Steely Dan Live 1996 at Manassas 1/23: Do it Again

Steely Dan
Nissan Pavillion
Manassas, VA
21 July 1996

1/23 - Do it again

Donald Fagen - keyboard / vocals
Walter Becker - guitar / vocals
Wayne Krantz - guitar
Ricky Lawson - drums
Tom Barney - bass
John Beasley - piano
Carolyn Leonhart - background vocals
Michelle Wiley - background vocals

Art Crimes '96 Neuraesthenic Horns:
Cornelius Bumpus - alto sax
Ari Ambrose - tenor sax
Michael Leonhart - trumpet

Source:
Intercept from the in-house video monitor broadcast. Producer acquired higher quality audio than that found on the original VHS and synched the new audio with the video and deleted the original audio.

Producer remastered the video with GTH Electronics' Advanced Convertor Enhancer dramatically increasing the quality of the video picture.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• steely
• dan
• live
• walter
• becker
• donald
• fagen
• cornelius
• bumpus
• do
• it
• again
• manassas
• nissan
• pavillion

[Yaponchik78]

carlospc, you are my hero! Please tell me you have more from this show...

[carlospc]

Oh, you got me!

[Harleydude2]

For the most part yes, you are right. The story goes they didnt have "the look" that was popular in the early 70's. They were a band that crossed lines between rock, jazz and funk. They originally had members who would eventually leave to join the Doobie Brothers (Jeff Baxter and Cornelius Bumpus).

The core of SD has always been Walter and Donald. They've done the studio thing surrounding themselves with top notch studio musicians. There you have the story of SD in a nut shell.

[LadyFagen]

Oh wow! This is so wonderful! I've seen them in concerts the past five times they've come to my part of town and I really wish I had been older when this concert came around so I could have appreciated it better. (I was around 8) This is just beautiful picture/sound quality. Thanks for posting this!-Megan

[fendweller]

@SouthernManX Crikey. it's been a while since I disagreed with something as violently as this. Hard to know where to start. First, Don did the original vocals on this tune, not Palmer. But the main point is that Palmer's voice, while very good, is totally wrong for for Don and Walt were doing witht the lyrics. far too sincere. Don's voice, while technically not as good, is much the better vehicle for the irony and humour in the songs. That said, he does sound pretty ropey on this version.

[rosedarling11]

Glad to find a version of Do It Again with Donald singing. Thank you! Love this whole concert. I'm making yet another playlist for it, even though there already seem to be zillions of them. It's just too good not to. I was somewhere in California then and it would have never occurred to me to go to Virginia. It's great to still be able to enjoy it now.

[eleclifesndtrk]

Man this is crucial.

[MOSKII58]

@SouthernManX how can you say he had bad vocals he recorded all their classic lps granted his voice is odd but so are many of our most famous singers, look at willie nelson pretty weird voice, amoung many others Dylan too.sometimes odd=different=recognition & success. he sang on key that was the important thing.

[clivetemple]

This is a particularly bad vocal performance from Donald though. I generally like his vocals.

[SouthernManX]

> Would you go and watch a band play > live when it just sounds like the album? Actually, that's exacty what I expect. Well, pretty much. A little variance here and there is acceptable (i.e. extending the length of a lead guitar solo, but wholesale change, no. This is why I also despise "unplugged" sessions. This is a terrible version compared to the original. This sounds like an Aja-eqsue rendition of the song; the horns just don't fit.

[SouthernManX]

Here's a good example of why they should have never of let David Palmer go. Fagen has never been a good vocalist.

I think he knew it and that is why he was so afraid to perform in front of audiences and kept the band off the touring circuit

for so long. If he would have put his desire

to be lead singer aside the band would

have been better off. Still, they did put out

a lot of great music, despite Fagens bad

vocals.

[motownmaniax]

The band's tour playing in the 2000's is much tighter and the vocals better. You can't expect every live version to sound perfect, though. No matter...great song.

[DNA267WithoutHeat]

Wow - that was the stuff! Needed someone like Frank Gambale on Guitar though, or maybe steve vai..ha ha.

Loved that version. something with edge instead of the dull studio version!

Many good bands change versions of songs around to keep things interesting. Would you go and watch a band play live when it just sounds like the album?

Rock on!!