now in this country we have the Steely Dan tour, in this country we have the 5.1 MTS, and in this country we spend lots of American dollars buying things DanSteel, going to shows, meeting up with our fellow inmates -er- Danmates, drinking from da coco shell and then rushing back to this site to metaphorically prance around in our own poo. It's the only thing that makes sense in this pre-apocalyptical phase. So light up everything cause the barn's been definey set on fire, and we're heading over the falls. But that don't mean we're crazy. Preposterous poppycock. Physicians deludin themselves. Ticky-tock, ticky-tock, rikki-tikki-tikki-tock.
User: AMDWTY | Month: 7 | Day: 27
Message: LID or z or whoever: If all you were saying was that you felt like throwing a bad sneaker to knock a vocalizing cat off the fence, then I'm with you bro. Maybe the years of using top class talent to showcase their tunes has spoiled you. WB himself states on the AJA DVD that he feels "outclassed" as a performer, so this is nothing new.
Besides, Dr. Wu, I mean Dr. K, has stated that it's all a psychological experiment anyway. I didn't mean to confuse the two (Dr. Wu was the one who was really just a shadow of the man that I once knew). This other guy has things well in hand, although as a psychoanalyst myself I believe Freud would frown on the theraputic value of capri pants, pumps and tiaras. They are sometimes potent vasoconstrictors which have been known to cause cerebral vasospasms.
User: Web Boy | Month: 7 | Day: 27
Message: Clas- Hutch is to busy. He can't send you a song and move into a new house at the same time.
Hutch- Please send a song. You don't want to be on Clas's shit list for the rest of your life...do you?
User: YGK | Month: 7 | Day: 27
Message: Just wanted to shout out a friendly post-Bacchanal hello to all those I was fortunate to meet at Bayside's:
Ed (hey, you look like....)& Laura, LWO, the Aussies, Sandy, FanODan.....now will someone refresh my memory, or do I have to hit Lady Bayside up for another Zombie to "return" my memories of that eclectic eve?
Aja: glad you're diggin' it.....
ygk
User: Hutch | Month: 7 | Day: 27
Message: Clas - I won't be submitting anything this time. It has nothing to do with whether or not I "like" you. I'm fully aware of how the GB cd works and I realize it's not YOUR cd. I'm right in the middle of buying a house and there hasn't been any time to attend to much more than that.
I was going to explain this to you in a private e-mail but, all things considered, it's probably best that I just let you know right here.
Good luck with the project.
Hutch
User: duncan | Month: 7 | Day: 27
Message: some more tour pics up on sd.com
the stage looks bloody great !!
User: C @ Work | Month: 7 | Day: 26
Message: Hutch, look, if you don't like me, you don't have to send in a song for the GBook CD. It's up to you.
But I think you're missing the point, it's not MY CD, it's OURS, us on this board.
I am just trying to put it together.
And if this Long Island Dude had some opinions on the Steely Dan concert, so what? I couldn't care less.
---
Brett (Schwinn) is in with a song
So are Roy Scam, he and his son.
Gaucho - yes, the mad South American.
Gina
Howard has promised to send a song.
JayDubz (how's it going?)
SteveeDan
W1P?
---
I asked Bob T, he was honored but hadn't time. I asked him to convince Miz Ducky to send in a song. If you're reading this Miz, please?
Bad Sneakers - are you still willing to master the stuff?
You'll find my snailmail at:
http://www.ateljelundkvist.se/z/sketchesandstrangeloops
Or click the URL above.
User: ed beatty | Month: 7 | Day: 26
Message: Hey,
Just procured and listened to (2x) the SACD GAUCHO released today
Don't bother its nothing more than a re-release of the DTS 5.1 version
from a few years back.The sound is literally the same
Yawn..Save the bucks for Roseland or whatever,where ever or whom ever
I think the fact that the SD ODP didn't trumpet its release is a telling
statement
IMHO
Ed
User: janedoe | Month: 7 | Day: 26
Message: anyone plannin on goin to the syracuse state fair show? i'll be the one in the black cow outfit next to the dairy barn...........can't wait.....
User: Lady Bayside | Month: 7 | Day: 26
Message: Still at work, dammit.....
Aus...got the pix, but I'd suggest you post them to Shutterfly or one of those sites...granted the pictures are great, but my mailbox keeps getting filled up.
Love the one of you and your loverly wife!
Lady B, who did try on high heeled sneakers with Aja this weekend!
User: Randy | Month: 7 | Day: 26
Message:
Aja:
I'm crushed; you came all the way from the Pacific coast and didn't stop in to see me here in Jersey; never mind the petty details that I caught the Dan at the venue formerly known as the Garden State Arts Center on the 17th and you were at Jones Beach. That dime dance should have been worth the fucking price of a plane ticket when I've got a girlfriend named Kimberly "who's not afraid to try new things."
I supposed together we'll endure the tyranny of the disallowed; call me Deacon Blues.
Randy
NIGHTFLY62(at)aol.com
(Glad to hear you had a nice time anyway.)
User: Aja | Month: 7 | Day: 26
Message: I am sooooo jealous of all you going to Roseland! I'm still in a New York state of mind, not to mention there's an Egyptian restaurant that I need to try in SoHo.......
Did you ever get those high-heeled sneakers, LadyB?
Forgot one detail from Jones Beach: the morning after, I woke up in a muellered haze from 3 zombies and realized that I'd lost my $85 sunglasses, but managed to save my cocoa shell and pleazhure pass.....
YGK-Your CD is UNBELIEVABLE! If you don't already have this CD, contact YGK now and get it ASAP!
Aja
User: Aussie | Month: 7 | Day: 26
Message: Lady BaySide: LOL! The State Police did appreciate the offer of the shrimp cocktail but neither of the officers accepted.
By the way, I just tried sending you, Aja and Wormy some pics of the boys and the Babe Choir in action from that magical evening but all three of your respective emails generated delivery failure messages (you may need to delete some existing amils in your accounts, or in the alternative provide yours truly with a bettre email address)......Pictures sent to St. Al, LuckLess Pedestrian, YGK, FloriDavid apparently went through without hitches.
Little Wild One: Forward me your email address, I have a great shot of you and SouthOfHollywood taken in the parking lot before the show.
Aus
User: Nostril-Damus | Month: 7 | Day: 26
Message: Cool! Check out this EMG review:
http://ruthlessreviews.com/music/s/steelydaneverythingmustgo.html
User: Lady Bayside | Month: 7 | Day: 26
Message: I also have to say that the State and Park police were also extremely kind to us, considering we had a fairly decent sized BBQ grill set up (I wonder if it is still there...since we couldn't fit it back in my van assembled, we just left it), pitchers of lethal looking drinks and a large group of people wearing laminated pictures of dildos around their necks.
They weren't even that bad about herding us out of the parking lot after the show. Perhaps it is because Aus offered them some shrimp cocktail.
LadyB
User: Lady Bayside | Month: 7 | Day: 26
Message: I'm still recovering. I'm still too damn tired to do an original post, so this is a retread. Sorry.
That having been said, I wanted to say thanks to everyone who came to the Bacchanal...Ed & Laura, LWO, YGK, Aus and Jutta, Skippy, the Aussies, AJA (I couldn't forget you, even if Aus was too impaired to type you on the list!), Sandy, Penny & Co., HOOPS (Thanks for the tiara..I'm sleeping with it on!), Jason (sporting the Dean & Deluca shirt...I got him so liquored up on Zombies I thought he'd be spending the show in his trunk!), Nigey and Co, Pete (on whose suggestion I might just go into the Danfest catering business!) and Shari...we had quite the crowd!
4 pounds of shrimp cocktail ($20)
5 fezzes ordered from the internet ($20)
6 pounds of mozzarella and roasted pepper salad ($18)
8 pitchers of Zombies (all totalled, probably about $150)
35 cocoa shells for above referenced Zombies $40)
Getting to see both my favorite band and some of my favorite people in the same night....priceless.
You guys were awesome. What a party.
Wish we could go back...and do it again.
See you at Roseland.
I'll be the one in the tiara.
LadyB
User: Doctor Warren Kruger | Month: 7 | Day: 26
Message: Long Island Dude- I don't know how you reached this web page, it was supposed to be monitored by Krugerresearch Inc., but I can see your presence here is something that I believe can be quite therapeutic for many of the patients here.
If you haven't figured it out already, this is a kind of virtual therapy center that KR Inc. has been testing for the last few years.
The "residents" are very seriously disturbed individuals who have a great deal of trouble fitting into normal society.
Since most of them are mid-to-late baby boomers, KR Inc. came up with the idea of having them role play online, using names that relate to one of the popular music groups from a time when most of them were much more functional (their adolescence).
