RTP-area local music and culture

[Bryon Settle <ployntabs AT embarqmail.com>]

You are the only on who hates Steely Dan. It's just not fashionable to 
hate Steely Dan anymore. I think long guitar solos are coming back too. 
Not bass solos though.

Gorman wrote:
> Am I the only person here who hates Steely Dan w/a passion?
> I might be able to deal w/their 'deep,' and likely unknown to me,
> album cuts, but the SD greatest hits canon, which is generally what I
> end up running into (w/the possible exception of"FM,") is like getting
> root canal w/o anesthesia.
>
> While I can respect them at song writers, their unctuous, oily studio
> production pretty much ruins anything I've ever heard them do.  If I
> didn't know about the aforementioned bands, I'd never in a millions
> years see them w/o shotgun-grade hearing protection.
>
> G
>
>
>   
> > > At least two of these bands are big Steely Dan fans, but unless yr
> > > wavelength is pretty dang advanced, you might be hard-pressed to pick up
> > > on it. Although the other day I was watching this live Steely Dan video
> > > of "Black Friday" and Le Weekend actually did start making a bit more
> > > sense to me.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1ZV4Mx7tw8
> > >       
> > I'm very sad to report Minchia won't be playing (they have broken up,
> > which really sucks).  But I'm happy to report Impossible Arms will
> > take up the charge.  You better believe Mike Myerson is a Steely Dan
> > fan...get him drunk and ask him about "Barrytown."
> >
> > Yep, go ahead and make plans to come out to this one.
> >
> > Lev,
> > Matt/Le Weekend
> >     
>
> While
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