Show Biz Kids - Steely Dan | The Midnight Special

Steely Dan performed on The Midnight Special August 31, 1973

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[RugerC]

Pulling this off live is impressive. Backing singers brought that heat.

[jamesm.]

And this is why the 70s was the best decade pound for pound for music.

[richalderson]

Jeff Baxter really killin' it on the slide!

[MrDeanross]

To say they don’t make ‘em like this anymore is an understatement

[andyinoregon]

For those wondering, if you pause at 1:44, the band members (L-R) are backing vocalists Jenny "Bucky" Soule and Gloria "Porky" Granola, bassist/songwriter (the late) Walter Becker, lead vocalist/songwriter Donald Fagen, drummer/backing vocalist (the late) Jim Hodder, percussionist/backing vocalist Royce Jones, guitarist Denny Dias (rhymes with bias) and lead guitarist Jeff "Skunk" Baxter. This same lineup would appear in November 1973 on "American Bandstand, " lip-synching to the 45-single recording of "My Old School." When they toured in 1974 to promote their 3rd album, "Pretzel Logic, " they replaced Jenny and Gloria with backing vocalist and keyboardist Michael McDonald and added a 2nd drummer, the late-great Jeff Porcaro. Check out blonde vocalist Gloria (Giano) Granola six years later when she appeared with her husband (Dodgers catcher Steve Yeager) on a 1979 episode of the TV game show "Family Feud" (available on YouTube).

[scotttimmins]

Just in case you thought Steely Dan was just a studio creature with unlimited takes to get it just right... These guys could bring it live any time, any day.

[gregoryduncan]

Live Steely Dan footage from the 70's is pretty rare actually. They stopped touring in 1974.

[davidbeverly]

They got the shapely bodies
They got the Steely Dan T-Shirt
And for the coup de grace
They're outrageous...

[hiimharvey]

this is one of the most 70’s things i’ve ever seen. the midnight special itself is just the epitome of the era

[tropicaldoodad]

This song is remarkable for a hundred reasons, but one is that there's a guitar "solo" the whole length of the song.

[hijmestoffels]

This is the Steely Dan I love the most. A real band with so much energy. And indeed, Jeff Baxter is killing it.

[nickbielby]

I was so lucky to be a 70s kid. The quality and variety of music was mind blowing

[woodrowwilkins]

Those backup singers are a show by themselves.

[Dan.]

The backup singers deserved all the attention that they got!

[tomslemmons]

I keep coming back to this video for the backup singers.

[patrickwalters]

Absolutely outstanding. I love how they obviously refused to change the lyric for television. Bonus points for great hippie chick background singers and Walter Becker’s hair.

[WeGachaMetal]

God damn man. this is like being in heaven for 4 minutes.

[ankhor]

The grit. The satire. And Skunk burning it up.

[peterbellini]

You can keep any music you're listening to college kids...ANYTHING. There ain't nothing like 70's music. Mic drop supremo

[SimonSheen]

rick derringer's original slide guitar was great but skunk baxter's rendition also is impeccable.