Gaucho Amigos
Hosted by Alex Preiss (creator of the popular @baddantakes account), Gaucho Amigos explores how a couple of misanthropic beatniks became the two most unlikely rock stars of the ‘70s. Through 1-on-1 interviews with notable Dan fans from across the pop culture spectrum, Gaucho Amigos ponders the nature of the band’s greatness, exploring the band’s growing cultural cache and trawling the outer reaches of Steely Dan’s sleazy cinematic universe.
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Alex Preiss
Alex Preiss is the creator of the @baddantakes twitter account, which has amassed 35k followers and has been featured in Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, The Ringer, and Uncut’s Ultimate Music Guide. Like Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, Alex is a native of the greater New York City metropolitan area, and currently resides in Brooklyn with his wife and two cats.
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.