Skunk Baxter Rikki Don't Lose That Number
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- Jeff "Skunk" Baxter performs Rikki Don't Lose That Number live at the NAMM Show 2016 TEC Awards in Anaheim, CA. Featuring Kipp Lennon on vocals, Nathan East on bass, CJ Vanston on keys and the Larry Batiste 2Cold Chili Bone TEC Band.
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I was born in 1960 and I'm a Black woman who has loved music since I was able to hear. Good Music has no race, time or age. I just love great songs and appreciate true artists. Music really does wonders for our souls. I heard this as a teenager. I'm 64 now, and I still love all of my 60's 70's and 80's music.
The pure joy on the stage washes over the live audience and us years later. This is a great example of music as medicine. Good for the soul.
The Lennon sisters brothers and cousins as Venice, you should also enjoy this with David Crosby whereby they nail it.
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Completamente de acuerdo contigo, nadie podía decirlo mejor, tuvimos la suerte de vivir en primera persona esa época maravillosa, te deseo lo mejor, saludos.
Said so beautifully!!! So true!!!
Amen @elena2426. I am 65 & they just don't make music like this anymore
Who’s listening in May 2024?
Heck yeah I’m 70 and digging this. Drinking my Kratom tea and chilling!
I am for sure. Skunk is I think in his 70s in age bringing that unique steely dan sound for this tribute.. it is beautiful.
Here... 50 mi. N of Mexico on the W side of the Colorado River.
Midnight Cruiser and Any Major Dude would be cool, too...
June 2024. Fantastic song and a great cover.
June. On a loop. This is just great.
I am 81 years old and still love this. Keeps my blood flowing!
This vocalist harnessed his inner Donald Fagen and freaking nailed it !! This entire performance by all involved is utterly fantastic
It really blew my mind. Just such a great job at it. I was like... no. Donald doesn't look anything like this... lol.
First call for Steely Dan stand-in vocals is Kip Lennon, younger sib of The Lennon Sisters who, as if 2023, are still with us in their 80’s and 90’s. 😊
You mean Jackson Browne? 😮
I didn’t know Kevin Sorbo had such good pipes! 😂
@@BLenz-114 Kevin Sorbo ie Hercules always had the "Pipes" LOL
Who is listening to this absolute classic with me in 2020?!
My all time favorite!!
@@slapshot1978 hell yeah
I just discovered it too! Listened to it about ten times! Intro is fantastic!
@@Enforcement1Law it's tremendous!
One of my favorites !
I was born in 63. I simply cannot believe the quality of music that was produced during my lifetime. IMHO the musicianship and evolution of music from the 60s through the 90s was one of the most prolific periods of music ever. Just my .02. I feel lucky to have heard all the music I have in my life. And most of all, as thank all the musicians in the world for giving us this gift. Now I'll bugger off. Thanks for reading my rant.
Ditto...Ditto...Ditto!
Your right on the money.
Born in 59 and agree with you 100% !!
Damn cool statement of thanks! I certainly understand your feelings and I agree with them. We are indeed fortunate to have lived through the rock and roll era!👍🙏
Agree. Born same year.
Dear god, we were so lucky. The sound track of my generation.
Absolutely!!
Kipp Lennon really nailed it. This is one of my favorite songs. I love Steely Dan.
Agreed!
My favorite is My old school and just watched Leonid and Friends Chicago tribute band nail it❤❤❤
yeah your other 500 sock accounts already made that point
No auto tune. No pre recorded tracks. Real musicians really playing their instruments. Pure artistry.
go figure....
@@leegmc1985 get your info together bud!
Pure Talent and years of practice. Unlike slothful punks relying on computers and smart devices. Stealing samples because cheating is easy.
This lazy, ungrateful, entitled generation, addicted to technology, drugs, sex, Apps, and all manner of perversions, want All the rewards but without the work or study. Its why I quit giving music lessons.
i love steely dan, but this is reactionary prattle, 'GET OFF MY LAWN" old nerd rhetoric. sad!
Wonderful
You know, the older I get the more relevant these songs become. They are soundtrack of our lives. Yes, we were so very fortunate.