Of course, this group is Steely Dan, and they have been paid to let us use their anachronistic music and lyrics to put our patients in a less catatonic state of mind.
Each one of them has given themself a cute little name relating to this nostalgic band from the 70s.
Some of them of course are still suffering from delusions of grandeur- take patient #3 who calls himself "St. Al"- an obvious religious fantasy (he wanted to call himself Jesus Presley, but our staff voted that down).
He believes he is "in control" of the "guestbook" (as he calls it)and even some of our most potent psychotropic drugs have had no effect on this symptom of his.Another, who calls himself "Razor Boy" and who could only afford Web TV, even thinks that you are z, another patient. Fortunately, RB has been put in a restraint jacket, and can only do harm to himself now..
Generally, they like to imagine they are fully-functioning, productive members of society, when in reality, most have not left their clinic rooms in several years.
While our therapy has been very successful in recent evaluations (eg. the one who calls himself Clas, has displayed very few anti-social symptoms as of late and is learning to "get along well with others") they have seemed to hit a therapeutic stone wall lately.
That Steely Dan group has been hitting the nostalgia circuit as of late (we originally chose them because they rarely performed live in the past), and of course none of our patients here are well enough to attend any of these 1970s nostalgia shows.
As a result, many of them are having delusions that they have have left the clinic and have actually attended some of these shows. This is a major breakdown in their reality-testing skills, and it wasn't until you popped up from out of nowhere, that some of them have been shaken from their false belief systems.
Their reactions to your actual experience of seeing the Steely Dan band perform, seems to have awakened something in what's left of their rational thinking processes and even has seemed to given them something to unite around- hating you.
So please, if you are still lurking around out there in cyber-land, feel free to post again at will- your services are much needed.
Therapeutically Yours,
Dr. K.
User: angel | Month: 7 | Day: 26
Message: Ed: You want to run number five back at me again? WTF? :-)
User: angel | Month: 7 | Day: 26
Message: Yes, Friday!!!!!!
User: enimen | Month: 7 | Day: 26
Message: Yes, Angel, working on getting a posse together for Roseland. Are you going?
(sorry about Roseland, lp...my true colors? NO! GO SOX!)
User: ed beatty | Month: 7 | Day: 26
Message: Top Ten Reasons that The Bayside Bacchanal/SD show was FFFING Great
Or why I was glad to be there.
10. AussieÆs Magical Mystical Concoctions in the cooler
9. The Steely Dan Show
8. Lady Bayside arranging for the lightning show above the venue during the Keith Carlock drum solo
7. HoopÆs sporting a fez for the night and more.
6. AussieÆs contribution of the Bayside Bacchanal IDÆS (adults only)
5. The sex
4..The AussieÆs from way down under who had to check out SD and Jones Beach
3. The Zombies in the coco-shell
2. The crowning of Lady Bayside with TIARA
1. Walter and Donald of course
User: angel | Month: 7 | Day: 26
Message: Not My Nancy!!!!!!! Oh, sorry enimen. ;-)
I agree with just about everything you said. Peg is not leaving, neither is FM. Get used to it Dan heads. Actually, I think FM works well for them. A jazzy kind of song, that lots of people who have the "Decade of Steely Dan" CD, own and are familiar with. I am so glad you finally managed to catch them in concert. Got anything else semi-planned? A trek to Roseland, perhaps?
St. Al: Godspeed and good luck.
User: Rajah of Erase | Month: 7 | Day: 26
Message: Yeah Enimem, count me in on the Peg bandwagon. As much as I'd like to see 19 and FM hit the road, not our Peg. To tell you the truth, I'm still not sick of it on the radio, the song is coming up on thirty years old, still amazing and when Jay Graydon ripped off that solo at a gig by Dr. Wu at the Whisky last year, it raised the hairs. I think they put on a big push these last ten years to get back into the limelight and, having accomplished that, are more than happy to disappear back into the woodwork. Funny, I don't hear people reporting the usual DF valediction of, "see you next year."
User: enimen | Month: 7 | Day: 26
Message: I've missed every damn show on the tour so far, so on the theory that enough is enough, I bombed down after work to Mohegan Sun last night for the 7pm early bird special. Walked up to the window at showtime and scored a 16th row seat right in front of Fagen--ah, the benefits of being solo and swooping in for unclaimed high-roller seats.
It was just plain lots of fun. Quick song and player comments:
Carlock--gives you everything you want, when you want it. Kind of reminds me of Drew Zingg that way. While D&W find that kind of virtuosity appealing, I don't think they particularly like the more-is-more approach in the long run. I predict that, like DZ, KC will be a one-tour wonder. Enjoy him--he is spectacular.
Funny kid. Clearly a drum nerd--notice how his left hand holds the stick the "right" way? So intense too--I think that actually was a shortcoming in "Time out of Mind." TOTM needs to be an effortless, blissful cruise, and there's nothing effortless about Carlock. He's working hard all the time.
Don--nice and relaxed. Seems to be more comfortable with live performing every year. I frankly think the spotlight of the 2VN tour--first album in 20 years, Grammy talk--was too much for him. The audience is smaller this year, and I think that's actually good. (We'll come back to that point.)
I loved his line after "The Steely Dan Show": "That's a little tribute to us, written by...well, us actually. We're kind of ashamed of that. And here are two more songs we're ashamed of." Then into the "jailbait medley" of Janie and Hey 19 (which, incidently, elicited a Springsteen like sing-along from audience members).
Walt--in a nice groove, playing and singing quite well, to my ears. The only time I don't love his playing is when he's trying to do something that he shouldn't, especially the crisply articulated rhythm bits (as in the verse of Peg). I understand why he's not the crowd pleaser that Fagen (on vocals) or Harrington (on guitar) is. But I ain't the crowd--I'm a fan.
Peg--I know the arguments against including it in the set. We hear it every year. It's the one song we hear on the radio.
But look (and I've said this before): Peg is the freakin' gothic cathedral of popular songs. It's perfect. It pulls in everything about music from John Cage to Louie, Louie. Those dense chords, built on the blues but defiantly major key, the beat with elements of disco and swing and power-chord metal, chunky keyboard riffs and the driving but lazy guitar solo and the beautiful choral back-up...just a tour de force. My whole body ate it up.
Count me as the number one apologist for Peg.
Last point:
I really like that the Y2K/2VN frenzy over. They're more relaxed, we're more relaxed, it's easier to get tickets, the gadflies are dropping by the wayside.
It's just us again, kids.
User: Dano | Month: 7 | Day: 26
Message: Aja , Seemed i was in NYC with you there on that report, great stuff.
StAl, Hope everything goes well mate.
Dano.
User: YGK | Month: 7 | Day: 26
Message: Cara Mia: See you there!
ygk
User: cara mia | Month: 7 | Day: 26
Message: Hey Herm!
What's new you ask?
Oh just waiting around for the Dan to release a new album and hope against hope they might go on tour...
meanwhile to fend off boredom, there's the usual baiting and bickering going on here...
;-)
cara mia (working my way to Roseland)
User: Sociable Hermit | Month: 7 | Day: 26
Message:
Hey All,
So, what's new?
Herm
User: Dan Review | Month: 7 | Day: 26
Message: Saw the Mohegan Sun show yesterday. Same set list as PNC (the other show I saw.) Sound wasn't bad for an arena, but not as good as the ampitheaters. Show started before 7:30 and finished before 10 as to give people time to gamble afterwards. Not surpingsly, you exit into the casino and not the parking lot. A by the numbers performance but I give them credit for not doing a greatest hits type show. Before doing the last song, Donald announced "this is the last of the Mohegans." After the song, he apologized for the joke. Maybe he was afraid of getting scalped by a native.
User: IHPF | Month: 7 | Day: 26
Message: Hutch- No thanks.
Oh, and for those of you who haven't figured it out yet...long-island-dude and z are indeed, the same (asshole) person. I saw that one from a mile away.
User: joey in PA | Month: 7 | Day: 26
Message: Notes on Camden show,the sound quality there sucks,the first set was great...then someone slipped a mickey in my wife's drink,I had to miss the whole second set because the asshole security people were going to have me arrested.I love the Dan,it was a real shame that this happened at this type of show. She was in line to get a beer when the house light went out,they played some jazz song?Aja was awesome.I tried to find her @ our seats she was trashed we fiqured out after someone drugged her.
I waited 3 years, $150.00 for shitty seats.and only got to see the first set.I hope the Godwhacker gets the slimeball that ruined my night.
Pissed off in PA
User: Moll The Mistress of Mayhem | Month: 7 | Day: 26
Message: Greetings from Hooterville everyone!!
