Well well, posted 3 hours ago, and already 13 comments and 52 likes, very nice, your amazing talent is being recognized! Great solos and of course great renditions, too! Thank you and an honorable mention to your finger tips 😁. Cheers!
Your hard work really paid off. Well done! I love your taste in music. My dad introduced me to Steely Dan back in the 70's. I was lucky to have been raised with diverse music in our household. Thanks for sharing!
Denny and Skunk were a terrific team up. I love the solo on Boston Rag. Back in the day, as a guitarist discovering the band for the first time, Boston Rag grabbed me and threw me into the water 😂
Great choices! Great playing! It's definitely quite a challenge to narrow them down to five, even eight with your honorable mentions. Thanks for putting in the considerable amount of work to do this and for sharing it - very fun to watch and hear!
dude you absolutely nailed this one; the only omission for me would be the 'do it again' sitar sounding deal as an honorable mention...anyway you killed it brother; blessings alwayzz brother
I've said many times- The two S.D. songs I deeply hate and won't listen to, (really because of their popularity), are Reelin'... and Riki..., but have truly smoking solos. Ultimate admiration, and an observation that in terms of ratio, no band ever had a higher ratio of outstanding work...EVER.
Hello David and Happy New Year. I've been playing for over 60 years. IMO, YOU, my friend, are in the top 1% of worldwide guitar players I have ever heard. I am telling everyone who will listen about you. I can't understand why you are not world famous. In the truest and deepest meaning of the word, Shalom! gw ❤
As someone who knows the Dan’s catalog backwards and forward, I have to say that you pretty much nailed it. Sure, there’s lots of tasty guitar work deep in their catalog (shout out to you for mentioning “Your Gold Teeth II” as an honorable mention, though I might have chosen the original [Denny Dias also played lead] as well as the song that preceded it on Countdown to Ecstasy, “The Boston Rag” [with Skunk playing lead], and I definitely would have cited Walter on “Black Friday”) but a very solid list, if somewhat predictable.
Well played! Can't fault your list, but as you said, so many others that are just as deserving. Very pleased that you mentioned the much overlooked solo in Bodhisattva by Denny Dias, truly one of the best of the best!
I also have a favorite Steely Dan guitar solo. Walter Becker’s solo on “What A Shame About Me”. It is a perfect example of how a solo can pair with the song’s beat. Walter shows you how his creativity respects the underlying groove. It’s a finger snapping ride that is expressed soulfully.
That really was amazing to hear !!! The Dan, my favorite band from its inception……. So many talented studio musicians played with the band, I believe all those different legends playing with them, truly added to The Dans success. Writing, vocals, as well as the backup singers all a true addition to THE DAN My favorite was when Michael McDonald would sing with them. Love them all …. RIP Walter Becker
An impossible task in my book. There are so many great solos to choose from, including the top 5 here, and you play them note for note, Nice job!. You mention Bodhisattva and My Old School as well. Can't overlook the solos in Chain Lightning, Do It Again, Midnite Cruiser, Boston Rag, Black Friday, Night by Night, Pretzel Logic, and Third World Man. Of course there are more. Such an incredible band. Helps that Fagan and Becker hired arguably the best guitarists on the planet.
