Steely Dan's Plush TV Jazz Rock Party - Raw Footage from 2000-01-28 | Remastered (Upscaled 1080p HD)

[@reinhardtherbert5129]

Living in the seventies - Smoking first class wheat All night long, while listening to steely dan - the best and most sophisticated Band of all time - what more could a music junkie ask for. . .

[@lgzlee]

Without the threat of being laced with fentanyl....ah, those were the days.

[@bassjumpblues3631]

Nearly 50 years I have praised this band. The music is over the top and will always be as good as it sounds!

[@infuseme2]

So glad this recording was made. Their best work, captured live, great sound, fantastic band. This was their best live lineup. Cornelius and Walter 😢

[@Marbleeyes54]

I agree. This was a great pairing of musicians.

[@laurieharper1526]

Agreed. Ricky (RIP) was their finest live drummer, too. Crisp and economical and unflashy. I know people rate Keith Carlock, but I find his playing (which is undeniably good) too loose for the Dan. Just mho obvs.

[@snoopywalker1881]

@@laurieharper1526Keith may be loose but that’s because he is a groove machine

[@kurganseth4799]

Walter, Ricky, Ted, Cornelius, they are now jamming only for Jesus...

[@jerrymammoser9857]

Yeah. This is really cool. You can see Walter looking on Jon Herrington’s solo in “Do it Again” with interest and cool-approval. This video captures that. THAT’s the beauty of live performing.

[@DavidBaronStevensPersonal]

I've once heard that live recordings are like "catching lightning in a bottle" ⚡🍶

[@yvonnelessick9880]

Is. Still. The. Greatest. Band that. Existing. Still exists. So. Jazzy. Acquired. Taste. Have. Taste. In. Music. If. Nothing. Else

[@dougdrazga4461]

Very cool on Walt's part. Too bad the cameras missed Herrington's Pretzel Logic solo on both nights.

[@scottsil1060]

Was Herington’s very first show with them. Who knew at the time he’d be around 23 years later. Was disappointed that Drew wasn’t with them at the time . Got over it within a few songs.

[@SirWinstonBeech]

@@scottsil1060 In the 2011 concert (Cincinnati's PNC Pavilion at Riverbend) Herington tossed his "game pick" at the end of the show to a kid in the front row. It landed right at the edge of the stage and a security guard wouldn't let the kid pick it up. "You can't touch the stage". Ahh whatever. The bitch denied the kid a cool souvenir of the concert. If I had been closer I would have just grabbed it and gave it to the kid before the bitch got there.

[@petereyles5583]

Such Precision Such Masterful Music Just Astonishingly Amazing!!!🎤🎹🎸🎸🥁🥁🎼🎵🎶❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@paulpugh2480]

When this music comes on ,my mood is instantly elevated.

[@stickysat]

Didn't know Dracula was such a great singer...! :)

[@snoopywalker1881]

He does seem like Dracula doesnt he?

[@westcoastburiedtreasure8343]

I am responsible for the original posting of this video on the internet. This is an improvement. Thanks!

[@davidwhitney6394]

West of Hollywood is phenomenal!

[@nigel8499]

This is the exact DVD that should have been released with a bonus extra the shenanigans Don and Walter having fun. Many thanks Channel owner for doing what they should have done originally.

[@laurahale9309]

Goosebumps!!!!

[@josephwinnie802]

So much Me Growing Up... My Love of Steely Dan will Never Fade... ❤... The Only Favorite Band I never got to See 😢... Thanks 👍😊

[@kevinmcgrath3591]

Its interesting to hear this raw audio, I can see why they picked the songs they did for the actual DVD, very entertaining thanks.

[@biggdogg19]

Drum solo at the end of Do it again was smokin!

[@kevinvanrensburg2468]

They're so inspirational for me, fantastic muso's I luv Steely Dan!

[@teelurizzo8542]

Nice, a rough audio mix, the rhythm section especially strong and in-our-face, thanks for sharing.

