Steely Dan 2011 Tour

[StuntmanMike]

Originally Posted by wilky61

Hmm, what you say makes sense. If I weren't already going to a concert in August and if the weekend were more convenient for me, I'd probably but a ticket to see them on this tour. I'm not so crazy about their more pop-oriented albums like Pretzel Logic, but if they featured the three albums you mentioned or some of the juicier tunes off their first two albums, I'd be in ecstasy.

The thing that I always appreciated most about Steely Dan was their ability to segue so smoothly from one instrumental solo to another that you barely even noticed (Your Gold Teeth being my favorite example).

If you can swing it and have never seen them live, you should make every effort to see them. They do a "Hits" general show where they play stuff from just about every album, or they do album specific shows like Aja. Just hearing the song Aja is worth the price of admission itself. I have seen them enough now that I can do without the songs they always do, like Peg or Black Friday. What I crave are the rarities they will pull out every tour. One year I saw them, they opened up with The Boston Rag. Stuff like that. Last year if memory serves they pulled out Any Major Dude once in a while. I can't imagine being a Dan fan and being disappointed in how they sound. And the cool thing is that a Steely Dan audience gets it. These are true music fans. These are jazz fans. These tend to be smart, well educated people who appreciate somewhat sophisticated music. The crowds are attentive and appreciative. They understand music. There aren't a bunch of yahoos texting and talking on cell phones during the concert. SD crowds get it. Its a unique atmosphere. One thing I noticed----you want to know where good looking sharply dressed gorgeous 30ish and 40ish women go on a Saturday night? They are at the Steely Dan concert.