Introducing the Band

Your hosts Scot Bertram (@ScotBertram) and Jeff Blehar (@EsotericCD) with guest Eli Lake, columnist for Bloomberg View. Follow Eli on Twitter at @EliLake and read his work here.


Eli‘s Musical pick: Steely Dan


From Brill to Can’t Buy A Thrill: the formative years


Steely Dan tries to be an actual band, then thinks better of it: Countdown To Ecstasy and Pretzel Logic


The transition into studio obsessionalism: Katy Lied and The Royal Scam


Aja and Gaucho: from the perfection of jazz-rock fusion to the drawn-out hangover


Aftermath and reunion: Fagen’s The Nightfly and the reunion albums


Finale

Eli, Scot and Jeff each pick their two key albums and five key songs by Steely Dan

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