I love that you chose to do this. I'm not even much of a Steely Dan fan. I tend to prefer my Rock HARD. Yet this band, better than most, high-lights something I often say. It's too easy to point to a Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Hendrix, Eric Clapton or who ever else comes to mind so quickly for the devoted fans of their music as "the best". My personal pick for years until I came to understand the real difference between "my favorite" vs "the best" was Ritchie Blackmore. While I'd never argue that these aren't some of the more amazing players out there all are really the winners of a higher profile popularity contest for the listeners who don't play guitar. The reason I like what you're point to with Steely Dan is found in how this band did audition people regularly for so many of what would go on to be their most famous songs. Steely Dan used "unknown" payers from the world of session work. I long ago figured out that hockey GREAT Ken Dryden was on to something when asked, "When was the Golden age of Hockey?". His answer, "It happened when-ever the person you're asking was 12 years old". It's a shame so many of these truly great players never found fame but your video stands as reminder to be more thoughtful when attempting to identify who we see as the best player or few players ever. An awful lot of GREAT PLAYERS were never in the lime light. Today a fan of Van Halen might be pretty surprised to hear session player, Bon Jovi guitarist, Phil X playing Eddie's stuff and singing David Lee Roth Parts pretty spot on at the same time. Then if they were to dig a little deeper they'd likely be pretty amazed at just how much more there is to this guy's paying and style. Your video here is nice illustration of why "best" and "greatest" aren't words we should ever use with real confidence when describing any one player's abilities. Most Popular? Sure. Why not debate that? But I'll never call anyone "best ever". There are simply too many really good players out there I've never heard or if heard them doing something amazing their name still isn't known to me.
@@KellyDeanAllenGuitar sorry to be so long winded. More concise: Your video stands up as great reminder that there are some great players living in the shadow of fame that are every bit as good as anyone out there.
Excellent job and excellent choices. I personally love Carlton's 'Third World Man' solo. I heard an interview with their current guitarist Jon Herrington who said it's the only solo that Fagan and Becker wanted him to play note for note (not even Kid Charlemagne). 'Bodhisattva' is ridiculous, and 'Do it Again' is pretty great too. I think Denny Dias is criminally underrated.
Fun post - this is such a great moment in guitar music fans lives, some of the best music of an incredible genre played so tastefully! So glad to see this, thanks! 👍🎸🍄🙏
I've been tabbing Reelin in the years, I like your chromatic approach to the starting phrase, I was sliding it... otherwise identical on both our tabs. Nice work on this video!! Guitar soloing from actual musicians is so much more than the dime a dozen mechanical shredder solos out there.
Nice work and list. It shows the variety. Well a top 5 is impossible :) For me personally, Bodhisattva would definitely be in the list because it is simply brilliant. Mr I-refuse-to-bend-strings Denny Dias is seriously underrated.
Happy that you gave Denny Dias a mention with My Goldteeth 2. Also Skunk and Dennys guitar playing on Bodhissatva was wonderful as well as Dias on King of the World but there were so many great guitar riffs by different guitarists on their songs. Its hard to pick a best one.
Great video! Loved your choices. Two solos that were not mentioned was the solo to Do it Again and the super mellow solo by Denny Dias on the title track AJA.
Fantastic choices, phenomenal playing, and outstanding presentation skills, with no ego or attitude. Just virtuosity. Really enjoyed it! Subscribed. Oh, and ignore the a**hole comments. I’d like to see them play these solos.
When it comes to Stealy Dan. They just blow you away with their chord work. I have many many song books of different bands. And you may find maybe 4 chords in the songs. Stealy will have 15 or more.
