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June 2025

Walter Becker: 'There will always be a Steely Dan'
Listen to a radio appearance Becker made in 1989.
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Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter on 'Desert Island Discs'
The former Steely Dan and Doobie Brothers guitarist spins records while sipping phantom piña coladas.
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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.
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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."
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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…
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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…
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One man's quest to remaster Steely Dan's concert recordings
Dan Belcher has been called "curator of the Steely Dan live museum."
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Steely Dan's surreal 'Today' show concert, 25 years later
When Becker and Fagen met Couric and Roker
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April 2025

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