SteveeDan, Happy belated Birthday!!!! *hugs and kisses*
FIFE, I lost your E-mail. Please please please write me again!!!
Re post # 4337, How about I "touch" you ;-) Or has it been so long since you had the sweet stuff that you've forgotten what to do with it? lmao
Wild Bill, I stole your sweater. I thought it was the least you could do since you left me at the alter! * mmmmmwwwwwwaaaaaaaaahhhhhh*
Panetary potent-ate of destiny, so babe you can either sit around and wait to die, or decide to live. Try visiting a Veteran's Nursing Facility or a Children's hospital. It doesn't ever take me long to remember the blessings God has betwowed on me once I am there. I suppose we Kentuckians are just damn friendly folks.... Go figure? lol lol ;-)
Speaking of sweet stuff, Hey BB and Fingers *kisses* to ya both!
St. Al, you are still the best looking man in North America
off to put corn in the freezer and pine for Spike..
User: YGK | Month: 7 | Day: 26
Message: Feff the Fotographer's Fotos of Jones Beach.......
http://www.shutterfly.com/osi.jsp?i=67b0de21b328055be419
ygk
User: Hutch | Month: 7 | Day: 26
Message: Great idea Clas. And while you're at it why don't you get Web Boy and that dude that used to flame the hell out of everyone on the old Guestbook to submit something too.
User: bad sneeks | Month: 7 | Day: 26
Message: Thanks to all for the advice on NYC - After careful consideration of time constraints, travelling distances, logistics etc I have now changed my trip to go to the show in the centre of NYC instead (Roseland) on the 13th of September -Anybody going to that one ?
User: king of the world | Month: 7 | Day: 26
Message: LI Dude revealingly wished death on WB for swearing. I realize that WB's wishing death on God, apparently, but he, unlike LID, wouldn't wish death on someone for using a word. Thanks for wanting him out of his misery, but he sounds pretty chipper to me. And what about being erudite means that you have to limit your language, and avoid using words which best express your thoughts and feelings... and isn't he the best and only judge of which words those would be?
I guess we've all spent a little too much time responding to that one little remark, but what the hell. And I felt like going on a dumb pontificating binge... so sue me.
User: Dr. Fill | Month: 7 | Day: 26
Message: Well, during the night I had some problems finding the right words, frankly, I had no idea what to say to keep you guys motivated and inspired.
Then, and it was a pure miracle, my Grandmother, dead since long ago, came to me, whispered, in my ears, the Daily Words of Wisdom.
But I am not sure if that's a Banjo.
Go figure:
http://www.ateljelundkvist.se/z/drFill
Or click the link above.
User: SteveeDan (another way to spell 'sarcasm') | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: Yeah LID -- I don't know if I can live without your unique viewpoints until next summer ... and I also can't wait to hear you sing ...
Oh never mind ... he's gone ... he'll never read this ...
Aw fuck.
SteveeDan
User: C @ W | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: long-island-dude - why don't you join us on the Guestbook CD? We're about to put together the 4th one. You'll find the previous CD-songs as MP3's at the this board's frontpage. It would be great if you could participate with a song or two.
More info:
http://www.ateljelundkvist.se/z/sketchesandstrangeloops
Or just click the URL above.
If you wanna get motivated, visit Dr. Fill;
http://www.ateljelundkvist.se/z/drFill
User: JustKatyDanFan | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message:
Hey, fellow SD Fans!
No one posted about the Philadelphia show at the Tweeter Center?
Technically, this show was in Camden, NJ, but it's just a short ferry ride across the river from Penn's Landing in Philly.
The show was GREAT.......and not only that, Walter told us it was the BEST SHOW YET!! (I only had a second of wondering whether he's said that at every show; later he said plenty to reassure us that we were, "it!")
It's the first time I've seen them live. Of course I was with hubby ElSupremo (Michael C. Packard, formerly of Texas, now of Pennsylvania) and he saw them years ago. We missed them last time and were sick about that...leaving PA just when they got here and leaving Texas just when they got THERE! Bad luck! But not this time.
We had great seats, and it was a great line-up of tunes. No real surprises, since we knew the basic set ahead of time. Since no one has posted the set, I'll post it for you: (At least I don't think anyone did, if I missed that, excuse the re-post!)
Aja (very long version, wonderful!)
Time Out of Mind
Godwhacker
Caves of Altamira
Black Cow
Babylon Sisters
TIMTM
Slang of Ages
Peg
Home At Last
Janey Runaway
Parkers Band
Kid Charlemagne
Haitian Divorce
Don't Take Me Alive (the crowd went wild here, not least of all, me!!)
Hey Nineteen
Josie
And then they stopped.
And came back.
And played two more:
My Old School and FM (no one could possibly sit down by this point!)
The band was great together, it was good to see Cornelius up there, and also Tom Barney, and the drummer, well, as we all know, they found a GEM in him. What a solo he did!! All of you still in line to see them, you are in for quite a treat watching him all night (as if any of us can take our eyes off Don and Walt for long). Jon Herrington was also right on! And Walter's playing was superb, that was a highlight for me.
Walt kind of walks around, looking so comfortable, I love to watch him, quiet confidence, no problems, just having fun, but you can tell he's thinking all the time, just not 'stressed'. I love that little swagger to the side he kind of does, to the beat. And whoever said they enjoyed his singing of HD and SOA, I agree.....it was so good!!
And Donald, well....what can you say about Donald; he defies description. He, too, just enjoyed himself thoroughly and his voice is holding up very well, honestly!
I will never forget just how AWESOME they were....how PERFECT they were..how DON & WALT they were!!
There's no one like them, as 'we' all know!!
Next up, Atlantic City this weekend??
Just Katy
Just Dancing...
Addendum by El Supremo: 100 years from now, Great-great grandchildren will wonder about any Great-great-grandparents who DIDN'T BOTHER to go see such an icon as SteelyDan! Saludos!
User: long-island-dude | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: To z and NYB:
Z thinks I do not like WB's style because it does not have an overdriven sound, although I made no such assertion. I agree with what z has said; in fact, it's very well said. By the by, LZ was my first concert in 1972 - I don't think I've cued them up in the past two decades. Also, StAl has seen HL and knows he puts on a good show. I only mentioned them having seen them recently - they are not my favorite band, ok?
NYB has stressed the importance of the musicality, the songwriting as being way more important. I agree. You then assume that I do not prefer WB's playing because it is not fast. I said no such thing.
It is almost midnight on the East coast, and I will keep my word that in the morning I won't be there no more.
One could do a heck of a lot worse than be a devoted dan-fan. I admire your tenacity and dedication. I've enjoyed the discourse - hey this is a forum isn't it? Many comments have rejuvenated my interest in the dan. I hope to check in with y'all next summer.
User: NYB | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: Long Island Dude,
I'm glad that you agree with my assertion that the technical ability to
play an instrument does not equate to the ability to write an exceptional
song. Much of instrumentality is dexterity combined with theoretical
knowledge. But this alone cannot bring the musician to the next level,
which is to compose an interesting song. Fagen and Becker may not be
virtuoso instrumentalists (don't get me wrong though, they are VERY GOOD)
but they have something more important than the physical dexterity to
play continuous 32nd notes, THEY HAVE AN INTERESTING AND UNIQUE
PERSPECTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO SONGWRITING and this is WAAAAAYYYYYY MORE
IMPORTANT than the physical ability to run the frets or to fire off
multiple scales on the keyboard at lightning speed.
The ability to cook a great meal involves more than speed of execution.
First you have to what you want to cook and how you want to cook it.
There are several hundred ways to cook eggs, some are more interesting
than others, some are simply marvelous, and some are truly timeless works
of art. And art involves more than the tools of the trade and the ability
to use them, art is based on inspiration.
Take a look at the works of Bob Dylan. The actual chord progressions and
notes are relatively simple, but when combined with the lyrics that only
Bob can write the song transcends the simplicity of it's structure and
becomes something much more. This is the skill that great artists have,
and Donald Fagen and Walter Becker have it.
NYB
User: oleander | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: LID--Those damn Greek philosophers! They were wusses, snivelers, and derivative to boot! (just kidding. Say what you wish & don't feed the naysayers.)
wormy--send me your addy and your wish is granted.
Hutch--I'll be looking for you. Maybe we can hook up for dinner before the gig--e me!
User: DACW | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: Hutch: I'm having that same dream...
