Tribute to Steely Dan. Top 5 Guitar Solos.

[@senseiruss]

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!

[@DreamsongsProductions]

Well done! Love Steely Dan!

[@allenmahan9393]

*KILLER!* _Nailed it!_ 🎸😮🤘Gotta guve it up for "Bodhisattva," to boot! 💪🤠💡

[@allancerf9038]

I thought Larry sounded a little unconvincing trying to rock on Guitar 5. All his other stuff is more accomplished. I also feel number 3 is by far the best in the catalog. All 5 are pretty damn good! When you hear the milkman whistling your song, as a Beatle said, you know it's memorable. When the the general public can hum for quite an extended period of time, a guitar solo, you have "something to say" to quote Les Paul. The public can hum the Reelin' in the Years solo. P.S. - Outstanding playing.

[@MichaelDoran-gh6pv]

Thank you so much. Brings Dan back....

[@dougvolinski5824]

Superb work Kelly, thank you again and again!

[@peterevans8598]

Simply incredible ! Love this ! Thank you

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

@@peterevans8598 cheers Peter, thanks!

[@limpeacock573]

Nicely done, Sir. Excellent!

[@shawnchadwick4943]

Incredible job on these sir!

[@ronl3793]

Fantastic Kelly, What a way to start the day...Thank you.

[@Pedro_MVS_Lima]

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!

[@ToB10ya]

That was fun, thank you! I subscribed! If I ever pick up the guitar again, I will give a listen to your great channel.

[@russbeard3665]

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.

[@MackAxyzz]

...FYI jimmy page is on record as saying that's one of the best guitar solos ever

[@pcn267]

Welp Kelly ya did it again,nice job and credit for your determination to get these creations done so well thanx Kelly!

[@qquark99]

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!

[@dwaynejessome1728]

Awesome episode KDA! So many favourites to choose from, but Reelin' In the Years just has a special spot with me

[@bpaakwaan7325]

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 !

[@abreug2]

Wow!! I been playing guitar for 45 years and still cannot pull off all those SD solos!! Awesome video you did 👍😎

[@RocketBoy1969]

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!

[@paullavallee1631]

Great work, well played Kelly

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

Thanks Paul!

[@drothberg3]

Steely Dan has some of the best guitar work in existence. The only one of these that I’ve learned in its entirety is Kid Charlemagne, which is a beast, and as you said, Larry Carleton’s mastery of playing beautiful melodies over complex chord changes is unmatched. I wish you had done the outro as well; it’s also awesome and shows Larry playing great stuff over less demanding changes.

[@gravics]

You are a boss, sir. That was enjoyable.

[@Galaxygacha-ir5ko]

Superb!

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@dennisdezelic9760]

Fantastic playing!

[@damianoehme5391]

Is there nothing you can't play? Brilliant work!

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

Thanks mate!

[@Pat-nl4wk]

Excellent! Also, bringing back my childhood days of the early to mid 70’s!

[@340ACP]

Amazing solos, you are an incredible guitar player

[@DavidTSR2]

Brilliant playing sir.

[@davidbidwell734]

Great video, thanks

[@markreiser1898]

Let’s do this again…and again! Well done

[@johnklein4558]

Absolutely NAILED “Don’t Take Me Alive” !!

[@MackAxyzz]

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

[@shawmcveigh7448]

Kid Charlie!! Been trying to play that for about 4 years now! Defeltifly difficult. Great job!!

[@jamespitman3357]

fav band from my much younger days and still the tunes sound enjoyable - great playing as always - too clever

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

I was too much of a metalhead in MY younger days. Didn't care for Steely Dan. Absolutely love them now.

[@srwaite7]

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! 👍🏻🎸🖖🏻

[@Iron_Maniac]

Please do more of these!

[@adariussartz2859]

#3 was the #1 solo

[@markbaum9615]

Way to peg Peg..... Great list...missed a few... Then they recieved honorable mention Excellent playing per usual...KDA

[@meljohnson5579]

My Friday has started off Rocking😊

[@eddiejr540]

Of course the playing was stellar but you nailed the tones…well done my man 👍

[@alwaysright3718]

F'ing awesome...

[@Vvvggffhhyrgki]

As someone going through Bodhisattva at the moment there is a serious lack of lessons on how to get to all those notes in the solo, but honestly the whole song is a blast to play through on guitar. Denny Dias just throws so many notes at you that it's hard to remember. So yeah a tutorial on that one and My Old School would be amazing

[@sbconsult]

Interesting bit of trivia on the Elliot Randall, Reelin' in the Years intro solo. What's on the record is the 2nd take. Elliot said he did a better take on his first try, but they thought he was just warming up and didn't hit Record. Oops! Wouldn't it be cool to hear that 1st take?!

[@josephlenz4648]

I love your video. And you're playing as well. There are so many to choose from that any five people might have five lists. Personally, my favorite is the background guitar and solo in the new frontier. Yes that's Fagen Not steely Dan. Still, I'd like to see what you could do with that noodling relaxed yet highly focused guitar part. Sounds acoustic, but I doubt that it is.

[@jimmuller]

Good job. You're the hardest working guy on KZbin. Any idea on how to add bookmarks below to divide things up?

[@GuiitarBilly]

‘Aja’ is pronounced with a long A for the first syllable: aye jah. Like it’s sung in the song. Fagen pronounces ‘Bodhisattva’ : bow dis at vah

[@OldGuySailing]

And once again you play them flawlessly!! Bravo 👏 Did I mention how much I hate you 😂😂😂 Fantastic as always ❤

[@garybanks8157]

Waiting for my old school 🤗

[@edzappia2892]

Nice. My old school?

[@jamesmay1500]

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

[@Malady]

Make a part 2 video with 5 more!

[@Chilajuana]

What backing tracks are you playing against or are you just muting the lead guitar track? Great tutorial!!!!!

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

Just backing tracks I found on KZbin.

[@user-hg8ql3ew3u]

Did one of those guitars say "This machine kills fascists" on it? Great tribute to Woody.

[@johnklein4558]

Not wanting to take anything away from Larry Carleton who is absolutely amazing …However….The #1 (IMHO) should be the solos from “My Old School”

[@bigsidable]

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.

[@casparuskruger4807]

Steely --not Stealy

[@eddiejr540]

I’ve been working on “Do it Again” off and on for about 5yrs…still don’t have it😡

[@anthonyangelis1094]

🎸 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🎸

[@GaryBook]

Don’t Take me Alive Rikki Don’t Lose That Number Reelin in the Years Peg Kid Charlemagne

[@briancoyne8815]

Bo-dih-ZAHT-va

[@swaxesarlschweiz]

What about Bodhisattva ? ;-)

[@casparuskruger4807]

Amongst his honorable mentions closing out the video

[@beameup64]

Jay Gradon is the best track

[@Acrocanthosaurus]

3 is number 1 and the one you have at one shouldn't even be on a list. Simply too many notes.