Jimi Hendrix live in Maui – new documentary and soundtrack

 

There is a new documentary out on Jimi Hendrix. And along with that a soundtrack album on 2 CD/3 LP. The title of the documentary is Music, Money, Madness. It was filmed in Maui, Hawaii in July 1970.

"The film chronicles the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s storied visit to Maui, and how the band became ensnared with the ill-fated Rainbow Bridge movie and incorporates never-before-released original footage and new interviews." (jimihendrix.com)

https://www.jimihendrix.com/music/music-money-madness-jimi-hendrix-in-maui/                                                                          

Bob Dylan sells his entire songwriting catalog

 

The Universal Music Publishing Group have announced that they will purchase Dylan’s entire songwriting catalog.
According to The New York Times the price was not disclosed, but is estimated at more than $300 million.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/arts/music/bob-dylan-universal-music.html

Zappa film soundtrack now available digitally

Alex Winter's film "Zappa" has got many positive reviews, and they are now taking pre-orders for the original motion picture soundtrack. It will be available next year as a 3 CD set and a 5 LP set, but already now on streaming platforms.

The soundtrack includes many songs that appear on earlier albums but also previously unreleased recordings from the Whisky A Go-Go 1968 and Saturday Night Live 1978.

It also includes music that was composed for the film by John Frizzell.

Track list and more information here:

https://www.zappa.com/news/zappa-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-available-today-zappa-recordsume

Al Di Meola presents sequel to Friday Night in San Fransisco

 

Via Al Di Meola's Facebook we learn that there was a “Saturday Night in San Francisco" the night after “Friday Night In San Francisco” at the same Warfield theater from December 1980 with the trio Al Di Meola/John McLaughlin/Paco De Lucia.

The Friday's show was released on the famous album pictured above.

"The tapes had been stored at Al’s studio vault room for 40 years. Now finally after restoring the tapes they will be brought out for release in June or Sept 2021 in the states on the IMPEX - SONY label  and in Europe on EAR MUSIC label . The live recording will feature compositions of John’s “Meeting of the Spirits”, Paco’s “El Panuelo” , Al’s “Splendido Sundance”, Luis Bonfa’s “Black Orpheus”, and each player’s unaccompanied individual solo spot."

New old demo released! Walter Becker: Camilla

 It's been a while but here's another demo from Walter Becker. It's copyright 1996 so probably recorded around the time of his first solo album 11 Tracks of Whack (1994). Give it a listen: 

Check out the trailer for the new Zappa documentary

Director Alex Winter’s portrait of the visionary musician and artist. 

In theaters and on demand (in North America) on November 27, 2020.

https://www.zappa.com/news/zappa-documentary-theaters-and-demand-november-27

Two new Stevie Wonder songs!

October 13 saw two new songs pop up on Stevie Wonder's official YouTube channel. The second one; Where Is Our Love Song has been performed live before, but the first one titled Can't Put It In The Hands Of Faith is a timely tune with the situation as it is n the USA including the election of a president coming up November 3. 

Interestingly Stevie Wonder cited the lyrics in this video published three weeks before:

New Elton John box full of rarities and unreleased music arriving November 13

Jewel Box is the title of a mammoth 8 CD or 9 LP box set of rarities and unreleased stuff from Elton John's long career. A career that has been on a slight but still upward trajectory since the release of the movie Rocketman in 2019.

And just as with most artists that have their peak a few decades back the new recordings released are usually passed upon by old fans while finding few new. At the same time yet one more Greatest Hits compilation is a sure seller. That's why you'll find artists of that time but still active today having a Best Of compilation coming every three, four years. Usually around Christmas time. 

There's no surprise there's rarities and even some unreleased music in the vaults when it comes to Elton John. Back in the day he refused to have singles released with albums tracks as B-sides. A buyer of his latest hit always got one more new song on the flip side.

There's been one box set before this from Elton:

To Be Continued... released back in 1990 with a mix of hits, album tracks, unreleased old and new songs on a total of 4 CDs.

But the 1992 double-CD Rare Masters should also be mentioned. A collection of songs from his singles between 1968-1975 that had not been included on any albums. Also five unreleased songs plus the complete soundtrack to the 1971 movie Friends for the first time on CD.