StAl: You can tell your buddy that Toyota is working on a ZERO EMISSION (i.e., no CO2, no CO, no particulates, no ozone, no parially combusted hydrocarbons, no sulphuric pollutants) fuel cell car:
http://www.evworld.com/databases/shownews.cfm?pageid=news030203-05
User: major dude | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: hey sd fan's howza bout some friggin set lists?!?!
thankyouverymuch . sd fan from memphis
User: Hutch | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: z - Well said. A couple of years ago StAl set up a deal where we could ask a question directed to one or more of the principles over his web site. I asked WB what or who influenced his laid-back (for want of a better word) style of soloing. He replied that it was just the general influence of the tradition of "back of the beat" players in jazz and blues. I enjoy his approach and his playing the more I listen to it. And let's not forget that, in one of those music rags, he said that DF was quite the task master in the studio when it came to breaking down what those lead parts needed to sound like for the overall picture.
Two days till Manassas. I'm going through my pre SD show ritual... good relaxicants and the headphones on. EMG just finishing up now. What a great album. Deserves a Grammy.
Okay. I said it!
I'm up for some surprises at the show. I just have this image of them starting the second set with The Steely Dan Show and then blasting right into Lunch With Gina. Carlock and Barney (no, not that one) are generating some major funk and...
Well, I can dream can't I?
fezo - Glad to hear you're going. Hope to see you there.
Hutch
User: DACW - still can't pay the price of gasoline and meat | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: Jimbo: Yes, I was bleary eyed this morning - I never watch VH1 or much network programming for that matter...don't know how I stumbled upon it, but the Zevon program was riveting. The new album will be a gift to himself, fans, and life in general...he's been payed back in part by seeing his new grandchildren...may his creative rejuvenation continue and with any luck rejuvenation of his body...
User: z | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: Someone saying I'm LID? It must be my arch-nemesis RB.
I don't care, put me down or whatever, but don't attribute any comments by someone who listens to HL,LZ and the like to me.
But this does bring up an aspect of EMG which is kind of problematic.
One thing SD has always included on LPs and concerts is the use of overdriven guitar solos.
DF mentioned in an interview that SD would sound like a lounge band to most people if they didn't have the presence of the loud, virtuosic, heavily overdriven sound of the rock and/or roll lead guitarist.
WB (to his credit) doesn't use overdrive too much (on EMG, only GB)and relies more on taste and blues feeling to get over on his solos.
The taste of the vast majority of rock and/or roll listeners (unfortunately IMHO) seems to lean toward the Jimmy Page, Eric Crapton, Jiminy Hendrix style of playing, and the quieter, tasteful style of WB is denounced as "the guy can't play, he sucks" description.
I, personally, like the idea of very little distortion on EMG, but I'm a jazz guitarist and never use it unless someone practically points a gun at my head.
The fact that WB constantly bends strings, plays blues licks, and uses blues style vibrato on his single string playing, tends to distance him from jazz guitar playing and he says as much in an interview in one of the guitar rags when asked if he played jazz guitar on EMG.
Yet when asked who his favorite guitar player was in DB, he mentioned Grant Green, who was definitely a jazz guitarist (as well as a funk pioneer- what they feel necessary to describe as "acid jazz" nowadays).
This brings to mind the unthinkable thought that music (jazz) can still be great music, even though it doesn't win Grammys, get you into the R&RHOF, or attain commercial success, and we don't want to tax the cortex with that type of thinking- might lead to having an original thought or two, always a bad thing in this day and age.
However, when asked who his favorite guitarist was in the aforementioned guitar rag, he mentioned 3 blues players who the subscribers would feel more comfortable with, I'm sure.
Anyway, what Herington does and what WB does are two different things, and while one obviously requires more technical virtuosity, that doesn't mean the other doesn't have its place musically in the SD show.
Even his vocals have a place- imagine DF doing SOA?
User: Aja.........................another day | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: Oh Aussie, I was just looking for an excuse to administer another swat...... ;o) There will definitely be another trip out East; I had too much fun to let another 3 or so years go by. Give my love to Utah, and tell her I can't wait to raise another cocoa shell with you both!
The Jones Beach 'fest was definitely the fest to end all fests, thanks to Lady Bayside, and New York is hands down the best place to see Steely Dan. Steely Dan references are everywhere. Having been a SoCal Gal for most of my life, I wanted to have a real "New York" experience for the 4 days I was there, and the city didn't disappoint. (cue "An American in Paris" theme....)
My New York jaunt was off to a good start when I got off the airplane, and Spike Lee was getting on (a New York character-good omen). I found out my hotel was in Hell's Kitchen; they didn't advertise THAT on the website. Fortunately Hell's Kitchen isn't what it used to be, but it didn't take much imagination to see that the hotel had once been a flophouse. My room had a view of the tenement out back, and overlooked a small space filled with garbage. I kept the window shut the entire time. Soon I was picking up New York habits, like crossing the street any time I damn well felt like it, as I learned the grid and tried not to do touristy things, like standing on street corners staring up at the tall buildings.
Before the show I had a few hours to kill, so I walked around the Upper West Side in a little top and capris (no, I didn't do this intentionally, it's just what I happened to put on. Like I said, the weekend abounded with Steely Dan references). One thing they DON'T show on "Sex and the City" was how much Carrie Bradshaw would get hassled walking around in some of her see-through/mini-skirted/bra-revealing outfits. Mine was 10x more modest than anything she puts on, and I still collected 1 marriage proposal, 1 date with a musician in Central Park, 1 pick-up from an Italian guy who loved the bright colors I was wearing, and countless whistles and honks from passing cars. Needless to say, this doesn't happen in Southern California. Must be the water.
Then I took the Long Island Railroad (complete with killer jazz band playing in the station) out to Jones Beach, where I met Lady Bayside and Lisa G.! Lady B had gone to town to set up a great fest, with a beautiful spread of veggies, fruit, a grill, and of course, libations and sensations. Soon other GB danizens turned up: Hoops, ed beatty and daughter, Aussie and his beautiful wife, YGK, Pete Fogel and his wife, and then the zombies in cocoa shells began flowing! I'd love to write what came next, but after 3 zombies on an empty stomach, I'm not exactly sure. I do remember it was one hell of a party, and photographs the next morning revealed midriff baring, crotch shots (not mine), fez wearing, and other things that stagger the mind.
Onto the show! Since it's been written about so thoroughly, the only thing I'll add is that Don and Walt seemed to really be enjoying themselves. As always, the band was tight as a watch. Hearing "Aja" was pure joy, and even some of my less favorite songs (My Old School, Hey 19) sounded fabulous. It was a pleasure worth flying 3000 miles for!
After that, Lady B generously opened up her aunt's house to us on the north fork of Long Island. What a complete change from the city! Lady B, her wickedly funny beau, YGK and I spent the day antique shopping and strolling through the seaside town of Greenport, which was straight out of an Eastern Seaboard calendar. Of course, we had to wrap up the day with seafood and Rolling Rock beer on the dock, followed by winetasting.
Last day in the city: I wandered around Rockefeller Plaza, got my Lord on at St. Patrick's Cathedral, then took the subway down to SoHo and met Lady B and Beau. By now I'm wearing black and almost navigating the subway system like I know what I'm doing. We met at a cafe that would merit a visit from the Sex and the City girls. Dulce le leche french toast, sangria, and best of all, New York atmosphere! YGK joined us after brunch and we spent the afternoon enjoying the lively SoHo atmosphere (with a nod to Bleecker Street and Dean and Deluca).
Lastly, I couldn't visit New York without paying my respects to the WTC site. It was more a gut feeling that I couldn't put into words. I looked into the huge, gaping hole that is left (now cleaned up and being rebuilt) and tried to picture the two enormous towers that had once stood there, the rescue personnel that had rushed into the towers, and what sort of evil could have carried out such an act. It was emotionally overwhelming, and I had to turn away. Even at that, I realized that there isn't any way you can comprehend how horrific the scene must have been unless you were there. As we walked away, written in yellow paint on one of the closed buildings, was "Everything Must Go".
Aja
User: StAl | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: LI Dude: Contrary opinion is welcome and encouraged. Takes a certain amount of guts to come onto a fan site and complain about the very topic the website is dedicated to.
In fact I've taken a fair bit of heat for not taking a more heavy-handed approach but alas, all discussion is good. The difference, I suppose, between being a fan and a fanatic...
Go under the knife tomorrow. Hope the doc gives me some GOOD drugs. Better yet, I hope I'm in good enough shape to get to Dallas... May be away for a while. Have fun. Play nice.
StAl
User: long-island-dude | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: To StAl: I have found your comments insightful and not incite-full. You were able to offer some constructive ideas without taking things personally and I appreciate that. I did revisit the SD Aja DVD and was reminded of the many subtle and powerful contributions of WB, particularly in the writing and sonic aspects of the production. IÆm sorry, it will take me some time to overcome my aversion to his vocals.
