Steely Dan moments in other songs
spotche...@my-deja.com
I've heard Bill Payne consciously started using Steely Dan chords
starting around the time of The Last Record Album (as on Day Or Night?)
and Time Loves A Hero (Red Streamliner). Can't say he still does it
though; he seems to throw a lot of classical influences in now when
he's jamming.
In article <01bff59c$f575bae0$2f88e195@moka>,
"Klaus Diepold" <kl...@computer.org> wrote:
> John,
>
> hey, I like this post. Little Feat is the other great band I love and
adore
> besides Steely Dan.
> Having somebody here posting a message that addresses Little Feat is
great
> !
>
> In fact, the "A Day at the Dog Races" is a song/instrumental that is
not
> typial for Little Feat at all.
> It represents the experimental phase basically of Billy Payne and
maybe
> Paul Barrere (accent grave on the first e).
> I have not listened to this particular recording for quite some time,
but I
> will check out how much Steely Dan there may be.
>
> Lowell George didn't really hate that track, he only thought that
this type
> of fusion-jazzy material simply wasn't his cup of tea.
> He left the stage during live shows when this particular track was
played.
> I have never thought that it would make sense to compare SD and LF,
though
> I now may change my mind. In fact I have another angle from which a
> comparism would make sense. I thought that SD and LF were among those
very
> special bands that offered a lot more than plain
> rock'n'roll/rhythm'n'blues/whatever music. Both bands are very
special in
> their own way.
>
> I also follow the Little Feat news group, and I must say that those
> guys/girls over there are also a very nice bunch of people to discuss
with.
> Maybe you should give it a try.(rec.music.artists.little-feat)
>
> Cheers
> Klaus & Rooster
>
> John Duffy <jo...@duffy.demon.co.uk> schrieb im Beitrag
> <oTGvdIAO...@duffy.demon.co.uk>...
> > If you have "A Day at the Dog Races" by Little feat, check out the
> > section toward the end of the song, from about 4:10, lasting about
30
> > seconds. Sounds like Steely Dan at their best to my ears, and quite
> > unlike regular Little Feat material.
> > I remember reading that Lowell George hated this instrumental
song!
> >
> > Anyone got any other snippets that could have been SD in another
life?
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > John
> > --
> > John Duffy
> >
>
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Before you buy.
Klaus & Rooster
That sounds like a reminisence to LF, isn't it?
Well, more recently Billy Payne seems to have fogotten most about SD chords.
He's now back on this Honky-Tonk piano trip with a little Cajun feel
hammering those high note patterns frantically. Not really what I am crazy
about. I liked "Day or Night" better.
But hold it...
maybe we should change to the LF newsgroup to dwell on this..
Klaus
<spotche...@my-deja.com> wrote in message
news:8lip0h$k13$1...@nnrp1.deja.com...
Klaus Diepold
newsgroup.
So are there any other bands that have Little Feat moments in their music ?
I have a hard time to think of one, maybe the Danish singer "Sanne" ?
Cheers
Klaus
spotche...@my-deja.com schrieb im Beitrag
<8lip0h$k13$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>...
Klaus Diepold
This is for a little more cross-posting between Steely Dan and Little Feat
newsgroup:
Just as you keep writing about Little Feat this brings to my mind another
Little Feat tune that has a certain SD touch.
The song is called "Gringo" and has been published on the "Hoy Hoy" album.
Cheers
Klaus
>
> Lotion Charlie <jml2621...@acs.tamu.edu.invalid> schrieb im Beitrag
> <08def61c...@usw-ex0104-032.remarq.com>...
> > The Starbuck song was recorded supposedly by studio musicians
> > with marginal input from the band. They wqere a pretty marginal
> > Southern bar band with a miraculous fluke hit.
> >
> > I LOVE Waiting for Columbus. The energy and the agony of
> > Fatman in the Bathtyb! Amazing. They gave the best TV concert
> > performance I've ever heardand/or seen on Autsin City Limits
> > around 1991 following the release of Representing the Mambo. I
> > thought they could not be tighter than the album, but the sow was
> > incredible. The way they fed off each other and the crwod whith
> > passion and with crystalline precision. Barrere just about set
> > the place on fire with the guitar solo runs in Texas Twister. As
> > GOOD as they were with Lowell George they were TIGHTER for one
> > brief moment about that time. Note I didn't say better.
> >
> > Of the post-George albums, Representing the Mambo is by far
> > my favorite, which finally brings me to the point! The title
> > track, The ingenue and Silver Screen have a defeinite Dan'like
> > sound and sheen. The title track could have fit in nicely on
> > Gaucho - most like the title track G
> >
> >
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