Two songs from the forthcoming Jewel Box has already been released on streaming services. The above Sing Me No Sad Songs as well as Snow Queen, a duet with Kiki Dee that was the B-side to their 1976 hit Don't Go Breaking My Heart.

So what about the contents of the new box set then?

Apart from a book with texts and photos there's 148 songs in total. 80 for the first time in digital, non-physical format. 60 never before released in any format.

The first two CDs are titled Deep Cuts which means album tracks and such that weren't hits:

1. Monkey Suit -- Elton John and Leon Russell 2. Where To Now St Peter? 3. Mellow 4. The Ballad Of Danny Bailey (1909-34) 5. Chameleon 6. Gone To Shiloh -- Elton John and Leon Russell 7. We All Fall In Love Sometimes 8. Too Low For Zero 9. The Power -- Elton John With Little Richard 10. All That I'm Allowed 11. The Bridge 12. The New Fever Waltz 13. Stone's Throw From Hurtin' 14. The North 15. Hoop Of Fire 16. Boogie Pilgrim 17. Crystal 3. All Quiet On The Western Front 4. Tell Me When The Whistle Blows 5. Freaks In Love 6. Never Too Old (To Hold Somebody) -- Elton John and Leon Russell 7. The Emperor's New Clothes 8. House 9. (Gotta Get A) Meal Ticket 10. Understanding Women  11. Shoot Down The Moon 12. Have Mercy On The Criminal 13. Blues For Baby And Me 14. My Quicksand 15. Street Kids

CD 3 is rarities 1965-1968
1. Come Back Baby -- Bluesology 2. Mr. Frantic -- Bluesology 3. Scarecrow (Piano/Tambourine Demo) 4. A Dandelion Dies In The Wind (Piano Demo) 5. Velvet Fountain (Piano Demo) 6. A Little Love Goes A Long Way (Piano Demo) 7. If You Could See Me Now (Piano Demo) 8. Mr. Lightning Strikerman (Piano Demo) 9. Countryside Love Affair (Piano Demo) 10. I Could Never Fall In Love With Anybody Else (Piano Demo) 11. I Get A Little Bit Lonely (Piano Demo) 12. The Witch's House (Piano Demo) 13. Get Out Of This Town (Piano/Tambourine Demo) 14. Year Of The Teddy Bear (Piano Demo) 15. Where It's At (Piano/Percussion Demo) 16. Who's Gonna Love You (Piano/Percussion Demo) 17. Nina (Band Version) 18. Angel Tree Piano/Guitar/Tambourine Demo) 19. Here's To The Next Time (Piano/Tambourine Demo) 20. Thank You For All Your Loving (Band Version) 21. Watching The Planes Go By (Band Version) 22. When The First Tear Shows (Arranged Band Version) 23. Tartan Coloured Lady (Arranged Band Version)

CD 4: Rarities Part Two 1968
1. Hourglass (Band Version) 2. 71-75 New Oxford Street (Band Demo) 3. Turn To Me ( Arranged Band Version) 4. Reminds Me Of You (Piano Demo) 5. I Can't Go On Living Without You (Arranged Band Version) 6. And The Clock Goes Round (Piano Demo) 7. When I Was Tealby Abbey (Piano Demo) 8. I'll Stop Living When You Stop Loving Me (Piano Demo) 9. Trying To Hold On To A Love That's Dying (Piano Demo) 10. Sitting Doing Nothing (Band Version) 11. Regimental Sgt. Zippo (Band Version) 12. Cry Willow Cry (Band Demo) 13. There Is Still A Little Love (Band Demo) 14. If I Asked You (Band Demo) 15. Skyline Pigeon (Piano Demo) 16. Two Of A Kind (Arranged Band Version) 17. The Girl On Angel Pavement (Arranged Band Version) 18. Smokestack Children (Arranged Band Version) 19. Baby I Miss You (Band Demo) 20. All Across The Havens (Piano/Guitar Demo) 21. Bonnie's Gone Away (Piano/Guitar Demo) 22. Just An Ordinary Man (Piano Demo) 23. There's Still Time For Me (Piano/Guitar/Tambourine Demo)