I apologize to everyone else for piercing your insular community to offer honest constructive criticism. IÆm not sure anyone set me straight, or that you are through disparaging Huey Lewis, Amy Grant, Barney, or me for that matter. I am reminded that "fan" is actually short for fanatic, someone marked by a sometimes irrational zeal.
As Socrates said, ôThe unexamined life is not worth livingö. Maybe you can start disparaging the Greek philosophers now.
User: Aussie | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: Aja: Sorry, when I was posting initial impressions I was exhausted from the drive back to NYC from Southampton and missed typing your name on the list of notable attendees. No doubt your presence was appreciated and you were an absolute riot during the pre and post parties. Thank you so much for the BBB (I loved the swats) I shall cherish it for the rest of my days. My only regret is that your flight back to California came so soon so I didn't get the chanse to enjoy the city with you. Utah thought you were terrific by the way. I hope there's less time elapse until we next meet again. Glad to read you're back home safe and reeling in the SHEAVES. Be well lovie!
Yours,
Aus
User: Jimbo | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: St.Al-Kudos for setting long island dud straight on Steely Dan, Huey Lewis and the subject of the "F" word. He should remember it's not an Amy Grant or Barney concert.
I'm glad that many enjoyed the concert, I'm just sorry that there were a few out there trying to spoil the party with negative comments that made no sense.
Warren Zevon's Cd comes out tommorrow. Did anyone see the VH1 documentary on the making of his final album last night? It was poignant and very moving. Hearing samples of his final work as well as seeing his friends, family and his attractive girlfriend. Nice. There were,of course the clips from his last appearance on David Letterman. I hope they show it again. Bruce was on the VH1 documentary as well as the Eagles, Jackson Browne and Billy Bob Thornton who introduced the documentary. Warren was in good spirits and humor, even with Dave Barry.
And yes, there was a gentler side with his kids. Especially when his daughter decided to name one of her twins after Warren.
I look forward to the CD. If there's a cuss word, I'll still buy it!
Later
User: DACW | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: Aussie: great color..GREENBOOK...LEGII UP???
...very busy battling government beaucracies to keep legal foreign graduate students from being sent back to the Orient, and conducting a vigorous campaign to liberate my daughter from Stalag Intermediary School...back to lurk...
Remember when Huey Lewis and the News were lip-syncing "Power of :Love" at the Oscars and the recording skipped and burped - THAT was a Milli Vanilli moment...I bet D&W are still recovering from American Bandstand...
User: ps | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: I was lying about Jones beach.
both the website & venue looked shocking to me.
db
User: duncan | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: Thank's for all the birthday shout-outs.
i'm feeling better now, it's not that i don't like being 37.
but several things all at once on my birthday got me down.
im ok & expecting a med sized tour tee shirt in the post very soon, the diet is working !!!
i love you all here.
where is Howard ?
User: Aja.............................in culture shock | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: YGK-I'm here! Just reelin' in the sheeves (of paper) that piled on my desk while I was in NYC. Will post after hours tonight. My e-mail was at 117% capacity when I got back, so I'm sure I missed a lot.
Aussie-I don't merit a mention as one of the attendees? I'm gonna have to give you a few more whacks for that........
Will post on my NYC adventure later-it was an unbelievably intense experience that can't be rushed through. No amount of thanks can do justice to how much Lady Bayside put into making this Danfest, and my trip, nothing short of fantastic.
Aja
User: lp | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: bad sneaks - i'm with malc - take the 'a' train - having grown up in a railroad family, we made the trip to the city from syracuse at least once a year for shopping and shows - it's a nice tour and you have a heineken with the view
thanks for the reviews all, the festivities sounded great - especially to our loving ward!
User: RoyalDan | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: SteveeDan -
Thanks for the info. I can't beleive their not playing at least Gina and Everything. I think those are the two best songs off the new cd. Kind of Steely Dan goes Californian. Laid back stuff. I was thinking they could end with it. Walk out during the ending. The band could throw out a few tasty jazz chords and there's your show. RoyalDan
User: StAl | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: Two great musicians who can't read a note:
- Graham Nash
- Joni Mitchell
Oh, and LI Dude -- you broke a rule on the guestbook. No $40 words allowed. I almost broke out the dictionary on "elucidate" until I sat and thought about it for a minute...
Also, the line you're in regarding a distaste of Walter's vocals isn't terribly short. Though I really enjoy it, it took a while before I was able to appreciate 11 Tracks Of Whack. Frankly I still find it odd to hear him sing on a Steely Dan record. SLang isn't my least favorite track on the disc however.
Allow me to elucidate. Donald's voice is absolutely synonymous with Steely Dan's sound. It is as much a musical instrument as the drums and guitar. Maybe more so. You simply can't replace him and when you try people will balk. It isn't like Brian Johnson (attempting) to fill Bon Scott's shoes. The differences between Donald and just about anyone else is dramatic and anyone who attempts is doomed for failure in many people's eyes.
User: YGK | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: Aja: home safe? Your email bounced........
User: YGK | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: Bad Sneaks: There's an Amtrak train that leaves from Penn and is direct to Syracuse through Albany, but you get a see the Hudson all the way up to Albany. That's a 3-4 hour trip, but worth it.
If you rent a car - the time is the same, but it all depends on your budget to rent.
Bus would be the least expensive, and is the least aesthetic.....
my .02
ygk
User: angel | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: Bad Sneaks: As one who has done most of the following (or at least contemplated it), here's my advice. Rent a car.
Why do I say that? The train is expensive and (sometimes) not very convenient, time wise. Then you have to make it out to the venue, which is not in Downtown Syracuse. Same thing for the bus. You do see every small town in Upstate NY (Utica, next stop, Utica) and such lovely things as Paramas, NJ, but if you have a concert to go to, take the car (and make sure you have gas in it, of course). ;-)
My 2 cents.
User: long-island-dude | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: To SteveeDan: This is America, after all. I am presenting an opinion which does not rise to the level of your analogy.
To NassauCountyPolice: No I did not take Bill's sweater. It was an entertaining comment though.
To z? : I don't do 9-5.
To NYB: I agree with your discussion of musicality. If the feeling is there, notation is meaningless. Some of the best musicians couldn't read a note. I'm not stating how good a musician I am, I was giving backround of my experiences. Others have played 30+ years ( my rival, show me my rival )and I bow to their greater experience.
I do not have any grammys. Music (playing and listening) is a hobby I prefer to keep part-time. SD most certainly deserved their grammys, in fact they were long overdue. I don't believe that Walter received any awards for his vocal performances though.
To Steven in CT: I did see the show, and I have seen many SD shows as listed in my 1st, 2nd posts.
To StAl: Thank you for your welcoming comments despite the circumstances, and thank you for some elucidating statements. Yes, the attitude is just the attitude. That was an unfair criticism, and I do recognize the difference between indifference and style.
I found your description of vulgarity entertaining as well. I just don't think it is necessary at a public performance. While I haven't seen Amy Grant live, the artists I have seen (starting with Led Zep in 1972) have not felt it necessary. Certainly a great strength of SD is in their writing, their turn of a phrase. It just did not wring true to me.
I have not seen Springsteen live, nor do I own any of his works, but I once again found your comments meaningful. I did not mean to overtly compare SD and other bands I had recently seen, it's apples and oranges. And do not deduce that I prefer theatrics over the musical presentation, far from it, and this is an important point. SD were kickin in a time without the fluff of music videos. Their musicality speaks for itself, and you will find that I have not criticized it, far from it.
To Hutch: I'm no Sunday school teacher, but after attending hundreds of concerts by professional musicians I have yet to hear others use profanity. I guess my doctor picks his nose, but I would prefer he/she not do it while I am present. And yes I am aware of reference to drug use in the songs and have no problem with this. These are great songs and these references are integral to the music.
To YGK : Just put me in the camp of people who had mixed reviews of Walter's singing. Very mixed.
And to all- if I have been viewed as a demon at your door, in the morning I won't be there no more.....
User: bad sneakers | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: Hi folks
Can any of you New Yorkers help me ??
I am staying in the centre of NYC from Friday - what is the easiest way to get to the Syracuse venue ??? How long should we leave to get there etc ?? Best to take a car, train or bus ???
Is it a good venue to see our heroes ?(as if there is such a thing as a bad one)
Can't wait now - Can't wait
Signing out from bonnie Scotland
User: StAl | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: Rajah: I've seen Huey Lewis 2 times, plus once as a guest at a Dead show. Huey is a riveting performer. Live he and his band puts an edge to the rather mainstream music he's (mostly) churned out over the years. Though every time I've seen Huey Lewis and the News it's been as an opening act (Doobies, Police) he's always managed to get an encore. Something that isn't too common for openers. And he's one helluva harmonica player.
