Note: page numbers in bold refer to information contained in captions. Song and album titles appear under their artists/bands.
ABC-Dunhill Records xvi, 10, 13, 27, 44, 51, 55, 72, 73–4, 80, 94–5, 107, 109, 111, 119, 125, 131–2, 137, 151, 196, 200, 202, 225
Agee, Tawatha xxi
Ali, Rashied 197
Allen, Steve 267
Allen, Woody 267–8
Allison, Mose 152
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) 286
Angels 72
Angry Squire, Greenwich Village 23
Apatow, Judd 285
Arena (magazine) 167–72
Arts Desk, the 253–4
Azoff, Irving xix, 118, 120–1, 137, 209
Bad Company 282–3
Baker, Ted 251
BAM (magazine) 155–9
Bard College, upper New York state xiv, xv, 24–6, 28, 29, 52, 70, 74–8, 130, 151, 190–1, 227, 237, 261
Barry, Jeff 189
Barth, John 256
Basie, Count 158, 233, 266, 270
Baudelaire 277
Bauer, Billy 44
Baxter, Jeff ‘Skunk’ xvii, xxvi, 4, 10, 12, 15, 17, 19–20, 25, 27, 34, 35, 37, 38, 42–5, 55, 57–8, 72, 98–9, 111–12, 132, 152, 195–6, 200, 205, 238
Beacon Theatre 172
Bead Game 195
Beard, Jim 251
Beck, Jeff 42
Becker, Walter xiii, xiv, xv–xxiv, xxvi, 1, 4, 6–9, 10, 12–14, 15–20, 21, 24–7, 29, 30, 34, 36–7, 38–42, 44, 46, 48, 50–6, 58–61, 63–5, 66–8, 70–95, 74–95, 97–9, 100, 101, 103–4, 106–7, 108, 110–21, 122–5, 129–31, 133–41, 145, 148–9, 151–2, 155–9, 161–3, 165–6, 167–8, 170–1, 173, 175–8, 179, 182, 185–213, 214–15, 217–20, 221–6, 227–33, 234, 235–40, 242, 243, 248, 253, 256–8, 260–5, 268, 275, 280–3, 286
11 Tracks of Whack (1994) 179–80, 211, 219, 222–3, 248
Circus Money (2008) 250–2
‘Cringemaker’ 180
‘Downtown Canon’ 251
‘Girlfriend’ 180
‘Junkie Girl’ 180
‘Lucky Henry’ 180
‘Paging Audrey’ 251
‘Selfish Gene’ 251
‘The Mock Turtle Song’ setting 195
The Original Soundtrack (1978) 26–7, 70–1, 183
‘This Moody Bastard’ 180
‘Three Picture Deal’ 251
Walter Becker/Donald Fagen: The Early Years (1983) 195
see also Mahler, Gus; Steely Dan
BeeGees 139
Bel Air hotel 108
Ben Folds Five 284–5
Benny, Jack 267
Berger, Thomas 256
Berns, Bert 172
Berry, Chuck 69, 130, 150–1, 229
Beyoncé 286
Big Pink 35
BMG 227
Bombay Bicycle Club 285
‘Bongo Bop’ 69
Boswell Sisters 265
Bowie, David 172
Brecker, Michael 231
Brian Setzer Orchestra 285
Bright Lights, Big City (film) 167, 211
Brill Building, Manhattan xv–xvi, 71, 131, 186, 188, 189, 191–2, 237, 261
Brookner, Anita 277
Brown, James 219
Bruce, Lenny 190
Buddah Records 189
Buffett, Jimmy 120
Bugg, Jake 279
Burroughs, William xix, 24, 68, 86–7, 107, 189, 198, 200, 237, 261
Butthole Surfers 122
Byrds 69
Byrne, David 161
California, Randy 190–1
Capital Radio 48
Carlton, Larry xix, 64, 113, 125, 146, 164, 258, 285
Carroll, Lewis, Alice Through the Looking-Glass 195