CD 5: Rarities Part Three 1968-1971
1. The Tide Will Turn For Rebecca (Piano Demo) 2. Dick Barton Theme (Devil's Gallop) (Bread And Beer Band) 3. Breakdown Blues (Bread And Beer Band) 4. Taking The Sun From My Eyes (Arranged Band Version) 5. It's Me That You Need (Band Demo) 6. Sing Me No Sad Songs (Band Demo) 7. The Flowers Will Never Die (Piano Demo) 8. In The Morning (Band Demo) 9. Open Your Eyes To The Sun (Piano/Tambourine Demo) 10. One Time, Sometime or Never (Band Demo) 11. Slow Fade To Blue (Piano/Guitar Demo) 12. Rolling Western Union (Piano Demo) 13. My Father's Gun (Piano Demo) 14. Amoreena (Piano Demo) 15. Burn Down The Mission (Piano Demo) 16. Razor Face (Piano Demo) 17. Madman Across The Water (Piano Demo) 18. Holiday Inn (Piano Demo) 19. All The Nasties (Piano Demo)

CD 6: B-Sides Part One 1976-1984
1. Snow Queen (Elton John and Kiki Dee) 2. Conquer The Sun 3. Cartier 4. White Man Danger 5. Tactics 6. Steal Away Child 7. Love So Cold 8. Les Aveux (Elton John and France Gall) 9. Donner Pour Donner (Elton John and France Gall) 10. J'veux D'la Tendresse 11. Fools In Fashion 12. Can't Get Over Getting Over Losing You 13. Tortured 14. Hey Papa Legba 15. Take Me Down To The Ocean 16. Where Have All The Good Times Gone? (Alternate Mix) 17. The Retreat 18. Choc Ice Goes Mental 19. A Simple Man

CD 7: B-Sides Part Two 1984-2005
1. Lonely Boy 2. Highlander 3. Billy And The Kids 4. Lord Of The Flies 5. Rope Around A Fool 6. Medicine Man 7. I Know Why I'm In Love 8. Big Man In A Little Suit 9. God Never Came Here 10. The North Star 11. Did Anybody Sleep With Joan Of Arc 12. So Sad The Renegade 13. A Little Peace 14. Keep It A Mystery 15. How's Tomorrow 16. Peter's Song 17. Things Only Get Better With Love
CD 8: And This Is Me...

1. Empty Sky 2. Lady Samantha 3. Border Song 4. My Father's Gun 5. All The Nasties 6. I Think I'm Going To Kill Myself 7. Philadelphia Freedom 8. Song For Guy 9. Sartorial Eloquence 10. Elton's Song 11. Cold As Christmas (In The Middle Of The Year) 12. I Fall Apart 13. Amazes Me 14. The Last Song 15. American Triangle 16. (I'm Gonna) Love Me Again (Elton John and Taron Egerton)

Radio Dupree's long time Elton John fan Neb Stephenson says that this is interesting enough for him to get his wallet out November 13 when the box set is released. Although this also means that his vinyl and CD bootleg collection of Elton stuff will further deprecate in whatever value it currently has.

Coming soon: Zappa live at Halloween 1981

 

Yes, yet another Frank Zappa monster box is on it's way. This time from Halloween 1981, The Palladium, New York City.
Three concerts on six CD's. 
Two songs are already available on Spotify and YouTube:

I'm The Slime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6mJoRX-Wjo

Joe's Garage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYZqPHGhCvQ

Could this cassette hold the most complete version of Steely Dan's "Second Arrangement"?

This week brought great news to the Steely Dan fans familiar with the story of the great lost song Second Arrangement. A post on recording engineer Roger Nichols Facebook account by his daughter shows a cassette that apparently is one of three with the Second Arrangement that left the studio on the night before the master tape were erased. And while they apparently attempted to re-record it they didn't get it right and the song never made it to Steely Dan's album Gaucho released in 1980.

For a quick recap of the story of the lost Second Arrangement click this link.

According to the post and added comments Donald Fagen had one of the cassettes and maybe it is safe to speculate that Walter Becker had the second? Anyway this copy is the one that recording Roger Nichols brought home to listen to. And here it is. A find that may or may not make it to any kind of official release. 

There are a number of more or less hissy tape copies of the song in various stages of recording floating around for years. With the advent of the internet they've been shared extensively and are not that hard to find.  Even if this cassette holds the most complete recording of the song there are many obstacles to conquer for it to be available for fans and others to listen to.

