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Guitarist and singer who featured on Hang on Sloopy by the McCoys, and went on to collaborate with top artists including Bonnie Tyler and Steely Dan

The Guardian - UK

“The guitar player got caught in a snowstorm and couldn’t get down for the gig. They were looking for somebody and I said, ‘I know all that stuff’”: Jeff “Skunk” Baxter went to a James Brown gig – and had to step in as his sideman at the last minute

Brown may be known as the the “Hardest-Working Man in Show Business”, but it seems like Skunk is also worthy of that moniker...

Guitar World

“His passing leaves a void in the music world, and he will be deeply missed”: Rick Derringer, legendary rock pioneer who played with Johnny Winter and Kiss, dies aged 77

The influential guitarist scored a hit single when he was still a teenager and carved out a formidable career playing with the likes of Kiss, Steely Dan, Bonnie Tyler and more

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Rick Derringer, who had a hit with 'Hang On Sloopy' and produced 'Weird Al,' dies at 77

Guitarist and singer Rick Derringer has died

The Independent UK

“I’ve only seen it that once and just for about two hours. It was a piece of crap”: Steely Dan’s Denny Dias says his iconic Do It Again electric sitar solo was recorded on a lousy rental model

The former Steely Dan guitarist was required to borrow a Danelectro/Coral electric sitar for the job – but he was less than impressed

Guitar World

"Steely Dan had the capacity to be both inscrutable and popular, an enviable place to be": Steely Dan's tunes are rich and assured on the nonchalant Katy Lied

The Dan has a sonic wingding in 1975

Louder

“We’ve never met, but I’m most impressed with Jack. He’s fearless and certainly innovative”: Jeff “Skunk” Baxter to perform at NAMM 2025 and present TEC Innovation Award to Jack White

The legendary Steely Dan and Doobie Brothers guitarist will host NAMM’s 40thannual TEC Awards and appear at seminars on song structure, music marketing, and sound therapy

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How to watch 'Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary' online and stream from anywhere

The 'Yacht Rock' tag may have started off as a joke but it is having something of a revival. Here's how to watch 'Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary' online from anywhere.

Tom’s Guide

What is the Steely Dan “Mu chord”? Breaking down the left-field chord voicings that will open up your harmonic world

This deep dive into the Steely Dan chordal approach is a masterclass in Donald Fagen and Walter Becker’s supreme harmonic awareness

Guitar World

“It’s the irony of ironies – paying Zuckerberg to show people songs that are denouncing him”: Church Of The Cosmic Skull’s Bill Fisher puts politics in prog as he explores How To Think Like A Billionaire

He took inspiration from Steely Dan, Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel to take a shot at space-race moguls via what he calls “yacht doom” music

Louder

“They’re probably some of the first guitar solos I ever learned”: Trey Anastasio tackles Steely Dan classics in searing Songwriters Hall of Fame performance

The Phish guitarist honored Steely Dan and their session guitarists’ work with an extended version of the Reelin’ in the Years solo

Guitar World

'Instead of just sticking to conventional chord shapes, Walter Becker preferred to use different inversions to place guitar in the track in a different way': If you only learn 5 Steely Dan guitar chords, make time for these

Reelin' in the G mu major

MusicRadar

Jim Beard, keyboardist for Steely Dan, dies aged 63

Beard was known for collaborations with jazz legends including Pat Metheny, John McLaughlin and Wayne Shorter

The Guardian - US

Grammy-Winning Keyboardist Jim Beard Of Steely Dan Dies At 63

Renowned keyboardist Jim Beard, known for his work with Steely Dan and jazz icons, passes away at 63 due to sudden illness.

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“I don’t like outward complexity – I enjoy being stealthy about it, and Steely Dan are beacons for that”: Meet Sam Vallen, the shredder swiping yacht rock chords and turning them into one of 2024’s best prog-metal albums with Caligula’s Horse

The Australian virtuoso explains how writing a dissertation on Steely Dan’s harmonic vocabulary helped him build a record full of ambiguity and tension in Charcoal Grace

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Best of 2023: Why we loved these 14 albums, from Olivia Rodrigo to Gorillaz

Here are some favorites from our staff for 2023.

The Independent UK

Public Enemy, R.E.M., Blondie, Heart and Tracy Chapman get nods for Songwriters Hall of Fame

Everything from rap to yacht rock, country and alt-rock are represented among the nominees for the 2024 Songwriters Hall of Fame, with nods for Public Enemy, Steely Dan, Bryan Adams, George Clinton, Tracy Chapman, R

Guitar World

“We all loved Larry Carlton’s guitar, it was just magic… We were all looking for guitars with chunky necks, to try and get the sustain that he had”: Session legend Dean Parks reveals the secrets of his most iconic Steely Dan and Eric Clapton guitar parts

You can hear Parks on Josie, Haitian Divorce, Change the World, Rikki Don’t Lose That Number and innumerable other songs – here, the guitarist unpacks the gear and recording sessions that forged them

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“He likes first takes is what I learned from Stevie Wonder”: Watch session legend Dean Parks talk Innervisions, Steely Dan and Larry Carlton’s “magic” ES-335

The definition of guitar greatness is tracking live with Stevie Wonder and being asked mid-take to play a guitar solo on a fat-necked acoustic

Guitar World

His liquid jazz-blues playing style made him one of the most sought-after session guitarists of all time – learn the secrets behind Larry Carlton’s most memorable solos

Famed for his work with Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell and Michael Jackson, Carlton is a true guitar legend who can switch codes between jazz, blues and pop then back again like there was nothing to it – and now you can learn how to do it, too

MusicRadar

5 songs you need to hear by Steely Dan: "Like a lot of kids in the ’50s, we were looking for some kind of alternative culture, an escape from where we found ourselves"

Across nine studio albums, jazz-loving perfectionists Walter Becker and Donald Fagen created a stunning body of work. Here are five of their finest moments

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Gulf Stream collapse fears, transparency question over mental health grant, whale rescue effort

Study warns current could disappear sooner than forecast with disastrous consequences; wildlife experts are sizing up how to save stranded pod

Louder

Watch Steely Dan tear up The Midnight Special with a killer version of My Old School taped in the summer of 1973

Broadcast 50 years ago, this US TV performance from Steely Dan is as thrilling as if it was recorded yesterday

The Guardian - AU

Five Great Reads: how MDMA changed the world, a cricketing cult and making condoms sexy again

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

The Guardian - AU

‘The most important cassette on the planet’: how Steely Dan fans uncovered their holy grail

The Second Arrangement was accidentally wiped in the studio in 1979. Now a version found by the recording engineer’s family has the community ‘freaking out’

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