Carter, Jimmy 221
Cassidy, David 40
CBS Records 25
Charles, Ray 176, 248, 257, 270, 271, 288
Chatten, ‘Chub’ 150
Cher 62
‘Black Man Ray’ 156
Flaunt the Imperfection (1985) 155
Christgau, Robert 24–5
Circus 63–5
City Journal (magazine) 260–77
Clapton, Eric 42
Clark, Gary xxii
Cloud Nine Productions 72
Cocks, Jay xxiv
Coldplay 279
Coleman, Nick 174–8
Coleman, Ornette 270
Coltrane, Alice 197
Coltrane, John 39, 197, 228, 230
Coppola, Francis 128
Creem (magazine) xiv, 23, 103–5
Cromelin, Richard xviii, xxiii, 49–62, 250–2
Daddy, Puff (P. Diddy) 287
Daft Punk 285–6
Daly, Gary 157
Danny Wilson xxi–xxii
Darin, Bobby 195
Dave Brubeck quartet 130
Davis, Miles 60, 69, 104, 146, 150, 190, 232
Davis, Ray 70
Dawson, Dinky 40
Derringer, Liz 135
Derringer, Rick 19, 48, 58–9, 134–5
Desert Island Discs (BBC Radio 4 show) 162
Desmond, Paul 191
Dias, Denny xvii, xxvi, 4, 10, 12–14, 19, 27, 34, 35, 37, 43–5, 55, 71, 72, 98, 112, 132, 152, 195, 200, 201, 202, 205, 219
Diener, Steve 107
Dion 146
Disc (magazine) 10–11
Discepolo, John 195
Doherty, Denny 197
Dolphy, Eric 229
Don Fagen Jazz Trio 190
Doobie Brothers 46, 58, 63, 152, 205
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor 81
Dr Buzzard’s Original Savanah Band 123
Drifters 153
Dylan, Bob 26, 33, 67, 68, 76–7, 93, 217, 273, 277
Eagles xvii, 46, 116, 120, 282–3
Easlea, Daryl 106–7
Eastwood, Clint 274–5
Eckstine, Billy 270
Edwards, Blake 287–8
Ellington, Duke 35, 38–9, 69, 98, 118, 158, 215, 227, 228–9, 259, 262, 270, 277
Erskine, Peter 230–1
Fabriani, Tristan (Donald Fagen) xvi, 177, 193
see also Fagen, Donald
Fagen, Donald xiii–xvi, xix–xxiv, xxvi, 1, 4–9, 10, 12–14, 15–17, 21, 24–7, 30, 31, 34, 36–7, 38–42, 44–6, 48, 50–62, 63–5, 66–99, 100, 103–4, 106–7, 108–21, 122–5, 127–41, 142, 143, 148–54, 155, 157, 159, 160–4, 167–73, 175–8, 179–80, 182, 185–208, 210–12, 214–16, 217–20, 221–6, 227–33, 234, 235–40, 242, 247–9, 255–9, 260–77, 278–88
Bright Lights, Big City soundtrack (1988) 167, 211
‘Brooklyn’ 195
Eminent Hipsters (memoir) xvi, 265–77, 287–8
‘Florida Room’ 173
‘I.G.Y.’ 146, 148, 149–50, 153, 169, 272–3
‘I’m Not the Same Without You’ 254
Kamakiriad xviii, 165–6, 168–70, 173, 175, 179, 180, 210, 211, 219, 222, 248
‘Mary Shut the Garden Door’ 246, 248
‘Memorabilia’ 253–4
‘Miss Marlene’ 254
‘On the Dunes’ 170
‘Out of the Ghetto’ (cover) 254
‘Springtime’ 169
‘Teahouse on the Tracks’ 173
‘The Goodbye Look’ 147
‘The Great Pagoda of Funn’ 246
‘The New Breed’ 254
‘The Night Belongs to Mona’ 245–6
The Nightfly xx, 145–7, 149, 152–3, 161, 167, 168–9, 170, 175, 179, 210, 219, 222, 229, 247–8, 253, 268, 271–3
The Original Soundtrack 26–7, 70–1, 183
