September 04, 2017

Steely Dan down a man

One of the problems with Steely Dan - now mostly  resolved thanks to the Internet and a little less reticence from the band - is that it's been hard at times to get a straight account of who played what.  I always admired Becker's sweet ripping solo from "Boston Rag" (here, from 3:26), but actually that was Skunk Baxter; or that sweet run on "Your Gold Teeth II"...but that was Denny Dias (here, from 2:20).

Becker could play though.  This one is his:


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