Anybody who knows anything about Steely Dan and guitar solos would say Denny Diaz solo in Do It Again is by far the best Steely Dan solo and one of Rock and Rolls best solos ever
Sigh… it’s very sad that decades later people are still talking in absolutist terms like, “ this is the best solo, no this is the best solo and if you don’t agree with me, you’re a dumbass.” There’s no such thing as best or worst. There’s only music. And sometimes music calls the tune, pun intended. So much depends upon how the listener is feeling in that particular moment. For example, I heard Steely Dan‘s songs when they came out for the very first time. It was the early 70s and for those of you who don’t know about that particular decade, there was shit going on, people dying, President, getting assassinated, police were knocking heads in Chicago, and we were trying to stop the gorilla exchange that the President of the United States insisted on calling the Vietnam war, even though Congress had never declared war on that tiny little country that ended up kicking our fucking asses all over the planet. So when I hear a Steely Dan song and whatever great solo that goes along with it, my experience is colored by the history that I have when I heard that song. And, of course, science now knows that the music we hear when we hit adolescence, and our hormones are flying all over the place, that music is so incredibly powerful to us that it’s scary. So let’s take a step back. Let’s say that the person who compiled this list didn’t hear any Steely Dan songs until 10 or 15 years after they came out. They were a little older, a little more grown-up 1985, for example, compared to 1975 was relatively peaceful. And so in relationship to one another those historical periods of time place are two different listeners in completely different psychological niches. And this is going to affect how we feel about the songs the notable solo guitar pieces contained there in, and all the rest. Musicians know the truth, most of us, and that is simply that there is no football game like competition about who’s better or who’s best. Would love to just sit back and listen to the music! So try this at home. Pick a Steely Dan song. Pick one that you like, but it isn’t necessarily your all-time favorite. Listen to it after a really hard day at work. Take some notes about how you felt. Then listen to the same song on a Sunday afternoon after you’ve had some time to rest and maybe you had a great day with the family or whatever. Listen to the song you’ve just gotten some bad news. Listen to the song after you’ve had great sex with your partner. I think you will begin to see what I’m talking about. that our frame of reference has a lot more to do with how we feel about a certain piece of music, then we might imagine.
@@janicemartin7560I believe Deny Diaz ‘s solo was improvised on the electric sitar , while Carlton’s was worked out , either way, both incredible solos !
Wow Kelly. I have returned to the fold after being gone for a while. You inspired me when I took guitar back up and now I'm 1/20th as good as you. I don't think I'll catch up.
All great solos! I'd give #1 to Larry Carlton's Don't Take Me Alive, Elliott Randall #2 for Reelin' In the Years. I was a junior in high school when Elliot introduced me to Steely Dan. I've followed them ever since. The freedom that Fagen and Becker got by using the best session musicians allowed them to try everyone out there to get the very best solo. A similar video could be made about great drum solos on Steely Dan recordings, starting with Steve Gadd.
Thanks for bringing in "Bodhisattva" - my hands-down, number 1 favorite solo on any rock album ever. I can't fault you for "Peg" or "Kid Charlemagne" - outstanding, but to me, Bodhisattva has them beat due to the interplay over the chord changes, the turn arounds and the exchange with the bass line.
Don’t take me Alive is the greatest intro ever. Kelly 61K followers. Well done. The funny thing about Steely Dan is they would have 4 or 5 guitarist come in and lay a solo down. Some of them never knew if any of their work would get picked.
Love the fact that you mentioned ‘You’re Gold Teeth 2’. I’ve also been blown away with the syncopated start to the solo in ‘King of the World’. Was it Denny or Jeff’s work?
i thot it was the same player, im so naive, great chops, Mr Allen...im reelin in the reelin years...dog goes nuts if i play loud...so i never try heavy stuff..lol...cant wait for your blackmore set...
Amongst so many gems, it's impossible to say which are the 'best'. There must be 10 -15, maybe 20 + classic solos in the entire Steely Dan catalogue. I've enjoyed this video. It's good to see them technically well played. . I wouldn't necessary agree with those five but Different strokes folks 🎉❤
Good stuff! When you have finished transcribing the other solos, perhaps you can do a tutorial of each of them this summer. Would be great and fun! 👍🏻🎸🖖🏻
Is there nothing you can't play? Brilliant work!
Thanks mate!
This is my grateful dead...so many well crafted tunes that have filled my life with joy since I was 13....65 now ❤️
The sitar solo on do it again is incredible
Well well, posted 3 hours ago, and already 13 comments and 52 likes, very nice, your amazing talent is being recognized! Great solos and of course great renditions, too! Thank you and an honorable mention to your finger tips 😁. Cheers!
Fantastic Kelly, What a way to start the day...Thank you.
Do it Again would be the best,and My Old School would be the second best.Thankyou
Your hard work really paid off. Well done! I love your taste in music. My dad introduced me to Steely Dan back in the 70's. I was lucky to have been raised with diverse music in our household. Thanks for sharing!
