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January 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Giving The Drummer Some

I met Steve Gadd. He had played on many of the greatest songs ever. And just in case he’d forgotten I reminded him. I got him to sign my records. He was embarrassed – And told me he liked the fact that I was wearing shorts. It takes all sorts. And I was the only […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover, Aja, Drum, Drummer, Drumming, Drums, Giving The Drummer Some…, Paul Simon, Poem, Poem: Giving The Drummer Some, Rickie Lee Jones, Steely Dan, Steve Gadd ·

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January 19, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: 22 – Giving The Drummer Some…

Drum Solos! – wait, come back! You don’t often hear people crying out for more drum solos, or any drum solos. Even a lot of drummers hate drum solos. But sometimes you see and hear something special. And sometimes the drum solo – or an extended break – is, I dunno, “musical”, and exciting. Well, […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 3/4, Aja, Big Swing Face, Buddy Rich, Buddy Rich Big Band, Bugle Call Rag, Caravan, Dave Brubeck, Drum, Drum Solo, Drum Solos, Drummer, Drummers, Drumming, Drums, Five Songs, Five Songs For A Friday, Five Songs For Friday, Five Songs For Friday: 22, Five Songs For Friday: 22 – Giving The Drummer Some…, Friday, Give The Drum Some, Give The Drummer Some, Giving The Drummer Some…, Jo Jones, Joe Morello, Max Roach, Midnight Oil, Percussion, Rob Hirst, Solo, Solos, Steely Dan, Steve Gadd, Take Five, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, The Drum Also Waltzes, The Power and The Passion, Waltz ·

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September 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 178 Steely Dan

I woke up in the middle of the night and turned on the computer. The first thing I saw on social media was the news that Walter Becker had died. That first album of Steely Dan was really something for me. I was a long-haired high school student living in an inland town and it […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Aja, Countdown to Ecstasy, Death, Donald Fagen, Eulogy, Gaucho, Gig, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Jon Mcleary, Live Music, Memory, Music, R.I.P., Spines, Steely Dan, Steve Winwood, The Ghost, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 178, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 178 Steely Dan, The Royal Scam, Walter Becker, War Stories, War Stories # 178, Whangamata ·

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November 25, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Steely Dan’s Aja: Their Classic

Aja is the one for me – and I was reminded of that just recently, not (just) by listening to it, but by re-reading a very short book about the record, Steely Dan’s sixth. I’m a big fan of Steely Dan’s music – I own all of the albums, I really liked bits of 2003’s […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1977, Aja, Black Cow, Classic Album, Deacon Blues, Donald Fagen, Everything Must Go, Gaucho, Home At Last, I Got The News, Josie, Michael McDonald, Peg, Steely Dan, Steely Dan's Aja, Steely Dan's Aja: Their Classic, Their Classic, Two Against Nature, Walter Becker ·

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March 1, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 48 Virgin Records – Part Two “Aja”

After we were presented with our medals we were kept well apart – both by the school and our parents. Over that summer dad took me to Auckland to help him build some flats in Devonport and the only contact I had with Christine was a letter saying she had missed her period. That set […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Aja, Art, Guest Blog, Jon Mcleary, Music, Spines, Steely Dan, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories # 48, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 48 Virgin Records - Part Two “Aja”, The Spines, Virgin Records, Virgin Records - Part Two, War Stories, War Stories # 48, Wellington, Writing ·

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April 29, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1513

Steely Dan, Pretzel Logic (1974) A key album this – for both the band and me. It was the first Steely Dan LP I heard – the first album away from all the singles I knew and a couple of Greatest Hits-type compilations. It’s also the bridging album for the band between being an actual […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1974, Aja, Donald Fagen, LP, Pretzel Logic, Rikki Don't Lose That Number, Steely Dan, Vinyl, Walter Becker ·

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