My Old School - Steely Dan | The Midnight Special
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- Steely Dan performed on The Midnight Special August 31, 1973
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These Steely Dan clips are a godsend as the band made very few live televised appearances - this clip is 50 years old and it's great to see Fagen, Becker, Skunk, et al tearing it up.... cheers Midnight Special.
Their Midnight Special appearances are the brunt of it. Very little more exists aside from TMS appearances.
would you happen to know the name of the guitarist with the beard? they zoom in on him at 2:36
@@spencerphayes Denny Dias
@@gordoh7634 thank you!!
Couldn't agree more! 🥰
There is nothing more early seventies than those two backup singers, they are awesome.
Agree! Anybody know who they are?
Who they be?
@@EvanDahill Jenny “Bucky” Soule in the green hat and Gloria “Porky“ Granola with the long blond hair.
Especially their wooden moves trying to get funky to music not at all constructed for bopping..stiff white girls
@@jimwiesen2278 Thank you!
Steely Dan is one of those bands you can not listen to for years, hear one of their songs, and you go right back to listening and enjoying like it was the first time.
Just saw this and I was like thinking the same thing! Now I just need to find my Steely Dan cd's, dust them off and listen to some great music again!!!
I can't imagine going years without listening to Steely Dan. 😢
Takes me right back to the '70s. Loved Steely Dan.
@@marywatkins6798 For me, their music is timeless.
So good to these early videos. Always so fresh no matter how long ago it was,. Skunk is killing it on this one. 👍🎸🎸🎸
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.
Love from Italy.
❤ beautiful thank you!!!
Good point. Still, great memories of our youth
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Well said!
'79 HS grad from Hawaii!
Man, the girls of the 70's were great.
Doesn’t this bring back memories.
Yeah!! No tattoos, weird piercings, or colored half shaved heads.
I know. I missed it by that much. 🤏🏽
Weren't they just, lol.
I was 16 years old in 1972.
the 80s were also pretty damn nice as well. I can never get enough 80s hair...
I love this! Real music, no phony backing tracks or lip syncing. Steely Dan was so good.
Musical artists have been back playing for decades. The Beatles did it. Buddy Holly did it. Whether an artist does this or not depends greatly on the venue, among other things. The Beatles and Buddy Holly are "real music." Them using backing tracks doesn't negate that. And whether your boomer mind can wrap itself around the concept, "real music" exists today as well. Just because you stopped looking for it doesn't mean it isn't there. A tree still makes a noise when it falls in the woods regardless, it turns out.
How often I mimicked them, as a girl!
These guys actually wound up over-overing everything. Each song on Aja and Gaucho had an array of top studio musicians.
Steely Dan's first 4 albums stand up to virtually any other bands first 4 albums. Most bands take some time to find the their groove. Steely Dan had it right from the start. I would say Countdown to Ecstasy is one of the greatest second albums of all time. Brilliant stuff.
They were 'more than a band,' as one documentary described them.
Skunk Baxter makes us forget that the studio version of this song had horns.. Awesome!
👍👍👍
The military technology adviser?
@@Fantabiscuit
Self taught military technology advisor..
@@Rockzilla404 amazing
I swear he was channeling some Terry Kath into those solos....so good!
Steely Dan isn’t just a band, it’s more like a Hall of Fame for musicians.
Like the 27' Yankees. Ruth and Gehrig in the lineup.
Hell yes they were
Hired hands after Pretzel. no longer a 'band'
Fagen is a pure savant of a songwriter. He just knows how to tell a story, and to pace it perfectly, while he's naturally coming up with great melodies. He's got IT.
Whatever he has IT isn’t good looks.
@@davidmuir7711 definitely not pretty boys, innit...
@foto21 - his songwriting is one of the greatest ever as far as I am concerned. I remember listening to this song as a kid and loving the musicianship and singing along. Not until later in life as an adult did I realize what he meant by the phrase "35 sweet goodbyes".
The poor kids nowadays have to deal with the "subtle" lyrics of songs like WAP.
Other brilliant examples of Dan Fagan's include "Charlie Freak" and "Home at Last." There has never been another like him.
