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Steely Dan: Guitar Anthology

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This book contains transcriptions to:
Aja
Bad Sneakers
Black Friday
Bodhisattva
Chain Lightning
Deacon Blues
Don't Take Me Alive
Gaucho
Green Earrings
Hey Nineteen
Josie
Kid Charlemagne
My Old School
Night By Night
Parker's Band
Peg
Pretzel Logic
Reelin' In the Years
Rikki Don't LoseThat Number
Time Out of Mind

These are the exact same songs as the out-of-print Best of Steely Dan book, from Hal Leonard, with the teal background and album repros on the cover. So if that's the book you wanted, you'll get the same stuff here.

Is it good? Oh, yeah, it's good. The transcriptions are painstakingly well done. They're also complete, unlike the "Steely Dan Complete" book's piano/guitar/vocal style book, which leaves out many an interlude and instrumental section.

The only problem with this book is that it isn't a Steely Dan Complete. There are at least two other guitar tab books that include a few other songs (and are missing some of what's in here); I wish there were a single volume or less overlap among the multiple volumes. For example, "Greatest Songs" for guitar has, in addition to the majority (but not all) of what's here, these songs:
Greatest Songs has, in addition:
Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More
Everyone's Gone to the Movies
Haitian Divorce
Sign In Stranger
Throw Back the Little Ones

Another book, "Best of Steely Dan" (white cover with black line drawing), also includes "Third World Man." (Another consumate Carlton solo. Oh, my, God.) It may contain others not in one or both of the previously mentioned books; I can't find a contents list for "Best Of."

This is a great music book. The chords are complex and virtually the actual chords used in the recording. Often books simplify or translate the chords into the key of C. You can sit down with the book and play along with the recording because they are scored in the same key. The book picks up on the chord progressions and the patterns of movement that was developed and used in the song construction and performance of the song.

The chords really give the rich color of the the material and sound full and accurate. They definitely express the "Steely Dan" tonality and edge that helps make them unique.

I had checked this book out from the public library many times and figured it was out of print. Although the book was purchased as "used" it was in new condition when it arrived.

This book is the real thing- so much more that the typical tab/notation type. It must have been created by someone who really understands the the band, their song constructions and the chord patterns. I do not really follow the Tabs and solos, so I can't address that. Although, I think they are pretty accurate and well scored.


Thanks for making this book available

Fantastic book in great condition for second hand and I received the book in about a week or so after ordering, great service,
what can I say about steely dan I don't think there is a problem with any of there songs.