The danger here is comparing one performer to another. It would have been all too easy to use the "Oh my god he's comparing Huey Lewis to Steely Dan" angle but I resisted... and it was hard...
Now, would I pay to see Huey Lewis. Depends. Would I pay to see Steely Dan. Again and again...
User: YGK | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: Jones Beach Steely Dan Show
ôBayside Bacchanalö
Highlights.
What an evening/night/weekendàààà
I arrived at the train station just at the very moment that Aussie arrived with his Phat Phord stuffed with goodies, and we proceeded û along with his lovely wife û to parade towards the beach parking lot. We were instructed per the Queen and her lovely assistant LisaG to proceed to the ôOörgasm section of the parking lot, and begin setting up. Right next to the Bright Yellow Beetle. Visiting from San Diego was Aja whom I havenÆt seen since New Orleans Jazzfest Æ02.
I was a proud beneficiary of AusÆs ôPleazhure Passesö, and sampled his ôGin Bhuquetö and fine Colombian. I had to make sure they were all acceptable for the group at large. They were.
Then, Lady Bayside had completed her set up, and began to assemble her Zombies in the Coco Shell. Deeeeeeeeeee-lish. Perfect Zombies, and the coco shells were a big hit to make it extra Dannish: They were so good, Aja had 3 àà... Fogel and Shari showed up, and eventually so did Hoops and other crew. I met SouthofHollywood, Mr. Sam and others from the Australian contingent too many to recount àà.a truly wonderful gathering; like friends from long ago..
Hoops assembled a rousing audience for the official crowning of the Queen of Jones Beach: Lady Bayside. Long live the Queen! (Hoops, she hasnÆt let go of the tiara yet.)
A highly reverent crowd from where I was sitting; and the boys sounded better than PNC û the lighting and set where a surreal contrast to the foreboding sky behind the stage.
The evening was full of surprisesàà.Bill Charlap playing acoustic piano on Godwhacker! Actually, the PNC show didnÆt allow for extended rotations of soloists, but after Charlap took a few extremely exiting and poignant rounds on GW, Donald let each horn man blow it outàà.rip and chop and slice indeed.
Mixed reviews on Walter singingààI think he did the task; yet other tastes prefer the Donald singing sandwich onlyàà
Bizarre surprise: Donald introduced Jay Black of Jay and the Americans: Jay walked onstage then walked immediately off itàà.. ôhere he is û there he goesöààà
ygk
User: Rajah of Erase | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: Long Island Dude has a right to his opinion, absolutely, St Al, but doesn't the admission that he attends Huey Lewis shows call his entire credibility into question? I do like the sunshine up you derierre comment on Bruce, though. Wouldn't it be outta-state to see Don in a Members Only jacket torturing the microphone stand with Walt leaning into him when he goes for brief ride on a solo? Very undignified and very much not in the Steely style. Decorum suits the boys.
User: StAlphonzo | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: Long Island Dude: Brother, your opinion is more than welcome on this message board. I always respect contrary opinion.
However, you're missing a few points. In a MAJOR way I might add.
Regarding "BlasT Attitude" and "Malaise": This is most definitely their style. Has been since 1972. If you want an artist to blow sunshine up your ass at a concert, might I suggest Bruce Springsteen. Check their website, read the interviews, watch the videos and LISTEN to the music. If you do all this you'll clearly understand the difference between indifference and style.
Regarding vulgarity: Perhaps you'd be more comfortable at an Amy Grant show? You've got to be kidding? Did Walter say the "F" word? OH MY GOODNESS!
Besides, I say there is no such thing as a "Bad Word" only bad usage. So if I say you're a fucking asshole -- that's bad. If I say you're the you're one bad-assed mother fucker -- that's a compliment (usually). The word "Fuck" is not the issue here. You've been brainwashed by the establishment. Get over it. For more on the most versatile word in the English language, listen to this:
http://www.boldra.com/images/incoming/y2001_1sthalf/?f=fword.wav
Everybody goes to a show expecting something. I'm not entirely sure of what your expectations were? Comparing live acts is something I steer clear of. You mention Gabriel who arguably puts on the finest live show you'll ever experience in 2 hours. Steely Dan lets the music and the musicians speak and leaves the histrionics to the Peter Gabriel's and Huey Lewis's of the world. I prefer it that way.
Nice color everyone on Jones Beach. Bill, sorry to hear someone stole your sweater. My uncle, who is an ex-cop, always told me the criminal type he hated the most was a thief. He reasoned the pedophile had a serious emotional problem which he/she couldn't help without some medical attention. But a thief was simply a low-life form of scum who makes the choice to take something that isn't theirs. They don't need to do it, they just do...bastards...
User: Hutch | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: Ole - Hope to see you in Manassas. I'll be in the left orchestra section (as you're facing the stage) about seven rows back from the front. We're in the inside aisle seats. Are you and RoyScam hooking up?
Long Island Dud - "I secretly hoped a lightning bolt would put him out of his misery." Nice sentiment buddy. Real nice. Real FUCKING nice.
Oh yeah, did you notice the reference to "fine Columbian" in Aussie's post. That's refering to DRUGS you know. Now there's another thing that my Sunday School teacher would surely disapprove of at a concert. I don't know what this world is coming to.
Oh yeah. Remember that album "Abbey Road" by The Beatles. That one really stunk didn't it? That John Lennon guy was a pretty good songwriter but he really should have let McCartney do all the vocals.
And I've been playing guitar for 35 years, so I should know.
Hutch
User: wormy | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: aussie - auss some color as usual
felt I had attended the event myself
AND GREENBOOK!!! YES YES YES!!!!
keep working on them Pete - Lunch and EMG next
should hear them soon dropped into the setlist
panties getting ready to bunch in proverbial wad
so is there an extra pleasure pass for a southern topsoil dweller?
I'd love an old Fagen radio station window decal Ole or Neg Gal if you still have any
clas - I am working on 2 compositions, you will see one of them when I figure out a medium to use for recording
the new Radiohead is quite good
more song structured than the way out excesses of past jaunts
may buy tickets for REM today
giddy as a school girl
wormbraininvain
User: C | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: So, unconditional love is the keyword then.
User: Steven in CT | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: I'm so glad to hear that my SIS friends got to enjoy another super show at Jones Beach. Sip the wine, my friends. Life is short and our time here is precious. Creating pristine memories is good use for the time.
And bravo for not letting stolen shirts or nay-saying critics spoil a good time.
(Some folks will do anythings for attention. Like me. I have to head over to the Van Halen bulletin board to say negative things about their last show that I didn't go to, just to get some attention from their devoted fans. Sad, huh? [Only I'm kidding.])
User: Dr Fill | Month: 7 | Day: 25
Message: Oh well, I was about to say "don't mind Bill, he's from Long Island"... but that wouldn't be such a good idea, would it?
---
I've been busy, sat up all night trying to find words, words that could motivate you guys to make some music...
Here's Dr Fill's Daily Words of Wisdom
http://www.ateljelundkvist.se/z/drFill
Or just click the link above.
User: NYB | Month: 7 | Day: 24
Message: What the fuck am I doing up this late?
Long Island Dud...
Musicians like you never cease to bore me. According to your theory,
the ability to make great music depends on your ability to teach the
dry subject matter of music notation and theory. The fact that I haven't
taught the subject doesn't mean that I can't play the instrument but
that's niether here nor there.
The real issue when it comes to music is, how good are you at putting
your ideas and emotions into a musical format. I've heard many great
musical technicians who can play anything you ask them to play but when
called upon to develop music of thier own generally put out some fairly
forgettable stuff. How do you account for this?
P.S.
If you're such a great fk'n musician where are your grammies pal?
Where are your platinum albums? What is your place in the archives of
music history? How dare you question the ability of Fagen and Becker
my friend? You're nothing more than a peasant throwing stones at the
castle bro.
"You can joust at windwills with that old fender guitar" -James McMurtry
User: C @ W | Month: 7 | Day: 24
Message: long-island-dude - oh man, whatever you do, don't say the things you say here over at the Blue Bore. They'd crucify you.
Where's Howard? Busy tuning his bloody piano?
Wormy - are you in for a song for the GBook CD? I don't remember if there's a post office in the City of New Orleans, but if you take that looong bridge over to Slidell, you'll find one (don't take the wrong ramp, I don't wanna see you end up in Mandeville).
Malc? I am pretty sure there are a post office in Manhattan, me and Lena found one somewhere around West 34th street, when we were about getting stamps for postcards.
I'll get back with a map.
Hutch?
Gone with the wind.
---
Is it vacation time over there?
User: long island dude = z ? | Month: 7 | Day: 24
Message: long island dude- Time for bed. You don't want to be late for your "9-5" gig. Do you?