‘Tomorrow’s Girls’ 169
Walter Becker/Donald Fagen: The Early Years 195
‘Weather In My Head’ 254
‘What I Do’ 248
see also Fabriani, Tristan; Steely Dan
Fairmont Miramar hotel, Santa Monica 235
Fall 279
Farrelly brothers 284–5
Fega, Mort 265
Feldman, Victor xix, 37, 98, 104, 113, 230
Fender, Freddy 198
Fleetwood Mac 264
Four Seasons 193
Frank, Joe 80
Franks, Michael 222
Gadd, Steve xix, xxi, 104, 110
Garner, Erroll 270
Gestapo 38
Gibson, William xviii, 169, 225
Gill, Andy 185–213
Goffin, Gerry 256
Gold, Mick 21–2
GQ (magazine) 278–88
Grass Roots xvi, 132, 151, 197
‘Tell Me A Lie’ 72
Greco, Buddy 259
Greek Theatre, LA 205
Green, Freddie 233
Green, Peter 42
Greenberg, Marcus Aurelius 26
Guardian, The (newspaper) 234
Guerin, John xix
Guitar Club 19–20
Gunz, Peter 286–7
Hamilton 80
Hawes, Hampton 205
Hayes, Isaac 254
Heller, Joseph 256
Herington, Jon xiv–xv, 251, 253, 254
Himes, Geoffrey 165–6, 179–80, 245–6
Hit Boy 286
Hodder, Jim xvii, xxvi, 4, 10, 12, 29, 37, 45–6, 55, 57–8, 72, 111–12, 132, 195, 200, 205
Homer, Odyssey 134
Hoskyns, Barney 167–72
Howlin’ Wolf 131
Hue and Cry xxii
Humble Pie 279
Ice Cube 286
Ice House, Glendale 4
Impulse! (jazz label) 196–7, 228
In Concert (programme) 18
Independent, The (newspaper) 160–4, 235–40
Ingham, John 47–8
Institute for the Advancement of the Electric Guitar 19–20
Jackson, Chuck 172
Jam 280
JATA 192–3
see also Jay & the Americans
Jay & the Americans xv, xvi, 10, 12, 17, 21, 27, 71–2, 111, 131, 151, 192–4
Jay-Z 279
Jazzwise (magazine) 227–33
Jermott, Jerry 172
Joel, Billy 165
John, Elton 132
Johnson, Plas 98
Jones, Dylan 278–88
Jones, Quincy 271
Jones, Rickie Lee 162, 211, 222
Kannon, Gary (Gary Katz) 10, 13, 195, 196
see also Katz, Gary
Katz, Gary xvi, 1, 4, 27, 50, 51, 53–6, 62, 71–4, 81–2, 95–6, 111, 127, 128, 131–3, 135–6, 140–1, 151, 157, 159, 170, 183, 196–7, 199, 205
see also Kannon, Gary
Kaye, Thomas Jefferson xvi, 199
Kennedy, John F. 146, 147, 153–4, 272–3, 277
Kent, Nick 160
Keynes, Maynard 273
Khan, Steve 135
King, Clydie 97
King, Zalman 27
Kingsmen 53
Kipling, Rudyard 269
Kiss 114
Klein, Larry 250–2
Knopfler, Mark 165
Kovacs, Ernie 267
Krassner, Paul 190
Kravitz, Lenny 287
Kubrick, Stanley 270
Lawson, Ricky xiv
Leather Canary 190
Led Zeppelin 282–3
Legend, John 286
Leiber, Jerry 153, 172, 177, 189
Lennon, John 256
Let it Rock (magazine) 21–2, 47–8
Leviton, Mark 155–9
Liebling, A.J. 174
Linn 9000 (drum machine) 123
Los Angeles Free Press (newspaper) 15–20
Los Angeles Times (newspaper) 221–6, 250–2
Lovelock, James 162
Lundon, Eddie 157
MacDonald, Ian xiv, 33–5, 122–6, 217–20
Madison Square Garden 72, 174–8, 193
Mahler, Gus (Walter Becker) 193
