The Steely Damned 2: My Old School 

I am always skeptical that a guitarist could do this song justice, but this guy not only easily nailed the solos but did a very impressive job improvising after the fade!! Skunk Baxter & Denny Diaz are geniuses & their work on Countdown to Ecstasy always engages my attention. Bravo to this entire group!!

Amazing performance! My favorite Steely Dan song. Best cover I have ever heard.

Horns nailed it. Vocals nailed it. Drummer nailed it. Guitar welded it.

Jesus!!! These folks are GOOD! I am a HUGE Dan Fan, and I’ve never seen anyone come this close.

I don't know who's having more fun: those on the stage or the ones in the audience.

Lordy the guitarist is on fire, what a great lineup

I've never heard of these guys. Great Humorous Band Name. Outstanding Instrumentation. Those Horns Rock, The Guitarist is astounding - and I have been a studio guitarist from Manhattan to California and a lot of places in between - and this guy is amazing! Wow! What a great Band. I feel sorry for whoever had to map out all of those Horn Parts by listening to the Dan's Records. The General Public doesn't have the slightest idea what goes into making a Band like this happen. It is almost impossible to convey the amount of "Blood, Sweat & Tears" (forgive The Pun) that make these shows work. 3 Thumbs Up.

The guitar player is phenomenal. He didn't play the solos note for note like the original (like most great players covering this song) but in the correct style, made the leads his own. A very difficult task to do this good! Kudos for this excellent version. I have never seen a better one than this.

Guitar player is phenomenal. Band is phenomenal.

WOW! ... just f'n WOW! So well done, super tight, awesome guitar solo!!! Backup singers nailed it! Horn section rocked it!

Everyone looks as though they're having SUCH a good time! Brilliant! Throroughly excellent!

Masterclass. Props to the drummer - takes the poetic license to swing the beat by 15% or so. Brings it alive!

These guys truly are "Old School"...and that guitarist is incredibly funky and "Skunky"...the horns are awesome...terrific job, on a hard -to- duplicate masterpiece!

What a hard band to cover. I'm a 50 year musician and I am impressed 👍👍👍

This is what I'd like to do. Play in a band having so much fun. I love to watch these people. Can't help but smile.

Simply - FANTASTIC! Steely Dan my favourite band of all time! You guys absolutely nail it! Please come and tour the UK!

Wow. Simply wow! I would have loved to have been there at this show. One of the best (and most joyful) renditions of a Steely Dan song ever.

It’s perfect. The notes. The rests. The tone. Guitar Virtuoso soul. Bravo.

Damn!! That was incredible! I’m a huge fan of Steely Dan from day one and I can honestly say this is some of the best I’ve seen and heard. 👍🏻✌🏻

The Steely Dammed 2... Hands down the greatest Steely Dan cover band on Earth... We're so lucky here in San Diego to have these fabulous musicians... Thanks to Hank and all of his band members.... If you get a chance when in San Diego usually every summer June/ July they play at the belly up...

"I did not think the girl could be so cruel and I'm NEVER going back to my old school." A BIG thumbs up!

Perfect tempo. Very good. Best I've heard.

Swellerific!!! Guitar? Left nothing offstage!!!! Killed it!!! And the singers? Oh gosh, yes.... Just freaking wonderfu!, y'all!! Subscribed today....

Caution : music like this prolongs youth! Consult your mind before dancing... Stiffness may occur afterwards.

That’s what you call real music

Our band used to do this song back in the 70's- we only had one sax player but our guitarist killed the solos like this guy. Glad I found you guys. Most excellent.

Damn, that instrumental duel between Hank and the horns starting at 4:49 is what this song is all about. Unbelievably faithful to Skunk Baxter's lead guitar and Jimmie Haskell's brilliant horn arrangement.

I have loved Steely Dan for years. These folks are great and do a super honor to Dan.

Fantastic. Wow. Great horns and Hank Easton, whom I’ve heard before, is just incredible on guitar. Definitely one of the finest solos I’ve heard.

The comments below say it all. Brilliant guys & gals. America at its finest.

Just made my evening! Wonderful rendition and no...Guadalajara won't do!

I’d like to hear Leonid and Friends cover this Steely Dan piece.

Back in the 90's, with the original line up, friends used to visit me from all over the world to hear this band play. We would get there early and sit on the Hank Easton side of the stage. Love you guys and Ruby too!

I love this bands work. I only recently found their youtube videos and they are a must listen too. There are many brilliant cover bands working now who are as good if not better than the original bands. This, I think, is because they are musicians and not products of marketing.

Excellent performance and I have always liked Steely Dan and this song - it's a big treat to see the actual performance for the first time. I dream of that guitar solo.

Badass horn section!!!

As sonically good as it can be,Excellent pure, performance,superb from note to sweet note.Very entertaining,with astonishingly precise crisp, clarity,and fine linear musicality.Walter Becker,would be proud,of you "old schoolers".Bravo!

