![43. "We Work Well Together" ft. Thomas Dolby](https://thefm.club/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GauchoAmigos2024-500x-300x300.png)
Producer and singer-songwriter Thomas Dolby joins the podcast to primarily discuss his collaborations with another band whose songs contain obtuse lyrics and complex chord sequences, Prefab Sprout. Thomas shares his experiences producing the albums Steve McQueen (1985) and Jordan: The Comeback (1990), and also talks a bit about his own solo work and of course, Steely Dan. A member of The FM ...
![42. "The Trip We Made to Hollywood" ft. Elliott Randall](https://thefm.club/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GauchoAmigos2024-500x-300x300.png)
Guitarist Elliott Randall joins the podcast to talk all about his experiences with Steely Dan over the years, from playing shows and recording with Donald and Walter in 1960's New York, to later joining them in L.A. to lay down guitar solos on songs like "Reelin' in the Years" and "Green Earrings." Elliott also looks back on ...
![41. "They Never Knew it Went Down" ft. Andy Cush](https://thefm.club/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GauchoAmigos2024-500x-300x300.png)
Writer and bassist Andy Cush (Pitchfork, Garcia Peoples) joins the podcast to discuss the challenges of tackling the Steely Dan hits with his new cover band Katy & the Liars, and shares how Chuck Rainey's bass parts on "Kid Charlemagne" and "Peg" inspired him to learn how to slap the bass. A member of The FM Podcasts ...
![40. "The Corner Office" ft. Max Zuckerman](https://thefm.club/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GauchoAmigos2024-500x-300x300.png)
Max Zuckerman's debut solo album The Corner Office, with its perfectly arranged jazz-pop epics about creeps and sleazebags, is very reminiscent of a certain band...Max joins the podcast to talk about his own work and creative process, his love of Steely Dan, and other musical influences including Brazilian groups like Azymuth and Japanese City Pop. A ...
![39. "Gotta See a Joker" ft. Allison Rapp](https://thefm.club/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GauchoAmigos2024-500x-300x300.png)
Classic rock journalist Allison Rapp (Ultimate Classic Rock) joins the podcast to discuss some of her favorite songs from the Dan-verse, including "Daddy Don't Live in That New York City" and Tori Amos' cover of "Do It Again," and shares what it was like to see Steely Dan on their current tour with the Eagles. Also, Alex ...
![38. "Heartbreak Souvenir" ft. Steve Khan](https://thefm.club/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GauchoAmigos2024-500x-300x300.png)
Guitarist Steve Khan, who played on 5 of the 7 songs on Gaucho including the solo on "Glamour Profession," joins the podcast to talk all about his experiences collaborating with Steely Dan. Steve also shares his memories of recording on some of the "lost Gaucho" tracks, including "I Can't Write Home About You" and "Heartbreak Souvenir." A member ...
![37. "Die Behind the Wheel" ft. Cory Hanson](https://thefm.club/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GauchoAmigos2024-500x-300x300.png)
Wand frontman, guitarist, and singer-songwriter Cory Hanson joins the podcast to discuss how Steely Dan influences his creative process. He also shares his thoughts on classic rock, the eerie perfection of Aja, and some other musical influences ranging from Steve Howe to Sinatra. A member of The FM Podcasts Network ...
![36. "It Will Come Back to You" ft. Jazmine Hughes / Helen Newby](https://thefm.club/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GauchoAmigos2024-500x-300x300.png)
Writer Jazmine Hughes joins the podcast to share her "Steely Dan testimony," explaining how she discovered their work through hip-hop samples, and later developed a newfound appreciation of their witty, off-kilter lyrics. Also, I talk to Helen Newby about her superb cello cover of "Peg." A member of The FM Podcasts Network ...
![34. "In a Faded Yellow-Green" ft. Anna Martinez](https://thefm.club/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GauchoAmigos2024-500x-300x300.png)
Graphic designer/artist Anna Martinez (better known as "Jive Miguel" on Twitter) joins the podcast to talk about how connecting with other Steely Dan fans was like "finding her people." Anna also shares her thoughts on some of the catalogue's puzzling artwork choices, and explains why she's taken on learning the melodica as an homage to ...
![33. "Stalking the Dread Moray Eel" ft. Paul Grimstad](https://thefm.club/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GauchoAmigos2024-500x-300x300.png)
Writer and film composer Paul Grimstad (The Sweet East) joins the podcast to discuss the particulars of Steely Dan's studio recording process and their mastery of arranging for rock music. Paul also shares how a piece on Gaucho he wrote for The Paris Review led to a correspondence and eventual interview with Donald himself. A member of The FM ...