User: SteveeDan | Month: 7 | Day: 24
Message: Hey long-island-dude ...
Save it for another guestbook where the people might care about what you say. Right about now, your left foot is on fire ... so, like, don't reach for the gasoline, OK? ... Unless you like that sort of thing.
I mean, you're entitled to your opinion, that's for sure ... but, what you are doing by expressing it more than once is similar to going onto a Jewish site and saying that you thought that Hitler wasn't so bad.
Give me a Break.
User: long-island-dude | Month: 7 | Day: 24
Message: NYB,
I'm glad you enjoyed the show.
We just have different tastes. Walter's singing was quite simply torture as far as I'm concerned. You enjoyed it - I didn't.
You thought Walter played well - I didn't. I'm sure he has made major contributions to the band and the songs, but the guy can't play.
Maybe you have messed with a guitar for 20+ years, but I've played one. I have taught for 6 years, have recorded for friends, performed in classical concerts and for weddings.
Now Jon Herrington can play (although Drew Zing was more fun to watch). And Larry Carlton was killer. I would have been a happier camper if they took Jon out of the holster more, and put Walter in it.
Hey, he's a co-founder of the band so I guess he thinks he's entitled. I just remember seeing them in New Jersey a few years back when he came out with his solo album. When he played a song from it and sang, people stampeded to the concession stands.
And I am and always will be a SD fan. Perhaps constructive criticism helps, perhaps it doesn't. Maybe 100 more fans will weigh in saying how much they enjoyed Walter's singing and he'll sing 4 songs for you next year. Enjoy them.
User: Nassau County Police | Month: 7 | Day: 24
Message: NY Bill: long-island-dude is the guy that stole your sweater!!
User: NYB | Month: 7 | Day: 24
Message: Aussie,
See post 4309.
I'm glad you mentioned the background graphics and the babe choir.
I was equally impressed by both.
Orchestra Section A, Row B, Seat 14 was my locale for the show.
User: NYB | Month: 7 | Day: 24
Message: Long Island Dude,
From one Long Islander to another I've just got to ask you, what concert
were you at on 8/22/03 because it wasn't the concert I went to bro.
Blase' attitude? I thought Donald and Walter were pretty animated on
stage. I especially liked it when Donald stood next to Walter and played
his melodica. Also, it's pretty well known that Walter represents the
more earthy, street side of Steely Dan. When he referred to New York
fans as "The best fuckin' fans in the world" he probably wasn't referring
to you anyway so why be offended?
Walter's version of "Hiatian Divorce" and "Slang of Ages" were absolutely
great and I enjoyed them. The jokes that Donald and Walter threw out
during the show were hilarious and the VERY UNEXPECTED appearance by one
JAY BLACK was way cool. Walter's playing was fairly impressive (hey I've
been messing around with my guitar for 20-plus years too bro...) and
Donald's voice pretty strong. I feel I got more than my money's worth from
this show, so much so that I plan on attending the Roseland and Mohegan
Sun dates if I can still get tickets.
And don't tell me you weren't standing up with the rest of us clapping
your hands and dancing at the end of the show Dude. You lie if you say
you weren't, THE WHOLE AMPHITHEATER WAS!
Thanks to Donald, Walter, and the whole band for a fantastic concert that
I won't ever forget!
(And to the guy who was sitting next to me who stole my $65 Steely Dan
Tour sweater while I was on my feet clapping at the end of the show,
enjoy it. The only memory you will ever have of this event will be the
fact that you stole something during it. I can't think of a worse
punishment than that. I'll replace the sweater at the Roseland date,
but how will you rid yourself of your petty historical legacy? My guess
is you won't.)
User: Aussie | Month: 7 | Day: 24
Message: An Evening with Steely Dan at Jones Beach Ampitheatre, Wantaugh, NY, last Friday August 22, 2003 anno domini.
First, major kudos to Lady Bayside for busting her hump in ensuring an phenomenal DanFest in the parking lot outside the stadium. Her Zombies from a coco shell were a huge hit, as were the variety of delicacies neatly laid out, Martha Stewart style, on a well dressed table.
The cast of characters, YGK, SouthofHollywood, Little Wild One, Ed and his lovely charming daughter Laura, Hoops, Pete Fogel and Sharri, the Australian contingency, LisaG, and a whole host of others made the event even more memorable.
Weather threatened but Mother Nature never delivered the goods and the ponchos never made it out of our Audi TT.....but the digital camera SURE did, and from our front row seats were able to get a few great shots of the babe choir, Walter, and one slightly out of focus one of Donald in action. I hope to be able to post these in conjunction with Hoops as soon as he gets the Jones Beach Danfest website up to share with you all, my pleasure.....
And speaking of pleasure, I had these really professional fully laminated with lanyards "Pleasure Passes" made up for about fifty lucky Dan fans...those went over exceptionally well.....Beemer, you've got one coming your way via United States Postal Service. For the record, no one was tossed out on their butts for wearing these (the disclaimer on the back of the passes would make any lawyer squeal with pleasure). I also concoted two diffrent batches of potent potables - Gin Bucket and a Rhum Bucket....Ed and the others will probably post later attesting to the lethal yet pleasureable potency of these Dan Inspired libations.
After a few hours of hard partying before the show, the crowd slowly made their way inside the Ampitheatre. From the looks of things the show was compleatly sold out. I bought the Greek coffee cup Tee shirt in pastel blue for myself and for my wife the wonderwaif inspired Steely Dan baby tee-shirt in pastel pink....both look great.
Before the show, Pete Fogel told me he heard the boys rehearsing Green Room during tune up, but it never made the set list....oh well.
The show was amazing. Same set list as all others I believe. The sound quality, even for us in the front row could not have been any better....crystal clear and loud. I cannot get into a song-by-song review as your faithful and humble narrator was influenced by many drinks, fine Columbian smoke, deloodin, etc. plus I had not taken any notes during the entire show at all.
Mr. Carlock is not from this world...he whaled away with robotic precision, and never mis-hit anything from his impressive drum kit (Paiste cymbals).
The background graphics were all tastefully done, and at some points resembled those that may be seen at a Pink Floyd or Allman Brothers concert (meaning trippy).
John Herrington: What a talented musician! His riffs were scalding hot and he played with such ease....looked very relaxed the entire time and acknowledged the appreciative crowd after every tune he smoked. Simply amazing.
Walter Becker: never sounded bettre. The look on his face was one of a man having the time of his life. His playing was equally superb. He and Mr. Herrington marry their distinctive playing styles seamlessly and it works very nicely....killer smoooooth.
The Horns: These guys lit the place on fiyahh.
Jim Pugh: Incredible. Who would ever think a trombonist could be positively accretive to a stellar line up of musicians? This guy takes you to school and keeps you after for detention, just to make sure you understand.
On the sax: Walt Weiskopf. Holy shit. One word: WOW.
Cornelius Bumpus: Soul emanates from this man's every pore:Amazing
On trumpet, Michael Leonhart: terrifically laid grooves, also imbued with plenty of funk and soul.
The Babe Choir: Midriffs exposed except for Ms. Mizelle. Incredibly sexy trio grooved so hard, sang so well (Parkre's Band was deliciously rendered)that yours truly was afflicted with lockjaw. Before the start of their first encore, I presented each lady with two dozen red roses, these were very well received especially for Cynthia Calhoun who lifted the bunch over her head and thanked yours truly.
Donald Fagen: No flubbed lines. Rocked mine and everybody's world who was present. Plenty of banter with audience, and he, like Mr. Becker looked relaxed and very happy to be performing...terrific job (Caves of Altamira was nailed by Mr. Fagen...amazing)
The entire Band: I thought they sounded better than they did in their Two Against Nature Tour. Better show all around. Go see it. Worth every piaster you can borrow.
I left plenty of additional colour out of this first salvo since I'm just getting back from our beach house and I'm exhausted, but I will post more impressions/granularity tomorrow.
Finally, to all who made the Bayside Bacchanal what it was: Thank you, and to all those wonderful Dan fans I met for the first time: Pleasure meeting and partying with you all!
Yours truly,
Aus
post scriptte. Bill: where were you????
User: W1P | Month: 7 | Day: 24
Message: Springsteen 8/17 -- I'd put the crowd at about 85% capacity -- with the Top Deck seats pretty sparse. Great crowd, great energy!
Last night at Canes -- no GBers BUT Love Bob showed up, hung all night long and we ended up having breakfast until 4:30 with a bunch of folks. I'm beat.
We just learned that our 9/13 show in Agoura will feature the return of Marvette "Lion King" Williams for the show stopping Great Gig in the Sky
User: long-island-dude | Month: 7 | Day: 24
Message: Certainly profanity is an issue and it is uncalled for, but my major points are the lack of energy, the malaise, the blase attitude.
