The Dukes of September was an American

supergroup Supergroup or super group may refer to: * Supergroup (music), a music group formed by artists who are already notable or respected in their fields * Supergroup (physics), a generalization of groups, used in the study of supersymmetry * Supergroup ...

, formed in 2010 featuring

Donald Fagen Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948) is an American musician best known as the co-founder, lead singer, co-songwriter, and keyboardist of the band Steely Dan, formed in the early 1970s with musical partner Walter Becker. In addition to his w ...

, Michael McDonald and

Boz Scaggs William Royce "Boz" Scaggs (born June 8, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. An early bandmate of Steve Miller in The Ardells and the Steve Miller Band, he began his solo career in 1969, though he lacked a major hit until h ...

. 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 Steely Dan is an American rock band founded in 1971 in New York by Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals). Initially the band had a stable lineup, but in 1974, Becker and Fagen retired from live ...

, 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, Cornelius Bumpus 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 Jon Herington (born Jonathan Reuel Herington on April 14, 1954) is an American guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, and session musician. Career Herington was born in Paterson, New Jersey, and grew up in West Long Branch, New Jersey ...

(guitar), Freddie Washington (bass), Michael White (drums, now replaced by Shannon Forrest), Jim Beard (organ), Jay Collins (horns), Michael Leonhart (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 Band covers in a row. On June 14, 2012, the band performed on ''

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'' is an American late-night talk show hosted by comedian Jimmy Fallon. About pag ...

'' 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 PBS 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 ...

" # "

I Keep Forgettin' "I Keep Forgettin" is a song by Chuck Jackson, written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, and Garfield. It appears on his second studio album ''Any Day Now''. It peaked at No. 55 on the ''Billboard'' Top 100 and remained on the chart for 7 weeks. It ...

" # "

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

Love T.K.O. "Love T.K.O." is a song written by Cecil Womack and Gip Noble, Jr. It was written for soul singer David Oliver, and appeared first on his album '' Here's to You'' in 1980. Teddy Pendergrass recording "Love T.K.O." is mainly associated with ...

" # " 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 ch ...

" # "

Lido Shuffle "Lido Shuffle" is a song written by Boz Scaggs and David Paich and introduced on the 1976 Boz Scaggs album, ''Silk Degrees''. It was subsequently released as a single in 1977. Scaggs recalled: ""Lido Shuffle" was a song that I'd been banging arou ...

" # " Pretzel Logic" # "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