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Steely Dan - The Pearl Concert Theater Aaah, so nice to see/hear a great BAND with great SONGS. ...13 people on stage, each with a defined purpose. No filler. A good friend hooked me up with a couple of primo seats at The Pearl Concert Theater in Vegas on Thursday. They kicked things off with just the band doing a swinging take on Cannonball Adderley's Dizzy's Business. Your Gold Teeth Aja Black Friday Hey Nineteen Green Earrings Home At Last Time Out Of Mind Show Biz Kids Bodhisattva Godwhacker Dirty Work Papa Don't Take No Mess (band intros) Babylon Sisters Josie Peg Reelin' In The Years My Old School Kid Charlemagne (Encore) After Fagen, Becker and "The Embassy Brats" (their superb background vocalists) left the stage, the band finished things off with a wicked version of The Untouchables theme. Outside of the Fagen/Becker tunes, special props have to go out to Jon Herington for being able to play all those signature guitar parts and drummer Keith Carlock for being such a groove-meister. Music for adventurous listeners tA  Tribal Records"Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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Awesome. I'd love to see these guys. I need to check their tour dates.
Off topic: An older pal who's kind of become my local musical mentor is treating me to a Jeff Beck show tomorrow night. I am SO pumped! Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
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I love me some Steely Dan ! Give me the Dan,Prince,and killing Joke and im set. Rest in Peace Bettie Boo. See u soon. | |
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They're off to Australia & New Zealand for the next month or so.
Gotta hear your thoughts on the Jeff Beck gig.
Music for adventurous listeners "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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So they're not doing those two set concerts anymore where they play a different entire album for each gig?
I woulda loved to hear how the Dan approached Papa Don't Take No Mess. Can you say any more about how they chose to do this one?
Straight ahead syncopated funk faithful to the original? Smooth jazz-ish?
I can imagine them pumping it hard for a certain amount of measures featuring a certain instument leading to a crescendo and then, bang, stopping on a dime to percolate the groove down low while that player is introduced and then taking it back up to another crescendo until the next player does his thing and gets his props.
Izzat how they did it?
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Pretty much. It's easier to listen to it than to have me try and describe it. Sep 16 New York, NY Beacon Theatre | "Gaucho" + Selected Hits Sep 22 New York, NY Beacon Theatre | "By Popular Demand" - Vote! Sep 30 Boston, MA Wang Theatre | "By Popular Demand" - Vote! "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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Man, I would love to be there. Steely Dan was one of my musical muses years ago. I was privileged to see Donald Fagen and Michael McDonald perform together at a festival last year and they, with their band, were wonderful. But I would really like to see Steely Dan perform. What a treat! "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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