Agreed 100%
Funny, but I didn't really care much for this song when it came out. Must have had wax build up in my ears, or been too high. Probably both. LOL
@@jstnxprsn It felt like "Pop" music back then. A lot of good music did until years later. Heaven forbid we should listen to Pop. I still detest most pop music, but some how M@M and Snoop Dog sound pretty good these days, too. Perhaps as we grew older or minds open up. At least, I'd like to think that.
@@dannysnarski2469 Now that statement is possibly the most sensible thing I've ever read on CZcams.Offhand it "feels" very right. I'm way less judgemental than when I was younger. I have to add that excessive airplay certainly contributed to the dislike of some music, too. Thanks Danny. Happy Holidays.
@@jstnxprsn @Danny Snarski Think about it, what is pop music when you break it down? When this came out in '74 there was some really bad pop music so granted this was considered pop, it was intellectual pop and perfect for a line, some shrooms or a big bong hit. Glad I survived that stretch of my teen years and continued to listen to Steely Dan even when my friends gave me shit about it. Now most of those old friends figured out that Steely Dan was real music and bands like Kiss sucked, by comparison, on their best day:)
@@picardmadeoff1068 Great comment. I should have explained that I was and am still a huge SD fan. Jst this one song bothered me at the time as it didn't seem up to their usual standards. The more I think about it, the more I think I was having a negative reaction to too much radio play.
Happy Holidays to you guys!!!
Happy 50th Rikki! And thank you, Skunk, for the guitar solo that set the standard for all Dan guitar solos to follow. I promise you that I've been looping those 35 glorious seconds through my head, note for note, the entire fifty years since I first heard them.
Amen ❤
We were so spoiled. I thought this sound was just okay… we were in the best era of human existence when it came to musical creativity.
It can be beaten some decades in the future… but for our lifetimes, let’s just say that we were blessed.
We were blessed.
Kipp Lennon is the real star here. It is incredibly difficult to do what is essentially an immitation of another singer - without drawing attention to it. Typically it is distracting for the listener who is preoccupied with making comparisons to the original. Not only is he spot-on in his sound, it comes off as a completely natural and effortless performance. Many would assume it was Fagan if listening only.
I like how Kip sings the choruses
Kip did a fantastic job !
For the uninitiated, I don't think they could tell a difference.
its amazing
FAGEN IS AN AMAZING MUSICIAN BUT KIP SANG THIS AS WELL IF NOT BETTER.
Eerie
One 7 transistor AM radio made in japan, one 9 volt battery, you had the world in the palm of your hands!
I can still smell those radios
@@angelominutillo9571 I know exactly what you mean. I can smell the solder melting as i repaired them back in the 60's and 70's. Melting the wax seals on the tuning coils.
@@angelominutillo9571 The sweet smell of being on top of the world. How many times did you check the battery with your tongue?
ka9radio ...........memories are made of this🤓
I miss that simplicity....
To fill out the family tree, the backing vocalists at 2:13 (L-R) are lead vocalist Kipp Lennon's brother Pat and cousins Mark and Mike Lennon. Kipp and Pat are the younger brothers of The Lennon Sisters from TV's "The Lawrence Welk Show." The seated vocalist is Rick Livingstone, former member of the 1990 supergroup, The Best, that also included Baxter, Joe Walsh, Keith Emerson, Simon Phillips and John Entwistle.
Thank you. People keep posting that Kipp is Jackson Browne. :(
Just a note: Kipp, Pat, and Mark Lennon were live vocalists in Roger Waters world tour, THE WALL, five or six years ago.
Great job by Kip Lennon on vocals! Way to stay true to it and make it your own at the same time! That's artistry, my friend.
I 💘 kipp Lennon
A cada ano que passa me sinto uma pessoa de muita sorte por estar presenciado esses grandes músicos 🙌🤗👏👏👏👏
I agree! Never heard of him, though. What's his background?
@@carlsaganlives5112 He's the youngest brother of the Lennon Sisters and part of Venice the Band with his brother Pat and cousins Mark and Mike. They are featured in the video too.
65+ here and I've yet to hear anything close to the perfection and precision Steely Dan has injected into our souls. "Every Steely Dan song I hear immediately becomes my favorite!"
