Donald Fagen: A Nightfly Up Against The Wall
Richard Cook, NME, 22 January 1983
RICHARD COOK meets the urbane spokesman of cool, DONALD FAGEN who, for 14 years, partnered Walter Becker in Steely Dan. A celebrated eccentric, Fagen is now experiencing international success with his own solo career and the LP, The Nightfly.
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