![31. "Lovers All Beware" ft. Bill Ware](https://thefm.club/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GauchoAmigos2024-500x-300x300.png)
Vibraphonist Bill Ware (currently Home at Last) joins the podcast to talk about his experiences as a band member of Steely Dan from 1993-95. Bill shares some "behind the scenes" tour stories, and explains how Donald's creative process and compositional techniques became an important influence his own work. A member of The FM Podcasts Network ...
![30. "The Other Side of No Tomorrow" ft. F.J. McMahon](https://thefm.club/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GauchoAmigos2024-500x-300x300.png)
Singer-songwriter F.J. McMahon joins the podcast to tell the story behind his 1969 folk-rock masterpiece Spirit of the Golden Juice, and shares how his experiences in Vietnam and living in San Francisco during the 60's informed the songs on the only album he's ever released. Also, F.J. discusses his love of Steely Dan and explains why they were ...
![28. "The Early Years" ft. Kenny Vance](https://thefm.club/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GauchoAmigos2024-500x-300x300.png)
Kenny Vance (singer and founding member of Jay and the Americans) joins the podcast to tell the story of how he discovered two young songwriters named Fagen and Becker at the Brill Building in the late 1960's, and shares what it was like to tour, record, and collaborate with Donald and Walter in the "pre-Steely ...
![22. "Festive Icons Along the Way" ft. Barney Hurley](https://fmpodcastsstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GauchoAmigos-FINAL-400x400-1.jpeg)
Samuel Purdey co-leader/songwriter and Steely Dan aficionado Barney Hurley joins the podcast to tell the origin story behind his incredible collection of Dan-related archival photographs and memorabilia. He also recalls his reaction to Two Against Nature's Grammy victory, and shares some of his impressions of life in New York City as a British Dan fan ...
![20. "Hot Licks and Rhetoric" ft. Tim Good](https://fmpodcastsstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GauchoAmigos-FINAL-400x400-1.jpeg)
Guitarist and friend Tim Good joins the podcast to discuss the various styles of Steely Dan's many guitarists, from founding members Denny Dias and Skunk Baxter to session specialists Elliott Randall and Larry Carlton. Tim also explains why a one-off Steely Dan collaborator is his single favorite guitarist of all-time ...
![18. "Embrace of the Trade Winds" ft. Zach Phillips](https://fmpodcastsstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GauchoAmigos-FINAL-400x400-1.jpeg)
Fievel is Glauque songwriter and co-leader Zach Phillips joins the podcast in-person to discuss his creative process and recording ethos, contrasting his own approach to making music to Becker and Fagen's. We also talk about Walter's solo album 11 Tracks of Whack and share some thoughts on the new "Second Arrangement." Produced with additional commentary ...
![17. "The Home of a Mutual Friend" ft. Cimcie Nichols](https://fmpodcastsstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GauchoAmigos-FINAL-400x400-1.jpeg)
Cimcie Nichols joins the podcast to discuss her late father Roger Nichols' life, legacy and work as Steely Dan's recording engineer. She also talks about her experience around discovering lost Gaucho track "The Second Arrangement," and shares some never-before-heard clips of Steely Dan recording stories from her father's vault ...
![14. "This Rabelaisian Puff of Smoke" ft. Winston Cook-Wilson](https://fmpodcastsstg.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GauchoAmigos-FINAL-400x400-1.jpeg)
Office Culture frontman, music critic, and friend Winston Cook-Wilson joins for the first in-person episode of Gaucho Amigos. We trace some of the roots of our joint interest in Steely Dan, and Winston shares everything from his particular appreciation for The Royal Scam (for which he wrote the Pitchfork review) to the connection between Steely ...
![7. "With Jazz and Conversation" ft. Lester the Nightfly](https://thefm.club/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/default_image.png)
The man behind @TheNightflyWJAZ joins the podcast for a fun chat between two Dan-themed Twitter accounts. They speculate on everything from how Steely Dan might have been different had they continued alternating lead vocalists as on Can't Buy a Thrill, to what 1980's post-Gaucho "smooth jazz Steely Dan" might have sounded like ...
![3. "The Silver Will Turn to Gold" ft. Lou Hayter](https://thefm.club/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GauchoAmigos2024-500x-300x300.png)
After hearing her excellent cover of "Time Out of Mind," it came of no surprise that London-based musician Lou Hayter has a deep knowledge and affection for Steely Dan. She talks to Alex about what it was like to cover them, and shares her love of some other Steely Dan-adjacent artists including David Crosby, Rosie ...
![1. "They've Joined the Human Race" ft. Harry](https://thefm.club/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GauchoAmigos2024-500x-300x300.png)
In this debut episode of new Steely Dan-themed podcast "Gaucho Amigos," Alex is joined by his friend Harry to discuss Steely Dan's place in the 1970's California music scene, Owsley Stanley, Donald Fagen's "I.G.Y." and "Memorabilia," and much more in this wide-ranging conversation about Steely Dan's legacy and lore ...