Steely Dan is the only band that can make you laugh and cry at exactly the same time. No onecompares to there talent and writing skills. Amazing one of a kind artists. Cheer

Everyone is having so much fun! Wish I had been there!! That Hank Easton is amazing.

Everything about this performance is amazing

Wow, absolutely excellent.

A++++++++++++++ cover Best live cover of this song I have seen Keep it up

This was magical, my favourite Steely Dan track. What guitar work.

I loooove it. They're having so much fun on stage, great musicians, great tune

Great "In the pocket" feel. Great guitar solo tribute, quoting here and there. Great Donald Fagen vox tribute. Great looking fem vox bax singer.

A great performance of a great song - everybody nails it.

Certainly one of Steely Dan's best songs nicely performed. I'll be back in the San Diego area in a few weeks where I understand this band plays at Hennessey's on Tuesday nights in La Jolla. Looking forward to seeing them play live.

Fantastic...guitar player is tearing it up!

Everybody’s is great, the drummer holds it all together. Well done!

Love this song, one of my all time faves. Love to hear it being played well. Thanks! :)

LOVE that song list, Chris!!!

Wow!! That was fun. Great band every member. Add great vocals plus Hank’s guitar playing and this performance reaches spectacular!

That bass! Layin' it down and tearin' it up!

Love how California tumbles into the sea at 3:44 with the bleat of a baritone sax.

Outstanding. Put a smile on my face.

Fantastic cover! One of the greatest SD tunes, really rocks

there are lots of famous guitar players and (to me 4 real guitar gods...hendrix, vaughn, kath and betancourt) and then there are several who deserved fame they never got. back in 89 i was in a traveling band that did several jobs a year in dallas. on an off night we went into a club called emerald city. i was astounded by the guitar player. not only was he matching all the best i ever heard lick for lick, he played one song left handed, the next right handed. in the middle of the next song, he started the song left handed then turned his guitar over and was playing a left handed guitar upside down right handed. i always expected to see him world famous. no clue why he never made it.

THAT is music! it doesn't get any better!

2 years ago this masterpiece was recited

On the strength of this performance, the Gibson SG may be the best sounding guitar ever built. Fantastic work by all concerned.

Good Lord.........What a cover.......

I’m not sure how long they’ve been around but I saw Steely Damned at the Pacific Beach Club in 1992. They sound great back then too.

The best of the best.......

Wow! Just wow! watching again, I might have missed something. Wow!

This is outstanding.Everyone is having such a great time and I'm not even a Steely Dan fan !

Joyous what a great feel

Tip of that hat to whoever mixed the audio on this video. Most excellent work!

The rest of this cover was so spot-on and brilliant that I feel a little bad for noticing that the lead vocals were not quite perfect. But no blame attaches; I certainly couldn't imitate Fagen's voice myself. Props to the guitarist for exactly nailing Skunk Baxter's manic playing, and to the whole band for capturing the playful funky energy of the original.

I think the "Skunk" would approve. I used to turn my stereo up as the song faded out because there was a lot to hear. Plus I liked it loud, and the Advents really liked loud too.

I hope these folks come to Australia their amazing.

Fantastic! We need y’all to tour again!

That dress is superbly cut

If you love Steely Dan, you just have to love this band, superb and authentic, just wish they'd come to London!

what a joyous version

I was at this bar in daytime around aug. 2021. It was a sat. afternoon. Wish i knew then what i know now. I would have experienced this band

As a guitar player, I love your playing. Very inspiring. Time to practice. Thanks.

This Guitar Player Rips!! He's inspiring me to pick up my guitar and practice more!!

Hank Easton is an incredible artist.

Dude kills it on guitar! great stuff!!

This guitar player is out of this world !1

You are great guys

Well done guys and ladies. You all nailed it !!

The phenomenal guitarist could join Steely Dan any day

I had to travel to Solana Beach for work and stayed in Del Mar. My buddy and I went to this seafood place on the beach and when we left we heard some great music. It was The Sleely Damned! This was quite some time ago now and I think there were only about ten people on stage. Lol

Just fantastic. If the real Steely Dan ever retire (which they nearly have) then this band will carry on their legacy for years. Love the guitarist. Skunk Baxter can’t play it as well as this but admire Skunk for the originality.

Guitar is spot on, nice

Big band, the best cover perfect.

Tight af. Superb man.

❤ great !!!! Loved you guys

Fantastic job on filming and audio is gold! Very gifted bunch of musicians!!

Becker and Fagen were like the older composers ,who created perfect pieces - intended to be performed by others. A brilliant band.

Great cover of my favorite steely dan song

You guys are amazing!!

Excellent!

Horn section kicks ass !!

Heck yea, man!!! ...everyone in the band is awesome.

Wow: a Dan fan from the 70s: this rocks!

Probably the greatest reason that grunge was such a drag is because it was contrasted against the greatest music that happened in the 60s and 70s. No one is making music like this today.

My god you guys absolutely killed it. Unreal.

Supper sensational supper fantastico very well preformed.