Walter's working on a new one...
per-gunnar
"Rolling Stone" #990/#991
December 29, 2005/January12, 2006
P. 39
The Smoking Section by Austin Skaggs (Yes, Danfans, that's NY Rock and
Soul Revue's Boz Scaggs' son)
The Smoking Section worships STEELY DAN, so we were more than stoked to
check out "Morph the Cat," the new disc from Steely Dan front man
DONALD FAGEN, due in March. Whereas his solo debut, 1982's "The
Nightfly," viewed the future from an adolescent's eyes, and 1993's
"Kamakiriad" viewed it from the middle age, "Morph," says Fagen, "is
looking towards the endings of things." He means death, but by no means
is "Morph" glum--with songs like "H Gang," "Security Joan" (about a
sexy airport agent) and "Brite Nitegown," as well as fabulous
Steely-esque phrases like "Rabelaisian puff of smoke," Artic mindbath,"
and "ten milligrams of Cronax," Fagen's got another masterpiece on his
hands. "It's the album that's closest to my vision of how it would
sound," says Fagen. "I don't know if I could do much better," adding
that partner WALTER BECKER is also working on a new album in New York.
We're also jiggled to break the news that Fagen will support the record
with his very own theater tour--his first solo tours since, uh, high
school. "I've never done it before," he says, "I might do a few Steely
Dan things that I particularly like, but it'll mainly be my stuff."
Good times!
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Bet he won't do any dates in the UK, though.
per-gunnar
Donald on a solo tour, though...
