Steely Dan is an American jazz rock band based around musicians and songwriters Walter Becker and Donald Fagen.
The band's heyday was in the 1970s, when they released a half dozen albums, which blended jazz, rock and roll, funk, rhythm and blues, pop and everything in between. Their music, which may at first appear 'smooth' and 'easy listening', is characterized by complex jazz-influenced structures and harmonies, literate lyrics and adroit musicianship.
The group's history is divided into three stages. In its first stage, the group was a conventional rock band that toured and recorded from 1972 to 1974; in its second stage (1975 – 1980) the group became a purely studio-based act, albeit still using the name Steely Dan, but now based solely around the songwriting team of Becker and Fagen, and using hired top-notch session players on their recordings. The group's third stage was Becker and Fagen's surprise return to recording and performing during the 1990s, with the band reconstituted as a large jazz rock ensemble that tours regularly and has released several acclaimed live and studio albums.
More on [ Steely Dan ]
Doobie Brothers, The :: D
1970s :: By Decade
Music :: Arts and Entertainment

Steely Dan - The official site for Steely Dan. Pictures, history, chats, sound clips, lyrics, and news.
Meta Description: [ Official Steely Dan Website. Tour 2006, Lyrics, News, Pics, Sounds, History, and Lots of Extras. ]
Andy Metzger's Steely Dan Page - News and rumors, rare and unreleased songs, a searchable archive of articles and interviews.
Meta Description: [ Semi-official Web site of A.M. Metzger, D.D.S. ]
Dandom Digest - Free e-newsletter with a companion website featuring the BlueBook chatboard.
Meta Description: [ Steely Dan Fans' Dandom Digest & dandom.com. The Original Steely Dan Fan Internet Resource-Founded 1993. ]
Howard's Steely Dan Tablature - Guitar and keyboard tablature.
Meta Description: [ Steely Dan tab: accurate guitar tablature and chords for Steely Dan songs. The best Steely Dan transcriptions and guitar tabs available on the web. ]
500
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Steely Dan - Inductee profile, bibliography, and timeline.
Rollingstone.com: Steely Dan - Includes biography, recordings, pictures, articles, and message board.
Meta Description: [ Rolling Stone gives you total Steely Dan coverage including free music, videos, photos, music news and exclusive Rolling Stone articles. ]
Steely Dan Database - Complete discography with pictures, lyrics, MIDIs and sound samples.
Meta Description: [ Steely Dan Database. Complete discography with pictures, lyrics, transcriptions and samples ]
Steely Dan Pin Shots - Photographs of the band organised into slide shows plus sounds in RealAudio and wav format.
The Steely Dan Dictionary - An A-Z glossary of obscure and confusing words taken from the lyrics of Steely Dan songs.
Meta Description: [ An A to Z glossary of obscure and confusing words taken from the lyrics of Steely Dan songs. ]
The Steely Dan Internet Resource - A comprehensive collection of information on Steely Dan including archives of the Metal Leg fanzine.
Meta Description: [ Steely Dan Internet Resource. Reading room about Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. ]
Tomas Broberg's Tribute To Steely Dan - Large resource for Steely Dan fans including audio and video clips in Real format - requires the Realplayer.
Under The Banyan Trees - A large fan site for Steely Dan. Downloads, cookbook, sound clips, interviews, lyrics, pictures, and links.
| Steely Dan- Do It Again | |
| Next Video | |