Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne Drums Bass Guitar Only! instrumental 

Chuck rainey hangs on the beat here like no body's business 🔥🔥🔥

Purdie was so good here. What a great drummer.

My all time favorite groove. No better rhythm section ever for grooving in the pocket.

Pure alchemy.. every note on the back beat that Bernard Purdie plays on the snare is syncopated gold.

That Bassline is Junkyard Dog ferocious!!!....and Thank you Mr.Purdie....u have never forsaken me!!!

Chuck is right in the pocket

There is something wrong with me. I've been listening to this iso track 2x to 5x per day, for the last couple of weeks. Not only that, but the guitar riffs bounce around in my head all day too. Bernard and Rainey? Wow, man. Just, Wow. Oh, yeah: headphones, as loud as possible.

Incredible! Clase Total!! The Best Music in the World !!

BEAST OF A RHYTHM SECTION !!!! More please.

this recording has historical significance

Holy Larry Carlton!!

I hit the "like" button because there's no "absolutely love" button.

Purdie and Rainey are the fucking men. I totally love Becker's laid back rhythm playing on this too

We were just listening to this album ( my original vinyl, '70s). My husband who's also a drummer got up to read the cover to see who the drummer was because he liked what he heard. He'll get a kick out of this. Thanks for sharing 👍🎶

Mr. Purdie proves he Is a master of his craft

Dat's how it's done....tight!!!

Fabulous!!!!! 😎 Thanks for sharing, even very dry and limited in instruments , fx and vocals, this song works so well 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Thank you for uploading this

Legendary

I just started trying to teach myself how to play bass and this is just mind blowing but so amazing at the same time. That's a lot of fret work. 😁👌

Purdie was so steady and relaxed. Unique style.

oh my this is absolute GOLD . . thank you Rafael

Been playing the guitar part for awhile, now going to try to learn Chucks part on my new 1994 5 string Ken Smith - Chuck Rainey bass that my brother just sold me for half price. Guitar - 40 yrs, bass - rookie.

That bass slide

What is interesting is that it sounds like several takes layered into this track were not actually ever on the release, so that indicates these are the original tracks plus alternate takes as well. Listen to the rhythm guitar on this during the choruses, and then listen closely to the original release. You'll notice the difference between the strumming patterns.

Damn, why people won't t talk about the outro solo? It's fucking badass

This bass line makes me want to dance

This is awesome, there's stuff you can hear in this that you don't pick up on the record bc of the mix

Thank you. This is pretty damn cool.

hey there are some isolated vocal tracks to this song and they are rad

This is a great way to learn how to play this song. Any chance you can do Reelin’ in the Years and Rikki?

Great!

I love this.

do the same for caves of altamira? love those drum fills

Amazing! Thank you for posting! Just a friendly suggestion: You may want to mention that this also includes the guitar solos as that will likely garner a lot more views. Although, you may not want to advertise that for copyright reasons...?

Dayuum.... This album cover is interesting.

Great! How do you get ahold of these isolated tracks?

Wow they played right to the penny. Implies the fade was charted. Gulp.

Wow!

SO much gas in the car 🙂

REASONABLE!

This is great!

❤❤❤❤

The Dan were way, way ahead of their time here. 🎶

This is unobtainuim!

Any chance you have the same for Josie?

...if you want to hear what “the pocket” is, I suggest you queue up to 1:28-1:36 and hear LC’s rhythm guitar chopping. You swear he’s dragging it. He is not. This, is The Pocket.

❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

uh oh i hear some slappin in there. but i bet don and walter never knew it went down.

It seems the fade out is longer on the record than they actually played. They spliced more audio onto the end for the tail of the fadeout...

ότι καλύτερο για μερικούς

Dean Parks on rhythm guitar? Can't remember. Maybe it's Larry throughout.

Any chance of doing the same for Rellin in the years?

love the song and the isolation of instruments. But, title is not correct.

So what’s making that rhythm guitar sound?

Where did you find this

Is this real ? It seems too much to be able to hear the real drum and bass only !

Now you went and done it!! You HIRED THE HITMAKER BERNARD "PRETTY" PURDIE!!!!

Aah, “bass guitar” is “bass, guitar”

It actually sounds like the rhythm section loses their footing for a bar around the 3:30 mark. This was surely disregarded in light of the rock-solid nature of the rest of the take. Interesting, though. It's fascinating to hear pro musicians recover and reestablish their footing so effortlessly "on the fly".

Ridiculous. I feel like burning my bass lol.

Thank you!