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Donald Fagen Revisits an Era of Innocence

Fred Schruers, Musician, January 1983

"LACK OF IRONY," says Donald Fagen with a wry grin, "is not exactly my specialty." It's an odd apology – more like a boast – from the man who shared status with his Steely Dan partner, Walter Becker, as a mandarin of pop irony.

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