On the last day of October, I bring you an interview that came out a year ago, when Donald Fagen's Sunken Condos came out. This quote from Michael Leonhart, kind of sums up how Donald works, all these years later. We always heard about how hard a set of task masters Donald and Walter were, back in the day. It's nice to hear that he still cares.
"The funny thing with Donald is whether it's live or overdub session, he's approaching everything as building a house from the bottom up in term of groove and tuning. I have seen him chuck a solo that was gorgeous, because the tuning was slightly off. Donald's brain is wired so that he's very sensitive to pitch,and he just can't turn that thing off - which can be a plus and a minus at times. But in the case of building a rhythm section, he's not going to green light a track, unless it rings true. It can be frustrating, but it's the only way to make this stuff."
You can read the entire Guitar Player interview archived HERE on Jon Herington's website.
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