He even noticeably brightens when Steely Dan's "Do It Again" comes across the speakers.

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Steely Dan, the group that he co-founded with Walter Becker in 1972, never did go in for kid stuff, and doesn't now.

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It's about the slide show set to the Steely Dan song that was playing the morning you left your hotel at sunrise and made your way to the airport.

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Jazz heavies like Wayne Shorter and Phil Woods have long popped up from time to time on Steely Dan's albums, playing solos that don't sound even slightly out of place.

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It's not an unfair charge: See Steely Dan's 2001 Album of the Year victory over Beck, Eminem and Radiohead (plus Paul Simon), or Herbie Hancock's win over Kanye West and Amy Winehouse in 2008.

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At his home in Woodstock, New York, he regularly hosted the Midnight Ramble, weekly concerts that attracted sell-out crowds and all-star support from the likes of Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson and Steely Dan's Donald Fagen.

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End-of-race interviews wrap up each day, but the fun continues into the night with top musical acts booked through October, including Weezer (25 July), 311 (1 August), Sublime (4 August), Train (11 August) and Steely Dan (17 August).

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