Steely Dan Continues the Battle
Paul Zollo, cdnow.com, January 2000
THEY ARE THE core of Steely Dan – Walter Becker and Donald Fagen – the two friends who long ago disbanded the original lineup of their group to surround themselves instead with the finest jazz and rock players the world had to offer and, in doing so, raised the level of rock production to a standard of excellence few have achieved before or since.
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