First album I ever bought myself was "Can't Buy A Thrill", in 1972, at age 12.
Same here, but 63.
Im 68 and that song ALWAYS stops me what IM doing and I start ROCKIN!
Great music
So true. I passed it on to my daughter. We saw them in Tampa in May 2018.
I’ve met Skunk a couple of times in recent years and I can tell you he just as passionate about serving our country as he is his music. A great Patriot and a great guitar virtuoso!
As I remember he worked at Lockheed for a while as a world situation trend predictor... wtvr.. he is a fking genius in many fields.
He is a very talented and valuable fella👍👍
Good to hear, most musicians are worthless libs!!!!
Was he in military
He loves his Philadelphia Freedom.
I have watched this literally 100's of times and never once does it fail to make me smile from the first note.
Artists at the very very top of their professions and loving every minute of what they are doing.
Proper musicians
But Skunk fucked up the solo...oh well nobodys perfect...
Agree. This production brings me chills, and memories of the first release of the song. The layers in this rendition are amazing.
@@stevehazlewood2960 The solo was fine dickhead.
@@stevehazlewood2960It's always a question at this type of show: do you play it studio perfect (i.e., what everyone wants to hear--what the entire band was doing), or do you 'continue to grow as an artist' and disappoint everyone, lol.
Wonderful song, wonderful musicians!
I'm really impressed with Kipp's vocals on this song.
Not only is Kip a tremendous soloist and backup singer, but he can sound like almost anybody what he wants to. It's nice to see people recognizing his talent. I know Jeff Baxter was incredibly impressed with his vocal skills.
....he did an exquisite job......very haunting...time stood still....
It is INEXPLICABLE that the entire country doesn't know Kipp, Marky, Mike and Pat by name. They only have 40 songs as good as this Steely Dan classic.
yep awesome
That’s my brother Jaydon Bean on the drums!! 😍
Related to Richard Bean of Malo?
He does a fine job on this song .
Anybody know who the backup singers are?
@@utapao74 Those are the Lennon boys, brothers of the lead singer Kip Lennon
@@picardmadeoff1068 Thanks!
TEARS. IM 56 AND MY MOM GOD REST HER AMAZING BEAUTIFUL SOUL WOULD LOOSE HER MIND WHEN THIS CAME ON THE CAR RADIO. AND THE SUMMERS AT NORTHAMPTON BEACH THIS SONG ON HER BELOVED GE AMFM RADIO. I CAN SMELL THE BEACH AND TANNING OIL THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH GOR THE MOMENTS AND YOUR MUSIC
STEELY DAN, PAT METHENY GROUP TIMELESS AND THERE ARE OTHERS TO BE CONTINUED!
Thanks Ed, not sure what to say except we all have something going on...lots of hurt broken by a few lovely moments....seems life
Edward Heins It’s a great bittersweet memory. 💞
Why do people post this sob story shit?
@@evanneal7604 Stop!
This is the most amazing cover. Kip nails it! Oh....and Skunk!
Kip you’re as good as they come. Thank you for all your work over the years. Well done. Skunk you’re still one of the greatest lead guitarist who ever played. Love all your music.
Kipp seems to enjoy every syllable like tasting a very fine old wine. What a pleasure to watch…
Andrej, you are absolutely correct - These Steely Dan songs are like fine bottles of wine - every one of them is different and special. And the time and effort that went into recording them is legendary. This is an excellent live cover of the song. Every instrument and break in the song is spot on. The lead singer does a great job, but he is only slightly missing the lower vocal range that Fagan has, and Fagan has a tendency to overemphasize the enunciations of the words in areas of the song. Also, during the chorus, Fagan sings the lower harmony and the backup singers sing the higher parts. In this version the lead singer does not go low. So the vocals are missing a little of the bottom of the original version. Great job nonetheless....
Wow I had to check if Donald Fagan actually sang the original like I had always known(back of the record) Kip made it sound awesome 👍
Kipp pays tribute to the song for sure. Love it!
🥰
Nathan East setting back their just smiling and killing it on bass.
Was N.East on the original recording? S.D. used (and still do) so many different musicians.
