This song's guitar solo was recorded in one take.
Steely Dan tended to be more sophisticated than most other 1970s rock acts, but Donald Fagen thought this single was too ...
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Reelin’ in the years: Ten essential Steely Dan songs

When I first heard that Steely Dan tribute band No Static was playing Bull Run in Shirley June 26, I … well, I made a bunch of jokes. The ’70s jazz-rock-fusion favorite comprising musicians Donald ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The mid-70s was the era for rock groups “doing too many things at once”. Yet Steely Dan stood apart from all of them. The musical ...
Fifty-four years ago, the rock band Steely Dan produced "Reelin' In the Years"—a track that, despite featuring an era-defining guitar solo, would never top the Billboard Hot 100. Originally released ...