Mysterious Story Behind This 70s Duo's Pursuit of Perfection With This Hit | Professor of Rock

The story of the 70s classic hit PEG by Steely Dan. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker were perfectionists who enlisted some of the greatest musicians ever to play on their 1978 hit PEG from their masterpiece AJA including Micheal McDonald, Jay Gradon and Tom Scott. Who was Peg really about? Find out in this song feature.

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Steely Dan’s 6th studio album Aja, is regarded by many music professionals as one of the best produced albums of all time.

The record won the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording in ’78,In 2010, the Library of Congress selected Aja for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being culturally, historically, and artistically significant.

FORTY of the finest session musicans that money can buy collaborated with Steely Dan founders- Walter Becker & Donald Fagen to create that hi-fidelity masterpiece. By the time the 3rd studio LP Pretzel Logic was released, Fagen & Becker had made the decision to forego the idea of having a core band unit, in favor of enlisting session players.

I’m sure the financial benefits of not having to pay royalties to additional members was attractive to Walter & Donald, but evolving to contracting outside musicians was more about their meticulous nature, and their desire to experiment to find perfect sounds. Hiring the best studio players meant that they could work with inventive artists that had specialized talent.

They could simply audition until they found the player that flawlessly produced the sounds they were looking for.
For the two long-time compadres, It was fulfilling to experiment with different combinations of revolving musicians to advance their music into enlightened territory.

When they had an idea for something exciting, they found the musicians that had the skill to turn that idea into reality.
The process seemed arduous to some, but the final result was worth the exercise. The lead single from Aja was “Peg,” an artfully designed track that cleverly blended atonal Steely Dan sophistication with an irresistible pop eurhythmic.

It was a prime example of the discriminating retentiveness of Donald Fagen & the wizard that preferred to stay behind the curtain, away form the spotlight.. the late Walter Becker. For the recording of “Peg,” the duo brought in a group of first rate musicians, and if they weren’t completely satisfied with what was played, they would scrap every performance track and bring in an entirely new bunch of players the next day.

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