Steely Dan legal woes

[mtroo]

Originally Posted by W9TR

It's all fun and games until you name your band after a gigantic steam powered dildo. Then weird things start to happen.

I snarfed my coffee. Hysterical

[Formerly YB-2]

Originally Posted by Art Vandelay

For me personally, Steely Dan without Walter isn't Steely Dan.

Won't make this judgement until I hear what is offered.
Little Feat (and other groups) simply aren't the same without one of their main leads and writers. But, will give Fagen the benefit of the doubt for the moment.

[djwhog]

Originally Posted by John49

I agree Art, Walter missing means the Dan ain’t the Dan, just Fagen & Co.

Agreed [emoji108]

[W9TR]

Originally Posted by mtroo

I snarfed my coffee. Hysterical

Glad you enjoyed my post!

[Art Vandelay]

In hindsight, I'm glad that I saw SD live a couple of times in the past decade, but to be fair too, Don and Walter were clearly both past their best and although the experience was very enjoyable it wasn't 'incredible' as it would have been in 1980, or even in 1991 for that matter when they came out of hiatus. Personally, I'm happy for Don to tour as himself playing the best of Steely Dan with some fine session musicians, and would still pay for that privilege.

[Formerly YB-2]

Well put. Especially as all their albums were made with session musicians. One of the keys to their unique brand of music.

[bodiezaffa]

Originally Posted by Karl Maga

Regarding the law suit, I can’t think of a proper reason why the Band Name shouldn’t belong to Donald Fagen.

+1

[Art Vandelay]

Originally Posted by Formerly YB-2

Well put. Especially as all their albums were made with session musicians. One of the keys to their unique brand of music.

I think it was after Pretzel that they decided to focus on studio work, and that's when Don and Walter demanded a new level of studio perfection. KL is possibly my fav but for me there's not much in it between KL, Aja and Gaucho. Fwiw, I'm a big fan of Larry Carlton and Dean Parks on guitar, as well as Steve Gadd, Bernard Perdie and Jeff Porcaro on drums, and then add guys like Joe Sample and David Paich on keyboards, Brecker brothers on Alt sax, trumpet and fluge.......and the list goes on. I mean, Wow!

They were obviously blessed to have so many fine session players to choose from back in the day, and I think that's what makes the music so timeless. The latter stuff is great too but missing some of the magic.

[FreddieFerric]

Originally Posted by Karl Maga

Regarding the law suit, I can’t think of a proper reason why the Band Name shouldn’t belong to Donald Fagen.

I agree completely.

[godwinaj]

Originally Posted by Karl Maga

Regarding the law suit, I can’t think of a proper reason why the Band Name shouldn’t belong to Donald Fagen.

This x 1000.

I totally and absolutely respect the music prowess of Walter Becker. But, Two Against Nature and Everything Must Go sound a lot like Morph the Cat and Sunken Condos.