Originally recorded for the album "Aja", and originally titled , "Were You Blind That Day?", "Third World Man" was included as one of only seven tracks on "Gaucho", released in November, 1980. The track features the guitar work of three-time Grammy Award winner, Larry Carlton. Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, were unhappy with Were You Blind That Day?, and completely reworked the song, centering it around Carlton's performance on the original recording. Carlton has said that he was not even aware his work had been used on Gaucho, until … read more
Originally recorded for the album "Aja", and originally titled , "Were You Blind That Day?", "Third World Man" was inc… read more
Originally recorded for the album "Aja", and originally titled , "Were You Blind That Day?", "Third World Man" was included as one of only seven tracks on … read more
Steely Dan is an American jazz rock band which formed in 1972. The band was formed by Donald Fagen (vocals, keyboards) and Walter Becker (guitar, bass), who met in 1967 while both attended Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, and began a songwriting partnership shortly thereafter. Their music is characterized by dark, witty lyrical narratives, obscure lyrical allusions and complex, jazz-influenced instrumentation and chord sequences, overlying more ordinary popular song structures. Their fastidious standards in the studio and use of world-class sessions players has also be… read more
Steely Dan is an American jazz rock band which formed in 1972. The band was formed by Donald Fagen (vocals, keyboards) and Walter Becker (guitar, bass), who met in 1967 while both attended … read more
Steely Dan is an American jazz rock band which formed in 1972. The band was formed by Donald Fagen (vocals, keyboards) and Walter Becker (guitar, bass), who met in 1967 while both attended Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York,… read more