First there's the job of getting whatever this 40+ old cassette contains off of it and onto a digital medium. Not impossible but not that easy either. You basically have one chance to play and record what the tape holds and then it is kaputt! 
But let's say that it all goes well and that the music on the cassette really is a good sounding almost finished version of Second Arrangement. This is where the lawyers enter. Who owns the rcording? And once that's settled will whoever owns it have any interest in releasing it? Since neither Donald Fagen or Walter Becker have been that keen on releasing any kind of demos or half ready recordings, alternative mixes or "extras" that didn't make an official album we at Radio Dupree see it as a long shot we and you will ever hear what's on that cassette.

But we hope we're wrong... ;) 

P.S. 
Yes. We were at The Beacon Theatre in New York on September 17, 2011 when the band played it during the "Rarities Night". Only time it has been played live. 

Four Peter Gabriel live albums on vinyl this year

Four Peter Gabriel concerts will be released on vinyl by Real World. Three of them for the first time. 
A twenty-year period of live performance is captured by the four releases, and over forty different songs.

Plays Live (1983)
2 LP
Release date: August 28, 2020

Live In Athens 1987
2 LP
Release date: September 25, 2020.

Secret World Live (1993)
2 LP
Release date: October 23, 2020.

Growing Up Live (2003)
3 LP
Release date: November 27, 2020.

https://petergabriel.com/news/classic-concerts-released-on-vinyl/

Six Elton John shows on YouTube for a limited time

Friday June 3 at 9 AM (Los Angeles time) / 12 PM (New York) / 5 PM (London) / 6 PM (Europe), Saturday June 4 at 1 AM (Japan) will see the first of six live shows in the The Elton John: Classic Concert Series on YouTube.

It's a solo show recorderd at the Playhouse Theatre, Edinburgh 1976, and will only be available to watch for 72 hours.

People watching are encouraged to donate to the Elton John AIDS Foundation’s COVID-19 Emergency Fund.

Each show will be available for a limited time, and here are the rest of the shows that will play over the coming weeks:

Sydney Entertainment Centre 1986

Arena di Verona, Italy 1989

Place Of The Apotheosis, Rio, Brazil 1995

Madison Square Garden, NYC 2000

The Great Amphitheatre, Ephesus, Turkey 2001.

Catch it all here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcd0tBtip8YzdTCUw3OVv_Q

The new Zappa album "Mothers 1970" here at last

The 4 CD set is now available, also on Spotify.

https://open.spotify.com/album/1Vx5Zh3LwVdhISePV6atSu?si=ir5l62eJRUe2jId5PwKCVA

Some of the highlights are Wonderful Wino (Wino Man) with lead vocals by Frank himself. A true gem recorded at Trident Studios in London.
The same sessions also brought the previously unreleased song Giraffe and an early unfinished version of Envelopes.
Worth mentioning is also an early live version of Easy Meat.

David Crosby and Donald Fagen collaboration

June first saw this tweet from David Crosby:

Well good morning y’all.....I am at son James ....two new songs are being born ....one of ours and one with Donald Fagen ...yes ...I said that .... that one is called Rodriguez Tonight ....

Good news! Let's hope we get to hear it eventually.

Here's the Rolling Stone article from October 2019 about David's guest appearance with Steely Dan at The Beacon in New York.

And here's his very Steely Dan-like song She's Got To Be Somewhere from his 2017 album Sky Trails.

Another song released from the upcoming Zappa 4 CD set

A second track from the upcoming Zappa album "The Mothers 1970" has been released for streaming on Spotify.
It is Sharleena, same take as the version on Chunga's Revenge but a different mix by Roy Thomas Baker (who later worked with Queen, Journey and others.

https://open.spotify.com/track/7IwGmywCzaegSmuWjB9Odv?si=92jzpfAfQgyLk7tByWGT9Q

https://radiodupree.blogspot.com/2020/05/zappa-at-vpro-piknik-included-in-new-4.html

Read a book! Rolling Stone list rock memoirs

In these times and even after them, we could all do with a book or two. Or five. Reading is a great thing!