[@robinmiller7958]

I find myself listening to the last two albums most of the time and this is the first time I’ve heard some of these tunes live.

[@estenray6685]

Again thanks a million Dan Blecher! Can’t ask for a more awesome birthday gift! It’s frankly hardly believable!

[@TracedaBassman]

What happens when two legendary musicians and songwriters gather the most epic collection of gunslingers and put on a concert? This show is the answer. And I cant say enough about the sound and video crews.

[@ronsel4704]

This is very good! Listening through vintage Altec Lansing Valencia’s, Heathkit tube amps coming out of my Insignia tv headphone Jack. I’m surprised at the audio quality. Like many here I too grew up with Steely Dan. Many thanks!

[@Cotictimmy]

Fabulous! (and particularly great to see the late Walter Becker doing his thing in 'Josie'.) 💕

[@Tmrfe0962]

I saw them 2x’s live and always wished I could’ve taped it…thanks for making my dreams come true….😊

[@peacetrain3320]

Love this! Re-living my formidable days! And I’m reminded of how Gaslighting Annie could have been a Zappa tune!

[@nigel8499]

Many thanks for uploading this. It's the Holy Grail of that fantastic and musically historic and significant night. 10/10+ It made me very emotional. Miss you Walter and Cornelius.

[@hadleycohen8409]

my favorite band EVER - thanks for great work

[@fab2151]

What a masterpiece ! Love SD !

[@lgzlee]

Absolutely THE BEST...bar NONE.❤❤❤

[@jeffreycabanellas8113]

This band has the prettiest and best backup singers.I regret never having the chance to see and hear this angelic bunch of musicians .Maybe in the next life…

[@scottsil1060]

Was backstage at one show (of many?… think it was Camden in 06 or 07. Was standing around and I turned around and Carolyn was standing about 3 feet from me dead on. Was just stunned how perfect her face was.

[@andrewtrotter9023]

They’re still touring, without Walter and Cornelius of course. They just did a tour with the Eagles. I’ve seen them four times. Had tickets for Atlanta 2020 and Charleston 2022 but the shows were canceled.

[@ab348]

Cynthia Calhoun, Carolyn Leonhart, and the lovely Vicki Cave. Well they were all lovely, but I especially was fond of Ms. Cave.

[@SirWinstonBeech]

@@scottsil1060 Carolyn is beautiful. Sister of Michael the trumpet player. When I saw them last he had shaved his head, and Walt Weiskopf on tenor sax was also bald IIRC. A ways from the 70s look.

[@ronfrey5327]

Walter shining on what a shame about me. so Walter did bass first to get timing down and then mastered guitar. for the win. I finally really grasp how large Walter is to this blend of amazing and im silent at the loss while humbled to tears to hear this with new ears.

[@ab348]

The version of Home at Last here is killer. Don’t understand why it never made the DVD release unless they dropped it for the performance the next night. Walter’s guitar work is some of the best I ever heard him do and Michael Leonhart’s mute trumpet was great.

[@davidanthonylambert9533]

The 20+ years since this TV special have gone so quick... and yet it's like it's yesterday!

[@petergreenwood3615]

wow!! what a concert to stumble over, absolutely brilliant. so glad this was taped.

[@gordonorante509]

Good raw music!

[@mrsp3992]

Great music and such cool dudes!

[@dondoles4126]

Thank you so much for the excellent recording of the show . I have been a fan for almost 5 decades and also saw them throughout the the years. Rip Walter and Cornelius

[@andreatutrani]

It just doesn’t get any better than this. Nice job Dan 👌🏽 Thanks, keep ‘em coming 🎶👏🏽🔥

[@petefogel2133]

I was in the control room calling some of the shots with the director. It was a high school dream come true

[@philc9940]

Really nice charts, especially Do it Again.

[@Mattressinsptr]

I have this Two Against Nature DVD. Although video is a little darker the sound here is much better than my DVD.. Also a few extra songs that are not on my DVD. Thanks for sharing .