@@bafattvahetere I think it was Walter Becker
Mr. East, one of the Greatest !!
@@steveharvey2772 It was Walter.
It was Walter and his rendition was better.
Nathan East on Bass! Sooo talented!!
agreed.. a mighty giant of the electric bass. check him out with Clapton doing "Can't Find My Way Home." goosebumps
OMG!!! F-ING AMAZING AND SOOOOOOO SPOT ON!!!! EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT!!!!!!
Always in the pocket
Am listening February 2024❤
Yep. Skunk Baxter is the most underrated guitarist ever. He is just amazing in the Midnight Special performances!!!!
Me, too. Takes the chill out of winter.
I'm listening in March 2024
@@mariarojas3931
Have a great day!!
I'm listening it in March -24 ❤
Professional musicians at the top of their game and talent on display. This is, simply put, how it is done.
Straight up
Impeccable Rendition One of my fave's
Nathan - in demand again - best bass player ever
Well said!
Yes Nathan East is really really cool.
Kipp Lennon does an excellent job as lead singer on this song. His version sounds exactly as the original version. Kipp is a talented performer with a great voice.
As Skunk himself duly noted at the end.
Unbelievable!!!
I really like his harmony during the chorus
He looks like kevin sorbo
EVERYONE on that stage is amazing. Kipp nails that vocal, and Skunk........! The entirety of this performance exceeds the definition of stunning. Wow, just wow!
Wow, this is incredible. Kipp's vocals are dynamite- so articulate
it ain't just Skunk , every one o those guys up there is a master
Yes
Totally!
The bass player is very accomplished
This is top notch - not some BS rendition!! Forwarding to my guitar genius son who 29.
Yeah....Nathan East is just a beast. You can throw him in any song with any line up knock it out of the park.
Nathan East. One of the greats of bass guitar
Nathans face says it all after Baxter nailed that famous guitar Solo! We did it!
@@doctorgarbonzo2525pop pop p pop poppp😊😊😊😊l
You bet …. He is a fantastic bass player…
I have to say that this song was on the radio so much that I didn't like it. Now, many years have passed and I am enjoying it for the great song it is.
Thank you steely dan.
Great performance . These guys are the cream of the crop . There is a lot of talent there on stage and off . How can you go wrong , with six part harmony rehearsed to perfection . I am an older semi retired player in my seventies , and being able to access all of the terrific video libraries of first class bands on line is sure a nice treat for an old guy like me , a real nice treat .
This is such a beautiful song, takes me back to being a kid in the summers growing up.
Goddamn we 70's kids were lucky ~ so much versatile great bands, such musicianship we grew up on.
Pray for today's youth, lol!
Yes !
Hell yeah! We scored!!!
I think that im close to your age most generations think their music was the best but in our case WE ARE RIGHT!
Damn Right! Nothing has been close. Peace and Love!!!
yes.. Conan ..old man England UK
It's strange watching these old dudes doing these songs again. It's kind of comforting because I'm the same age and to hear them sound just as good, or better makes me happy.
Annette!!!! I am in a garag4e band and we cant even play this complex song...love it though
As we were growing up it seemed inconceivable that rock n rollers could ever continue on and be relegated than oldie circuit like Chuck Berry and the way Ricky Nelson described it in "Garden Party" Then it seemed we would all haver to turn into country artists because at least they were able to continue on creating as they got older. But somewhere around the time that American Idol was ruining RnR a lot of the older cats said to hell with that here's what real music being played by real musicians sound and yes NOW looks like. Thank God for that too because while we were all looking down at sheet music and fretboards and keyboard keys back in the 60's and 70's the kids all started looking at their cell phones and most never bothered putting in all the hours and hours of hard work that it takes to even be a hack like myself. The thing about it too is with the way their minds are so sharp and operate on such an increased level of speed from years of playing video games some, if they applied themselves could really move the craft even further into the future. My son is a perfect example of that. He started out on The Beatles Rock Band which led him to piano lessons and in a years time his teacher could show him no more as he surpassed her level. I wish I would see more guitar cases in the hands of kids these days and less cell phone activity.
