NPR On Donald Fagen and His New Album

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Donald Fagen Goes the Solo Route

World Cafe, April 17, 2006 · Jazz-pop pioneer and Steely Dan frontman Donald Fagen has a new solo album, Morph the Cat. And to support the CD's release, Fagen is doing something he has rarely done before: Tour as a solo act.

Fagen's new album represents the final work in a trilogy that he started in 1982. The lyrics are classic Fagen, with dark overtones and surprising concepts, including the impending-alien-attack theme of "Mary Shut the Gate."

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I listened to the first part of the trilogy, The Nightfly, yesterday on the drive back and forth to baseball practice. Still great after 24 years.

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