From: c0f@intrex.net   
      
   This was written by my friend right after the show...   
      
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    Yo!   
      
     Back from the show, and it was a good one. The Warner Theatre is a   
   medium-sized Victorian-style theater, little more than half the size of   
   the Hammersmith Apollo in London, just a few blocks from the National   
   Mall in Washington, DC. Very ornate, gold and velvet, etc, comfortable   
   with no bad seats (we were 3 rows from the back corner and our view was   
   fine. Sound was to Steely Dan standards, naturally (Yamaha PM-5000   
   console, and a minimal Clair Bros. speaker array).   
      
    The band:   
      
    Guitars - Jon Herrington & Wayne Krantz   
    Bass - "Ready" Freddie Washington   
    Drums - Keith Carlock   
    Backing vox - Carolyn Leonhart & Cindy Mizelle   
    Trumpet - Michael Leonhart   
    Sax - new guy, didn't catch his name   
    Keyboards - new guy, didn't catch his name   
      
    The setlist (in more or less correct order):   
      
    Here At The Western World   
    The Nightfly   
    Green Flower Street   
    Morph The Cat   
    New Frontier   
    Third World Man   
    Home At Last   
    Snowbound   
    H-Gang   
    What I Do   
    Black Cow   
    The Goodbye Look   
    Mary, Shut The Garden Door   
    IGY   
    Pretzel Logic (encore)   
      
    Notes:   
      
     The gig was smooth and laid back. Average audience age was around   
   50--almost no bobbing heads, save during "The Goodbye Look". No-one had   
   to be told to sit down, and maybe two people danced during the encore   
   tune. Definitely the most sedate crowd I've ever seen at a "rock"   
   concert.   
      
     During "Snowbound", Wayne Krantz screwed up royally. In spite of   
   having the chart right in front of him, he got completely lost during   
   his solo, as if he didn't really know the song well and took his eyes   
   off the page, then just totally fucked it up! As fate would have it, it   
   was his longest solo break of the evening, and he barely recovered by   
   the last couple of measures. The audience was kind, giving him a polite   
   applause anyway. It pays to learn the changes!   
      
     Lighting was nice, but not overwhelming by any means, typical of a Dan   
   show, but a little smaller. The tour apparently travels in only 3 buses   
   which were parked across the street from our hotel. And, to the best of   
   our ability to discern, this was a sequence-free concert!   
      
     Fagen would signal the band when he was ready to end each song,   
   allowing extended jams only when he felt it, which mostly was just on   
   "The Goodbye Look" at this particular show. It's worth noting that   
   Krantz redeemed himself by kicking ass up and down the street on this   
   tune, making up a bit for the earlier "Snowbound" debacle. The crowd   
   really dug this jam, and after Donald commented on his "jam   
   professionals" or something to that effect. Killer!   
      
     My crush on Carolyn Leonhart is renewed, having watched her seductive,   
   graceful swaying all night. She was wearing one of her typical   
   halter-type tops (no belly showing, but it is winter after all).   
   However, her topped poofed out slightly below the breastline, and we   
   wondered quietly to ourselves if she might be with child, or if it was   
   just the cut of the garment creating that illusion. We hope she's still   
   a virgin. ;o)   
      
     If I'm not mistaken, Cindy Mizelle's first gigs with Steely Dan were   
   the two Roseland Ballroom gigs in '03, when she subbed for Carolyn,   
   who--along with her brother Michael--was absent for his wedding. The   
   two got the job done, let there be no doubt, but the girls took no   
   solos on this one.   
      
     I took a couple of pics, but alas...the camera in my mobile phone   
   sucks, and I got nothin' to show for it. Btw, Pete Fogel, known to   
   DanFans as the "Metal Leg" guy, was seated near the front.   
      
     Well, that's all I can think of for now. Feel free to share with   
   others who might be interested.   
      
    Don Z   
      
      
   Don B (D unit)   
      
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