“It was actually very easy. The song virtually played itself.” The story of the Steely Dan classic starring Jimmy Page’s favourite guitar solo
Steely Dan's 1972 track "Reelin' In The Years" became one of the band's best-known songs, notable for guitarist Elliott Randall's improvised solo, which Jimmy Page later named his favourite of all time. The song's origins lie in the early partnership between Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, who met at Bard College in New York in…
- Steely Dan's "Reelin' In The Years" featured a legendary guitar solo
- Guitarist Elliott Randall's solo became Jimmy Page's all-time favourite
- Fagen and Becker's Bard College partnership shaped the band's sound