Rolling Stone recently listed the top 50 rock memoirs, and while we all know that best of-lists of any kind is likely to irritate more than inform, this is a nice list of books that you might or might not be interested in reading. Skip the chart side of it. It doesn't matter who ended up #1 and who didn't make it. See it as a few suggestions that might lead on to other books, other genres:

The 50 Greatest Rock Memoirs of All Time

  

Zappa at VPRO Piknik included in new 4 CD set

The new 4 CD set includes live and studio performances by Frank Zappa & The Mothers 1970.
This features recordings from the first months by the new band that Frank formed after he broke the old Mothers up in 1969. It is often referred to as the Vaudeville band or the Flo & Eddie band.
The set includes the performance that the band did at VPRO, a dutch TV station. It has been bootlegged several times and it will be nice to hear this in better sound quality.

Some fans think that this era is already well covered and that it would be more interesting to hear recordings of others lineups. Others seem to enjoy any new Zappa release and appreciate that there is stuff being released every year.

This is an excerpt from the presentation by zappa.com:
The Mothers 1970 encapsulates the band’s brief but productive span, which included two visits to the studio – resulting in the fantastic 1970 album, Chunga’s Revenge – and tours across the U.S., Canada and Europe. Divided into four parts, the collection is anchored by top notch studio recordings recorded at the famed London-based Trident Studios on June 21-22 with a then-young, unknown producer in the engineer chair by the name of Roy Thomas Baker, several years before he’d go on to have massive success working with Queen, The Cars and Alice Cooper to name a few. An unreleased early mix by Baker of the Chunga’s Revenge track, “Sharleena,” is just one of the many highlights of the studio recordings that also boasts several unearthed rough mixes of the Zappa/Simmons co-write, “Wonderfu l Wino,” including a rare version that showcases vocals and an alternate guitar solo by Zappa that has been lost to the ages as the original multi-track stems were recorded over. Of the material recorded during this two-day span, “Sharleena” was the only song ever officially released – so tracks like “Red Tubular Lighter,” “Giraffe” and an unheard version of “Envelopes” are completely brand new to fans half a century later.

There is already one track out on YouTube (and Spotify). Check it out here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OmWRTfeJHo&list=OLAK5uy_k4sE51NAs5b2Pqdqw2hnNNG0-47YtzDm0&index=2&t=0s

Track list of the 4 CD set:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B086ZF6DJB/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_QnrTEb5BZ9XZX?fbclid=IwAR3dCePeNP-kWqr4w5MYIplTt5e__oFU3kk83BZA3slJMjAcH3UbT-VMF7U

Florian Schneider co-founder of Kraftwerk dead at 73

Florian Schneider-Esleben founded Kraftwerk with Ralf Hütter back in 1970.

The group was an innovator and pioneer of electronic music.

He was a member of Kraftwerk until 2008 and has since stayed out of the limelight.

One rare appearance of new music was the song Stop Plastic Pollution released in 2015.

Florian Schneider was 73 years old.

A musical Covid warning from The Fabriani Bros. = Steve Porcaro & David Kamp

The Fabriani Bros. = Steve Porcaro & David Kamp + friends, in homage to Messrs. Fagen and Becker.
Don’t be like the Covid Kid: Stay home, stay safe, and donate to the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund for musicians whose livelihood has been affected by the pandemic: https://www.grammy.com/musicares/get-...
Let’s bridge this gap until we can hear our musician friends play live again!
Music by Steve Porcaro
Lyrics by David Kamp
Lead vocals by Billy Sherwood (Yes)
Guitars by Denny Dias (Steely Dan) and Marc Bonilla (Keith Emerson, Derek Smalls, Ronnie Montrose)
Drums by Shannon Forrest (Toto, The Dukes of September)
Keyboards by Steve Porcaro (Toto)
A Fabriani Bros. production
Mixed by Mike Ging
Video produced and directed by Ted Kamp
Video edited By Dan Wolfmeyer
Original illustrations by Ross MacDonald
Additional photos and video via Envato

King Crimson/Zappa band tour postponed

King Crimson's North American tour this summer has been postponed due to the corona virus threat.

"...and it is our intention wherever possible to play exactly the same dates with the Zappa Band on very similar dates in 2021. The rescheduled dates will be confirmed over the coming weeks."

https://www.dgmlive.com/news/king-crimson-2020-tour-postponed-for-a-year

Jethro Tull tour dates cancelled or postponed

Several Jethro Tull concerts this spring have been cancelled or postponed due to the corona virus threat.
Several shows in the UK have been cancelled. The three concerts in Sweden have been postponed to May 2021.

http://jethrotull.com/tour-dates/

17 minutes Dylan in Covid-19 times...

