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[2022-09-13] Donald Fagen "Nightfly: The Life Of Steely Dan's Donald Fagen" hardcover by Peter Jones (Chicago Review)

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Linda IMWAN Admin	Post subject: [2022-09-13] Donald Fagen "Nightfly: The Life Of Steely Dan's Donald Fagen" hardcover by Peter Jones (Chicago Review) Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2022 1:33 am
Helpful Librarian Joined: Day WAN Posts: 197002 Location: IMWAN Towers Bannings: If you're not nice	https://www.amazon.com/dp/1641606878/?tag=imwan-20 Description Donald Fagen will forever be associated with Steely Dan, the band he formed with Walter Becker and four other musicians in 1972. The smooth, radio-friendly veneer of the duo’s songs made Steely Dan internationally popular and famous in the 1970s, but the polish glossed over the underlying layers of anger, disappointment, sleaze, and often downright weirdness lurking just beneath the surface. The elliptical lyrics were—and continue to be—an endless source of fascination. What kind of person was capable of writing such songs? Fagen has always kept his true self hidden behind walls of irony, confounding most journalistic enquiries with a mixture of obscurity and sarcasm. Nightfly cracks open the door to reveal the life behind the lyrics and traces Fagen’s story from early family life in suburban New Jersey, to his first encounter with Walter Becker at Bard College, their long struggle for recognition as songwriters, and the formation of Steely Dan. The band’s break-up in 1981, re-formation in 1993, and Fagen’s parallel solo career are covered in detail. Author Peter Jones seeks to explain the public’s continuing fascination with Fagen’s music, both in collaboration with Becker and as a solo artist. _________________
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Dr. Chris Evil	Post subject: [2022-09-13] Donald Fagen "Nightfly: The Life Of Steely Dan's Donald Fagen" hardcover by Peter Jones (Chicago Review) Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2022 7:07 pm
Pure Evil Gold!! Joined: 26 Jul 2006 Posts: 37645 Location: Witness Protection Program Bannings: Ask Linda	Ooh! Always up for a Steely Dan-related read! _________________
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RoyalScam	Post subject: [2022-09-13] Donald Fagen "Nightfly: The Life Of Steely Dan's Donald Fagen" hardcover by Peter Jones (Chicago Review) Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 4:38 pm
Luckless Pedestrian Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 2224 Location: Brooklyn OWNS this charmer!	I am as well...although I have zero high hopes that it'll be factually accurate. _________________ "One good thing about music: when it hits, you feel no pain." -- Bob Marley "There's got to be a way to make something louder and pull people in without making it louder and pushing people away. Music's not about pushing people away." -- Jim Scott, in TapeOp #75
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