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		Fagen, Donald, 1948-

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Eminent hipsters / Donald Fagen.

by Fagen, Donald, 1948-

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781.66092 F153e

Fagen, Donald, 1948-

Steely Dan (Musical group)

Rock musicians -- United States -- Biography.

Pianists -- United States -- Biography.

Keyboard players -- United States -- Biography.

Lyricists -- United States -- Biography.

Music journalists -- United States -- Biography.

9780670025510 (hc.)

0670025518 (hc.)

xi, 159 pages ; 22 cm.

Boswell's version -- Henry Mancini's anomie deluxe -- The cortico-thalamic pause : growing up sci-fi -- I was a spy for Jean Shepherd -- In the clubs -- Uncle Mort -- A talk with Ennio Morricone -- Exit the genius -- The devil and Ike Turner -- Class of '69 -- With the dukes of September.

The "musician, songwriter, and cofounder of Steely Dan reveals the cultural figures and currents that shaped his artistic sensibility, as well as offering a look at his college days and a hilarious account of life on the road"--Dust jacket flap.

"A witty, revealing, sharply written work of memoir and criticism by the keyboardist and front man of Steely Dan. Musician and songwriter Donald Fagen presents a group of vivid set pieces in his entertaining debut as an author, from portraits of the cultural figures and currents that shaped him as a youth to an account of his college days and of life on the road. Fagen begins by introducing the "eminent hipsters" that spoke to him as he was growing up in a bland New Jersey suburb in the early 1960s, among them Jean Shepherd, whose manic nightly broadcasts out of WOR-Radio "enthralled a generation of alienated young people"; Henry Mancini, whose swank, noirish soundtracks left their mark on him; and Mort Fega, the laid-back, knowledgeable all-night jazz man at WEVD who was like "the cool uncle you always wished you had." He writes of how, coming of age during the paranoid Cold War era, one of his primary doors of escape became reading science fiction, and of his invigorating trips into New York City to hear jazz. "Class of '69" recounts Fagen's colorful, mind-expanding years at Bard College, the progressive school north of New York City, where he first met his future musical partner Walter Becker. "With the Dukes of September" offers a cranky, hilarious account of the ups and downs of a recent cross-country tour Fagen made with Boz Scaggs and Michael McDonald, performing a program of old R&B and soul tunes as well as some of their own hits. Acclaimed for the elaborate arrangements and jazz harmonies of his songs, Fagen proves himself a sophisticated writer with a very distinctive voice in this engaging book"--Provided by publisher.

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