{"id":313,"date":"2006-01-26T09:58:48","date_gmt":"2006-01-26T13:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gardnercampbell.net\/blog1\/?p=313"},"modified":"2006-01-26T09:58:48","modified_gmt":"2006-01-26T13:58:48","slug":"donald-fagen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gardnercampbell.net\/blog1\/donald-fagen\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Fagen"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Morph<\/p>\n

One of my heroes.<\/p>\n

He’s got a new album on the way in March, and the first single has already been released: “H Gang.” Not much melody, but killer grooves and plenty of those sneaky altered blues modulation strategies that the Dan has always deployed to stunning effect. Plus a bell tree and a groovin’ sax solo and a nicely skanky electric guitar solo. All your major food groups, right there.<\/p>\n

Given that Fagen has long been an aficionado of SF and digital culture generally, I imagine he got a lot of pleasure from being alive and kicking in 2006<\/a> so he could put the following sentence in his email announcing the single:<\/p>\n

\n“H GANG” DIGITAL SINGLE<\/p>\n

Look for the title track and the debut single “H Gang,” available now at all digital retailers.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yep, I bought mine at iTunes.<\/p>\n

Now where’s the key to my Kamakiri…?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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