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

The Dukes Of September DVD & Blue-ray coming March 18

We wrote about it back in November, 2012 and now it's finally here; the Dukes Of September DVD and Blue-ray!
It was recorded at Lincoln Center in New York and here's what you can expect in the way of song titles:

People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul 
Whos That Lady? 
Sweet Soul Music 
I Keep Forgettin' 
Kid Charlemagne 
The Same Thing 
Miss Sun 
You Can Never Tell 
What A Fool Believes 
Hey Nineteen 
Love T.K.O. 
Peg 
Lowdown 
Takin' It To The Streets 
Reelin' In The Years 
Lido Shuffle 
Pretzel Logic 
Them Changes

Release date is March 18, 2014.


ドナルド·フェイゲン、ボズ·スキャッグス、マイケル·マクドナルドからの新しいDVD、「9月の公爵"

Dukes of September PBS special likely to air late summer/early fall.

The Dukes of September (Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs) recorded special for PBS that probably will air later this summer or early fall.

All according to Security Joan over on the dandom.com Bluebook. She says it's straight from the horses mouth, and we have no reason not to believe her.

The simultaneous DVD-release of the concert it will coincide with a PBS fund drive and be offered as a gift for pledging money.

The Dukes of September to tour Australia late 2013?

According to this interview with Boz Scaggs on Australian ABC radio there's talk about The Dukes of September (Boz, Donald Fagen and Michael McDonald) playing some shows in Australia later this year.

Listen to the interview were he also talks about his new album Memphis.

Steely Dan 2013 tour in July - October?

A possible tour for Steely Dan in 2013 has been mentioned by Donald Fagen in interviews, but nothing has been confirmed yet. It's usually March, April before any news of a new tour is official.

That being said a post on the dandom.com Bluebook where Steely Dan fans gather has reminded the fans of a (possible) tour in 2013.

The cryptic "7/13-10/13" from regular poster Lewis - with a great track record of cryptic but correct inside information - has been interpreted as meaning the tour will start in July and end in October.

Someone suggested that if this really is a sign of a 2013 tour it could just as well be another one for The Dukes Of September (Fagen, Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs).

We wait. And see.

UPDATE March 7, 2013: Yes! Two dates out in the open. See more here.

The Dukes Of September show filmed tonight (November 16, 2012) for PBS and DVD

According to this article from Billboard Magazine they're filming a special concert with The Dukes Of September (Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs) tonight at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center in New York for a PBS pledge drive and a future DVD release.


The PBS taping was mentioned in this article a month ago, where Donald Fagen was quoted as saying that Steely Dan will likely tour again in 2013.
New information in the Billboard article above is that The Dukes Of September will do a tour starting in late 2013 and continue into 2014.

UPDATE NOVEMBER 17:

Check out what a couple of the audience members thought of the show in the comments section. Thanks for sharing!

The Dukes of September: Additional dates in Hawaii and Japan

The final (?) dates of the 2012 Dukes of September tour have popped up. Since our latest Dukes-post dates in Japan and Hawaii have been added.

Click this link for all our Dukes of September blog posts.

Current list of remaining tour dates is as follows:

AUGUST

22 - Highland Park, IL - Ravinia Festival
23 - Kettering, OH - Frazee Pavilion
24 - Indianapolis, IN - Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn at White River State Park

OCTOBER

24 - Honolulu, Hawaii - Blaisdell Concert Hall
25 - Maui, Hawaii - MAACC Amphitheater
29 - Nagoya, Aichi Japan - Zepp

30 - Osaka, Japan - Grand Cube Osaka at Osaka International Convention Center

NOVEMBER

01 - Tokyo, Japan - Budokan
02 - Yokohama, Japan - Pacifico

Entering Steely Dan country?

Can that Steely Dan country album become reality?
It was mentioned in a 2000 radio interview Donald Fagen and Walter Becker did at the time of Steely Dan's comeback album Two Against Nature. Mentioned jokingly. Or so we've always thought. We've even had some fun with the thought of a Steely Dan country album on this blog over the years.

But consider this:
On the dandom bluebook a danfan "JT" reports that during the current Dukes of September tour Donald Fagen together with Carolyn Leonhart yesterday performed a "beautiful, jazzy version of Love's Gonna Live Here (Again)", a big hit for country legend Buck Owens in 1963!



And Walter Becker in an interview for Mojo Magazine in 2000:

Country music can be quite funny without breaking step, it's sort of part of the songwriting tradition. When we were starting out, we were writing rock songs that were too funny and it just confused people and the humor in the lyric undercut the authenticity in the song I think.