see also Becker, Walter
Mailer, Norman 269
Malina, Judith 269
Mamas & the Papas 197
Manic Street Preachers 236
Marley, Bob 98
Marotta, Rick 64
Martin, Gavin 235–40
Marx, Groucho 267
Mase 287
McCann, Hoops 125
McCartney, Paul 34, 46, 164, 256
McDonald, Mike xxii, 37, 97, 118, 132, 152, 160, 167–8, 205, 265
McDonald, Ross 147
Melody Maker (music newspaper) 36–46, 66–99
Michel, Ed 197
Midnight Special taping 18
Miguel, Jive 125
Miles Davis Quintet 39, 190, 229
Milland, Ray 29
Miller, Henry 262
Miller, Marcus 146
MOJO (magazine) 185–213, 214–16
Monk, Thelonious 150, 158, 177, 190, 232
Monkees 48
Morricone, Ennio 287
Morris, Rae 285
Murray, Bill 259
Murray, Charles Shaar 145–7
Musician (magazine) 148–54
Nabokov, Vladimir 92, 117, 198
Naughty by Nature 286
New Musical Express (magazine) xiv, xviii, xix, 23–9, 33–5, 49–62, 145–7, 160
New York (magazine) 283
New York Rock and Soul Revue 160, 162, 167–71
Live at the Beacon (1991) 160, 162
New Yorker (magazine) 174
Newman, Randy xvi, 64, 67, 161
Nichols, Roger ‘the Immortal’ xix, 127–9, 133, 197, 225
Nilsson, Harry xviii
Noah and the Whale 285
Nugent, Ted 114
Ochs, Phil 85
Odell, Tom 285
One Direction 279
Orlando, Tony 69
Oswald, Lee Harvey 154
Paar, Jack 267
Palace Theatre, Manchester 40
Palmer, David xvii, 4, 10, 12, 16, 25, 28, 35, 40, 55, 96, 111–12, 152, 200, 202, 281
Palmer, Robert xxx, 127–41
Parker, Charlie 69, 118, 189, 218, 229, 233, 263, 274
Parks, Dean 219
Patton, Charley 153
PBS 222
Peel, John xviii
Penman, Ian 260–77
Phillinganes, Greg 153
Phoenix 285
Pink Floyd 285
Poco 97
Pollock, Bruce 255–9
Porcaro, Jeff 37, 40, 41, 45, 132, 146
Porky see Soule, Jenny ‘Porky’
Potter, Chris 231
Prefab Sprout xxi–xxii
Premiere (magazine) xvi, 167, 211, 222
Prince 175
Puente, Tito 98
Purdie, Bernard xxiv, 64, 103, 139, 206
Pynchon, Thomas xvii, 199, 256
Queen 114
Quinlan, Sheriff 26
Radio Luxembourg 38
Ragovoy, Jerry 172
Rainbow Theatre, London xiii
Rainey, Chuck 113, 139, 146, 206
Ramones 260
Randall, Elliott xxii, 19, 24, 37, 48, 64, 158, 172, 206, 282
Rat Pack 274
Reagan, Ronald 221
Realist, The (magazine) 190
Rebennack, Mac 172
Reynolds 80
Reynolds, Debbie 192
Ricardo, Ricky 98
Richards, Keith 74
Richardson, Jerome 37
Richardson, Mark 286
Richman, Jonathan 285
Rivers, Johnny 69
Robbins, Ira 247–9
Robbins, Wayne 76
Robertson 35
Robins, Wayne xiv, xviii, 23–9, 221–6
Roe, Tommy 132
Rolling Stone (magazine) 127–41, 261
Ronstadt, Linda 42
Rosen, Steven 15–20
Roth, Philip 198
Rubell, Steve 153
Russell, Brenda 165
Sanborn, David 231
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium 17, 152
Santamaria, Mongo 98
Scheiner, Elliot 124