Denny and Skunk were a terrific team up. I love the solo on Boston Rag. Back in the day, as a guitarist discovering the band for the first time, Boston Rag grabbed me and threw me into the water 😂
Excellent! Also, bringing back my childhood days of the early to mid 70’s!
Great choices! Great playing! It's definitely quite a challenge to narrow them down to five, even eight with your honorable mentions. Thanks for putting in the considerable amount of work to do this and for sharing it - very fun to watch and hear!
Incredible job on "Reelin'" Spot on !!
Great Job on those Beautiful Classic DAN Solos! Awesome!! 😎👍
🎸 🎸
Wow - really great job nailing down the VIBES of these solos!
Much respect!
Great list of solos and your playing was amazing!
dude you absolutely nailed this one; the only omission for me would be the 'do it again' sitar sounding deal as an honorable mention...anyway you killed it brother; blessings alwayzz brother
Fantastic playing these solos
Listening to these solos reminds me why Steely Dan are one of if not my favourite bands of all time.
Wonderful piece! Realize that I have some more tracks to learn…thanks a million!
I've said many times- The two S.D. songs I deeply hate and won't listen to, (really because of their popularity), are Reelin'... and Riki..., but have truly smoking solos. Ultimate admiration, and an observation that in terms of ratio, no band ever had a higher ratio of outstanding work...EVER.
I love it all sounds fantastic.Keep up the good work
Thanks mate! However you're supposed to criticize my picks! That's the way it works, haha.
Hello David and Happy New Year. I've been playing for over 60 years. IMO, YOU, my friend, are in the top 1% of worldwide guitar players I have ever heard. I am telling everyone who will listen about you. I can't understand why you are not world famous. In the truest and deepest meaning of the word, Shalom! gw ❤
As someone who knows the Dan’s catalog backwards and forward, I have to say that you pretty much nailed it. Sure, there’s lots of tasty guitar work deep in their catalog (shout out to you for mentioning “Your Gold Teeth II” as an honorable mention, though I might have chosen the original [Denny Dias also played lead] as well as the song that preceded it on Countdown to Ecstasy, “The Boston Rag” [with Skunk playing lead], and I definitely would have cited Walter on “Black Friday”) but a very solid list, if somewhat predictable.
fantastic playing - fantastic solos - fantastic songs - fantastic group - Beatles - Steely Dan - Bob Dylan
Well played! Can't fault your list, but as you said, so many others that are just as deserving. Very pleased that you mentioned the much overlooked solo in Bodhisattva by Denny Dias, truly one of the best of the best!
I also have a favorite Steely Dan guitar solo. Walter Becker’s solo on “What A Shame About Me”. It is a perfect example of how a solo can pair with the song’s beat. Walter shows you how his creativity respects the underlying groove. It’s a finger snapping ride that is expressed soulfully.
Just found you and now a new subscriber just for this Steely Dan video alone. I'll check out past videos and look forward to the new ones...thanks.
Kid Charlemagne has been my favorite since it came out. Listened to on vinyl at home and 8 track in the car at that time.
I'm a drummer, but absolutely love Steely Dan and you did an awesome job with these solos, Kelly!
Great list, and man you shredded these! Love it!
That really was amazing to hear !!!
The Dan, my favorite band from its inception……. So many talented studio musicians played with the band, I believe all those different legends playing with them, truly added to The Dans success.
Writing, vocals, as well as the backup singers all a true addition to THE DAN
My favorite was when Michael McDonald would sing with them.
Love them all …. RIP Walter Becker
An impossible task in my book. There are so many great solos to choose from, including the top 5 here, and you play them note for note, Nice job!. You mention Bodhisattva and My Old School as well. Can't overlook the solos in Chain Lightning, Do It Again, Midnite Cruiser, Boston Rag, Black Friday, Night by Night, Pretzel Logic, and Third World Man. Of course there are more. Such an incredible band. Helps that Fagan and Becker hired arguably the best guitarists on the planet.
#5 always blows me away... great job...