You prefer BTS? Musicians aren't supposed to be models.@@davidmuir7711
I know right? Music was better when ugly people were allowed to make it.@@davidmuir7711
these back uo singers are pure 70's energy. Love it
My God this is such a fierce band. These guys are on fire.
Totally!
high af on coke
Oh, to have been there! This and 'Lost Wages' are just so ferocious. I love the shot of the drummer just chewing gum and playing like it's no big thing....
yea it was only 50 years ago..
@@snoopstp4189Ooops, we done got OLD 😂
How are you not grinning ear to ear watching this? Absolutely fantastic.
Love this band❤❤
I've only watched this video 20 times so far.
Great video!! All the performers are amazing! I especially like the featured lead guitarist 🎸 👍
Walter Becker is a rampaging beast!
Yeah, I am!
Blimey! 50 years of being a Dan fan and this is my FIRST glimpse of the almost-mythical backing singers "Porky and Bucky" (Gloria Granola and Jenny Soule).
Same thing, here! WOW! 46 years of fandom, finally a complete crew video..
I dated Gloria's cousin, Mary Muesli.
Yeah, I was always working late on Friday night so always missed the show and never knew of this performance with the girls till recently.
@@pinguinobc Everyone sowed their oats with Mary.
I went to school with Mary, but barley knew her.
Skunk was on fire 🔥
Seriously Paula,
Mr. Baxter was walking on friggin WATER, you feel me?
Donald Fagan was also just so amazing, straight from the heart, and right through the soul, and the most excellent backup singers were just perfectly concise and spot on, and obviously very thrilled to be part of whole consortium, and who WOULDN’T be?
BTW: If I misread your handle and it’s Paul (or “Paul A.”), don’t bother with any gender reassignment, I love ALL of you Steely Dan fans faithfully and fully, regardless of your personal plumbing!
- Namaste!
Glenn Jones
PS: I’d never seen this clip before, and I’m totally down with admitting I wept like a hungry infant! Because other than laughing at the beauty and absurdity of life, that’s what I DO, and I also highly recommend others to do likewise, but I will allow that it’s “their call” (ain’t I just the picture of generosity and tolerance?)…
- XOXOXO!
@@glenncbjones
It's Paul A. but loved reading your response!! You have great energy!!
Have a blessed weekend
@@paulapodaca7090 Back atcha bro!
Dude Skunk is fire!
Skunk Rules!!! 😃
Probably the best live performance in the history of live performances....
Just flawless, no autotune, just perfect arrangements , musicianship. And kudos to the mixer awesome mix.
True that.
Check out AC/DC Let There Be Rock 1978. Some college in England. A nearly perfect rock and roll film. You can smell it.
Steely Dan is awesome! That was so lively and fun! Those guitar solos killed, and the backup singers were having a blast! Love it!😎
Really shows what a force Skunk was in this band, doesn't it?
@@gordonbaker410 And the Doobie Brothers, too!!!
@@austinteutsch
Absolutely!
Skunk built that guitar for the 'My Old School' recording sesh He said later he knew exactly how it would sound before he played it. Looks like a Rickey pickup at the neck.
Skunk is a genius.
Thanks, The Midnight Special, for providing us great entertainment and such sweet memories! ❤️
Any time!
Oh yeah ❤
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This rules on so many levels and one of my favorite Steely Dan tracks.
Oh yeah definitely!
Yep! Well said, agreed!
Definitely my favorite Steely Dan song. How much fun to watch this in 2023!
I always loved this song and thought the one lyric was hilarious because my parents went to William & Mary :)
@tretower57 oh yeah perfect song! Wow that's cool your parents went to that school and I never knew it was a school either lol!
Back in 1974, if you went on a date and she was wearing a tube top you felt so blessed.
Or even '73.
@@allancerf9038🤣
I was a 34 DD I could never wear a tube top
1976, my wife used to wear a blue and red all time during the summer. What wonderful days, young, and very carefree! Great music!!!!
