Where is Annandale in the Steely Dan song?

The “old school” to which Fagen and Becker refer is Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. In 1969, the two were nabbed in a pot raid by local police along with Fagen's then-girlfriend Dorothy White.
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What is the story behind Steely Dan's my old school?

The song is at least partially inspired by an event that occurred at Bard, where both Becker and Fagen, along with their girlfriends, were arrested in a pot raid on a party that was orchestrated by an ambitious young District Attorney named G. Gordon Liddy (hence the line "Tried to warn ya about Geno and Daddy G").
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Is Steely Dan from Virginia?

Some Things You May Not Have Known About Steely Dan ... Donald Jay Fagen, born the 10th of January 1948 in Passaic, New Jersey. Walter Carl Becker, born the 20th of February 1950 in Queens, New York, he died the 3rd of September 2017.
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Where did Steely Dan go to school?

The two had been playing together in a variety of bands from their time together studying at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. The songwriting duo later moved to Los Angeles, gathered a full band of musicians, and began recording albums.
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Who played lead guitar on my old school Steely Dan?

Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, "My Old School"

The guitar solo on this track is one of Jeff Baxter's crowning achievements during his stint in Steely Dan.
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Who plays saxophone on Aja?

The eight-minute-long title track features a jazz-based chord progression and a solo by saxophonist Wayne Shorter.
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Who played guitar solo on Do It Again Steely Dan?

"Do It Again" features an electric sitar solo by Denny Dias. The "plastic organ" solo by Donald Fagen was performed on a Yamaha YC-30 with a sliding pitch-bending control.
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What does the name Steely Dan mean?

5 — Steely Dan is the name of a sex toy. The name was taken from a strap-on-dildo, named Steely Dan III from Yokohama, that was mentioned in William S. Burroughs' novel Naked Lunch. Steely Dan found inspiration for their band name in the pages of beat writer William S. Burroughs's novel Naked Lunch.
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Why is Steely Dan called Steely Dan?

Working with ABC producer Gary Katz, they secretly assembled Steely Dan (named after a prosthetic phallus in William S. Burroughs's novel Naked Lunch) with other young musicians, notably guitarists Jeff (“Skunk”) Baxter and Denny Dias, emerging in 1972 with Can't Buy a Thrill.
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Who plays the guitar solo on Bodhisattva?

4. Bodhisattva (Denny Dias/Jeff Baxter): Dias bebops on this jump blues and then Skunk's souped-up rockbilly brings the song to its climatic ending.
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Why did steely fire Roger Nichols?

Firing by Steely Dan

Steely Dan biographer Brian Sweet disclosed in 2018 that Nichols had been fired in early 2002 when recording sessions for Everything Must Go at New York City's River Sound resumed, having been suspended after the 9-11 attacks, without Nichols' participation or knowledge.
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What caused Walter Becker's death?

“Walter died in the course of being treated for an extremely aggressive form of esophageal cancer,” Delia Becker revealed. “The cancer was detected during one of his annual medical checkups and its presence came as a grim surprise to Walter, his doctors and to me.
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What is the meaning of the song Dr Wu?

It's about a love triangle, between a man, a woman, and heroin. Dr. Wu is either the drug dealer or the drug itself, and the narrator of the song keeps going through varying stages of addiction and getting clean, losing touch with the woman he loves to get back on the horse and coming back to find her.
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Did Steely Dan attend Bard College?

Well, sort of. He was the drummer in a band that boasted both Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, before the duo formed Steely Dan together. As the story goes, Chase and the duo were part of a band called The Leather Canary, which played together while the three were at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.
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Who sang backup for Steely Dan?

Carolyn Leonhart (born July 10, 1971) is a jazz singer, daughter of jazz bassist Jay Leonhart and sister of the trumpeter Michael Leonhart. She has performed as a back-up vocalist for Steely Dan on several tours and recordings.
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Why is Pink Floyd named that?

The name Pink Floyd was created on the spur of a moment by Syd Barrett, when another band, also called the Tea Set, was to perform at one of their gigs. The name came from two blues musicians in Barrett's record collection; Pink Anderson and Floyd Council.
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What does Imy mean Steely Dan?

While Donald Fagen went to the recording studio to release an album titled The Nightfly. His debut single from the album was “I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)”. Donald Fagen's song, “I.G.Y.”, refers to the “International Geophysical Year,” a project that ran from July 1957 to December 1958.
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Why is 10cc called 10cc?

King signed the band to his UK Records label in July 1972 and dubbed them 10cc. By his own account, King chose the name after having a dream in which he was standing in front of the Hammersmith Odeon in London where the boarding read "10cc The Best Band in the World".
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What are Steely Dan fans called?

Who are they? The gold standard in rock and roll pretentiousness, Steely Dan. What I have in common with all of these guys is that I, too, have a fanatical love of The Dan. We call ourselves “Danfans” — amazing, right?
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Who plays guitar on Reeling in the Years?

The guitar solo on the original recorded version, by session player Elliott Randall, was recorded in one take. It has reportedly been rated by Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page as his favorite solo of all time, and he scored it 12/10.
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Who played guitar solo Peg?

The song's guitar solo was attempted by seven top studio session guitarists—including Robben Ford and recurring guitarist Larry Carlton—before Jay Graydon's version became the "keeper". He worked on the song for about six hours before the band was satisfied.
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Who was the drummer on pretzel logic?

Hodder was demoted to backing vocalist, while Jim Gordon (Eric Clapton/Joe Cocker) and teenage hotshot Jeff Porcaro (later of Toto) played the drums on Pretzel Logic.
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Who did the drum solo on Aja?

Listen to Steve Gadd's incredible isolated drums on the Steely Dan song 'Aja' There can be no doubt of the legendary status of this song. It's a jazz fusion masterpiece containing the flecks of prog that Steely Dan increasingly flirted with over their career. Released in 1977, 'Aja' is one of their finest moments.
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