Thank you so much. Brings Dan back....
Well done! Love Steely Dan!
Wow - this was a tremendous video - great work; I've been a Steely Dan devotee since the very start - you nailed it!
Just sublime.
I love that you chose to do this. I'm not even much of a Steely Dan fan. I tend to prefer my Rock HARD. Yet this band, better than most, high-lights something I often say. It's too easy to point to a Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Hendrix, Eric Clapton or who ever else comes to mind so quickly for the devoted fans of their music as "the best". My personal pick for years until I came to understand the real difference between "my favorite" vs "the best" was Ritchie Blackmore. While I'd never argue that these aren't some of the more amazing players out there all are really the winners of a higher profile popularity contest for the listeners who don't play guitar. The reason I like what you're point to with Steely Dan is found in how this band did audition people regularly for so many of what would go on to be their most famous songs. Steely Dan used "unknown" payers from the world of session work. I long ago figured out that hockey GREAT Ken Dryden was on to something when asked, "When was the Golden age of Hockey?". His answer, "It happened when-ever the person you're asking was 12 years old". It's a shame so many of these truly great players never found fame but your video stands as reminder to be more thoughtful when attempting to identify who we see as the best player or few players ever. An awful lot of GREAT PLAYERS were never in the lime light. Today a fan of Van Halen might be pretty surprised to hear session player, Bon Jovi guitarist, Phil X playing Eddie's stuff and singing David Lee Roth Parts pretty spot on at the same time. Then if they were to dig a little deeper they'd likely be pretty amazed at just how much more there is to this guy's paying and style. Your video here is nice illustration of why "best" and "greatest" aren't words we should ever use with real confidence when describing any one player's abilities. Most Popular? Sure. Why not debate that? But I'll never call anyone "best ever". There are simply too many really good players out there I've never heard or if heard them doing something amazing their name still isn't known to me.
@Dogboy1960 I'm going to read this book that you wrote later, and get back to you, haha. Just about to have a nap.
@@KellyDeanAllenGuitar sorry to be so long winded. More concise: Your video stands up as great reminder that there are some great players living in the shadow of fame that are every bit as good as anyone out there.
Good to see someone with the magic and loving it all.
Excellent job and excellent choices. I personally love Carlton's 'Third World Man' solo. I heard an interview with their current guitarist Jon Herrington who said it's the only solo that Fagan and Becker wanted him to play note for note (not even Kid Charlemagne). 'Bodhisattva' is ridiculous, and 'Do it Again' is pretty great too. I think Denny Dias is criminally underrated.
Surprised not to see the solo(s) from "My old School". But then there are so many fantastic guitar solos in S-D's songs!
Great video! My Old School is probably my 2nd favorite after Rikki.
I just came across this and thoroughly enjoyed every second. It's sad not to see Denny Dias' "Do It Again" included. Great stuff though. Thanks,
Amazing solos, you are an incredible guitar player
Fun post - this is such a great moment in guitar music fans lives, some of the best music of an incredible genre played so tastefully! So glad to see this, thanks! 👍🎸🍄🙏
Well done!
That was fun, thank you! I subscribed! If I ever pick up the guitar again, I will give a listen to your great channel.
As a LA GIRL…..I TOTALLY agree with your acknowledgment of the studio musicians Steely Dan used. To this day, and I’m old now, The best….Jazz and Rock
I've been tabbing Reelin in the years, I like your chromatic approach to the starting phrase, I was sliding it... otherwise identical on both our tabs. Nice work on this video!! Guitar soloing from actual musicians is so much more than the dime a dozen mechanical shredder solos out there.
...FYI jimmy page is on record as saying that's one of the best guitar solos ever
Simply incredible ! Love this ! Thank you
@@peterevans8598 cheers Peter, thanks!
Dont know how i missed this one ,, great video sir…
You play these licks so well. 😍
I can barely play a few bends and as far as those octopus/caterpillar runs, well sir all I can do is watch you do it in amazement. Bravo!