And if not a Steely Dan album full of country songs, then what about Donald's forthcoming solo album? He's said that it won't have anything to do with the previous three albums that formed an entity. It's a new start. Perhaps that Buck Owens song during the show in San Antonio, Texas was Donald trying out a track from the solo record?

(Not actual cover of forthcoming Fagen album.)

We're not hanging up our leather chaps just yet!

Yee-haw!

The Dukes of September play three shows in Japan!

The Dukes of September tour will go to Japan for three shows later this year:

October 29: Nagoya
October 30: Osaka
November 1: Tokyo

More information here (in Japanese!).

The Dukes of September on a Sunday

From the show in Los Angeles June 28, 2012 and thanks to uploader Heisenberg002 here's a special mellow Sunday treat; Love TKO featuring Boz Scaggs on vocals:



"But wait! There's more!"

Heiseberg002 has 17 song from the show and we lined them up in the form of a playlist:

Dukes of September 2012 performing more originals

Apparently more originals and pushing the envelope this time around for The Dukes of September Rhythm Revue. That what this article from The Telegraph says.

We also get to learn that Donald Fagen is the musical director and Boz Scaggs the "token Okie".

Read it here.

The tour starts in St. Louis on June 20. Touring schedule here.

UPDATE June 23: Michael McDonald interviewed on Fresh 102.5 in St. Louis:

UPDATE June 21: Here's a review of the premiere including a setlist, so SPOILER ALERT!

The Dukes of September 2012 tour dates - final!

It's all there in all its glory over on michaelmcdonald.com; the ccomplete list of tour dates on a dedicated Dukes of September page:

TOUR DATES

JUNE
20 - St. Louis, MO - Fox Theatre
22 - Aspen, CO - Benedict Music Tent / Aspen Jazz Fest
24 - Las Vegas, NV - The Joint
25 - San Diego, CA - Humphrey's
27 - Santa Rosa, CA - Wells Fargo Center for the Arts
28 - Los Angeles, CA - Gibson Amphitheatre
30 - San Jose, CA - Civic Auditorium

JULY
01 - Oakland, CA - Paramount Theatre
03 - Santa Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara Bowl
05 - Jacksonville, OR - Britt Pavilion
06 - Woodinville, WA - Chateau St Michelle
07 - Vancouver, BC - Orpheum Theatre
10 - Denver, CO - Paramount Theatre
11 - Beaver Creek, CO - Vilar PC
13 - Tulsa, OK - Brady Theatre
14 - Grand Prairie, TX - Verizon Theatre
15 - Austin, TX - ACL Live at The Moody Center
17 - Houston, TX - Cynthia Woods Pavilion
18 - San Antonio, TX - Majestic Theatre
20 - Alpharetta, GA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
21 - Orange Beach, AL - Amphitheatre at The Wharf
24 - Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall
27 - St. Augustine, FL - St. Augustine Amphitheatre
28 - Tuscaloosa, AL - Tuscaloosa Amphitheatre

AUGUST
01 - New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
02 - New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
04 - Red Bank, NJ - Count Basie Theatre
05 - Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata - link
06 - Vienna, VA - Wolf Trap
08 - Bethlehem, PA - Musikfest
09 - Boston, MA - Wang Theatre
11 - Canandaiga, NY - CMAC
12 - Toronto, ONT - MCA
14 - Cleveland, OH - Jacob's Pavilion
15 - Toledo, OH - Zoo
17 - Detroit, MI - DTE Center
18 - Interlochen, MI - Kresge
20 - Milwaukee, WI - Riverside
22 - Highland Park, IL - Ravinia Festival
23 - Kettering, OH - Frazee Pavilion
24 - Indianapolis, IN - Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn at White River State Park

(all with links to tickets et al) 

Click this link for all our Dukes of September blog posts including links to setlists and more.

The Dukes of September on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

One week ahead of the start of the 2012 tour The Dukes of September (Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs) makes an appearance on late night TV.

The date is June 14, 2012. That's next Thursday when this blog entlry is written.

And if you live close by you're invited to join the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon show audience by entering the ticket sweepstakes on this page.

UPDATE June 20:
With laws and regulations on their side NBC and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon has decided anyone living outside the USA shouldn't get to see the performance.

How many decades have the lawyers and others of their ilk had do fix this let's divide Internet into little small rooms and shut most of the visitors out-mess?

Anyhooo... Those living in the USA can enjoy The Dukes take on the Brothers Johnson 1976 hit I'll Be Good To You here:

http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/video/Thursday-June-14-2012/1406397

The rest of us have to go looking elsewhere. We really shouldn't have to...

The Dukes of September 2012 tour: Even more dates!