[@ssgoifvet]

Dude... thanks for this...

[@petefogel2133]

There were tapes stolen out of a locked room that was left open in between the two nights of taping. West of Hollywood was one of the songs that was taken. Since they played 2 nights of identical setlists, they did have another version of the songs stolen.

[@henryvanbaalen1034]

Wow, fantastic. Wasn't able to go to their show in S. Florida this time and I am really bummed.

[@jml-rj5re]

Dan - you are the man!

[@twoblacklabs904]

Awesome upload Dan. Thanks so much. I immediately added it to my SD live show watchlist. ✌🏼

[@inversemedia]

Thanks Dan for posting this. I wish we had more SD isolated tracks to hear how nuanced everyone is, the program mix here by PBS is not so balanced (Donald's Rhodes has some really loud moments but those reveal what he's accenting, same with the wonderful backup singers). As Donald pointed out this was a "made for TV" thing, and as such comes with a whole different dynamic... I love the making of AJA DVD where Walter and Donald pull the faders up and down (with engineer Roger Nichols) and comment about their original thoughts composing each part...

[@djbelc01]

I'm also a big fan of exploring the multitrack recordings of different artists and hearing how all the parts come together, so it's a shame there is very little of that available in the Steely Dan world.

[@willb5571]

thank you Dan b🤗👍🤝☮️

[@kencollier7672]

Jus smilin here.

[@cybercamp2900]

Thanks for the upload ✌🏼 I am. Long time fan… and never heard this🙏🏻

[@jimmc2990]

Jon Herrington’s guitar work is impeccable. So damn tasty.

[@holding53]

One of the cool things about this video is you can finally see they are human and have flaws in performance, but are still fabulous musicians. Their records are so perfect it's just short of prissy. Live, the are like any other great musician.

[@karlsnow5281]

SD live is always good and somewhat rare. It was with Walter anyway. My old habits kick up for awhile for a show nowadays.

[@gypsycat11]

I wish I couldve sang with this band way back when!❤

[@stickysat]

Thanks a lot for all the work and sharing Dan ! :)

[@The101stEagle]

Damn, the syncopation is just awesome. Doing it live !

[@jml-rj5re]

What a Shame About Me - I've never heard it live. It's a live wire! Love it.

[@steviegaga]

What a great gem, along with your entire site. Thank you so much - my favorite band after The Beatles! (I’m 70 & still rockin’!)

[@paulmoran3482]

Simply wonderful 🎼👌

[@ricok987]

I've seen SD numerous times and after 2 Against Nature Becker and Fagan had the proverbial light bulb go off in their head that playing live wasn't a bad thing at all like they originally thought. In fact, even though they were perfectionists in making the best recordings that were possible in the studio, getting feedback from live audiences that actually buy the records is more valuable than the original song concepts they perceived. For example, in the past 10 years the backup singers sing the lead on Dirty Work. For King of the World the Horn Section covers the Synth Lead. By making subtle changes in arrangements, or instrumentations it make each piece performed more interesting because you can identify the difference to the original recordings. If you are a SD fan you should own a copy of every one of their original recordings, and know them in depth. When you hear them live you will detect slight changes made to each piece, even from one year to the next.

[@SirWinstonBeech]

I've had all of the original albums since the 70s. When I got my tickets to see them at the Taft in 2009, I had a month to prepare my brain and I put all the original CDs in the car and listened to them all the deep cuts, what not. So when I went to the concert I knew every song. I have seen the girls do Dirty Work every time. I don't think they ever did Brooklyn, another song that featured David Palmer on lead vocal. As an amateur (very amateur) musician I love to get up close and watch the band. People look at me weird when I go to see my friend's band in a bar and sit up front and order Pepsi and chicken wings (I have been sober a long time) and even buy the the band a round. I'm there for the music and the musicians. Oh yeah that band which is now defunct did a ripping fast version of Bodissattva.

