Michael McDonald;Steely Dan at Summerfest

LAG · #1 07-09-2006, 09:03 PM

Friday night the wife and I took in the first show of the tour.

Mike and his band was really soulfull. His bassist used a vintage J then Sadowsky 5's I believe.

Steely Dan was extremely tight and satisfing. Jazz/rock at it's finest. Their bass player used one P bass the whole show.

Two thumbs up!!

Anyone else catch the show in Milwaukee or the following night in Chicago?

markjazzbassist · #2 07-09-2006, 09:39 PM

i'm planning on catching it when they come to cleveland or pittsburgh. i did play at summerfest though on july 4. great gig, really cool place.

LAG · #3 07-10-2006, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by markjazzbassist

i'm planning on catching it when they come to cleveland or pittsburgh. i did play at summerfest though on july 4. great gig, really cool place.

Great show, you won't be dissapointed Mark.

What stage did you play at Summerfest?

markjazzbassist · #4 07-10-2006, 03:43 PM

we played the US Cellular Up and coming artist stage.

did they do mostly old steely dan stuff or did they do new fagen stuff?

LAG · #5 07-10-2006, 09:21 PM

Steely Dan played mostly older stuff. Alot from the Aja album. Man what a show! They where sooo rehearsed and tight. I would see them again if I could.

The Golden Boy · #6 07-10-2006, 09:53 PM

This is the first year in a long time that I either didn't play or go.

markjazzbassist · #7 07-10-2006, 09:53 PM

that's funny. i saw them a year or two ago when they were doing the "everything must go" tour and they played a lot of stuff from aja that show too.

The Golden Boy · #8 07-10-2006, 09:59 PM

Like 4-5 years ago at the Harley stage?

markjazzbassist · #9 07-10-2006, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by The Golden Boy

Like 4-5 years ago at the Harley stage?

no i saw them here in cleveland. i was responding to LAG's response about what tunes they played.

Philbiker · #10 07-11-2006, 06:42 AM

Did Mike come out and sing backing vocals with Steely Dan? Did they do "Peg", "Rose Darling", "Kid Charlemange" or any of his other great old 70's Dan vocal tunes?

LAG · #11 07-11-2006, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Philbiker

Did Mike come out and sing backing vocals with Steely Dan? Did they do "Peg", "Rose Darling", "Kid Charlemange" or any of his other great old 70's Dan vocal tunes?

Mike came out 2/3rd's the way through 'Dans show and sang lead and/or back-up to 3 songs two of which I recall where "Ricky Don't Lose that Number" and I think "Black Jack". He came back out for the encores and backing vocals also.

Aja was a landmark album for them so it is fitting they play alot of that stuff whenever they play live IMO. GREAT guitar work too from Walter Becker on his Sadowsky Strat and another guitarist who was very tasteful with his playing.