Yes he sounds great
Annette, I feel the exact same way. We had the best, and didn't realize it at the time.
....it makes me feel the way i felt when i was....15 maybe....i loved hearing the song on the radio...it was so unique...and ambiguous...is Rikki....a boy...or a girl......you tell yourself your'e not my kind...but you don't even know your mind...it's so 70s...and sexy...
that guitar lead still gives me chills... Magic
A load of old men (not unlike me) - making fabulous, polished music. Brilliant. And- my favourite bass player with all the right notes and a golden tone.
Holy crap. Kip Lennon sounds more like D. Fagan than D. Fagan. Every tiny nuance captured. Amazing job. Skunk not as fast or as clean as in his youth but good to see these old rockers still going at it. Love this Steely Dan Classic
I couldn’t disagree more. I think he’s trying to sound like fagan and it’s working to his detriment but a vocalist should never try to sound like another, it happens sometimes sure, but it shouldn’t be deliberate. The reason fagans voice works with steely Dan is a mystery. It’s arguably a voice that only he could make work which is what makes the band special. I think this guys sounds similar but doesn’t capture the steely Dan “magic”.
@@rantinghippie6796 The singer is also clearly out of tune at some notes, in the beginning is pretty clear for instance...But he was saved by the backing vocals and he knows it ! :-)
Skunk is one of the most under appreciated musicians ever.
I agree... Kip killed it... I do this song, and several other Steely Dan classics in a Piano Upright bass drums trio... I play upright and sing all the Steely Dan songs... I think I do a pretty good job, but not quite as good as Kip does... He nails it...
hahahaha so true kip fagen ,however baxter is better on the official one
Kipp Lennon is amazing, Skunk hasn't lost anything, but listen to the drummer. Just perfect to the original. Simply a great performance of this timeless Steely Dan classic.
...and Nathan....
He is the younger brother of the Lennon sisters.
Who's the drummer? He's excellent
The drummer was great, but not true to the original, and neither was Skunk on his own famous solo, but maybe they made those few slight changes on purpose. It was still an excellent performance.
Most people do not know this, years ago, Skunk wrote a letter and mailed it to a government intelligent agency. My middle bother was tasked with finding out how he knew the information he suggested in his letter. He was hired as a consultant and they are best friends to this day. Skunk is a certified genius.
DAMN!! Gave me chills!! One if the best pop/rock songs EVER.
Makes ALL contemporary music in 2023 sound like drivel!!
This is what happens when the BOYS come out to play!! 🙏👍❤️
Even after all of these years, Jeff Baxter still has the fingers and the chops.
And the mustache
Played pretty poorly on this though.
Such an under appreciated guitarist. Fantastic body of work and so subtle in his phrasing and licks.
@@LynchyVidz His Over drive sound and his clean sound were not balanced in volumes and it put him off when he went for the solo. He dropped a few notes in the transition.
I keep coming back to this. The song and the players, just brilliant!
Wow long time Dan fan but the lead vocalist is absolutely superb. Really impressive.
YES SKUNK GREAT THE LEAD SINGER MADE ME LOOK TWICE THOUGHT IT WAS FAGEN IN DISGUISE
I agree Villa boy.
If my eyes had been closed I would have had no reason to believe it was anyone but DF.
@@kennethshort2016 Totally agreed.
The vocalist here is Kipp Lennon, part of Venice the Band with his brother Pat and cousins Mike and Mark. They are featured in the video too.
Kipp Lennon lead singer on here, what a fantastic job he did x
I have watched this countless times. Never gets old.
I am so fortunate to have grown up in the 60's and 70's.... Best music ever! There have been some great songs over the years but overall.... It's songs like this that made my younger years so memorable. Thanks guys...
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@@allysonhanks7367 Friends are a treasured resource these days, so absolutely, your friendship is welcomed.
@@JavaRatusso Thank you David nice to met you here. I'm in Long Beach, what about you?
@@allysonhanks7367 Near Cleburne Texas.... How is it you just joined CZcams 3 days ago? No videos but already numbers of subscribers? Beauty attracts, I suppose.
It's my pleasure to meet you David. I have been on and off here for sometime now because of my busy schedule at work. I hope i can still be you friend?