[@tomdavey4001]

So slick, Gaslighting Abbie is a bad-ass tune 😎

[@Mrsplanetmaster9]

I can't believe it took me 2 years to plug this video..as always great Dan Bro 🎉

[@kjisnot]

If you have a surround sound system get this DVD and run it in DTS.

[@JohnWilmerding]

OK! :-)

[@DaveEppel]

AMAZING TUNES!!!!

[@richardburnette5151]

Simply awesome.

[@lewismaddox4132]

Are you "bleeping" kidding me? They come in like a house band while people are still polishing off the prime rib and the escargot en croute and then clear their throats. You might wanna listen up! This might be good!

[@lindywelch2613]

Close to Heaven.

[@a.michaeledwards7642]

This is better than the PBS doc of this great event. PBS editors missed 14 superior clips…

[@hihopeseveryday]

Man, I wanna play with this band, damn!

[@recordrabbit]

Thanks for posting!

[@RealBesty]

I prefer this first night’s performance to the second, plus I like the vibe of the cameras finding positions and the boom attacking the backing vocalists!

[@Ajaunte_]

Oh I missed that. When did that happen?😆

[@RealBesty]

@@Ajaunte_ 58:46 during Deacon Blue :)

[@Ajaunte_]

@@RealBesty oh my god😆😆 This camera crew is something else!

[@RealBesty]

@@Ajaunte_ It pays to rehearse!

[@manoloferrer2619]

Great...as always...!!!

[@SirWinstonBeech]

I saw Dan live in 2009, 2011, 2014, and 2016 more or less the same lineup. Herington is amazing because he has to get up there and be Denny Dias, Elliott Randall, Skunk Baxter, and Larry Carlton all in one. And seeing them live, got to see what a great guitar player Walter was. Most of the time he was overshadowed by the session guitarists and relegated to rhythm and bass, but live he really shines. I was surprised at the first concert that Donald wasn't the main keyboard player. He was big into the harmonium at the time. As much as I love Aja, Royal Scam, and all that came before - my favorite mood song is Time Out Of Mind. It had been three years and I wasn't sure Steely Dan would ever put out another album. December of 1980, I was driving back to the office in a light snow and Time Out Of Mind came on the radio. And I knew everything was going to be all right. When I went to the concert in 2009 they started by playing the full Aja album set - the next song after was Time Out Of Mind. I got to see that song live three more times, as well as do a playalong CD and solo on the bari sax with it. While Aja is kind of like a hit of original Kid Charlemagne acid (never experienced it except in the music) Time Out Of Mind is like a fix of heroin. Something else I've never done but I've gotten the IV in the emergency room a few times once when I crashed my lawn tractor and really banged myself up. The ER nurse came in and I was thinking "Throw out the hardware, let's do it right" lol... My drinking and drugging days are decades behind me and no desire to ever go back there - I just let The Dan, Pink Floyd, the Stones, the Beatles, Boston, Yes... I let them take me back and soothe my brain.

[@steelyd2]

