About Mike McGibney Expertise I can answer questions about individual members of the band or their vast array of session musicians, or about ANY song, even the extremely rare/unpublished. I can help with musical aspects such as chords/instruments used or with style of playing or about the history behind the band and in particular, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, the bands writers/arrangers.
Experience I am a huge Steely Dan fan, and have my own website on them. I also have a Steely Dan tribute band, and saw the real Steely Dan play at Wembley in 2000. I play all their music on bass and piano, and specialise in hard to get songs, mostly on mp3 format.
Organizations I play keyboards and do the arranging and transcriptions for a Steely Dan tribute band, and am a regular member on forums on the band throughout the internet.
Question does/did the dan ever allow live audience taping of their shows, or perhaps soundboard recordings release to the general public? if so, where could one acquire such things?
Answer Hey Judd
Well, I know that audience recordings werent encouraged! And were probably forbidden. However, there is a large market for soundboard mixes, one of the most popular being a 1974 gig. There is an official bootleg release, called Alive in America, from the Gorge in 1996, it's a great CD, with Drew Zingg on Lead Guitar, Warren Bernherdt on keys. If you want to get tradin', goto steely dan forums, and email members privately, asking to trade, if they have anything, and offering stuff in return. Not a good idea to write a post and risk being banned, in some SD circles it's frowned upon - if its not good enough for don and walt, then we're not interested - so especially on the Dandom Bluebook, dont say it publicly! If you, or someone you know has high speed internet, such mp3s, and whole live albums can be downloaded from, say, Kazaa, or Napster (both file sharing). Be aware there arent as many Steely Dan ones as there are Led Zep, or Hendrix!
