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My first exposure to Steely Dan was through the 1985 compilation A Decade of Steely Dan that I got when I was probably 13 or 14 upon the recommendation of a former bass teacher. I was in full grunge mode, listening almost exclusively to Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Alice In Chains, et al.. Still, I was beginning to have my mind opened to fusion via Weather Report and the more jazzy side of rock with Chicago and Steely Dan. It's safe to say that I was probably one of the few young teenagers wearing a Nirvana shirt with a flannel over it while singing along to Deacon Blues in my room.

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was wearing a t-shirt on a cold, windy night in Cleveland. Two hours prior, I was marveling at how wonderful it felt in the sunlight in Columbus. After the drive to Cleveland, I found myself trying to get out of the cold and into the media entrance for the venue. At the first door I tried, security told me it was just the next entrance. I asked which to be clear because there was some confusion last time I was here. "The one at the other end of the building?" I asked. Yes, they assured me, "Just around the corner."...

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