I really enjoyed reading you reminisce about anticipating their albums coming out. I wasn’t alive at the time so I always wondered what was going on after Aja in 77 that it took over 3 years for their next album to come out whereas before they were putting one out every year. Of course we later find out there were a multitude of problems going on that pushed the release of Gaucho back. Walter came home to find his girlfriend dead from a heroin overdose and then her family sued Becker citing he got her into drugs, Walter was also hit by a cab crossing the street in New York and was badly injured and in the hospital for a while, an assistant engineer famously erased what was going to be the big song and most likely single from the upcoming album (the now infamous “Second Arrangement”) etc. they were also sued by Keith Jarret because the title track sounded so much like one of his songs and they ended up having to give him writing credit. by the time they finished Gaucho and released they were both understandably exhausted and agreed to part ways for a while. Anyways, I could go on and on forever Just FYI on stage Donald plays a Fender Rhodes electric piano, it’s an instrument they (along with a few others) made famous because it sort of became a trademark of their sound. A harmonium is an acoustic keyboard instrument very similar to an accordion only instead of pumping the bellows side to side to push air over the reeds like in an accordion, a harmonium has a hand pumped bellows so you basically pump the air with one hand and play the keys with the other, quite different than an electric piano. I hate to be a stickler but figured I’d correct you on that. Because he has to sing, he leaves most of the heavy lifting keyboard work to the second keyboard player. If you watch early performances with the original lineup from 72-73 he’s the only keyboard player on stage (and on the records) in 74 they added the famous Michael McDonald to the band to sing backup vocals and play secondary keyboards but Donald was still the main keyboard player with usually a piano, electric piano and synthesizer on stage. By pretzel logic they started bringing in guests and session musicians to handle a lot of the parts and so Fagen didn’t play as many of the keyboard parts but would still throw in a synth solo or two per record. Interestingly when they made their final album “Everything Must Go” in 2003, we saw them return to playing a lot of their own parts in the studio. Becker played bass on every song which he hadn’t done in ages, as well as all of the lead guitar work and he even sings lead on one song and Fagen played the majority of the keyboard parts switching between piano, electric piano, organ, etc and playing a handful of amazing synthesizer solos (His synth solos on Green Book and Lunch with Gina are incredible). Fagen was also more involved in the actual recording because he’s also credited with horn arrangements, production, he’s even credited with playing percussion on a bunch of tracks. Sorry for the long post once I get started talking about this band I could go on forever

[@rc.8324]

​@steelyd2 NO, please go on! I was actually sad your post ended, I really would have loved your take on Becker & Fagen personal differences or should I say disagreements? I don't know if it's just my cop mentality but I really sensed a slight tension between the two with the comments, grunts, sighs and facial expressions when each other spoke.....what did you think?

[@ufra07]

love it - thx

[@marlapeak2833]

Is Donald a vampire? The dude doesnt age and look at those incisors

[@Universityofvinyl]

Hella yes!

[@marimbadearco]

just magnificent. Check out how cameraman gets bored or something and starts walking all over stage on Deacon Blues, doing real close ups, until a little TOO close at 587:47. And with the amazing Chris Porter on tenor, who went on to be the major figure he is in jazz. What a freakin band

[@cesardefigueiredo4787]

magnifico

[@patrickroche3366]

Thank you

[@markreiser1898]

Shockingly few hits, missed opportunity for the masses. Actually feeling a wee bit exclusive company. DanMan

[@snakeanthony11]

west of hollywood is on fucking fire

[@cjshardcorepunkmusicvault8474]

Outstanding. The mix in this is so much better than the original special. I would love to know where you get all this amazing content? I love unedited footage of concerts. As tight as this performance is I just seems to miss the energy that Keith Carlock brought with his next level drumming on past concerts.

[@djbelc01]

The majority of the boots I have come from either The Traders Den, or from other KZbin videos.

[@lorinrichman6001]

Steely Dan cannot be touched. Not musically or lyrically.

[@evanprofant]

Couldn’t have said it any better. My favorite group. All elite musicians have played for them for decades. Crazy…

[@meecob]

Love how captain fuck butt stands in the way as they're introduced. Best band ever

[@ronfrey5327]

OMF Donald is singing like the reed on Bumpus Sax during home at last nodding back to Bumpus. making his voice break like the reed. and WALTER GEEZ LOUISE bowing like a monk here.. YOU HEAR THAT ??? YOU FEEL THIS ?

[@JohnWilmerding]

Oh, yes! So reedy! :-)

[@rallen256]

wow!!!!

