Victor Feldman played the marimba on several of Steely Dan's early albums.

The band Steely Dan's 2009 tour of the United States was named the " Rent Party 09 " tour.

Steely Dan's Donald Fagen, The Lovin ' Spoonful's John Sebastian, The Beach Boys ' Brian Wilson, The Who's Roger Daltrey, Chad Kroeger of Nickelback, and Michael Nesmith of The Monkees each achieved chart success only once as solo artists, but are all well known for their contributions to music through their respective bands.

Steely Dan's " cerebral, wry and eccentric " lyrics, often filled with sharp sarcasm, touch upon such themes as drugs, love affairs, and crime.

In 1972, ABC sent out promotional copies of Steely Dan's first single, " Dallas ", backed with " Sail the Waterway.

It sold well in the USA without the strength of a real hit single, but in the UK sales were driven by Steely Dan's first major hit in the country, the Top 20 single " Haitian Divorce ".

" Becker also stopped using narcotics around this period, a problem he had been struggling with throughout most of Steely Dan's original run.

The Plush TV Jazz-Rock Party DVD followed, documenting a live-in-the-studio concert performance of popular tunes from throughout Steely Dan's career.

The following year, Fagen formed the touring supergroup Dukes of September Rhythm Revue with McDonald, Boz Scaggs, and members of Steely Dan's live band, whose set included songs by the three songwriters and additional material.

Steely Dan's 2011 Shuffle Diplomacy Tour included an expanded set list, as well as dates in Australia and New Zealand.

Steely Dan's songs cover a wide range of topics, but in their basic approach they often create fictional personae that narrate the experience.

Steely Dan's lyrics contain subtle and encoded references, unusual ( and sometimes original ) slang expressions, a wide variety of " word games " and intriguing lyrical choices and constructions of considerable depth.

* " Change of the Guard ", a song from Steely Dan's 1972 album Can't Buy a Thrill

The Xanadu soundtrack album and former ABC artist Steely Dan's Gaucho were the first $ 9. 98 list albums.

* " The Fez ", a song from Steely Dan's 1976 album The Royal Scam

With songs dating from the mid-1980s, Jones teamed up with Steely Dan's Walter Becker to craft Flying Cowboys, which was released on the Geffen Records label in September 1989.

While not technically featuring a sample, one such record that achieved moderate chart and club success in the U. S. was Club House's 1983 medley of Steely Dan's " Do It Again " with Michael Jackson's " Billie Jean ".

The duo's early career included a stint with Jay and the Americans ( where they went by pseudonyms ), and in the early 1970s, as pop songwriters for ABC / Dunhill Records, which would go on to release all of Steely Dan's 1970s output.

After Steely Dan's breakup in 1981, Fagen released his critically acclaimed solo debut album, The Nightfly, in October 1982.

Although he learned to become an entertainer, early on Fagen suffered from severe stage fright which originally prompted Steely Dan producer Gary Katz to hire David Palmer to sing two songs on Steely Dan's debut album Can't Buy a Thrill.

His personal exhaustion was exacerbated by commercial pressures and the complicated recording process surrounding the final release of Steely Dan's initial career, 1980's Gaucho, leading the duo to suspend their partnership in June 1981.

Following Steely Dan's breakup, Becker moved to the Hawaiian island of Maui and ceased using narcotics.

* Steelydan. com Steely Dan's official website

Steely Dan toured from 1972 to 1974, but in 1975 became a purely studio-based act.

* 1972: Steely Dan: Can't Buy a Thrill

In 1972 he became a founding member of the band Steely Dan, along with guitarist Denny Dias, guitarist-bassist Walter Becker, keyboardist Donald Fagen, drummer Jim Hodder and vocalist David Palmer ( and session player Elliott Randall on various tracks ).

Baxter appeared with Steely Dan on their first three albums, Can't Buy a Thrill in 1972, Countdown to Ecstasy in 1973, and Pretzel Logic in 1974.

*" Dirty Work ", a song by Steely Dan which first appeared on their 1972 debut album Can't Buy a Thrill

Can't Buy a Thrill is the first album by Steely Dan, released in 1972.

The bar's name comes from the track " Midnite Cruiser " on the 1972 Steely Dan album Can't Buy a Thrill.

At the insistence of ABC Records executives, Palmer sang lead on two tracks on Steely Dan's 1972 debut album, Can't Buy A Thrill —" Dirty Work " and " Brooklyn ( Owes the Charmer Under Me )"— as well as doubling parts of Donald Fagen's vocals on " Reeling in the Years ", " Only a Fool Would Say That ", and " Change of the Guard " to reach the high notes.

He joined Steely Dan in 1972, but left in 1974.

The theme tune for the series comes from Steely Dan's 1972 hit " Reelin ' In the Years ".

* A 1977 song by Steely Dan on the Aja album, referring to the root beer float.

The first use of a subwoofer in a recording session was in 1973 for mixing the Steely Dan album Pretzel Logic when recording engineer Roger Nichols arranged for Kreisel to bring a prototype of his subwoofer to Village Recorders.

*" Kings " ( song ), a song by rock group Steely Dan on the album Can't Buy a Thrill

( What a Beautiful World )" is a track on Steely Dan founding member Donald Fagen's 1982 album, The Nightfly.

* The song " Babylon Sisters " by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen from the Steely Dan album " Gaucho " ( 1980 ) has the refrain " Here come those Santa Ana winds again.

* Aja ( album ), a 1977 Steely Dan album ( and a song on the album )

Shortly afterwards, they recorded their first demo tape at the now defunct Cherokee Ranch Studios in Northridge where Steely Dan recently had completed an album.

After rumors that Steely Dan producer Gary Katz would produce the project came and went, the album eventually reached stores in September 1998.

This album also marks the first time Walter Becker would play guitar on a Steely Dan album.

Steely Dan followed with a tour supporting the boxed set and Becker's album.

In 2003 Steely Dan released their followup album Everything Must Go and toured America afterwards.

Becker contributed his first lead vocal on a Steely Dan studio album on the song " Slang of Ages " ( he had sung lead on his own " Book of Liars " on Alive in America ).

* The Zombie cocktail also appears as one of many of the namechecks found in Steely Dan songs, appearing in the song " Haitian Divorce " on the album The Royal Scam.

* " Pretzel Logic " is the name of a single released by the pop music group Steely Dan from their album Pretzel Logic, originally released in 1974.

* On the Steely Dan album Aja, the title track includes the lyrics: " Chinese music under banyan trees / Here at the dude ranch above the sea.

In 1982, Steely Dan member Donald Fagen recorded their song, " Ruby Baby ", on his album, The Nightfly.

" Yellow Peril " is also the name of a song written and performed by Steely Dan founders Donald Fagen and Walter Becker before the first Steely Dan album, later released on various anthologies such as Becker and Fagen: The Early Years.