The Dukes of September was an American supergroup, formed in 2010 featuring Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald and

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. The project was a resurrection of the previous

New York Rock and Soul Revue The New York Rock and Soul Revue was a musical project which evolved from a series of concerts and musical shows produced by Libby Titus (future wife of Donald Fagen) that lasted from 1989 to 1992. The project was led by Donald Fagen (soloist and c ...

which featured the same three musicians and played a combination of hits from the members' respective careers as well as a wide variety of covers.

Background

Donald Fagen and Michael McDonald began working together in the mid-1970s when McDonald would collaborate with Steely Dan, singing and playing keyboards on a lot of their material. The two worked together again during the early 1990s in the short lived

which also included

, Phoebe Snow, Eddie Brigati, David Brigati, Charles Brown, Walter Becker,

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and Mindy Jostyn. In 2010 it was announced that Fagen, McDonald and Scaggs would do a fall tour together as the Dukes of September. The band was rounded out by Jon Herington (guitar), Freddie Washington (bass), Michael White (drums, now replaced by Shannon Forrest),

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(organ), Jay Collins (horns),

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(horns), Walt Weiskopf (horns), Carolyn Escoffery (vocals) and Catherine Russell (vocals). The tour kicked off on August 19, 2010, in

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. The band played a collection of hits from the members' careers as well as a wide variety of covers, notably three

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covers in a row. On June 14, 2012, the band performed on '' Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'' to promote their 2012 summer concert tour.

PBS concert

A concert filmed at Lincoln Center in New York City in November 2012 was broadcast as a 90-minute '' Great Performances'' special on

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in March 2014 and released at the same time on DVD and Blu-ray discs by 429 Records. Songs included: # "People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul" # " Who's That Lady?" # "

Sweet Soul Music "Sweet Soul Music" is a soul song, first released by Arthur Conley in 1967. Written by Conley and Otis Redding, it is based on the Sam Cooke song "Yeah Man" from his posthumous album '' Shake''; the opening riff is a quote from Elmer Bernstein's ...

" # "

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" # "

Kid Charlemagne "Kid Charlemagne" is a song by the rock group Steely Dan, which was released as a single from their 1976 album ''The Royal Scam'' and reached number 82 in the ''Billboard'' charts. It is a fusion of a funk rhythm and jazz harmonies with rock an ...

" # "The Same Thing" # "

Miss Sun "Miss Sun" is a 1980 hit for Boz Scaggs first recorded in 1977 by David Paich along with David Hungate, Steve Lukather and Jeff Porcaro. Background The four musicians were working as session musicians on Scaggs' '' Down Two Then Left'' album. Th ...

" # " You Never Can Tell" # " What a Fool Believes" # "

Hey Nineteen "Hey Nineteen" is a song by the band Steely Dan from their album ''Gaucho'' (1980). Background According to one reviewer's interpretation, the song "was about a middle-aged man's disappointment with a young lover".Layman, Will"Jazz Today: The S ...

" # " Love T.K.O." # " Peg" # " Lowdown" # " Takin' It to the Streets" # "

Reelin' in the Years "Reelin' In the Years" (sometimes entitled "Reeling In the Years") is a song by American rock band Steely Dan, released as the second single from their 1972 debut album, '' Can't Buy a Thrill''. It peaked at #11 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 ...

" # " Lido Shuffle" # "

Pretzel Logic ''Pretzel Logic'' is the third studio album by American rock band Steely Dan, released on February 20, 1974, by ABC Records. It was written by principal band members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, and recorded at The Village Recorder in West L ...

" # "Them Changes"

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dukes Of September American supergroups Musical groups established in 2010 American contemporary R&B musical groups 2010 establishments in New York City