Not sure why this song makes me cry these days. It just does. There's a heavy melancholy to it I never noticed before.
I agree, feels sad somehow
I noticed myself getting sentimental several years back. Music takes me on a new and different trip these daze!
I know what you mean and I think it has partially to do with the fact that the song is nearly 50 years old 😮, and has been in our collective conscious for a long time, this performance taking us back to our days of youth in a simpler time.
I remember the song hitting the air in 1974. It was the best tune on the radio for a long time. But....with AM radio over GM factory speaker the words get mashed and obliterated so you didn't get the actual lyrics. Even if I did know the real lyrics they would not have much meaning to a teenager. But as you age and accumulate life experience, good & bad & so-so, the lyrics take on a meaning you didn't see before through your young eyes.
Most of the rock/pop artists were 10 to 15 years older than me at the time. A 15 yr old just can't relate to the emotional expressions of a 30 yr old being told through music. Now that music quality has drastically changed (equip-wise) its easier to understand the lyrics and the subtlety of the music. Plus 50 years of life experience adds more meaning to the words.
You're far from alone, I suggest...
I close my eyes and, I'm back in the 70's on a warm Summers night.
Thanks for the memories.
So glad to have grown up with music like this. We played it in our home and my sons now 38 & 40 tell us they were fortunate enough to hear it and how much they appreciate it now.
Happy Family god bless
Crazy that Kipp can nail Fagen's vocals like that. Wow!
This stage holds some of the finest musicians ever to get together and perform. They are tight and professional as any band I have had the pleasure of hearing. I tip my hat!!
Thats for sure that was shit hot 🔥
So many people don’t look past the front man or the most popular person on the stage and don’t realize the talent that standing on the stage with them.
Most EXCELLENT! Love this new live version. The whole performance is spot-on. 100% agree with other posters on him we were so lucky to grow up in 60 70's 80's early 90's we still have the best music and real life talented singers and musicians. This was really good!
I try to listen to this almost every day. It reminds me of my youth and how important this era was for me.
Maybe we only realise as we age,just how brilliant the music from this era was…..words,musicians etc❤️…love this🥰
Played with the Doobies and the Dan, and he’s a rocket scientist, no he really is...what a guy.
He and Michael McDonald.
Jeff skunk Baxter is also a missile systems expert.
No he's not. You need a PhD or at least a Masters to properly study aeronautics and defense. He has some connections and his neighbor taught him some things.
Baxter noticed some similarities in recording and radio frequency controls. He wrote it up for a neighbor, who submitted it to a panel at NASA. They said 'Why no name? Is this from the Skunk Works"? Well, you could say that.
@@SharkMinnow You are so wrong for so many reasons. Read your own damn post and contemplate your idiocy. 'His neighbor taught him some things'. When I was a kid, I learned
Auto mechanics, Accounting, and Astronomy from my neighbors. And that's just the A's
Kipp Lennon absolutely brings this song in the best way possible, Nailing it is an understatement.
Ah yes the summer of my youth. At the beach as often as we could. I can still feel the sun on my shoulders.
I saw Kip sing with Ambrosia last year and he was fantastic. I love a singer who tries to capture the nuances of the original vocal. Great all around performance of all here.
Absolutely stunning. Made the hairs stand up and brought tears to my eyes remembering my youth
Memories of 1974, I was in the United States Marine Corps stationed at Camp LeJeune North Carolina. I had orders to transfer me to Okinawa for 13 months. It was so hard to say goodbye to my cute girlfriend. I remember our "last" kiss, then she cried like a baby. It broke my heart.
amen to that brother
me too
@ USMC 73-77 I surely hope she is still in your days. Went active USAF same year.
glad I'm not the only one that ended up with tears in eye eyes... some music just transports you... !
What a joy to listen to Skunk. So smooth, effortless, beautiful!
He purposefully took a low key role, playing to perfection, but not dramatically,.
That was wonderful, that song never gets old, what a treat to hear all these great musicians get together and Kipp sounds just as good as Donald.
Kipp Lennon has the best Donald Fagan voice in the world!