Schmit, Tim 97
Schruers, Fred 148–54
Scoppa, Bud 63–5
Scorsese, Martin 154
Scott, Tom xix
Scritti Politti xxi
Serling, Rod 267
Shepherd, Gene 150, 190, 265, 287
Shirelles 72
Shorter, Wayne 34, 104, 164, 231, 285
Simmons, Sylvie 108–21
Simon, Paul 46
Simpson, Valerie 146
Songfacts (website) 255–9
Soule, Jenny ‘Porky’ 17, 28, 40
Sound Works 134–5
Sounds (magazine) 12–14, 108–21
Spielberg, Steven 150
Spirit 190
Stamm, Marvin 246
Steely Dan xxvi
‘Aja’ xxii, 110, 134, 164, 176
Aja (1977) xix, xx, xxi, xxiv, 103–5, 106–7, 108–10, 112, 118, 122–3, 124, 129, 134, 136, 137, 164, 165, 207, 209, 215, 224, 231, 271–2, 279, 280–3, 285
Alive in America (1995) xxiii, 186, 212, 217
‘Android Warehouse’ 193
‘Any Major Dude Will Tell You’ xvii, 35
‘Babylon Sisters’ xv, xx, 124, 125, 128, 164, 215, 219
‘Barrytown’ xvi, 34–5, 52, 189, 234
‘Berry Town’ 193
‘Black Cow’ 105, 271–2, 281, 286–7
‘Blues Beach’ 236
‘Bodhisattva’ 17, 132–3, 152, 215
‘Book of Liars’ 176
‘Brain Tap Shuffle’ xvi, 54, 59
Cant’ Buy a Thrill (1972) xiii–xiv, xiv, xvi, xvii, xx, xxii, 10–11, 12–14, 16, 17–19, 27–8, 34–5, 36, 55, 67, 73, 132, 162, 165, 200, 280
‘Chain Lightning’ 59, 162, 215
‘Change of the Guard’ xvii
‘Charlie Freak’ 35, 92, 202, 255, 261–2
Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) xiii–xiv, xvii, xx, 16–17, 19, 21–2, 26, 28, 34, 41, 46, 56, 59–60, 70, 75, 133, 134, 201, 203, 237–8, 280
‘Cousin Dupree’ 220
‘Daddy Don’t Live in That New York City No More’ xxi, 134
‘Deacon Blues’ xxi–xxii, 105, 107, 149, 234, 254, 255, 267, 281
‘Do It Again’ xvi, 7, 11, 28, 36, 67, 73, 132, 201, 237, 250, 261
‘Don’t Take Me Alive’ 84, 93, 237
‘Drift Away’ 22
‘East St Louis Toodle-Oo’ (cover) 35, 38–9, 69, 86, 262, 277
‘Everyone’s Gone to the Movies’ 47
Everything Must Go (2003) xx, xxiii, 234, 236, 240
‘Eye Know’ 107
‘Fire in the Hole’ xvii, 5, 14, 24
‘Gaslighting Abbie’ 219
Gaucho (1980) xv, xx, xxi, 122–6, 128, 135–7, 140, 155, 164, 165, 171, 209–10, 217, 221, 222, 224, 238, 264, 271
‘Godwhacker’ 234
‘Green Earrings’ 172, 279–80, 286
‘Green Flower Street’ 215
‘Haitian Divorce’ 64, 65, 115, 162
‘Heartbreak Souvenir’ 124
Heavy Rollers tour 242
‘Here in the Western World’ 109
‘Hey Nineteen’ xv, xx, 125, 132, 139, 140, 152, 176, 215, 255, 275, 283
‘Home at Last’ xxiv, 124, 134, 215, 281
‘I Can’t Write Home About You’ 124
‘I Got the News’ 104
‘I Mean to Shine’ 54, 72, 111, 131, 192, 196
‘Jones’ 54
Katy Lied (1975) xvii, xx, 30, 47–8, 57, 62, 74, 80, 83, 118, 122, 133, 162, 165, 224, 280
‘Kid Charlemagne’ xxii, 82, 93, 237, 255, 258, 286
‘King of the World’ 22, 29, 219
‘Kings’ xvii
‘Kulee Baba’ 124
‘Lady Bayside’ 83