I'll be the judge of that LOL @@Littlewildone0
I was 21 in '73. All the chicks were absolutely the bomb back then.....no ugly ass Sailor tattoo's on them, no piercing Bullshi55, no purple and green hair.....just the hottest, long haired, thin, knock-out good looks............natural and gorgeous. Friday and Saturday's we all went to the bars. No DJ's, no juke boxes, just live bands everywhere playing current cover songs and boy did we dance, chicks would come in, you bought them and drink and ever single girl wanted to dance and we danced until 2 AM. Sunday we burnt our clothes as they were ruined from all the sweat! No gangs, no thugs, no guns in the bars, very few with cover-charges....just smiling having hella fun times. God I think I danced with a 1,000 potential wifes......the babes were oh my.......everywhere. We had so much fun!
Amen to that brother
Damn, Skunk Baxter is one hell of a guitar player!
He also played the guitar solo on Donna Summer's 1979 smash hit "Hot Stuff."
Check it out !!😎
Those back up singers are goddesses. I can't take my eyes off of them 😍
Neither could the cameraman 😁
Agreed The backup singers are gorgeous 😍 ❤
Those back up singers are so dam sexy n hot wow and can sing too wow they look so sweet ❤❤
Bucky is HOT!
yes they are, and looking at Fagen kinda hurts the eyes... lol
I think the girls are almost a separate show within the show. So much talent on one stage. No exaggeration
And Walter hiding out behind them!
Who else is on stage? Lol
@@PAULPINBALL
Ever hear of Steely Dan?
Agreed. They are bloody fantastic.
I remember seeing this live. Still the absolute coolest background singers ever.
Gorgeous girls and Jeff Baxter on lead guitar!! Awesome!!
I don’t know a Jeff Baxter. Is he related to Skunk Baxter?! LOL. 😃
Jeff still Loves Laura Royko 💖
Me too! 😁
Donald Fagen on piano/vocals
Walter Becker/bass
Jeff “Skunk” Baxter and Denny Dias/guitar
Jim Hodder/drums
Royce Jones/alt percussion and backup vocals
Gloria “Porky” Granola and Jenny “Bucky” Soule/backup singers
Thank you, "The Midnight Special," for leaving no doubt as to Steely Dan's live performance abilities in 1973. When my wife and I saw them play "My Old School" on tour in April 1974, they let Skunk Baxter sing the lead vocal in addition to playing these incredible lead guitar solos. Hard to understand how this song only went to #63 on the singles charts, because over the years it has become every Steely Dan tribute band's set closer.
Hell - it should rank #63 of all time !
I think it didn't rank higher because it was in competition with all their other material. Also, fans like to sing along, and this one's not so easy to sing along. That's a dumb fact but it was certainly true in the 70s. This was an FM deep cut that fans loved, but it was not made for AM, which still dominated.
@@beenaplumber8379 Agreed. In 1973 Steely Dan was mostly a cult favorite among college students. That's why so many of their 1974 tour dates were on college campuses.
@@beenaplumber8379 It was played all the time on AM where I live. I didn't even have FM in 1973.
@@vickihughes5751The question wasn't "Was it less popular?" The question was "Why was it not more popular?" My answer might be wrong, sure, but one thing to keep in mind is that different markets can have very different airplay patterns. You might have been lucky enough to live in a market where the song did much better on AM than it did where other people live.
I went to the College of William and Mary. We used to love it when Fagen sang "William and Mary won't do".
I went to Bard College, the school referenced in the song's title, in the mid-1980s. And, somewhat ironically, my daughter is now a junior at William and Mary. And we both love Steely Dan.
It was sometimes referenced as another William and Mary but Fagen was pissed about the marijuana bust so it was no longer a William and Mary to him. Points to anyone who knows who the Asistant DA was that is referenced in the song.
@@scotth2313G. Gordon Liddy
Give the man a cigar!
Any Steely Dan performance gets an automatic 'Thumbs Up' based on how few live performances from this era exist.
Great band. Thank you, Steely Dan for making the world a better place.
This video has just reached 1 million views. It just goes to show not only the importance of Steely Dan as a group, but also of The Midnight Special as an archive of unique and historical performances.
