The Dukes of September was an American
supergroup, formed in 2010 featuring
Donald Fagen,
Michael McDonald and
Boz Scaggs. The project was a resurrection of the previous
New York Rock and Soul Revue, 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
New York Rock and Soul Revue which also included
Boz Scaggs,
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
Steely Dan touring members
Jon Herington (guitar),
Freddie Washington (bass), Michael White (drums, who was 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
Danbury, Connecticut
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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'' to promote their 2012 summer concert tour.
PBS concert
A concert filmed at
Lincoln Center in
New York City
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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"
# "
I Keep Forgettin'"
# "
Kid Charlemagne"
# "The Same Thing"
# "
Miss Sun"
# "
You Never Can Tell"
# "
What a Fool Believes"
# "
Hey Nineteen"
# "
Love T.K.O."
# "
Peg"
# "
Lowdown"
# "
Takin' It to the Streets"
# "
Reelin' in the Years"
# "
Lido Shuffle"
# "
Pretzel Logic"
# "Them Changes"
References
External links
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American supergroups
Musical groups established in 2010
American contemporary R&B musical groups
2010 establishments in New York City