Hippies, cocaine, and 'dog meat': the oral history of 'You've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It'
The sordid tale of how a lost counterculture film gave Walter Becker and Donald Fagen the chance to make their first album
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The Becker-Fagen songbook mixtape (volume one)
Explore songs written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen that never appeared on a Steely Dan album.
Donald Fagen waits all night for calls like these
In a never-before-published appearance on the call-in show 'Rockline' from 1983, Fagen hears from listeners about his debut solo album, 'The Nightfly.'
A long-shelved Walter Becker song finally sees the light
"Let Us Hang," which Becker wrote with producer Larry Klein, had been gathering dust before the Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Nicole Zuraitis cut the song for her new album.
Video: Steely Dan's origins at the Grammy Museum
Watch "Reelin' in the Early Years of Steely Dan," featuring recently unearthed 1970s photos and a panel discussion.
The Heat Is On: a mixtape
Smooth sounds for sweltering days
The best Steely Dan stories from the Grammy Museum event
Highlights from “Reelin’ in the Early Years of Steely Dan,” featuring Denny Dias, Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, Dean Parks, and more
Zox explains nightmarish 'Royal Scam' painting
"I don’t think I took any drugs while making that piece," says the Los Angeles artist, who recently sold the 50-year-old canvas for $28,000.
Listen to Donald Fagen's favorite records
Sonny, Miles, Mingus, Monk, Ray, Dylan, the Beatles, and more
'They're gone': Donald Fagen's premature obituary for Steely Dan
"This is actually the only time I've ever actually said this, so it's a real exclusive," Fagen says during a 1989 interview on New York radio.