Great group, outstanding guitar solos! Rickki has to be the sweetest one of all!
Awesome episode KDA! So many favourites to choose from, but Reelin' In the Years just has a special spot with me
Fantastic!
My 2nd favorite is the solo from THIRD WORLD MAN.
I agree with all of the others that you mentioned.
Thanks!
Welp Kelly ya did it again,nice job and credit for your determination to get these creations done so well thanx Kelly!
Nice work and list. It shows the variety. Well a top 5 is impossible :) For me personally, Bodhisattva would definitely be in the list because it is simply brilliant. Mr I-refuse-to-bend-strings Denny Dias is seriously underrated.
Superb work Kelly, thank you again and again!
Props Dude!!!! Very impressive!!
Thanks mate! Much appreciated.
Happy that you gave Denny Dias a mention with My Goldteeth 2. Also Skunk and Dennys guitar playing on Bodhissatva was wonderful as well as Dias on King of the World but there were so many great guitar riffs by different guitarists on their songs. Its hard to pick a best one.
Every solo you played...made the hair on my arms stand right the f up! That's great
Awesome work…my favourite band!!
Wow!! I been playing guitar for 45 years and still cannot pull off all those SD solos!! Awesome video you did 👍😎
No 5. You nearly got it! Well done! Hard to emulate Larry.
Nailed it on Reelin in the years though! ❤
Kid Charlie!! Been trying to play that for about 4 years now! Defeltifly difficult. Great job!!
Great video! Loved your choices. Two solos that were not mentioned was the solo to Do it Again and the super mellow solo by Denny Dias on the title track AJA.
Fantastic choices, phenomenal playing, and outstanding presentation skills, with no ego or attitude. Just virtuosity. Really enjoyed it! Subscribed.
Oh, and ignore the a**hole comments. I’d like to see them play these solos.
@@haverelmink thanks mate! Appreciate the kind words.
fav band from my much younger days and still the tunes sound enjoyable - great playing as always - too clever
I was too much of a metalhead in MY younger days. Didn't care for Steely Dan. Absolutely love them now.
So many great solos. Do it Again is IMO one of their best.
Dang! You freaking rock....they're all great.
When it comes to Stealy Dan. They just blow you away with their chord work. I have many many song books of different bands. And you may find maybe 4 chords in the songs. Stealy will have 15 or more.
Steely --not Stealy
you absolutely have all those guitarists nailed Sir!
Great job - a wonderful video- thanks
Anybody who knows anything about Steely Dan and guitar solos would say Denny Diaz solo in Do It Again is by far the best Steely Dan solo and one of Rock and Rolls best solos ever
You must not listen to the great Larry Carlton. He is brilliant on kid Charlemagne and dont take me alive
Sigh… it’s very sad that decades later people are still talking in absolutist terms like, “ this is the best solo, no this is the best solo and if you don’t agree with me, you’re a dumbass.”
There’s no such thing as best or worst. There’s only music. And sometimes music calls the tune, pun intended. So much depends upon how the listener is feeling in that particular moment. For example, I heard Steely Dan‘s songs when they came out for the very first time. It was the early 70s and for those of you who don’t know about that particular decade, there was shit going on, people dying, President, getting assassinated, police were knocking heads in Chicago, and we were trying to stop the gorilla exchange that the President of the United States insisted on calling the Vietnam war, even though Congress had never declared war on that tiny little country that ended up kicking our fucking asses all over the planet. So when I hear a Steely Dan song and whatever great solo that goes along with it, my experience is colored by the history that I have when I heard that song. And, of course, science now knows that the music we hear when we hit adolescence, and our hormones are flying all over the place, that music is so incredibly powerful to us that it’s scary. So let’s take a step back. Let’s say that the person who compiled this list didn’t hear any Steely Dan songs until 10 or 15 years after they came out. They were a little older, a little more grown-up 1985, for example, compared to 1975 was relatively peaceful. And so in relationship to one another those historical periods of time place are two different listeners in completely different psychological niches. And this is going to affect how we feel about the songs the notable solo guitar pieces contained there in, and all the rest.