In the midst of the coronavirus arists are playing live on YouTube and such platforms while keeping their distance.

Bob Dylan decided to share a 17 minute long brand new song that will keep people so declined busy dechipering his lyrics once again.

Enjoy!

 

New Walter Becker demo with a coronavirus twist

Titled Boob Baby and recorded during the sessions that ended up being his 2008 album Circus Money.

Steely Dan's Two Against Nature is 20 years old today!

Celebratory cover version by Jim "Hoops" McKay

February 29 2000 was the day that Steely Dan released the first album of new songs since Gaucho back in 1980.

I bought the new one and after work I sat down in my sofa with headphones on and listened to the whole album once, twice. three times...

It was amazing to finally be able to listen to the record that had been rumoured for a long time and  then announced for real. Twenty years after Gaucho.

I was a happy man that day. And will l give Two Against Nature a spin today on its 20 anniversary.

It ended up being a comeback as well as the band's next to last album. 2003 saw the release of Everything Must Go. And that was it. While the short time of three years between Two Against Nature and Everything Must Go had me hoping for more Steely Dan albums they never appeared.

The band concentrated on touring and Donald Fagen and Walter Becker recorded solo albums.

I was reminded of the day and date by a post in the Dandom.com Facebook group. So on I go ... listening to Gaslighting Abbie and the rest:

1.	"Gaslighting Abbie"
2.	"What a Shame About Me"
3.	"Two Against Nature"
4.	"Janie Runaway"
5.	"Almost Gothic"
6.	"Jack of Speed"
7.	"Cousin Dupree"
8.	"Negative Girl"
9.	"West of Hollywood"

- Neb S.

Happy Birthday Walter!

Walter Becker of Steely Dan would've been 70 today. But he passed away in September 2017.

So on his birthday let us highlight the wonderful world of

walterbeckermedia.com

started in 2018 to offer "hi-fidelity rarities, demos, and unreleased tracks from Becker's archives, plus downloads, discussion boards, history, context, and pics" to fans old and new.

As of today you can listen to, download for free and discuss - also for free - 27 tracks.

Here's just a couple of them:

Nobody thought there existed any recording of the live show Walter Becker did April 7, 1995 at Slim's in San Francisco. The one and only solo show he did with songs from his album 11 Tracks of Whack. But a recording has been found and here's one song posted:



And this one has been doing the rounds for years as a very, very nth generation cassette copy among the hardcore fans. Returning in a sparkling, shiny way. The story behinf it well worth a read after you've had a listen:



Happy Birtday, Walter!

The story of the iconic Black Sabbath cover revealed

For the first time photographer Keith Macmillan tells the story of how he designed the iconic cover of Black Sabbath's debut album (released in 1970).

Macmillan tells Rolling Stone about some alternate setups with the model Louisa Livingstone. “Any kind of sexuality took away from the foreboding mood. But she was a terrific model. She had amazing courage and understanding of what I was trying to do.”

Rolling Stone has the story: 

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/black-sabbath-cover-art-keef-keith-macmillan-interview-951578/?fbclid=IwAR0jBgkJo-fIFN22MspKEYycKBKJPZrOLvkPVrduoxJEqyS2kaAAEEqkn7Y

Zappa movie will be premiered at SXSW festival

Alex Winter's film "Zappa" will be premiered at the SXSW (South by Southwest) festival in Austin, Texas in March 2020.

The film is made possible through a kickstarter campaign and the material has been selected while digitalizing the Frank Zappa archives, but it has also been sent by fans to Alex Winter.

Alex Winter writes:
"Here's the very first look at our special festival poster for Zappa. It will ONLY be used for festival screenings prior the public release of the film. 

Photo by the great Bill Gubbins."

Steely Dan on summer tour with Steve Winwood

"Earth After Hours". That's the title of the 22 date long summer tour Steely Dan and Steve Winwood are going on in June and July this year.

The first date is June 2 in Portland, Oregon with the tour ending in Bethel, New York on July 11.

Tickets go on sale this month. January 20 is the presale date for the fans a little more worthy than the rest of us. We can fight over the remainders starting January 25. And, yes, it is USA and Canada only this time around.

More information and links here and here!