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Steely Dan Concert

Great show at the New York State Fair on Sunday night. Steely Dan legends Donald Fagen and Walter Becker are still a rocking duo and their supporting band was just plain awesome. the only lowlights for us were the sardine-like seating arrangments and the loud, obnoxious drunken guy sitting behind Denny.

They played a lot of older, familiar music to keep the crowd rocking with only a few choice songs from the newer albums. Donald and Walter really seemed to appreciate the energy of the crowd and the band (particularly Jon Herington on guitar and Keith Carlock on drums) really blew me away in the second set.

Also, any fans of Diana Krall should check out Steely Dan backup singer Carolyn Leonhart's cd, Steal the Moon.

The setlist included:...

• Aja
• Godsmacker
• Caves of Altamira
• Black Cow
• Babylon Girls
• ? [a Walter Becker tune I didn't recognize]
• Band Introduction
• Peg
• Home At Last
• INTERMISSION
• The Steely Dan Show
• West of Hollywood [I think...it was something from Two Against Nature]
• Hey Nineteen
• Haitian Divorce
• Lunch With Gina
• Parker's Band
• Josie
• Kid Charlemagne
• Don't take Me Alive
• My Old School (encore)
• FM (encore)
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