Musicians know the truth, most of us, and that is simply that there is no football game like competition about who’s better or who’s best. Would love to just sit back and listen to the music!
So try this at home. Pick a Steely Dan song. Pick one that you like, but it isn’t necessarily your all-time favorite. Listen to it after a really hard day at work. Take some notes about how you felt. Then listen to the same song on a Sunday afternoon after you’ve had some time to rest and maybe you had a great day with the family or whatever. Listen to the song you’ve just gotten some bad news. Listen to the song after you’ve had great sex with your partner. I think you will begin to see what I’m talking about. that our frame of reference has a lot more to do with how we feel about a certain piece of music, then we might imagine.
You got that right buddy!!!!!
💯
@@janicemartin7560I believe Deny Diaz ‘s solo was improvised on the electric sitar , while Carlton’s was worked out , either way, both incredible solos !
YOU are much appreciated! Quite impressive.....
*KILLER!* _Nailed it!_ 🎸😮🤘Gotta guve it up for "Bodhisattva," to boot! 💪🤠💡
You are a boss, sir. That was enjoyable.
Incredible job on these sir!
Wow Kelly. I have returned to the fold after being gone for a while. You inspired me when I took guitar back up and now I'm 1/20th as good as you. I don't think I'll catch up.
All great solos! I'd give #1 to Larry Carlton's Don't Take Me Alive, Elliott Randall #2 for Reelin' In the Years. I was a junior in high school when Elliot introduced me to Steely Dan. I've followed them ever since. The freedom that Fagen and Becker got by using the best session musicians allowed them to try everyone out there to get the very best solo. A similar video could be made about great drum solos on Steely Dan recordings, starting with Steve Gadd.
Thanks for bringing in "Bodhisattva" - my hands-down, number 1 favorite solo on any rock album ever. I can't fault you for "Peg" or "Kid Charlemagne" - outstanding, but to me, Bodhisattva has them beat due to the interplay over the chord changes, the turn arounds and the exchange with the bass line.
Let’s do this again…and again!
Well done
Great work, well played Kelly
Thanks Paul!
Don’t take me Alive is the greatest intro ever. Kelly 61K followers. Well done. The funny thing about Steely Dan is they would have 4 or 5 guitarist come in and lay a solo down. Some of them never knew if any of their work would get picked.
Wow! Killer playing!
Nailed it- GREAT. Maybe Night By Night?
Love the fact that you mentioned ‘You’re Gold Teeth 2’. I’ve also been blown away with the syncopated start to the solo in ‘King of the World’. Was it Denny or Jeff’s work?
i thot it was the same player, im so naive, great chops, Mr Allen...im reelin in the reelin years...dog goes nuts if i play loud...so i never try heavy stuff..lol...cant wait for your blackmore set...
Great job!
Brilliant playing sir.
Superb!
Thank you! Cheers!
Well done ! I couldn't do that if my life depended on it :)
Fantastic playing!
For me, best is Danny Diaz's amazing "Do It Again" solo. One of the hardest solo's I have ever learned, that bloody timing is fierce !
Amongst so many gems, it's impossible to say which are the 'best'. There must be 10 -15, maybe 20 + classic solos in the entire Steely Dan catalogue. I've enjoyed this video. It's good to see them technically well played. . I wouldn't necessary agree with those five but Different strokes folks 🎉❤
Good stuff! When you have finished transcribing the other solos, perhaps you can do a tutorial of each of them this summer. Would be great and fun! 👍🏻🎸🖖🏻
And oh my, you play real good
Way to peg Peg.....
Great list...missed a few...
Then they recieved honorable mention
Excellent playing per usual...KDA
Jimmy Page said the 'Reelin in the Years' solo was his favorite guitar solo.
that was fun, thanks!
Great job love Todd Harrington on My Old School live version. Monster player