For this old fart, Steely Dan was one of the few bands that I liked every song!!  ☮️❤️

Skunk Baxter at his best!  One of my favorite SD cuts, especially for the saxophone choir's riff after the words "California tumbles into the sea".

The Guitar, and Horns on this song are insane.

"ANY MAJOR DUDE WILL TELL YOU".....!

Finally made it to my favorite Steely Dan song. Thank you.

Incorporating the Mexican city in the lyrics without missing a beat is sooooo Steely Dan.

Skunk Baxter baby tearin it up what a jam.

These guys just show you how much diverse music we had in the era. Zepplin, Santana, Yes, The Who, The Stones and Steely Dan the list is long... if you couldn't find a new good song to listen to... you weren't trying. We grew up in a great musical era.

When other bands go home, this is what they listen to. Steely Dan at their very best.

Leonid and Friends did an amazing cover of this song (you can find this on youTube).

Song refers to 44 Bard College students arrested for marijuana in 1968, Fagan betrayed by his girlfriend, in jail his long hair cut off by police, vowed never to return to Annandale, NY.  Prosecutor G. Gordon Liddy is "Daddy G", who was indicted and sentenced to federal prison for the break-in at Watergate around 1974. (HBO- The Whitehouse Plumbers). From this album "The Boston Rag" another story related to Bard College.

Translation;
"Tried to warn her about Chino and Daddy G."
Chino was slang in New York for Marijuana.
Daddy G  was G Gordon Liddy who waa the Attorney General in NY.

All I'm going to say is Jeff 🦨 Baxter Solo 😊

The best studio musicians of all time. These guys are on another planet!

What never ceases to amaze me was their ability to write and squeeze MONSTER HOOKS into otherwise very complex arrangements. It was obvious they never lost sight of the fact that no matter how complex the song was, it still had to be catchy for the listener, and they were the best at always threading that needle…..at least through Fagans Nightfly album.
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Skunk Baxter: not your typical missile defense expert nor your typical rock guitarist.  This is a fun song with memorable guitar solos...wait, that's all Steely Dan songs!

Damn, I sure miss the 70's

About a drug bust at Bard college. One of my favorite steely Dan songs

This song is about Becker and Fagen's experiences, which included a drug bust, at Bard College in Annandale, NY, where they met and attended school together.

The Skunk on guitar.