‘Let George Do it’ 54
‘Megashine City’ 51
‘Midnight Cruiser’ xvii, 3, 28, 35, 238
‘Monkey in Your Soul’ 35
‘My Old School’ xxi, 22, 26, 48, 52, 56, 74, 224, 238
‘Negative Girl’ 219
‘Night By Night’ 35
‘Only a Fool Would Say That’ 23
‘Parker’s Band’ 35, 69, 202, 263
‘Pearl of the Quarter’ 22, 29, 255
‘Peg’ 107, 109, 219, 231, 255, 278, 281
Pretzel Logic (1974) xvii, xx, 33–5, 38–9, 41, 46, 56–7, 69, 133, 172, 177, 203, 224, 237–8, 248, 261, 263, 277, 280
‘Reelin’ in the Years’ xvii, xxi, xxii, 3, 11, 16, 23, 24, 26, 28, 36, 37, 56, 73, 132, 152, 172, 177, 201, 206, 212, 215, 255
‘Rikki Don’t Lose That Number’ 34, 36, 57, 69, 178, 215, 224, 255, 262
‘Rose Darling’ 255
‘Show Biz Kids’ xviii, xxi, 21–2, 28–9, 51, 56, 65, 134, 158, 206, 237, 263
Steely Dann Gold (Extended Edition) (1982) 163
‘The Last Mall’ 236
‘The Roaring of the Lamb’ xvi, 54
The Royal Scam (1976) xviii, xx, 63–5, 67–8, 80, 82, 98, 105, 106, 108, 109, 134, 165, 207, 224, 279–80
‘The Second Arrangement’ 125, 209
‘Things I Miss the Most’ 234, 236
‘Third World Man’ 125, 126, 136, 286
‘This Mobile Home’ 41
‘Through With Buzz’ 35, 69, 261–2
‘Turn That Heartbeat Over Again’ xvii, 5, 14, 28
Two Against Nature (2000) xx, xxiii, 182, 217–20, 221–3, 228, 231–2, 236, 238
‘Were You Blind That Day?’ 125
‘West of Hollywood’ 220
‘What a Shame About Me’ 223–4, 232
‘Yellow Peril’ xvi
‘Your Gold Teeth II’ 47
Steely Dan Horns 253
Steen, Rob 160–4
Steppenwolf xvi
Sting 165
Stoller, Mike 153, 172, 177, 189
Strachey, Lytton 273
Streisand, Barbara xvi, 54, 72, 111, 131, 151, 192, 196
Studio 54 153
Sullivan, Ed 139
‘Sun Mountain’ 193
Supremes 272
Sweeting, Adam 253–4
Syms, Sylvia 150
Tariq, Lord 286–7
Taylor, John 230
Thiele, Bob 228
Third Reich 38
Three Dog Night 197
Time Out (magazine) 174–8
Triloka 211
Tristano, Lennie 44
Tyler, Andrew 10–11
Ultimate Spinach 13, 17, 25, 42, 195–6
Uncut (magazine) 122–6, 217–20
Uriah Heep 132
Valentine, Penny 12–14
Van Gelder, Rudy 228
Van Morrison 69
Van Ness, Chris 3–9
Vaughan, Sarah 270
Vaughn, Vince 236
Vela, Rosie, Zazu 167
VH1 TV 222
Village Records 124
Village Vanguard 190 Village Voice (alternative newspaper) 44, 55, 71, 195, 228, 269
Waits, Tom 176
Walls, Richard C. 103–5
Warner Brothers 119, 137, 152, 156, 168
Waronker, Lenny xvi
Warwick, Dionne 189
Washington Post, The (newspaper) 165–6, 179–80, 245–6
Waters, Muddy 232
Watts, Michael 66–99
Weiskopf, Walt 246
Welch, Chris 36–46
WENDEL 123
West, Nathaniel 198
Westbury Music Fair 25
Who, The 41
Wilco 284–5
Williams, Richard 234
Wolf, Randy 190–1
WRVR 150
Young, Snooky 37
You’ve Got to Walk It Like You Talk It (or You’ll Lose That Beat) (1971) 27, 70–1, 193