[@gypsycat11]

Gooo Ricky!😅

[@Gratefulcassady]

Nice

[@estesrothenberger5356]

Musical geniuses

[@sebread7047]

Have you got this uncompressed audio available anywhere? Many thanks for your work and the great upload

[@djbelc01]

Send me an email, djbelc01 (AT) gmail (DOT) com

[@scottsil1060]

As good as anything I’ve heard … think it’s sounds more lively than Plush. Was there both nights…first row the first night in front of DF and last row (8th??😂😂) the second. Had seen all the Lone Star and Hades shows but was nothing like having the real full band in a tiny venue. Damn time flies …

[@andersanders5950]

Super

[@achoden306]

I love these remastered Steely Dan concerts, except I have to say this one sucked with all the interruptions and distractions by the film producer and crew. The best part though was when Walter Becker quipped, "I seem to be soloing through some kind of cinematic gang bang."

[@djbelc01]

This one is not a normal concert due to the way they filmed the special, so it kind of sticks out like a sore thumb in that regard. But on the other hand, it's kind of fun to get a bit of that behind-the-scenes view of things.

[@cjshardcorepunkmusicvault8474]

Completely disagree. This is a rare look at a legendary band filming a special that will be chopped up to make it "TV worthy".

[@danl.909]

Laid back (it's a rehearsal, after all) but still great.

[@MG-jw6uy]

No static at all 🎸🎹🎺🎷🎤

[@ronfrey5327]

CAN HEAR THE LYRICS MY SON 30 YEARS UNDER ME SAID OH I HEAR THEM DISTINCTLY >>>Dan Belcher this means you win the internet and the pbs mastering person should take notes on how to be even better.. EVERY SECOND OF THIS IS BLISS.. I CAN NOW DISCERN WALTERS GIANT PLAYING HOLY BLACK COW THIS IS THERAPY

[@tomdavey4001]

29:02 Walter approves

[@richalderson6069]

Don seems a bit grumpy here but it's a great show anyway.

[@djbelc01]

I'd imagine he was pretty on edge since they were filming, a little extra pressure!

[@jordanmichelman484]

God they were hot on these nights - the Gaslighting Abbie smokes

[@JohnWilmerding]

Definitive. Incisive. Superlative.

[@dennismurry6552]

Aside from his formidable musicianship, Mr. Fagan is a poet of the first order, I daresay even more incisive in his observations of life in the second half of the American century than Dylan who was nearly a decade older. Will future generations produce the musicians necessary to perform these American classics or will these songs only exist in recorded form? I don't want to give short shrift to Mr. Becker as his contributions were significant I'm sure. But I have to believe that the Steely Dan impulse/wellspring originates in the mind soul and spirit of Donald Fagan.. I still remember the time and place I first heard Do It Again erupt from the radio. More than a half century later, no art touches me as closely or deeply as does this Steely Dan body of work, not even that of the revered Beatles. This music/poetry is as American as can possibly be. What a shame about the current state of popular music. Thank God for SD.

[@djbelc01]

If you listen to Walter Becker's solo albums and compare it to Donald Fagen's solo albums, I think you'll find Steely Dan's lyrics were most likely more evenly split between the two than most would assume.

[@dennismurry6552]

@@djbelc01 Perhaps you're right. I can definitely allow for that possibility.

[@steelyd2]

@@dennismurry6552I think we can certainly look at the solo work to see that Becker was quite a wordsmith while Fagen was clearly more talented musically. Something interesting to note as well were when a bunch of cool things auctioned off by Beckers estate after his death, included in those artifacts were numerous handwritten lyrics by Walter himself which leads me to believe (purely anecdotally of course) that when they weren’t together, Donald was at the piano writing music and Becker was scribbling down interesting lyrics in his notebook

[@GregBeaulieu-c3t]

I think we can all agree that Cousin Dupree was an inexplicable mistake on 2VN. Otherwise those cuts here are pretty good. West of Hollywood started off bumpily but caught fire partway through. Home At Last here is fabulous. Unfortunately I think they hired the camera operators off the street as they were not good.

[@ChromaticHarp]

I’m glad to hear that Steely Dan’s demos sucked as bad as mine :)

[@Highhillcountry]

Lennon & McCartney? Naw! Becker and Fagan…