WATERVLIET — The owners of a city bar have apologized after a staff member referred to a party of seven senior customers as “old bitches.” Ron and Helen Wilkinson, who opened the bar Deacon Blues, at ...

What was the genesis of the line? It resonated with me for years, and in the pre-internet days (yes, they existed) I read what few interviews that the Dan duo — Donald Fagan and Walter Becker — did in ...

Needing the name of a prototypical winner, Steely Dan‘s Donald Fagen and Walter Becker went to the world of college football. When they needed to contrast that, they borrowed the name of a famous pro ...

Just how did these two guys wind up mentioning Alabama football in a 1977 hit? Steely Dan's Walter Becker and Donald Fagen explained "Deacon Blues" in a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal. ...

In 1978, Steely Dan released the landmark album Aja, and reshaped the music landscape with a standout track that would go on to rank among the decade’s greatest hits. "Decon Blues" is one of a ...

Bill Callahan and Bonnie “Prince” Billy have continued their cover series with Steely Dan’s “Deacon Blues,” with Bill MacKay lending a hand. Directed by Michael Tully, the clip features a woman ...

Steely Dan's Donald Fagen performs in New York on Nov. 20, 2008. (Evan Agostini/The Associated Press) (Evan Agostini/The Associated Pre) On a hot night in the summer of 2011, humidity hung in the air ...

David "Deacon" Jones, a Hall of Fame defensive end credited with terming the word sack for how he knocked down quarterbacks, has died. He was 74. (June 4) What was the genesis of the line? It ...