Though technically not appearing as Steely Dan on the 1991 return to the stage by Donald Fagen, the New York Rock’n’Soul Revue did include former Steely Dan background singer Michael McDonald, who sings the bridge part along with Fagen on this note perfect live version of “Pretzel Logic”, the title song to the third Steely Dan album. And this tour and subsequent live album went over so well that Fagen convinced his co-conspirator the late Walter Becker to join them all the next year, resulting in the resurrection of the Steely Dan franchise as a recording and touring entity. – Redbeard
Tag: New York Rock and Soul Revue
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Boz Scaggs- Lowdown- May 1994 Dallas
Much to my delight, Dallas-via-San Francisco rhythm and bluesman Boz Scaggs has been quite prolific in the 21st century. One look at the superb Dukes of September concert DVD confirms my impression from witnessing the actual 2012 tour featuring Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald, and Boz Scaggs, a recent musical manifestation of the New York Rock & Soul Revue which accompanied Steely Dan man Donald Fagen’s return to the stage twenty years earlier. My impression is that, quite innocently, Boz Scaggs stole the show with impeccable live renditions of enormously popular hits such as this performance of his “Lowdown” in May 1994 live in the studio on my Q102 Dallas/Ft Worth radio show. –Redbeard