August was fun – reading, learning, and posting about Woodstock. Not sure if other months will have themes. But, on to September! We saw Steely Dan last night at the first of their 4 shows, “in residence” at the Chicago Theater. Like others (Van Morrison, Roger Waters, Bruce), the Dan are playing entire classic albums live, track for track, in order. We picked Aja, one of my favorites. I will devote a post on that record another day. The band included a 4-piece horn section, Jon Harrington on lead guitar, awesome drummer Keith Carlock, back-up singers the Dan-ettes, and groovy bass player Freddie Washington. After powering though Aja “complete, more or less,” as Donald concluded, they rolled out a monster, 15-song set. They seemed a bit relieved to have gotten past the night’s centerpiece album and loosened up on the post-Aja songs, a few of which were slightly re-worked. We considered attending one of the other nights (Larry Carlton!) for Gaucho or The Royal Scam, but had such a great time, that would have gilded the lily. I own six Dan records on vinyl. Album photo above is their debut Can’t Buy a Thrill, off which they played Reelin’ and Dirty Work. Art-wise, it's their most stylish album cover.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Steely Dan's Aja live concert review
August was fun – reading, learning, and posting about Woodstock. Not sure if other months will have themes. But, on to September! We saw Steely Dan last night at the first of their 4 shows, “in residence” at the Chicago Theater. Like others (Van Morrison, Roger Waters, Bruce), the Dan are playing entire classic albums live, track for track, in order. We picked Aja, one of my favorites. I will devote a post on that record another day. The band included a 4-piece horn section, Jon Harrington on lead guitar, awesome drummer Keith Carlock, back-up singers the Dan-ettes, and groovy bass player Freddie Washington. After powering though Aja “complete, more or less,” as Donald concluded, they rolled out a monster, 15-song set. They seemed a bit relieved to have gotten past the night’s centerpiece album and loosened up on the post-Aja songs, a few of which were slightly re-worked. We considered attending one of the other nights (Larry Carlton!) for Gaucho or The Royal Scam, but had such a great time, that would have gilded the lily. I own six Dan records on vinyl. Album photo above is their debut Can’t Buy a Thrill, off which they played Reelin’ and Dirty Work. Art-wise, it's their most stylish album cover.
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