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These guys put out some of best music in the '70's.

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I especially love the Wayne Shorter sax solo and the Steve Gadd drum track.

Walter Becker, R.I.P.

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From my personal collection of political buttons

It's 1972 all over again with Sanders as McGovern and Hillary as Nixon, so here's a great song from 1972:

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Lyrics after the jump. Go on, test yourself. Did you really know 'em all these years?

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I remember thinking if I could only play drums like that, I'd be happy. I spent countless hours in my parent's basement, trying to pick up just a little of that style. What I lacked back then was a video like this in which the master gives away all his secrets:

There is a very cool series out there from the early 00's devoted to the making of several "classic" albums. I watched this one in its entirety:

Another favorite part of the title song "Aja" is the Wayne Shorter saxophone solo. You can skip right to 45 min 40 sec to hear about that.

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The number of people who saw Steely Dan play live in the 1970's must be small; they stopped touring a year after this video recording, still years away from some of their best material. They may be the most famous band who never toured. That's quite an achievement by itself - right up there with Robert Hunter getting into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for being the Boo Radley of The Grateful Dead.

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