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All rights reserved. https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=12166 Tue, 26 Aug 2025 03:02:01 -0400 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:29:35 -0400 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/static/_img/logo_trans.png https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=12166 144 44 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/ex-steely-dan-guitarist-says-this-squier-he-bought-for-140-sounded-better-than-a-58-telecaster-which-cost-about-a-bazillion-dollars-i-loved-it https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/ex-steely-dan-guitarist-says-this-squier-he-bought-for-140-sounded-better-than-a-58-telecaster-which-cost-about-a-bazillion-dollars-i-loved-it Gear: "I compared the two, and the $140 Squier Telecaster, to me, sounded better, so I bought it."]]> Tue, 26 Aug 2025 03:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/they-never-wanted-a-band-original-steely-dan-guitarist-explains-why-becker-and-fagen-dissolved-the-band-as-soon-as-they-were-able-to https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/they-never-wanted-a-band-original-steely-dan-guitarist-explains-why-becker-and-fagen-dissolved-the-band-as-soon-as-they-were-able-to Music News: "I could see their point."]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 23:47:15 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/he-didnt-have-the-endurance-to-carry-a-show-original-steely-dan-guitarist-reveals-why-donald-fagen-struggled-as-a-frontman https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/he-didnt-have-the-endurance-to-carry-a-show-original-steely-dan-guitarist-reveals-why-donald-fagen-struggled-as-a-frontman Music News: "He just didn't have the lungs of a lead singer, and he didn't want to do it, he didn't like doing it."]]> Thu, 22 May 2025 00:02:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/one-bands-obsession-and-perfectionism-made-them-a-studio-nightmare-and-led-to-a-150000-drum-machine-177491 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/one-bands-obsession-and-perfectionism-made-them-a-studio-nightmare-and-led-to-a-150000-drum-machine-177491 Features: No, you can't imagine how difficult they really were. ]]> Thu, 17 Apr 2025 23:27:27 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/you-park-your-ego-at-the-door-ex-steely-dan-guitarist-on-what-being-a-session-player-taught-him-about-music-business https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/you-park-your-ego-at-the-door-ex-steely-dan-guitarist-on-what-being-a-session-player-taught-him-about-music-business Music News: "You show up at nine in the morning and you play it right or you're fired."]]> Sat, 22 Feb 2025 20:58:56 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/ex-steely_dan_guitarist_recalls_how_he_recorded_solo_for_hot_stuff_with_a_35_guitar_amp_six-pack_of_bud__in_one_take.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/ex-steely_dan_guitarist_recalls_how_he_recorded_solo_for_hot_stuff_with_a_35_guitar_amp_six-pack_of_bud__in_one_take.html Music News: Jeff "Skunk" Baxter recalls how he almost didn't accept the gig.]]> Sun, 01 Sep 2024 21:32:00 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/wtf_legendary_producer_steve_albini_hates_steely_dan_heres_why.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/wtf_legendary_producer_steve_albini_hates_steely_dan_heres_why.html Music News: "I will always be the kind of punk that shits on Steely Dan".]]> Tue, 07 Feb 2023 21:00:03 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/steely_dan_co-founder_walter_becker_dead_at_67.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/steely_dan_co-founder_walter_becker_dead_at_67.html Music News: "I intend to keep the music we created together alive as long as I can with the Steely Dan band."]]> Sun, 03 Sep 2017 15:26:44 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/steely_dan_breaks_out_classic_albums_on_current_tour.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/steely_dan_breaks_out_classic_albums_on_current_tour.html Music News: Donald Fagen and Walter Becker are giving Steely Dan fans what they want on the group's 28-date Rent Party '09 tour.]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:12:03 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/steely_dan_extend_tour.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/steely_dan_extend_tour.html Music News: Steely Dan continues to add new summer dates to the "Rent Party '09 Tour," extending the US jaunt through early September.]]> Thu, 28 May 2009 12:12:29 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/steely_dan_announce_short_us_tour.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/steely_dan_announce_short_us_tour.html Music News: Steely Dan will spend a portion of the summer on the road, bringing the "Rent Party '09 Tour" to the East Coast.]]> Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:29:35 -0400