Steely Dan Guitar Soloist Credits
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List of Steely Dan guitar solo credits
Can't Buy a Thrill - 1972
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Side one
- "Do It Again" – 5:56 Electric sitar solo by Denny Dias
- "Dirty Work" – 3:08
- "Kings" – 3:45 Guitar solo by Elliot Randall
- "Midnight Cruiser" – 4:08 Guitar solo by Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter
- "Only a Fool Would Say That" – 2:57 Guitar solo by Jeff Baxter
Side two
- "Reelin' in the Years" – 4:37 - Guitar solos by Elliott Randall
- "Fire in the Hole" – 3:28 - Pedal steel guitar solo by Jeff Baxter
- "Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me)" – 4:21 - Steel guitar solo by Jeff Baxter
- "Change of the Guard" – 3:39 - Guitar solo by Jeff Baxter
- "Turn That Heartbeat Over Again" – 4:58
Countdown to Ecstasy - 1973
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Side one
- "Bodhisattva" – 5:19 - Guitar solo by Denny Dias (1st solo) Guitar solo by Jeff Baxter (2nd solo)
- "Razor Boy" – 3:11
- "The Boston Rag" – 5:40 Elliot Randall played lead on Boston Rag. Skunk Baxter played it on tour
- "Your Gold Teeth" – 7:02
Side two
- "Show Biz Kids" – 5:25 - Guitar solo by Rick Derringer – slide guitar
- "My Old School" – 5:47 - Guitar solo by Skunk Baxter
- "Pearl of the Quarter" – 3:50
- "King of the World" – 5:04
play my version of 'My Old School'
Pretzel Logic - 1974
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Side one
- "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" – 4:30 - Guitar solo by Skunk Baxter
- "Night by Night" – 3:36
- "Any Major Dude Will Tell You" – 3:05
- "Barrytown" – 3:17
- "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" (Duke Ellington, Bubber Miley) – 2:45
Side two
- "Parker's Band" – 2:36
- "Through with Buzz" – 1:30
- "Pretzel Logic"4:28 – solo Walter Becker
- "With a Gun" – 2:15
- "Charlie Freak" – 2:41
- "Monkey in Your Soul" – 2:31
Katy Lied - 1975
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Side one
- "Black Friday" – 3:33
- "Bad Sneakers" – 3:16
- "Rose Darling" – 2:59 - Guitar solo by Dean Parks
- "Daddy Don't Live In That New York City No More" – 3:12 - Guitar solo by Larry Carlton
- "Doctor Wu" – 3:59
Side two
- "Everyone's Gone To The Movies" – 3:41
- "Your Gold Teeth II" – 4:12 - Guitar solo by Denny Dias
- "Chain Lightning" – 2:57 - Guitar solo by Rick Derringer
- "Any World (That I'm Welcome To)" – 3:56
- "Throw Back The Little Ones" – 3:11 - Guitar solo by Elliot Randall
The Royal Scam - 1974
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Side one
- "Kid Charlemagne" – 4:38 Guitar solo by Larry Carlton - possibly the GOAT!
- "The Caves of Altamira" – 3:33
- "Don't Take Me Alive" – 4:16 Guitar solo by Larry Carlton
- "Sign in Stranger" – 4:23 Guitar Solo by Elliott Randall
- "The Fez" (Becker, Fagen, Paul Griffin) – 4:01 Guitar solo by Walter Becker
Side two
- "Green Earrings" – 4:05 Guitar solos by Denny Dias (1st) and Elliott Randall (2nd)
- "Haitian Divorce" – 5:51 Talk box guitar solo by Dean Parks, altered by Walter Becker
- "Everything You Did" – 3:55 Guitar solo by Larry Carlton
- "The Royal Scam" – 6:30 Guitar solo by Larry Carlton
Aja - 1977
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Side one
- "Black Cow" – 5:10[20]
- "Aja" – 7:57
- "Deacon Blues" – 7:33 Sax solo by Pete Christlieb
Side two
- "Peg" – 3:57 Guitar solo by Jay Graydon
- "Home at Last" – 5:34 Guitar solo by Walter Becker
- "I Got the News" – 5:06 Guitar solo by Larry Carlton, Guitar solo by Walter Becker
- "Josie" – 4:33 Guitar solo by Walter Becker. Dean Parks did the intro and all rhythm parts
play my version of 'Deacon Blues'
Gaucho - 1980
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Side one
- "Babylon Sisters" – 5:55
- "Hey Nineteen" – 5:10
- "Glamour Profession" – 7:29
Side two
- "Gaucho" (Becker, Fagen, Jarrett) – 5:32 Guitar solo by Walter Becker
- "Time Out of Mind" – 4:14 Guitar solo by Mark Knopfler
- "My Rival" – 4:34 Guitar solo by Steve Khan, Rick Derringer
- "Third World Man" – 5:13 Guitar solo by Larry Carlton
The Nightfly - 1982
Donald Fagen solo album
All songs by Donald Fagen, except where noted
- "I.G.Y." – 6:03
- "Green Flower Street" – 3:42
- "Ruby Baby" (Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, arranged by Donald Fagen) - 5:38
- "Maxine" - 3:50
- "New Frontier" - 6:23
- "The Nightfly" - 5:45
- "The Goodbye Look" - 4:47
- "Walk Between Raindrops" - 2:38
Bonus tracks, from The Nightfly Trilogy MVI Boxed Set
- "True Companion" – 5:09
- "Green Flower Street (Live)" – 4:24
- "Century's End" – 5:31
guitar credits Nightfly
- Dean Parks - guitar (2, 7)
- Rick Derringer - guitar (1, 3, 6)
- Larry Carlton - lead guitar (2, 3, 5-7), guitar (4, 8)
- Hugh McCracken - guitar (1, 3, 7), harmonica (7)
Kamakiriad - 1993
Donald Fagen solo album
- Trans-Island Skyway
- Countermoon
- Springtime
- Snowbound
- Tomorrow's Girls
- Florida Room
- On the Dunes
- Teahouse on the Tracks
Two Against Nature - 2000
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- Gaslighting Abbie
- What a Shame About Me
- Two Against Nature
- Janie Runaway
- Almost Gothic
- Jack of Speed
- Cousin Dupree
- Negative Girl
- West of Hollywood
Everything Must Go - 2003
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- The Last Mall
- Things I Miss the Most
- Blues Beach
- Godwhacker
- Slang of Ages
- Green Book
- Pixeleen
- Lunch With Gina
- Everything Must Go
Morph the Cat - 2006
Donald Fagen solo album
- Morph the Cat
- H Gang
- What I Do
- Brite Nitegown
- The Great Pagoda of Funny
- Security Joan
- The Night Belongs to Mona
- Mary Shut the Garden Door
- Morph the Cat (Reprise)
Sunken Condos 2014
Donald Fagen solo album![Donald Fagen Sunken Condos album cover](https://www.bennysutton.com/img/steely/Donald_Fagen_Sunken_Condos.jpg)
- "Slinky Thing" – 5:12
- "I'm Not the Same Without You" – 4:31
- "Memorabilia" – 4:14 Guitar solo by Gary Sieger
- "Weather in My Head" – 5:29
- "The New Breed" – 4:35
- "Out of the Ghetto" (Isaac Hayes) – 4:54
- "Miss Marlene" – 4:43 Solo, someone in the style of Larry Carlton possibly Jon Herington? Do you know? Contact me!
- "Good Stuff" – 4:54
- "Planet D'Rhonda" – 5:35 Guitar solo by Kurt Rosenwinkel, Jon Herington – acoustic bass, guitar, twelve-string guitar, rhythm guitar