Archive - Expanding Dan

The golden age of Web 1.0 Steely Dan fandom

A scroll down memory lane with Jim "Hoops" McKay, majordomo of the Dandom Digest

Jul 15 •

Playing At Songwriting With Walter Becker

“The ability to play is one of the principle criteria of mental health” -Ashley Montagu

Published on Strange Cargo • Jul 3

June 2025

Walter Becker: 'There will always be a Steely Dan'

Listen to a radio appearance Becker made in 1989.

Jun 26 •

11:38

Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter on 'Desert Island Discs'

The former Steely Dan and Doobie Brothers guitarist spins records while sipping phantom piña coladas.

Jun 20 •

57:35

Donald Fagen spins '70s favorites on 'Desert Island Discs'

In a rare recording, the Nightfly plays castaway, selecting the songs he'd want to have with him if he were stranded.

Jun 12 •

55:46

The man who wrote the book on 'Aja'

Don Breithaupt, maestro of the jazz-pop group Monkey House, talks about the way Steely Dan "shows you pathways out of creative dead ends."

Jun 6 •

55:05

May 2025

Barney Hurley was always Steely Dan's number one fan

The English musician, who recently died, spread the gospel of his jazz-rock heroes with an evangelical fervor, through his own finely crafted songs and…

May 27 •

51:00

Young Gun Silver Fox: interview and mixtape

Andy Platts and Shawn Lee talk about livin' on the fault line between Steely Dan and the Doobie Brothers—and they serve up a mixtape of AOR favorites…

May 15 •

49:54

One man's quest to remaster Steely Dan's concert recordings

Dan Belcher has been called "curator of the Steely Dan live museum."

May 10 •

Steely Dan's surreal 'Today' show concert, 25 years later

When Becker and Fagen met Couric and Roker

May 6 •

April 2025

The Lost Prince of Yacht Rock

In 1978 he was music’s next big thing. Then his album bombed, he began a long slide into obscurity, and a bizarre fraud sent him to prison. Will Dane…

Published on Narratively • Apr 29

Whatever happened to Dane Donohue?

His debut album in 1978 featured the same top-flight session musicians used by Steely Dan. Now, after four decades in the woods, the 76-year-old has…

Apr 25 •

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