Steely Dan

The List

05.16.26

4 Steely Dan Classics That Were Enlivened by Unforgettable Guitar Solos

By Jim Beviglia
Features

05.13.26

This Yacht Rock Group’s Recording Sessions Were So Difficult That Hired Musicians Allegedly “Crawled” Out of the Studio

By Melanie Davis
Behind The Song

04.26.26

The Deceptively Cheery Steely Dan Hit From 1977 That Epitomized Their Unique Studio Approach

By Jim Beviglia
Behind The Song

04.18.26

Remembering the Lost Jingle Steely Dan Wrote for Schlitz Beer, Found Decades Later by Their Engineer’s Daughter

By Tina Benitez-Eves
Latest Music News & Stories

04.09.26

Donald Fagen Has Retired From Touring With Steely Dan, His Stepdaughter Amy Helm Reports (But He’s Still Making Music)

By Matt Friedlander
Behind The Song

03.24.26

The Steely Dan Classic From 1972 That Features an Unusual Lead Vocal

By Jim Beviglia
Features

01.27.26

The ‘Saturday Night Live’ Legend Who Designed the Crosby, Stills & Nash Logo and Dozens of Album Covers Before the Laughs

By Tina Benitez-Eves
Behind The Song

01.26.26

David Crosby Credited This Steely Dan Album With Helping Him “Stay Alive” During Struggles With Addiction

By Tina Benitez-Eves
Behind the Album

01.20.26

“Ignorant and Arbitrary”: The Album Joni Mitchell Felt Was Poorly Received Because of an “Icky” Music Industry

By Melanie Davis
Behind The Song

12.18.25

David Byrne Recalls Steely Dan’s Backhanded Reaction to This Iconic Talking Heads Cut

By Melanie Davis
Behind The Song

12.14.25

Steely Dan’s Last Top 40 Hit Masked Lyrical Darkness in Peppy Music

By Jim Beviglia
Behind The Lyrics

11.19.25

The Steely Dan Lyric That Expresses Genuine Support via Hippie Lingo

By Jim Beviglia