Well said, thanks
If Mick Jagger and Freddie Mercury had a child, I think he'd look like this young Donald Fagen. (Love this old clip!) 😄
50 yrs ago and still better than most of the crap around today with the exception of a few amazing artists.
Wow the background singers are phenomenal!! Also skunk is on fire!!
He's also standing up. Usually, he prefers to sit down to play, which was what he did with the Doobie Brothers.
and standing up!
It's a murderers row, pick your star. You right though.
Love me a blonde hippie chick ! Had to endure 4 years of high school with such beauties.
Seems like there were 2 lines of harmony during the verses they forgot. Fagen's all alone on them...
I just love this video. I play it when I think about all my former schoolmates.
This is a treasure! What a performance. Skunk Baxter manages to be so raw on those leads, but at the same time perfect for the vibe. Such a great guitarist. And he definitely had "the look." Loved his stuff with the Doobies.
The holy grail! ❤ Thanks so much. They are absolutely ripping it up here ! 😍 Skunk absolutely shredding at 2.35 😮!
Oh yeah!
Wow! My Old School live from 1973. Absolutely incredible to watch. What a great performance by the band. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you so much for posting this video. Steely Dan fans like myself are so happy and grateful you did. I love this Midnight Special channel.
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Glad you enjoyed it
The Midnight Special channel is swell. It's like my 2nd home.
It always amazes me how Steely Dan was so far ahead of their time with the music they created. Walter Becker & Donald Fagen were true geniuses who mastered their craft, while also making things look effortless. I often wondered why Steely Dan didn’t have more bands trying to copy them. But then I realized that the uniqueness of Steely Dan’s music was in its’ complexity and sophistication.
Steely Dan. A band unlike any other. Masters of music.
August, 1973. 16 years old, junior year just begun.
Time it was, and what a Time it was. A time of innocence, a time of confidence.
Long ago, it must be, I have a video, preserve your memory, that’s all that’s left you.
This is Steely Dan at their best! Thank you, Midnight Special!
These Steely Dan clips are a godsend as Fagen, Becker, Skunk, et al are tearing it up! Cheers Midnight Special! The band made very few live televised appearances - this clip is 50 years old and it's great to see.
Our pleasure!
@@themidnightspecialtvshow Yes thank you as well. I have many DVDs and will you be releasing new stuff via this format too?
@@themidnightspecialtvshowI purchased the Midnight Special DVDs when they were first available, then for some reason they stopped the series. Will more be available to buy?
Jeff Baxter never gets the love he deserves as a guitarist. Guy's great! And some kind of missle defense consultant now!
1:04 Skunk Baxter (now Pentagon missile defense consultant)
These guys went to Bard College in Annandale-On-Hudson, N.Y. I grew up there, but they were about 7-8 years older.
Back up singers stole the show.
It's too bad the one on the right looks like she had a double mastectomy
"Product placement" comes in many fine forms ❤
I graduated high school in 1973. I had Steeley Dan's album, and this was my all-time favorite song
me too . great memories. wish it was 73 again
Fantastic video! One of my favorite songs, featuring the one and only Jeff "Skunk" Baxter shredding hard on lead guitar, back in the days when rock music ruled the world! These guys all earned their pay on this one. My sincere thanks to the folks at The Midnight Special archives!
Skunk Baxter : the man & The Legend.
I'm 63. I remember very clearly watching this broadcast! Thanks for uploading.
Me too!!!🥳I watched the Midnight Special EVERY weekend!! I’m 64🙋🏽♀️💕
@@donnarupert4926 And Austin City Limits!
I don't know what I was doing, but I'm sure I missed it. I'd remember if I had. ☺🎸🔥💃💃
I'm 62, and remember it clearly. It was Friday night right after school started but before Labor Day. My neighbor/sweetheart 11 year old stayed at our house while her parents were gone. Blazing hot. We were laying on a sheet barely dressed watching this when my mom came it to see what the racket was about. Still, in 1973 we slept on the floor that night with no ridiculous drama.
This is by far one of the finest and most original rock bands in music history. Steely Dan was basically two unbelievable geniuses. Donald Fagan and Walter becker.the duo was incredible. From king of the World to the caves of altamira, one great song after another, wonderful.
