We had failed to notice that it was Mother’s Day in the US and so our audience was less than expected. Undaunted, a comprehensive show was presented covering Steely Dan from first steps to greatest triumph, the album Aja.
Preshow was mainly early demos, with the addition of a track from Jay and the Americans on which Donald Fagen and Walter Becker were in the group, and Kid Charlemagne, a taster for what’s to come, with a superb lead guitar track from Larry Carlton.
Postshow contained fallers, tracks from the albums that didn’t quite make it to the show (only for lack of time, or I’d have put them all in), plus Larry Carlton’s room 335, which was written after being beaten to the solo spot in Peg by Jay Graydon, and uses the same chords. A great show.
Preshow
| Title | Artists | Album | Year |
| Brain Tap Shuffle | Becker – Fagen | The Origins of Steely Dan | 1991 |
| Come Back Baby | Becker – Fagen | The Origins of Steely Dan | 1991 |
| Mock Turtle Song | Becker – Fagen | The Origins of Steely Dan | 1991 |
| Android Warehouse | Steely Dan | Android Warehouse (CD2) | 1998 |
| Brooklyn (Owes the charmer under me) | Becker – Fagen | The Origins of Steely Dan | 1991 |
| Roaring of the Lamb | Steely Dan | Android Warehouse (CD1) | 1998 |
| Caves of Altamira | Steely Dan | Android Warehouse (CD1) | 1998 |
| Walkin in the Rain | Jay and the Americans | Wax Museum | 1970 |
| Kid Charlemagne | Steely Dan | The Royal Scam | 1976 |
The Show
| Dog Eat Dog | Becker& Fagen, Dias | You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It | 1971 |
| You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It | Becker& Fagen, Dias | You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It | 1971 |
| Do it Again | Steely Dan | Can’t Buy A Thrill | 1972 |
| Reelin’ in the Years | Steely Dan | Can’t Buy A Thrill | 1972 |
| Bodhisattva | Steely Dan | Countdown To Ecstasy | 1973 |
| Show Biz Kids | Steely Dan | Countdown To Ecstasy | 1973 |
| My Old School | Steely Dan | Countdown To Ecstasy | 1973 |
| King Of The World | Steely Dan | Countdown To Ecstasy | 1973 |
| Rikki Don’t Lose That Number | Steely Dan | Pretzel Logic | 1974 |
| Barrytown | Steely Dan | Pretzel Logic | 1974 |
| Parker’s Band | Steely Dan | Pretzel Logic | 1974 |
| Pretzel Logic | Steely Dan | Pretzel Logic | 1974 |
| Black Friday | Steely Dan | Katy Lied | 1975 |
| Bad Sneakers | Steely Dan | Katy Lied | 1975 |
| The Caves of Altamira | Steely Dan | The Royal Scam | 1976 |
| Don’t Take Me Alive | Steely Dan | The Royal Scam | 1976 |
| The Royal Scam | Steely Dan | The Royal Scam | 1976 |
| Aja | Steely Dan | Aja | 1977 |
| Deacon Blues | Steely Dan | Aja | 1977 |
| Peg | Steely Dan | Aja | 1977 |
| Josie | Steely Dan | Aja | 1977 |
| FM | Steely Dan | A Decade of Steely Dan | 1985 |
Postshow
| Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me) | Steely Dan | Can’t Buy A Thrill | 1972 |
| Dirty Work | Steely Dan | Can’t Buy A Thrill | 1972 |
| The Boston Rag | Steely Dan | Countdown To Ecstasy | 1973 |
| Pearl Of The Quarter | Steely Dan | Countdown To Ecstasy | 1973 |
| East St. Louis Toodle-Oo | Steely Dan | Pretzel Logic | 1974 |
| Green Earrings | Steely Dan | The Royal Scam | 1976 |
| Home At Last | Steely Dan | Aja | 1977 |
| Room 335 | Larry Carlton | Larry Carlton | 1978 |