Big Steely Dan fan but never saw a picture of Donald Fagan, thought it was him. Great job. Wow
Steely Dan came out just as the music was beginning to fade in the 70's. They brought a jazz rock thing that hooked me from the beginning. Love them!
Steely Dan , Pablo Cruise, Steven Bishop, Jerry Rafferty, the Doobie Brothers, and Michael McDonald. All created gems of music that went beyond typical rock n’ roll
So glad I found this. The smiles on everyone's faces! Could watch and listen to this all day long.
Millions of true knowledgeable fans!!!! Most of the younger generation (you included) don't know that most songs today are 30 to 50 years old and have since been remastered/melodies/notes changed while retaining the original words/melody.! People who are knowledgeable in music always laugh at (usually younger and nonmusical) people when they hear a song and say wow that's a great NEW SONG when in fact the song is 30 to 50 years old and has been sung by 4 or 5 people/groups or singers during that time of which became a hit for one or two of the people singing/playing them. It will take time for you to really learn and appreciate music and the history of a song. Do you know how many bands/singers have covered this song?? Do you know the singers, do you know who Skunk Baxter is????? Clueless. Don't worry as you age you will eventually understand far better than you do now.! Enjoy!
Lead singer Kipp Lennon is amazing! Perfect vocal rendition! Thank you.
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter and Denny Dias, should have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Steely Dan!
Yes.his personality shows in the music. Precise and intricate. The music couldn't been invented this way without them.
Maybe when the Doobies get inducted will Jeff Baxter get his due.
The RRHOF is total BS. Who gives a F*** who those self-appointed arbiters of taste select.
again....totally agree!
Yes totally, I agree with you. Kipp did nail this one.
wow ... Kipp Lennon nailed perfect tone and phrasing , every inflection. Masterful vocal
How I miss these songs. This was one of my favourites. Brings back fantastic memories.
A magical performance, Kip sings it like Fagan, and Skunk is sublime, - great band great song!
One of the most underrated guitarist's ever !
He has played with so many people. Still sounds great.
Underrated- Skunk is a huge legend with an amazing career. Underrated by who ???????
❤Skunk Baxter Helps to
Defend Our Nation😊⚠️💗😇
This is why I so loved being a teenager in the Seventies !
In fifty years there will be no musicians left alive to play these great songs!
Try only 20 years
Unless there's a Renaissance led by the youth of that future generation who recognize the greatness of the music 100 years before their time and resurrect it. We enjoy the musical genius of bygone eras (e.g. Bach, Mozart, Bethoven), even performing some of it on period instruments. There's no reason to think that the same pattern won't repeat itself - human beings seem to be wired that way.
Damn, the lead singer is great! He's doing a "Fagan" but bringing his own thing to the game.
Kipp Lennon's the shit, yo
dude and his whole family have a big musical legacy
You gotta check out Venice indeed
And their cover band "Pine Mountain Logs" . . . best cover band in the world.
@@k.g.alatore355 His sisters were the Lennon Sisters on Lawrence Welk!
I thought Dan Fagan had aged really well.
To pull this off live, simply stunning. Compliments to the musicians, but also to the sound engineers!
Cant believe I'm seeing this for the first time. A 17 man band and they just NAILED it, if not better ❤🩹 this song brings back so many great memories of my High school days. 🧔♀Thank You so much for this down load. You made this old Hippy happy
..you can drop the needle on any SD song in any year and years to come and it will sound current and relevant…Becker and Fagen’s music will always be timeless ❤
I have not listened to this song in ages. Brings back great memories and happy times. Great talent not like todays music. Excellent.
Golden yrs
I could have used more cowbell
Damn......never heard of Kipp Lennon, but he absolutely NAILED the lead vocal on this one!!!!!
Kip is the little brother of the Lennon sisters.
His band, Venice..
Didn't this guy do Michael Jackson's singing voice in that episode of The Simpsons? Talented guy.
+Ralf S- I agree, he did a great job.
Some more enormously talented Lennon cousins on backup vocals too. They perform regularly as Venice. Skunk says it all in the closing seconds of the video. "My word! Thank god for real singers"
I saw skunk before in Montana. He actually has a life beyond music,he's a good citizen of the west
He's a genius. For real.