A bunch of additional dates have popped up on fan sites. So in addition to the previously listed here's what's new as of today. Haven't found any of them on the official sites and haven't had the time to thrawl the ticket sites/venue sites for confirmation, so let's call them unconfirmed for the time being:

June 27 - Wells Fargo Center for the Performing Arts - Santa Rosa - CA

June 30 - Civic Auditorium - San Jose - CA

July 01 - Paramount - Oakland - CA

July 05 - Britt Pavilion - Jacksonville - OR

July 06 - Chateau Ste-Michele - Woodenville - WA

July 07 - Orpheum - Vancouver - BC

July 10 - Paramount - Denver - CO

July 14 - Verizon Theater - Grand Prairie - TX

July 15 - ACL Live at Moody Theater - Austin - TX

July 17 - Woodlands Pavilion - Woodlands - TX

July 20 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - Alpharetta - GA

July 21 - Amphitheater at The Wharf - Orange Beach - AL

July 24 - Ruth Eckherd Hall - Clearwater - FL

July 25 - Hard Rock Hotel and Casino - Hollywood - FL

July 27 - St. Augustine Amphitheater - St. Augustine - FL

July 28 - Tuscaloosa Amphitheater - Tuscaloosa - AL

August 01 - Beacon Theater - New York - NY

August 02 - Beacon Theater - New York - NY

August 05 - Borgata - Atlantic City - NJ

August 08 - Musikfest - Bethlehem - PA

August 11 - CMAC - Canandaigua - NY

August 14 - Jacob's Pavilion - Cleveland - OH

August 15 - Zoo - Toledo - OH

August 17 - Pine Knob - Detroit - MI

August 18 - Kresge Auditorium - Interlochen - MI

Please note that these are just the latest dates. The previously announced dates are listed here.

Update June 8: Final list of 2012 tour dates found here!

The Dukes of September 2012 tour dates update

Tour dates as of March 26 27.

June 20 - Fox Theatre - St. Louis, MO. More info.
June 22 - Jazz Aspen Snowmass June Festival - Aspen, CO. More info.
June 24 - The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel - Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV. More info.


June 25 - Humphreys Concerts By The Bay - San Diego, CA. More info.
June 28 - Gibson Amphitheatre - Universal City, CA. More info.
July 3 - Santa Barbara Bowl - Santa Barbara, CA. More info.

July 11 - Vilar Performing Arts Center - Beaver Creek, CO. More info.
July 13 - The Brady Theater - Tulsa, OK. More info.
July 18 - Majestic Theatre - San Antonio, TX. More info.

August 4 - Count Basie Theater - Red Bank, NJ. More info.
August 6 - WolfTrap - Vienna, VI - More info.
August 9 - Wang Theatre - Boston, MA. [Listed on michaelmcdonald.com]
August 12 - Toronto, Canada. [Unconfirmed]

August 20 - The Riverside Theater - Milwaukee, WI. More info.
August 22 - The Pavilion - Ravinia, Highland Park, IL - More info.
August 23 - Fraze Pavilion - Kettering, OH. More info.

August 24 - The Lawn at White River State Park - Indianapolis, IN. More info.
September 10 - PNC Pavilion - Cincinatti, OH. [Unconfirmed]
September 27 - Red Rocks Amphitheatre - Morrison, CO. [Unconfirmed]


UPDATE March 29: Here's 25 more rumoured dates.

UPDATE June 8: Final list of 2012 tour dates here!

Dukes of September: Vilar Performing Arts Center, July 11 (+ updates)

The Dukes of September will play the Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek, Colorado on July 11. More info here and tickets go on sale Monday March 19.

Other known dates for the 2012 tour so far:

June 22 -  Jazz Aspen Snowmass Festival.

August 6 - WolfTrap, Vienna, VI - More info here.
August 22 - The Pavilion, Ravinia, Highland Park, IL - More info here.
August 24 - The Lawn at White River State Park, Indianapolis, IN. [Uconfirmed/unofficial]

UPDATE March 22: And here's two more dates in the form of

July 18 - Majestic Theatre, San Antonio, TX. More info here.
August 4 - Count Basie Theater - Red Bank, NJ. More info here.

+ two one more unconfirmed/unofficial

August 12 - Toronto
August 20 - The Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI Official as of March 26. More info here.

UPDATE March 23:

June 25 - Humphreys Concerts By The Bay, San Diego, CA. More info here.
August 23 - Fraze Pavilion, Kettering, OH. More info here.

Dukes of September play Jazz Aspen Snowmass in June

Another 2012 Dukes of September date is official. They (Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs) will play the Jazz Aspen Snowmass Festival on June 22.

