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In common with other Steely Dan albums, The Royal Scam is littered with cryptic allusions to people and events, both real and fictional. In a BBC interview in 2000, songwriters Walter Becker and Donald Fagen revealed that "Kid Charlemagne" is loosely based on Owsley Stanley, the notorious drug "chef" who was famous for manufacturing hallucinogenic compounds, and that "The Caves of Altamira" is ...
"Kid Charlemagne" is a song by American rock band Steely Dan, released in 1976 as the opening track on their album The Royal Scam. An edited version was released as a single, reaching number 82 on the Billboard Hot 100. [2] Larry Carlton's guitar solo on the song was ranked #80 in a 2008 list of the 100 greatest guitar solos by Rolling Stone. [3]
Steely Dan's sixth album, the jazz-influenced Aja, was released in September 1977. Aja reached the Top Five in the U.S. charts within three weeks, winning the Grammy award for "Engineer—Best Engineered Recording—Non-Classical."
Steely Dan's last tour performance was on July 5, 1974, a concert at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in California. [4] Steely Dan disbanded in June 1981. [5] Becker moved to Maui, where he became an "avocado rancher and self-styled critic of the contemporary scene." [6] He stopped using drugs, which he had used for most of his career.
Alive in America is a live album by the American rock group Steely Dan, released in 1995. It is Steely Dan's first live album. It is Steely Dan's first live album. The album comprises recordings from their 1993 and 1994 tours, which were the first live Steely Dan performances since 1974.
Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948) is an American musician who was the co-founder, lead singer, co-songwriter, and keyboardist of the band Steely Dan, formed in the early 1970s with musical partner Walter Becker.
"My Old School" (song), a 1973 single from the Steely Dan album Countdown to Ecstasy My Old School (2013 film) , about an abandoned school in the U.S. state of Rhode Island My Old School (2022 film) , about the Brandon Lee affair in Scotland
Showbiz Kids: The Steely Dan Story, 1972–1980 is a two-disc compilation album by Steely Dan, released in 2000. The compilation was re-released in the UK in 2009 under the title The Very Best of Steely Dan .