steely dan

  • I Have Nerves of Steel

    This is a reharmonized Steely Dan song called Midnite Cruiser from the Can’t Buy a Thrill album. The melody is the same as the original, but almost everything else has changed. (If the song doesn’t work, reload your page.) Original Version: The real deal:

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  • Number Thirteen

    Today’s song is number 13 for Steely Dan. It is the first one I have done from the album Katy Lied. It is called Any World (That I’m Welcome To). It can be found along with the other Steely Dan songs here:

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  • Midnite Cruiser

    Do you know these songs? They came out between 44 and 52 years ago, as of this writing.

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  • Here We Go Again

    Today is Saturday, November 18th. That prayer for rain has finally been answered. And all we had to do was wait. See if you can name these songs: (For extra fun, see if you can get them both to play at the same time.) And now we send out another prayer for rain. Let’s see

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  • Mr. Steely Dan

    Name those tunes.

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  • Music From Steel Town

    Today’s prose: You can complain about a barking dog All day long But in the end he’ll keep singing That same old song And there’s nothing you can do about it! See if you can name that song from that album. And despite the similarities, it isn’t “Who Let the Dogs Out.”:

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  • This is my take on the old Steely Dan Classic Deacon Blues, followed by Aja.

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  • It’s Here At Last

    Another song from Steely Dan’s Gaucho album is finished. The funny thing about Steely Dan songs is this: Once someone starts working on one they cannot stop until they are done. It’s a rule. Here is “Time Out of Mind” with a piano, and without one. And now we are out of time.

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  • Were you alive in November 1980? Steely Dan released an album at that time titled “Gaucho.” This is one version of a song from said album. It is titled “My Rival.” Although Donald Fagen used different keyboards in the song, I think a piano works really well, don’t you agree? Surely you must!

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