Brian and Murdock get sent looking for stories of out-of-control album creations and come back with the tale of Walter, Donald, 3 years, 50 musicians, a drug problem, a tragic death, and a personal injury - aka Gaucho.

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SHOW NOTES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steely_Dan

Reelin in the Years book by Brian Sweet: https://www.amazon.com/Steely-Dan-Reelin-Brian-Sweet/dp/1468313142

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Steely_Dan_members

https://www.lindahoovermusic.com/bio

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countdown_to_Ecstasy

Quantum Criminals book preview: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Quantum_Criminals/JPi0EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 

Die Behind the Wheel Crime Fiction:

​​https://downandoutbooks.com/bookstore/thornton-die-behind-wheel/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aja_(album)

Jonathan Clark’s Medium article: https://medium.com/@jonathanusa/the-crazy-story-of-the-making-of-steely-dans-gaucho-e4e7d68651e5

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaucho_(album)

The Jake Malooley reporting on “The Second Arrangement”

https://expandingdan.substack.com/p/second-arrangement-steely-dan-roger-nichols-tape

https://wiki-lied.fandom.com/wiki/The_Second_Arrangement

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Nichols_(recording_engineer)

https://rogernichols.com/wendel

https://bangnzdrum.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-many-sides-of-walter-becker.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Becker

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/steely-dans-quiet-hero-inside-walter-beckers-troubled-life-wry-genius-199094/

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/steely-dan-most-tragic-album/

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