Just went to SD in Boston a few weeks back, Carlock was great, despicable D less so, voice is struggling but that's just a mention. Can't put into words how much WB was missed by me, I knew it, went anyway, suffered greatly. Hey Matt, if you can make it, it doesn't get smaller or more intimate than a Trio at Reggata!

@Lary Dixon The second I read Boz in your comment it struck me! Certain songs, I believe they could each sing each others. Mix that with Slims and I wonder, did either of them know it?

Anyone who has ever tried to make music with several personalities of varying degrees of musical talent along with multitudes of individual experiences and influences not to mention, life thoughts knows exactly what you're saying. Sometimes we barely palyed a song but never took our hands off the tools. People call my writings wordy! Ha! WB and our host here, I know those people would never be able to "get it" either. T/Y god bless and fck despicable donald.

I will never feel the same about despicable Donald, I've always felt the same about Trump!

We are so very entertained and amused! Quite so...now I'll go have a listen

Reelin in the years makes 44's summer playlist! Timeless! https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1165286625208950784/photo/1

I knew it couldn't be that easy, my 2nd mind was a nice Ian acoustic guitar. Just so interesting..

Is it safe to say an "Ian Anderson" is a Flute?

I had this exact thought you have for the CD's only for the books. An on-line library that physically sends the books to you and you return them. S&H only or something but of course, this requires managing space and process not to mention cataloging.

Ahh, nice thoughts. And perhaps the traveling musicians too if it were still in tact.

Hi hourstuff, I'm curious what you were thinking when you posted "are there future plans to make it available to the music community?".

I think D-MOD meant the giveaway of the timeframe (80s) is that HE was thin, not pictures are thin as in, rare. That's my interpretation of the post.

Agree completely, can't fault listeners for wanting to hear the SD music, or any musician playing it. I'm a little twisted about the "making SD money" part but there are lots of strings attached to life. Just won't be for me.

@Moderator: D-Mod Absoposilutely! I met my now Wife in 2000 (Married in 2002) and she looks exaclty the same as I first watched her walk down the stairs and I wondwered if it was she I was to meet! We also met on-line having spent the previous 40 years 50 MIs away from each other but also having been to the same places (shows of course) at the same times without knowing it. Also, Lou Reed was our second date, third was an SD show in Mansfield MA!

Since we're being honest and all, I don't have any desire to see SD w/out WB. Just my opinion but since there were only 2 people making SD music either in studio or live, maybe call it something else.

"particularly drummer Keith Carlock. He also played on one track on Two Against Nature and is able to play in any number of styles and still remain himself" WB I believe I mentioned how I learned most of my drumming skills, playing styles, it allows the drummer to be where he wants/needs to be at any point in time. As long as you've chosen the correct one. I hadn't read that piece, thx Whao, Book of Liars at 39! https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=All+New+Steely+Dan+Orchestra+1993&&view=detail&mid=6D651E17A200E897375B6D651E17A200E897375B&&FORM=VRDGAR

I let my guard down and trusted some good people and what happens...one of them implants something in my head, been there all day long. I think it's a very important foundational thing that went on as a springboard to many future compositions that didn't come to fruition completely until even CM. It's funny Ithink about it as boiling down from all my fav ear worms ro where it might have came from...in reality it may have spawned them all.

@Matthew Kerns And it's all of it together I think. If any one of us thought we had command of any one or two techniques, tricks, formats, changes, lyrical formulas, Musical skill on and on we would be doing something other than hanging here but to posess so many very unique qualities is the essence of being WB. Singing words: REally, who can mouth.. "Who will feast on this buzzard's banquet? Who will render my heroic bust? Who will choke on my lachrymose musings? Who will eat my zero dust? Who will wear this puke-streaked tunic? Who shall gorge on this cup of spleen? Who will sing about the good, bad and ugly? And all and everything in between?" Cleanly, really! How many takes for that verse! The "edge" WB brought is WB, it's all and everything he was that is that edge IMO.

Was reminded of a couple examples of WB "edge" and agreed, some are straight up lyrics, characters, hard truths, juxtopositions and conflicting words and sounds but there is also the supremely formatic subtlety such as the seemingly most melodic intro to a solo featuring 8 - 12 notes followed by air and the next chorus or verse (Paging Audry, do you hear it?)! No solo comes, it's haunting and leaves you wanting more. Because, in the littlest hours that's what happens. I can't pin the song I was listening to last night but it had the background singer(s) last line of the Chorus as the first line of the next verse which WB sings. Stuff like this happens without you even knowing it, again, suddenly you find you were lead somewhere by the ear.

@Matthew Kerns it's as if you people are concerned with making us here happy as pigs in shit, it's working! Thank you