The Dukes of September

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The Dukes of September
Origin New York City, New York, United States
Genres R&B, blue-eyed soul, jazz rock
Years active2010–2012
Labels429 Records
Past members Donald Fagen
Michael McDonald
Boz Scaggs
with
Jon Herington
Freddie Washington
Shannon Forrest
Jim Beard
Jay Collins
Michael Leonhart
Walt Weiskopf
Carolyn Leonhart
Catherine Russell

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.

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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. [1]

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). [2]

The tour kicked off on August 19, 2010, in Danbury, Connecticut. 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. [1]

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 PBS in March 2014 and released at the same time on DVD and Blu-ray discs by 429 Records. Songs included:

  1. "People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul"
  2. "Who's That Lady?"
  3. "Sweet Soul Music"
  4. "I Keep Forgettin'"
  5. "Kid Charlemagne"
  6. "The Same Thing"
  7. "Miss Sun"
  8. "You Never Can Tell"
  9. "What a Fool Believes"
  10. "Hey Nineteen"
  11. "Love T.K.O."
  12. "Peg"
  13. "Lowdown"
  14. "Takin' It to the Streets"
  15. "Reelin' in the Years"
  16. "Lido Shuffle"
  17. "Pretzel Logic"
  18. "Them Changes"

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References

  1. 1 2 Gary, Graff (14 June 2010). "Fagen, McDonald, Scaggs Join Forces For Rhythm Revue Tour". Billboard Magazine . Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  2. ↑ William, Chris (29 June 2012). "Dukes of September Rhythm Revue: Concert Review". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 20 October 2013.
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