Fabulous performance from all concerned. Great to see Jeff Skunk Baxter. Wonderful guitarist. Will always remember hearing him for the first time on Reelin in the years. Fantastic. 🙋♂️👏👏👏🇬🇧
Reelin was Elliot Randal
Skunks solo on the original record is One of my all time favourite guitar solos.
Agreed, love that he gave it to us here.
Frank Lennon Oh yes Skunk never stank out the place!😀He was great!
Skunks original sure is a total classic. Shame he played THIS version here :-/
@@andyc5729 You are right there, Andy,
@@andyc5729 As far as a live performance goes, Skunk nailed it.
It's impossible to recreate the many overdubs from the studio version, but he still caught the soul of it.
Holy smoke! This is easily the best cover of the original I've ever heard. I wouldn't have thought a cover this good was even possible, even with Baxter on the team. Wow!!!
amen
I'm with you
Any idea who did background vocals? Who's the Gallagher-looking guy in the middle? Just curious - amazing performance!
@@KBHouse-mw3sd His name is Rick Livingstone
Brooklyn Charmers are a wonderful SD covers band. Totally precise and accurate. Check them out! Jeff Baxter here is great because of who he is, not how he is playing - but Brooklyn Charmers are perfection
I know personally Jeff Baxter and never ever could think he could be a master in music, he is so down to earth, way to go Jeff!.
One of my All Time favorites and now how wonderful to see Mr. Baxter actually playing it live after all these years; I may be deaf, but Steely Dan never fell on my deaf ears. They are best, by far, from the 70s.
Nathan East. My favourite bassist! And Kipp Lennon nails the vocals. It's amazing how much he sounds like Donald Fagan. This is a great cover!
OMG!! YES ,YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Man does Kipp Lennon sound exactly like Donald Fagan. Woah!
EXACTLY......... I had to take a double take at him to realize it wasn't Donald. He sounded like Donald down to every nuance. Remarkable!
Looks like Jackson Brown used to.
Got me...I even looked at the teeth and thought they were reasonably the same. Did they do a Forrest Gump and splice his old self into modern day, I was seriously thinking.
even better.
Thanks to letting me know Kipp Lennon was the singer in this live performance . He really nail it .. !!!
That intro!!! I mean - this is a classic track in and of itself, and he could have so easily 'just' played it as per the original. The creativity in his heart and fingers which he channels into the intro takes the song to another level.
Nathan East once borrowed my PBass for an audition, he was helping an artist out at the Whiskey a GoGo in Hollywood one afternoon in 1986.... We had just finished a sound check and where playing there that night ..... I knew who he was, but had no Idea how many great artist's he had played with... what a memory..
Kipp Lennon does a great job here. Fabulous version by all involved.
That's a whole lot of talent on that stage! Nathan East on bass!
Kipp Lennon vocals - wow. Absolutely nails it.
The amazing Nathan East superb on the bass as usual, in fact they all are amazing, thanks for the brilliant post
Eric Clapton uses him too
Nathan is maybe the best bass guitar player in rock. Has played with everyone. Phil Collins, Clapton, Steely Dan and almost anyone you can name. A real talent.
Nathan F. East destroyed the bass on this video!! Listen to Songs for My Father (1965) to hear this original bass line... superb.
Is Nathan in the rock hall? If not, he should be!!!
This is one of the finest covers I have ever heard.
it's a "partial" cover .... ya got Skunk
This is very good I love old Steely Dan. But I would suggest that you watch Leonid & Friends from Russia that are a Chicago Tribute band start with 25 or 6 to 4 and Dialogue you will not believe it
Seems a touch slow and a bit overdone to me
@@bwallace5945 - Wow thanks for posting! Leonid & Friends are a tight tribute band.
After watching this video a minimum of 9 times over the last seven years I finally recognized THAT WRISTWATCH ON SKUNKS LEFT HAND!! My father used to work for Hewlett Packard from 1970 to 1986 and THAT is an HP-01!! An unbelievable timepiece that mesmerized me as a kid of the '70s
I remember playing this on a jukebox in the local pool hall we had in town back in the seventies. Cool shit.