Don't get much better than this. One of the finest rock bands ever in top form. Go Skunk!
If Midnight Special isn't in the Library of Congress then it should be!! Another great performance from a groundbreaking show. Thank you Burt Sugarman.
Another treasure unearthed! Just saw Show Biz Kids a few weeks ago from this same performance and it bowled me over. Then Reelin' In The Years recently and now this one OMG! Where to start? Fagen and the late Walter Becker wrote so many wonderful songs. As a lot of people already know, television performances from their early years are pretty rare. Such a talented and well rounded band too, top notch musicians. Jeff the skunk Baxter is the consummate guitarist. He does it all from playing some memorable over the top solos to tasty licks or just playing some damn good rhythm parts and keeping it all together. Not every guitarist can do that and Jeff does it with aplomb. Denny Dias is no slouch either and in a way reminds me of a larger version of a bearded Jim Morrison! anyone else catch that? But seriously though great stuff! Love the whole performance and the two backup singer ladies only help to add more fun and flare to this incendiary performance... Love it!! Thank you for sharing this 🥰👍
Just think what they could have done with an advocate beyond the fans.....
The girl got busted and gave names
to get off on a lighter sentence. Fagan was one. I'm never giving a red cent to my old school either for different reasons. NCSU for having the capacity for 15K students and admitting 20k. But we did win the NCAA basketball tournament in '83.
So fun to see Steely Dan, Fagen and Becker but best of all those backup singers. Man the 70s were so rich musically.
oh man, I'm watching this 51 years later to the day!
Skunk always around big hits with Steely Dan and Doobie Brothers
2023 69 years old and loving this example of modern rock music back in the 70s. They tore that stage up.
Those lead breaks are so ruanchy, you are legally required to register as a s*x offender in 13 states if you dig 'em.
SKUNK!! Dude... was amazing.
I saw ‘em do this number at the Whisky way back when-including Skunk Baxter letting loose with an exit vamp that went on for at least 5 minutes. Brilliant!
Oh my that blondie back up singer..... 💞
Gloria Yeager! Married to the Dodger Steve Yeager
The only thing im looking at
She used to be part of Brazil 66 and then she played Lt. Dish on MASH the TV series.
Those "Home Plate " Jeans on the back up singer with the red tube top is as good as it gets - the 70s at their finest
Between tube tops and Danskins, there weren’t a ton of bras around to burn. 😏
Remember those high waisted jeans that had an exposed zipper from front to back.😛😛😛🤤
Skunk was gassed at the end. Dude brought the energy, with great pace through extremely difficult riffs. 👏
@callmesceptical9114. Note Skunk's chromatic walk down at the end...
Skunk killed it!
I was a frustrated 13yr old wanting more from music I listened to when along came Steely Dan and my musical taste became more complicated, sophisticated and joyous. Thank you Steely Dan. You, Pink Floyd, the Doobies, Roxy Music, Bowie and Led Zeppelin renewed my love of music ... and still do, 50yrs later.
Yep, generally speaking, I feel sorry for kids today. Their "earworm" music 50 years from now will be veeeery different.
I saw this episode. The audio wasn't the best, but to see Steely Dan live was a real treat.
for all of their reputation as studio obsessives, they really tear through these terrific SD songs - more please!
They were studio perfectionists but they also were and have been since 1993 a great live band.
This made my day. As others have said there is so little footage of them from back in the day. Fantastic playing.
These Woman have Great Energy and Hit the Notes
Absolutely Great! Nothing today can even come close.
Gloria “Porky” Granola and Jenny “Bucky” Soule- bkgd singers..
I'm a bit too young to have ever watched the Midnight Special when it originally aired. Watching these videos on your channel over the past few weeks has been like unexpectedly finding buried treasure. I'm getting to watch vintage live performances that I didn't even know existed, by some of my favorite bands -- Steely Dan, Genesis, Journey, King Crimson, etc. Thank you so much for posting these, and I'm looking forward to more!
Those of us who watched "The Midnight Special" in the Eastern Time Zone had to wait until 1am Saturday morning, because NBC's "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson" was still a 90-minute show in the '70s.