There wasn't one song played on tempo, nothing really kicked except Herrington's all-too-few solos (the guest keyboard player from NYC was also excellent).
Just needed to vent my disappointment. I've posted positive reviews for the Gabriel and Huey Lewis concerts. The artists got the crowd going, they kicked it and they were into it.
One swallow doesn't make summer - maybe it was an off show. I've certainly enjoyed them over the years. I just wouldn't recommend spending your dough to see them live.
User: Karen | Month: 7 | Day: 24
Message: Hi, everyone. I'm new to this group.
My husband and I saw Steely Dan at Hersheypark on August 20. The show was AWESOME!!!! It was the first time we'd ever seen them. We wanted to go to Atlantic City to see them this weekend, but it's not going to work out.
The musicianship was incredible on the 20th. The songs sounded just like the record and the band was so tight and together! They really knew what they were doing. We were pretty happy with the selections they chose as well.
Anyway, I just thought I'd post a little review of the show.
Karen
User: Be Born Again Barry | Month: 7 | Day: 24
Message: long Island dude- Yeah...when Donald sang "They don't give a fuck about anybody else" on "Show Biz Kids, I stopped listening to them as well.
Re: Jones Beach- What right does a Rock n Roll band have to curse on stage? How dare they!
See you later...back to church.
Barry
User: oleander | Month: 7 | Day: 24
Message: Apparently they (WAMU) conflated Nissan with Merriweather Post. Ben Folds is playing at the latter the same night with Tori Amos.
Oh well.
User: long-island-dude | Month: 7 | Day: 24
Message: Of course I meant their pre-1979 recorded works, although I would be open to listening to any recorder player covering the dan as well :)
User: oleander | Month: 7 | Day: 24
Message: Hey!
Anybody know anything about this? From the WAMU website (http://www.wamu.org/tickets/np-steelydan.php):
NISSAN PAVILION
Steely Dan
with Ben Folds
Wednesday, August 27 at 7:30pm
OFFICIAL RULES
To enter to win 2 ticketsto Nissan Pavilion with featured guest Steely Dan on WEDNESDAY, August 27th, 7:30pm, you must submit your full name, telephone number, email address (optional but preferred) on the entry form below and submit it. Only one entry per person is permitted....etc.
...??BEN FOLDS??
User: long-island-dude | Month: 7 | Day: 24
Message: I have been a huge danfan for many years. I have enjoyed playing guitar for over 20 years in my spare time. I have seen five concerts a year ( this year - Peter Gabriel, Huey Lewis ) and really enjoy many types of music - Pet Metheny, Herbee Hancock, Counting Crows, Kate Bush, SD.
I've seen Larry Carlton 4 times over the past 20 years, M. McDonald, the dan with Drew Zing, NY soul review, saw SD a few years ago, last year and this year.
I saw the Jones Beach Show 08-22-03, and was very disappointed. Before they took a 20 minute break, Walter Becker sang 2 songs solo. Sang is used very loosely here. His profanity was uncalled for. For supposedly erudite and well-read artists, there should be no need for vulgarity. I secretly hoped a lightning bolt would put him out of his misery.
Donald was so laid back he could have stayed in bed.
Jon Herrington is a phenominal talent that waits in the wings for his 15 seconds of fame - given when Walter stops plinking his guitar to let a real artist play.
Of course the band talent was great, but no one had the chance to shine. If you introduced the band, and played 5 or 6 tunes at half tempo you essentially got the first half of the show.
Sorry guys, but I will now reference SD thru their pre-1979 recorder works and stop patronizing the live shows.
As my mother in law says - Lot's of good luck to you.
User: | Month: 7 | Day: 24
Message: Molly - please touch Drew a.s.a.p
User: oleander | Month: 7 | Day: 24
Message: So who's going to Nissan (Manassas) this Wed.? I'll be lookin' for you!
User: SteveeDan | Month: 7 | Day: 24
Message: RoyalDan --
According to the reports made by many here, the song list hasn't changed at all ... with the exception that Do It Again was swapped out for Babylon Sisters.
I spoke to someone who was at the Jones Beach concert (as well as Denver, Tahoe, Paso Robles, and Costa Mesa) and said that the set lists hadn't changed. I too am curious to see if they end up playing anything different during the remaining concert performances ... we'll just have to wait and see ... so far, no changes.
SteveeDan
User: royaldan | Month: 7 | Day: 24
Message: Danheads: Can anyone tell me wether the band has started to play green book/gina/everything on this tour yet? I saw them early in the tour (Lake Tahoe) and they didn't play 'em that night.
Royaldan
User: DACW | Month: 7 | Day: 24
Message: z:
Tell me can you dig the latter fun tunes
EMG goes from great to greater
But Donald could use a little save face time
When upper register elevating
And if Carolyn and the ladies
Want to get in on the high notes
With Donald's falsetto in tow
Well we'll give the crowd da business
Every song must show
User: Drew | Month: 7 | Day: 24
Message: Molly-please get in touch a.s.a.p.
User: Stevee(Put another candle on the Birthday cake)Dan | Month: 7 | Day: 24
Message: Clas - thank you for my birthday message. What's going on is that we are selecting a couple of tracks for your consideration. I will get them to you as soon as I can.
Bluz - it was great hanging out with you and SOH, and DDD last night in cyberspace. Great playlist yesterday ... RTF's Romantic Warrior ... awesome.
SteveeDan
User: wormy | Month: 7 | Day: 24
Message: hey Beast - welcome back I too am puzzled why EMG, Lunch and Greenbook are classics and heavily missing from the setlist. and yes D&W are playing it safe with almost all Aja and scam tunes. Gabriel toured last fall with lots of new Up tunes then when it didn't go over as well with the non-initiated he backed off into mostly So and hits tunes, while the gems off the new album were few and far between
funny you should all mention steve winwood - bought the new disc
love it and was going to write it up in a review with another laid back trio - our very own YGK's Core
still waiting for those NYC reviews
wormbrain
User: 30 years on... | Month: 7 | Day: 24
Message:
30 years on...Countdown to Ecstacy
played Friday
Javon Jackson..Easy Does It.."wake up everybody"(new)
Roland Kirk..Volunteered Slavery.."title"
John Lee Hooker.."i'm in the mood" vj
Willie Dixon.."walkin the blues"
Arthur Blythe..Exhale.."night train"(new)
Wayne Shorter..lp Adams Apple.."chief crazy horse"(February 1966)
Frank.."i concentrate on you"(arr. Billy May January 1967)
Antonio Carlos Jobim/Stan Getz/Gilberto.."the girl from ipanema"
Danillo Perez..Till Then.."native soul"(new)
Chick Corea..Return To Forever.."romantic warrior"
Miles/Gil Evans..Sketches Of Spain.."the pan piper"
Rickie Lee Jones..It's Like This.."trouble man"
Jimmy Witherspoon..'you ain't foolin me"
Eric Reed..E-Bop.."bouncin with boo boo(new)
Count Basie..Live At The Sands.."hello little girl"
Zan Gardner..Heres My Heart.."exactly like you"
Frank.."all i need is the girl"(duke ellington & orch.)
Sonny Stitt..Sits in With Oscar Peterson.."i can't give you anything but love"
James Moody..The Blues And Other Colors.."main Stem"
Stanley Turrentine..lp Rough N' Tumble".."feelin good"(July 1966)
Kenny Garrett..Black Hope.."2 step"(1992)
David Sanborn..Timeagain.."cristo redenter"
John Lee Hooker.."i'm bad like jesse james"
Albert Collins..Cold Snap.."too many dirty dishes"
Don't touch me with your broom,
don't let my lamp get low.
Don't let the dogs start to howlin
'cause somebody got to go.
Jazz Gillum
"The Blues What Am"
bluz
User: Led's Zep... | Month: 7 | Day: 24
Message: ...again, like we did last summer...
Happy Birthday Stevee Dan!
/C
User: Dr. Fill | Month: 7 | Day: 24
Message: During the night I've been busy trying to find the right words... motivation, inspiration, and things like that.
Go to:
http://www.ateljelundkvist.se/z/drFill
Or click the URL above.
Get inspired and send your songs to me, let us make the 4th edition of the Under the Banyan Trees CD happen.
Cornyally,
Dr. Fill
User: C | Month: 7 | Day: 23
Message: SteveeDan - ok, send it next week then? How long does it take to get down to the post office and send the CD? Half an hour?
Molly - my Darling Deer, thanks for the pics. Great stuff. I wish I'd been there.
User: SteveeDan | Month: 7 | Day: 23
Message: Hi Rajah --
Are you back from "the boot" yet? I am delighted to hear t