Flashback 2019: Donald Fagen and band impress
Lincoln, CA- New Jersey native and surviving core member of the famed Steely Dan, Donald Fagen strolled across the stage at Thunder Valley to enthusiastic applause just before 8:00 pm last night just as band finished out a tasteful jazz intro. It only got better from there.
Our initial reservations of seeing Steely Dan, sans Walter Becker who passed away in 2017 were eased with a tasteful setlist and an exceptionally gifted 12-piece band. An impressive homage to a musical legacy extending back to 1972, fans embraced the nostalgia with impromptu group singing and dancing session breaking out around the venue.
Steely Dan Setlist
- Jazz Intro (band)
- Black Friday
- Kid Charlemagne
- Hey Nineteen
- Peg
- Black Cow
- Deacon Blues
- Rikki Don’t Lose That Number
- My Old School
- Aja
- Bodhisattiva
- Reelin’ in the Years
For fans in attendance, the opportunity to see Steely Dan under late summer’s full moonlit sky of Friday the 13th might just be considered one entertaining stroke of good luck.
