Steely Dan -- 1993-08-22 - Saratoga, NY (SBD)

Steely Dan

1993-08-22

Saratoga Performing Arts Center

Saratoga, NY

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

1st Set:

01. The Royal Scam > Bad Sneakers > Aja (instrumental)*

02. Green Earrings

03. Bodhisattva

04. I.G.Y. (What A Beautiful World)

05. Josie

06. Hey Nineteen

07. Book Of Liars

08. Chain Lightning

09. introductions (by Walter Becker)

10. Green Flower Street

11. Home At Last >

12. Black Friday

13. Tesla Shadow

2nd Set:

01. Deacon Blues > piano interlude >

02. Tomorrow's Girl

03. Babylon Sisters

04. Reeling In The Years

05. The Fall of 92

06. Peg

Bonsu Tracks:

Unknown Date & Locatio

HQ Audience

07. Third World Man

08. Countermoon > Teahouse On The Tracks

09. My Old School

10. FM

Steely Dan - 1993-08-22 - Saratoga, NY (SBD)

After an Independence Day concert in Santa Monica in 1974, Steely Dan retired from touring to focus on studio recordings. Band leaders Walter Becker and Donald Fagan had tired of the grind associated with live performing and preferred to focus on song writing and album production.After producing 4 more albums (Kati Lied, The Royal Scam Aja & Gaucho) between 1975 and 1980, Becker and Fagan announced a split in their partnership in June 1981. It would be another 12 years before the two would formally reunite, ironically, to produce 2 solo albums. Becker produced Fagan’s album Kamakiriad, while Fagan returned the favor by serving as co-producer on Becker’s 11 Tracks of Whack. Even more irony followed, as the two then reformed Steely Dan, not to record an album, but to go on tour! With Becker now mainly playing lead and rhythm guitar, they put together a band that included an additional keyboard player, another lead guitarist, a bassist, three female backing singers, and a four-piece saxophone section. While their 2 solo albums didn’t sell all that well, their live concerts received rave reviews. This soundboard recording captures the band on August 22, 1993, 2 dozen years ago today.