Steely Dan Named after a "character" in "Naked Lunch" (William Burroughs). The Leather Canary / The Bad Rock Group (1967 - ? ) Walter Becker - guitar - b. February 20, 1950, New York, New York, USA. Donald Fagen - keyboards/vocals - b. January 10, 1948, Passaic, New Jersey, USA. Chevy Chase - drums Band formed at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, USA. The Don Fagen Trio ( ? - 1970) Walter Becker - guitar Donald Fagen - keyboards/vocals Others?... Walter Becker and Donald Fagen join Jay & The Americans band under the pseudonyms Gustav Mahler (Becker) and Tristan Fabriani (Fagen) from 1970 to 1971. Steely Dan I (1972 - 1973) Walter Becker - guitar/bass Donald Fagen - keyboards/vocals Denny Dias - guitar Jeff "Skunk" Baxter - guitar Jim Hodder - drums - d. June 15, 1990. David Palmer - vocals Album: "Can't Buy A Thrill" (1972) - Singles: "Do It Again", "Reelin' In the Years" Steely Dan II (1973 - 1974) Walter Becker - guitar/bass Donald Fagen - keyboards/vocals Denny Dias - guitar Jeff "Skunk" Baxter - guitar Jim Hodder - drums Albums: "Countdown to Ecstasy" (1973) - Singles: "My Old School" "Pretzel Logic" (1974) - Single: "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" Jeff "Skunk" Baxter joins The Doobie Brothers. Steely Dan III (1974 - 1981) Walter Becker - guitar/bass Donald Fagen - keyboards/vocals Others - Studio musicians including Michael McDonald (The Doobie Brothers), Jeff Porcaro (Toto), Royce Jones (Ambrosia), Larry Carlton (Crusaders), Chuck Rainey, Wayne Shorter, and Tom Scott. Albums: "Katy Lied" (1975) - Single: "Black Friday" "The Royal Scam" (1976) - Single: "Haitian Divorce" "Aja" (1977) - Singles: "Deacon Blues", "Peg", "Josie" "Gaucho" (1980) - Single: "Hey Nineteen", "Time Out of Mind" Group disbands. Steely Dan IV (1993 - ? ) Walter Becker - guitar/vocals Donald Fagen - keyboards/vocals Others - including Georg Wadenius (Blood, Sweat and Tears) and Dennis Chambers (The Brecker Brothers) Album: "Alive In America" (live) (1995) "Two Against Nature" (2000) Compilations: "Gold" (1982) "Citizen Steely Dan" (4-CD box set) (1993) - contains all seven remastered Steely Dan studio albums on four CDs.  Great music...you can't lose with this. "Catalyst: The Original Recordings (1968-71)" (1994) "A Decade of Steely Dan" (1996) "Best of Steely Dan" (1997) Walter Becker solo: "11 Tracks of Whack" (1994) Donald Fagen solo: "The Nightfly" (1982) "Kamakiriad" (1993) Links: Official Steely Dan Home Page Under the Banyan Trees with Steely Dan The Steely Dan Internet Resource Steely Dan MIDI Files Take me back to the Index... Last Revised:  September 18, 2001 Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2001 by Gary S. Hartman.  All rights reserved.