![]() ![]() These two albums are strongly linked to a sense of nostalgia in my own life. Kamakiriad adds some early 90’s drum programming and electronics on some of its songs. ![]() The Nightfly sounds like a straight Steely Dan album for the most part. Musically both albums reflect the change. The following album acts as a similar character dealing with middle aged situations,and tentatively looking to the future. Conceptually his debut focused on his adolescence during the early 60’s during JFK’s “new frontier”-actually one of the song titles. He also centered on similar jazzy melodies and his signature processed Fender Rhodes electric piano.įagen once discussed his 1982 debut The Nightfly and his follow up a decade later in Kamakiriad as representing the arc of his life. It all began as an outgrowth from Steely Dan at first-utilizing some of the same session musicians such as Greg Phillinganes and Hugh McCracken. And to start that celebration of the man and his music,wanted to start out by discussing the beginning of his solo career. Fagen will be one year short of 70 years old this coming Tuesday. Its a major goal for the blog to remedy that this year. Donald Fagen is someone whom I’ve neglected exploring on Andresmusictalk. ![]()
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