[net.music] steely dan tour

tom (02/24/83)

Details of the rare Steely Dan concert:

It was at Avery Fisher Hall on April 3, 1974.  They were warmup to ELO.
They did a few of their (future?) hits. I remember being slightly
disappointed in their performance, as I was looking forward to them as
much as the headliner, but overall it was a good performance
for a warmup group. I had 3rd row center seats, but had much of my view
obstructed by the piano. The program listed the musicians as follows:

	Donald Fagen & Walter Becker (of course)
	Dave Palmer
	Jeff Baxter (peddle steel)
	James Hodden (drums)
	Denny Dias (guitar)

Does anyone else know of other Steely Dan concerts?
- Tom Beres (...!duke!mcnc!rlgvax!tom)

ljm (02/25/83)

I saw the Dan about the same time (the tour was in support of "Cant't Buy
A Thrill") at the Palace RThTheartere====tre in Providence.  It was rough around the
edges, but the spark was there...

thekid (02/25/83)

re: does Steely Dan tour?

NO!!! they haven't toured since 1974.

They don't even have a band, if you look at their albums,
you'll see that they sometimes feature a different band for each song!
Donald Fagen (1/2 of SD, the other half is Walter Becker) said that
they have no plans to tour in an interview published about a year ago.