I’m from New Zealand and had no idea such a show even existed. It’s so cool, and live thank God. I stumbled over some Blondie live clips and my whole opinion of them changed forever. Debbie Harry could really sing! Now thankfully the algorithm is pushing Midnight Special at me. Joy!
@@andyinoregon😊😊
Love the "Young Frankenstein" reference in your name! @@AbbyNormal777
Great tune! Those slick back up singers are someone's grandma now. LOL
I took for granted how great this music has always been. I feel lucky for having gone through my adolescence with Steely Dan as the soundtrack.
Me too! 🎧🎸☺️
Haha me too - born in ‘71 my Dad loved the Dan and passed the obsession on to me! 😂
I love watching those girls dance. They look like they're having so much fun, and so beautiful!
Damn, those folks could pay. Love that rock out! Still loving this music 50 years later.
I couldn't wait to graduate. I was thinking, "I'm never going back to "'My Old School""
Now that I am on the other end of the spectrum... I wish I could go back to"My Old School"
I'm guilty of wishing my life away! 😔
Happy Thursday... thank you for sharing! 💖
On fire,watch this over and over. The girls are on point!
Fifty years ago, when real people could actually play their instruments & sing without autotune...
I'm pretty sure Black Midi, Porcupine Tree, Swans, Maximo Park, Paramore, Animals As Leaders, Greta Van Fleet, Black Dresses, Perfume Genius, deathcrash, Soul Glo, Nick Cave, Black Country New Road, Viagra Boys, Petrol Girls, Chat Pile, Lyra Pramuk, Floating Points, Lingua Ignota, Sufjan Stevens, Shame, Xiu Xiu, Lizzo, Solange, Local Natives, Fiona Apple, Insomnium, Mogwai, Chon, Covet, Battles, Horse Lords, Meshuggah, Rina Sawayama, Gaia Consort, Kara Jackson, Caroline Polachek, Model/Actriz, The Mars Volta, Tool, A Perfect Circle, The Tea Club, Liturgy, Radiohead, Eileen Ivers, Glass Museum, and Everything Everything would love to hear that they don't really play or sing their own music.
@@Progger11 Sorry, but with exception of a few of those, their talent is not even close. But everyone who's in their teens-twenties thinks their era of music is the best because they're young & they identify with it. And even you probably have to admit that many of the songs that have gotten the majority of the airplay in the last ten years or so are unoriginal, derivative & yes, employ autune. As in the past a lot of the best &:most original artists didn't get much airplay, with the exception of someone like Steely Dan.
Exactly, so true!
@@bonniesilva5162 "Their talent is not even close" is a great way of masking that you mean to say "I don't like that type of music." Those are not the same thing, Bonnie.
@progger11
God you're boring zzzzzZZZZ
I've known them forever , and always knew they were good. Or even very good. But for some reason, it took me 30 or 40 years to know they actually were GREAT... Only now I'm obsessed with their fantastic 70s string of albums. Weird phenomenon...
I could watch those back-up singers all day long!
This is a historic document. Skunk…fabulous, on of my favourite SD songs ❤
Amazing performance! These guys made it sound incredible, and without the horns!
There's a cover band touring now called the Brooklyn Charmers. They play out of the Chicago area and they also do their music without horns.
Yes! At first I thought no horns? This may not be up to their usual, but it was totally awesome of course.
A band like no other...sooo many hits...so much jazz fusion, soo much TALENT and such intelligent lyrics. Kids today have no clue. It's sad.
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I plan those tracks to my 22 year old daughter. She loves it and got my old vinyls on top. She is studying jazz violin
Play….*not plan* typo
Well I know there are exceptions...kids who have engaged parents!
Everyone is a product of their environment. Your generation is as much to blame for this one as the generations before you are to blame for yours, Greg. Personal responsibility wasn't invented by your generation, or summarily removed by the generation you bore.
Becoming a card-carrying Steely Dan AND Doobie Brothers core player simultaneously is quite an achievement.
Let's hear it for legendary guitarist Jeffrey Allen "Skunk" Baxter - Amen Brother!
