Saturday, July 23
CMAC, 3355 Marvin Sands Drive, Canandaigua
8 p.m. | $30.50-$96 | 758-5300
For decades, Steely Dan has skated the line between sleazy and sublime, a balance they’ve maintained through their sharpness in both humor and unrelenting perfectionism. Dan fans aren’t easily identified by appearance – all walks love these guys—so watch out when Becker and Fagen bust out “Kid Charlemagne,” “Black Cow,” “Babylon Sisters” and all those other songs you forgot you knew; that’s when the strangers of the crowd nod knowingly toward each other and sing along, while you can’t help but nod in agreement.
This article appears in Jul 20-20, 2011.
