Donald Fagen talks about JOSIE pt 1

Donald Fagen discusses the Steely Dan hit Josie with Warren Bernhardt

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• Donald Fagen
• Steely Dan
• Josie
• Aja
• Warren Bernhardt

[hoodooskidoo]

I believe this was in 1993. Bernhardt was Steely Dan's musical director for their tour that year.

[communtyhivemind]

because Dm is the saddest of all the keys, of course

[FaaarLeft]

Be nice. The true genius's are always a little eccentric.

[TheComputerfreak2]

got to love Donald Fagen

[stevenjromero]

There really is no point in putting on a "concert" when instead it would make sense doing a symposium where one could argue the rationale for utilizing a specific approach over the other. At a concert no one generally brings music paper, pencils, and a list of favourable cadences, thus the weaknesses of doing concerts. Also there is very little discussion between composer and audience member and virtually no opportunity for that audience member to come up on stage and offer a contrasting versio

[jbolio888]

My #1 Hero.

[TheLAKERSareGodsTeam]

@davidmmcg hard to tell. He's mixing time with a lot of signature. Both ended up in the recording and now you've confused the whole thing.

[davidmmcg]

at 3:54 he misspeaks when he says "G major 9 with no 3rd" when he probably meant to say "C major 9 with no 3rd".

[shelleybobelly1]

i love musicians...way envious!

[apparentlybrian]

@jlionz Spot on, glad I discovered this series and thanks to hoodooskidoo for posting them. So cool the way the roots, variations and structure are explained along the way as you hear the song come together.

[duffinpaul]

@wesonthenet he does it in Dm now cos its a bit too high vocaly to do it in the original key.....Roger Nicols told him that back in 77

[bababooey666]

Original key is Em

[DrApocalypse]

Put a little Gregorian sort of Swampy intro on it and we get THIS... HYSTERICAL!