The CME House Band may not sing it outright in our instrumental version of “Kid Charlemagne” by Steely Dan, but do you realize that you’re a champion in our eyes? This Full Band Friday, we’re celebrating you with a gear sale on new, vintage, and used inventory—so, stop into CME to claim your next prized piece of gear!
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More about Steely Dan
Steely Dan is an American rock band founded in 1971 in Los Angeles, California by core members Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals). Initially the band had a stable lineup, but in 1974, Becker and Fagen retired the band from live performances altogether to become a studio-only band, opting to record with a revolving cast of session musicians. Rolling Stone has called them "the perfect musical antiheroes for the Seventies".
The two had been playing together in a variety of bands from their time together studying at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. The songwriting duo later moved to Los Angeles, gathered a full band of musicians, and began recording albums. From their first album, Can't Buy a Thrill, they established a template for their career, blending elements of rock, jazz, Latin music, R&B, blues and sophisticated studio production with cryptic and ironic lyrics. The band enjoyed critical and commercial success through seven studio albums, peaking with their top selling album Aja, released in 1977. After the group disbanded in 1981, Becker and Fagen worked sporadically on solo projects through the 1980s, though a cult following[6] remained devoted to the group's work. Since reuniting in 1993, Steely Dan has toured steadily and released two albums of new material, the first of which, Two Against Nature, earned a Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Their final album of new studio material was 2003's Everything Must Go, though the band has continued to release compilations, box sets, and live albums on a regular basis. After Becker's passing in 2017, Fagen reluctantly continued the group with himself as the sole official member.
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Gear Used:
1969 Fender Maverick
1966 Fender Electric XII
Fender Deluxe Reverb
Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb Reissue
Fender Custom Shop Jazz Bass
Ampeg B15-R Portaflex
Ludwig Classic Oak Kit
Ludwig Pewter Over Copper Snare
Featuring
Ehmed Nauman - Guitar
David Ball - Guitar
Tim Seisser - Bass
Zach Moore - Drums
Songs Played:
00:00 - 04:04 "Kid Charlemagne" Steely Dan
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