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02859aam a2200385 i 4500 001 BF09AE66883B11EEBC107B3452ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231121010059 008 220813s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 010 $a 2022034713 020 $a 1477324992 020 $a 9781477324998 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Pappademas, Alex, $e author. 245 1 $a Quantum criminals : $b ramblers, wild gamblers, and other sole survivors from the songs of Steely Dan / $c paintings by Joan LeMay ; liner notes by Alex Pappademas. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Austin : $b University of Texas Press, $c 2023. 300 $a 268 pages : $b color illustrations. 490 1 $a American music series 490 1 $a American music series (Austin, Tex) 520 $a "Steely Dan was a somewhat unusual band that still inspires unusually strong devotion in its fans. Formed in the late '60s in New York, they released seven albums between 1971 and 1981, two of which were nominated for a Grammy. Part of what's unusual about them is that each of those albums was made by a different group of musicians--founding members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen had no issues swapping players from record to record in order to get the sound they wanted. The band stopped touring in 1974, so the recording studio was the only place they needed their collaborators. Those recordings are legendary, especially among vinyl enthusiasts, for their exquisite production. The precision was necessary, in part, because Steely Dan played with form more than most bands, mixing elements of other genres--especially jazz--with pop and rock. And the lyrics are also distinctive. As the authors put it in their proposal, Steely Dan's songs are "exercises in fictional world-building. Each song features its own cast of rogues and heroes and creeps and schmucks, lovers and dreamers and cold-blooded operators, all tempest-tossed by the ill winds of the '70s." This book consists of sixty-some essays, each devoted to one character, and each essay is accompanied by a painting of the particular character that serves as a jumping-off point for the piece, with additional spot illustrations scattered throughout"-- $c Provided by publisher. 541 $d 20230516. 600 1 $a Becker, Walter $d 1950-2017 $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 1 $a Fagen, Donald $d 1948- $x Criticism and interpretation. 610 2 $a Steely Dan (Musical group.) 650 $a Portraits. 655 7 $a Essays. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Music criticism and reviews. 700 $a LeMay, Joan, $e illustrator. 830 $a American music series. 830 $a American music series (Austin, Tex.) 941 $a 2 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240104012125.0 952 $l NYPE343 $d 20231121010743.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BF09AE66883B11EEBC107B3452ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search