Dukes of September 2012 tour: First dates official

Here are the first two confirmed dates of the 2012 tour for The Dukes of September, i.e. Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs:


August 6 - WolfTrap, Vienna, VI - More info here.
August 22 - The Pavilion, Ravinia, Highland Park, IL - More info here.

And from the land of unofficial info there's been mentioned an August 24 date at The Lawn at White River State Park, Indianapolis, IN. Plus the fact that the whole tour will last from June/July through September.

P.S. For the latest 2012 tour updates click this link!

Dukes Of September set for 2012 summer tour

From Michael McDonald's Facebook page:

I wanna thank everyone for the kind birthday wishes! I wish turning 60 was a bit less painful .... But I do appreciate the encouragement very much.
I look forward to catching up with all of you this summer as we make our way around the U.S. With the "Dukes of Sept". Should be posting dates soon on the website.
M. McDonald

Dukes of September = Boz Scaggs, Donald Fagen and Michael McDonald. They toured together in 2010 and look set to do it again this summer.

UPDATE March 8, 2012: The first two dates are officially announced. Read more here. And get the latest Dukes of September posts by clicking this link: Dukes of September.

Steely Dan final N.Y. night + What will happen in 2012?

Larry Carlton on the final night in New York.

The 2011 Steely Dan tour ended November 5 after 63 shows. Radio Dupree had the privilege of attending three of those.
We've already written about Rarities Night September 17 and Request Night September 22. Here are our memories from the final New York show, September 23.

We were a bit curious about how much from Two Against Nature and Everything Must Go would actually be performed on the night, since The Royal Scam was added to a night that initially promised just 21st Century Dan + Selected Hits.

The show started with a complete performance of The Royal Scam album. It had been played three nights earlier, but this time guitarist Larry Carlton joined on stage and stayed for the whole show. And there's no denying he added an extra spark to the proceedings, with Walter Becker and Jon Herington smiling and having fun as they proceeded through the songs.

When it was time to present the rarely played music from the two latest albums it started with the title track from Two Against Nature. A personal favourite!
Gaslighting Abbie, Janie Runaway and Cousin Dupree followed before switching albums to Everything Must Go with the title track and Godwhacker. And that was it as far as 21st Century Dan goes.
Then it was on to the band intros during Papa Don't Make No Mess, Dirty Work and the final clap-and-sing-along series of songs; Josie, Peg, Bodhisattva and Reelin' In The Years. The encore was Pretzel Logic.

Bye-bye!

Quite a night! And let's not forget the added pleasure of meeting fans before and after the show(s).

* * *

So what now? Well, there's hope among fans that the band will be back on the road in 2012. And that might happen. But more likely is Donald Fagen doing a few solo gigs to promote his new album. An album that should arrive before summer (or sooner still if we had anything to say in the matter!)

But these are all specualtions. What's sure is that the successful joining of Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs as The Dukes Of September in 2010 will get a new chance early 2012. Could be Donald will use that tour to premiere his new album?

And what will Walter do? Donald has mentioned that he's been working on his own project, whatever that might be. A new record? Hopefully! Will it see the light of day in 2012? Hopefully!

Another thing that's sure is that 2012 will mark the 40 anniversary of Steely Dan. Expect another Greatest Hits album if nothing else. Maybe even a remastered and expanded box á la Citizen Steely Dan from 1993. It's getting on a bit... Hey19 (!) years old.
Some fans are hoping that now that the holy grail of "lost" Steely Dan songs; Second Arrangement, has been played live for the very first time, Donald and Walter will surprise us all by releasing some sort of live recordning from the 2011 tour. In one form or another.

So here are the above mentioned ranked from "will happen" to "no way José":

YES - Donald Fagen releasing new solo album
YES - The Dukes Of September will tour
YES - Some sort of commemorative Greatest Hits/Box Set will be released to celebrate 40 years of Steely Dan

MAYBE - Donald Fagen will do a solo tour
MAYBE - Steely Dan will be back on the road before the year is over
MAYBE - Something new from Walter Becker will arrive

NAW - A Blue-ray/DVD extravaganza or CD from the 2011 tour will be released
NAW - A new Steely Dan album is recorded and/or released
NAW - Steely Dan calls it a day and breaks up.

Let me leave you with this minor mystery. Over on steelydan.com a couple of end of tour pictures of the band appeared after the final show. They were accompanied by the line "Three seasons, two hemispheres, and sixty-three gigs later..."

A couple of weeks pass by and up pops the addition (more coming soon...)

But what?

--- Jim Fisk

UPDATE December 4, 2011: Yes, the answer to what (more coming soon...) meant is covered in this post.