Steely Dan: Joined At The Hip

IT'S BEEN 20 YEARS, A HIATUS ALMOST unheard of in rock. In the 1970s. Walter Becker and Donald Fagen – studio auteurs infused with the influence of jazz, R&B and pulp'n'beat literature and blessed with the chops and intellect to do something extraordinary with them – set lofty standards. For those who got it, there was Steely Dan and there was the rest.