Steely dan - Reelin' the years ( live)

[bigfatbass]

Skunk Baxter, easily one of the great renaissance men of his generation. An American treasure that is often forgotten since he doesn't tour much anymore. Hard to believe that gushing bucket of soul on the guitar is a missile defense expert!

[Jenscool]

Skunk Baxter, ole boy!

[RunescapeBotEvolved]

That's a real band right there.

[adam872]

The Skunk is the man. Nuff said.

[snedgewick]

@hellfiredonkey Nice to see civility recognized. The amount of idiotic childish bickering that goes on in these comments on youtube is quite mind numbing. And I agree, Bill Nelson is one of my favourite guitarists, much under-rated and virtually unknown though I do go towards rock with an edge. Adrian Belew is my all-time favourite, Discipline (King Crimson) with Robert Fripp is one of the greatest guitar albums of all time. Simply sublime. If you're reading this & never heard it check it out !!

[adam872]

@snedgewick Agreed on all counts. Nelson, Fripp and Belew are absolute giants of the instrument.

[Twilk88]

This clip is from the BBC show,

"The Old Grey Whistle Test"..There is a cleaner version elsewhere on you tube...Effing great band...

[popomczowzow]

I checked some of the bebop deluxe stuff. Bill nelson is one great guitarist. Thanks for telling me about them

[popomczowzow]

When I said SD I meant Bebop deluxe haha sorry

But honestly, my tastes have changed a lot. I love this song, but now I'm more of a blues/rock guy myself. I'm really into SRV and Jimi

[Antiks72]

I grew out of SRV and Jimi. I'm more of a BB King man now. And Clapton was only good in the late sixties.

[CosmikDebrisFZ]

I 've seen SRV live and was amazing. Will never grow out of him after that experience

[popomczowzow]

I haven't, not really an SD fan, love this song though. I'll check it out though

[RichVee]

There's about a half million dollars' worth of vintage musical equipment right there...!

[cwrosst]

It's a shame they were so turned off by touring back in the day, for me renditions like this are a 1000X more interesting than the sterilized note for note versions they rolled out after the reunion. For a band so disgusted by the limitations of live performances, they sure sound F-ing amazing. Skunk is ripping it out, wish I could hear the end of that solo.

[alimoradi93]

whats the name of the song before reelin inthe years?

[nimrod3094]

where was this filmed? i have an audio file of their show at the rainbow in london from 1974/75 pretzel logic tour.

[ultzisakhain]

I didn't know that Spinal Tap's Derek Smalls played with Steely Dan!!

[RichVee]

LOLZ Derek Smalls

[HenryFussy]

bands sure change a lot in 30 years, don't they?

[yeldarb11]

It is generally much more interesting to watch old stuff. Time tends to make make bands more sterile. Watching little leaguers is much more fun than watching MLB.

[popomczowzow]

Man, they make it look so easy up there...That is one of the best guitar solos of all time, in my opinion.

Duh Duh DUH DUH duh duh DUH DUH duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh duh Dee Dee duh duh Dee Dee duh duh dee dee duh dee dee duh dee dee duh dee dee duh!

[andyinoregon]

Saw this lineup (with David Palmer replaced by Michael McDonald on keyboards and backing

vocals) on the '75 Pretzel Logic tour. That year they had to be the best live band on the planet.

[darkowin93]

amazing live work

[redhotryder]

definately needs more cowbell!!!!

hahahhahahahhaa

[Elpdude]

This is THE lineup I wish I could see!