Producer: OK, you've got five minutes.
Fagen: This song is six minutes long, but we'll make it work.
I got to see them in Denver, CO in 1973 opeining up for Chuck Berry. They first song was "Bodhisattva" it wasn't even on a record yet. Had no idea who they were until they played "Do It Again". Wow, unforgettable.
Thanks for that memory. Were the girls singing backup in Denver? I didn't see them until April 1974, and Jenny and Gloria weren't on that tour. I've always wondered if they ever played "Midnite Cruiser" in 1973, so drummer Jim Hodder could sing lead.
@@andyinoregon just the boys. They only did 3 songs. Bodhisattva, Do It Again, Reelin' In the Years. Everybody wanted them to play more but Chuck Berry had to go on. Phenominal performance. Made me an instant lifelong fan.
@@eyefulpower Appreciate the info. We were lucky to see them as headliners at the U. of Toledo on April 21,1974, because two nights earlier they had to open for The Beach Boys at Ohio State U. Also opened for them in Pittsburgh.
Steely Dan opening for Chuck Berry! Wow. And they only slotted them enough time to do 3 tunes?
I've not only seen Steely Dan 20+ times since they restarted touring in 1993, I saw Chuck Berry about 4 or 5 times at his "home base" performance venue in his last few decades, Blueberry Hill basement bar called the Duck Room in St Louis. A tiny little floor area that holds about 300 people. Including his 80th birthday celebration where Joe Perry of Aerosmith was in the audience and walked up to join Chuck on stage to do a few songs.
I also was one of the few members of the public that was allowed in to see Chuck's memorial service across the street at a larger music venue. Chuck was laid to rest in his coffin in a white suit, captain's cap, and his guitar! Music performances by his family led by Johnny Rivers, who I met and talked with the night before. Very cool chill guy with great stories. A surreal memorial service.
@@kbrewski1 Great info! I've always had Chuck Berry on my Mt. Rushmore of singer/songwriters, along with Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and Joni Mitchell.
PURE RAW TALENT! This is music no computer can ever duplicate! How I wish music like this can make a comeback.
70's beauty. The girls are mesmerizing.
School is easily in the Top Ten of SD's best. A real barn-burner from the beginning. Bravo, guys!
Takes me back to 9th grade. Being a teen in the 70's was great. I will always love Steely Dan/Donald Fagen.
I was in ninth grade too. I always say that: Being a teen in the 70’s was GREAT! 🎉
Dam,I was 11 year's old growing up in a little beach town in Southern California at this time. It's like the music just fit. The ladies back then seemed so much more beautiful.
What can I say ?? Steely Dan rules. So happy to see this come out of the can. This group was super powerful and complete. They do these songs better than the studio recordings. Skunk and Fagen are at the top of their game. The entire group, vocalists and all nail it. Standing "O" from me. I say give me more !
I found it interesting that over the years, they developed a different groove to solo over at the end. Here, it just kinda simmers out by comparison. Still, SD at their weakest is far superior to most at their best!
I was born in 1960 and I feel like I've got to experience the best music ever made by people that had a God given talent before computers.
Skunk Baxter looks like a possibly drugged up rock musician until you then hear he is an expert on Department of Defense missile defense. If there is a picture in the dictionery next to the words eclectic careers it might be his. Hollywood needs to do a story of his life. What an amazing interesting guy.
Grab a look at the life of Al Bowlly if you want another one.
What a wild ride!
Actually playing live with no backing tracks…who can do that now?
Great clip. It's too bad they stopped touring so early on in the '70s.
The number of recent comments on this footage gives me hope for humanity. ✌️
Steely Dan is my favorite band of all time. Thanks Mr. Sugarman for sharing with us and bringing us so much joy with these HISTORIC performances.
You are welcome, Burt
I am so honored that you responded to my comment. I, along with my elderly mother, have been enjoying your videos for years. Sorry if my writing is not the best, as I am from Mexico.
Skunk Baxter burning up the guitar!
Wow! This is live! I've always loved this song. Those 2 back up singers are HOT and SO COOL - at the same time. Wonderful!