Nightfly: The Life of Steely Dan's Donald Fagen

by Peter Jones

Book Overview

Donald Fagen will forever be associated with Steely Dan, the band he formed with Walter Becker and four other musicians in 1972.

The smooth, radio-friendly veneer of the duo's songs made Steely Dan internationally popular and famous in the 1970s, but the polish glossed over the underlying layers of anger, disappointment, sleaze, and often downright weirdness lurking just beneath the surface. The elliptical lyrics were--and continue...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0913705292
• ISBN13: 9780913705292
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.6"