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Steely Dan
In 1967 Donald Fagen went into a New York café when he heard someone inside
playing electric guitar. There he met the guitarist Walter Becker and discovered
they shared similar musical tastes in rock and jazz. They formed a songwriting
team and worked together in local bands, notably Jay and The Americans, before
relocating to California where they became staff songwriters at ABC and formed
their own band Steely Dan with guitarists Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter and Denny Dias,
drummer Jim Hodder and singer David Palmer.
Their 1972 debut album 'Can't Buy a Thrill' produced the hit single...
