Steely Dan the band is still touring in spite of the fact that Walter Becker the co-founder of a 2-person band died in September of 2017 at the age of 67.  Donald Fagen, the other founder, is 70.

These guys shouldn’t be touring.  At their age we should be going to them in a venue they like near them like Billy Joel doing Madison Square Garden once a month.  Touring is a lot of work.  I like the idea of these guys relaxing in their golden years and doing a club date every now and then.  That way the show can change every time.

Steely Dan music doesn’t evoke the road like most country music.  It brings to my mind living in a city neighborhood full of jazz and blues bars within walking/staggering distance.

I live out in the Houston suburbs where it’s never walking weather and nothing is within walking distance.  In Houston walking distance is 100 yards.  After that temperature and humidity force you into the world of sweaty or moist.

We are a car culture along the Gulf Coast.  There is a Steely Dan song that asks if there is gas in the car and another one where the California is mentioned.  There might be others but I can’t think of or never heard them.  Most of them are inside the head or the city.

Obviously I like their music because I am an observer in the clubs and bars (read shy).  I hope to see the stories and songs to write them down one day.