Deacon Blues
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"Deacon Blues" | ||
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Single by Steely Dan | ||
Released | January, 1978 | |
Format | Single | |
Recorded | 1977 | |
Genre | Jazz-Rock | |
Length | 7:36 | |
Label | ABC | |
Producer(s) | Gary Katz | |
Steely Dan singles chronology | ||
The Royal Scam (1976) |
Aja (1977) |
Gaucho (1980) |
"Deacon Blues" is a song by Steely Dan from their 1977 album Aja.
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[edit] Personnel
- Walter Becker - bass
- Donald Fagen - synthesizer,vocals, whistle
- Larry Carlton - guitar, electric guitar
- Pete Christlieb - tenor saxophone
- Victor Feldman - percussion, piano, keyboards, electric piano, vibraphone
- Venetta Field - vocals, background vocals
- Clydie King - vocals, background vocals
- Shirley Matthews - vocals, background vocals
- Bernard "Pretty" Purdie - drums
[edit] Miscellanea
The song contains the lines:
- They've got a name for the winners in the world
- I want a name when I lose
- They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
- Call me Deacon Blues[1]
According to urban legend, the song was actually written about the Wake Forest University Demon Deacons, but in a Rolling Stone interview, Donald Fagen said "Walter and I had been working on that song at a house in Malibu. I played him that line, and he said, "You mean it's like, 'They call these cracker assholes this grandiose name like the Crimson Tide, and I'm this loser, so they call me this other grandiose name, Deacon Blues?' " And I said, "Yeah!" He said, "Cool! Let's finish it!"
- The Scottish pop band Deacon Blue got their name from this song.
[edit] References
- ^ Aja CD insert.