Peg (song)
| Peg | |
|---|---|
| Steely Dan | |
| publication | November 1977 |
| length | 3:57 |
| Genre (s) | Soft rock |
| Author (s) | Donald Fagen , Walter Becker |
| Label | ABC Records |
| album | Aye |
Peg is a song by the jazz rock band Steely Dan , which was released in 1977 as the first single from the album Aja . It reached number 11 on the Billboard charts.
General
The song's guitar solo was recorded by seven top studio session guitarists, including Robben Ford and the band's popular Larry Carlton , before Jay Graydon's (Jay Graydon * 1949) solo was selected. He worked on the song for around six hours before the band was satisfied.
Graydon spoke about the recordings in 2014:
“Yes, they are known to be very picky, but so am I as a guitarist and record producer. In that sense, I had no problem working with them. As I mentioned earlier, I was the seventh guitarist to replace six other solos! "
- Jay Graydon
occupation
- Donald Fagen - piano, vocals
- Jay Graydon - lead guitar
- Michael McDonald , Paul Griffin - backing vocals
- Tom Scott - Lyricon
- Victor Feldman , Gary Coleman - percussion
- Steve Khan - guitar
- Don Grolnick - Clavinet
- Chuck Rainey - bass
- Rick Marotta - drums
- Paul Griffin - Electric Piano
- Tim Schmit - background vocals
Cover versions
- In 1989 the American hip-hop trio De La Soul covered the song.
- In 2007, British singer Nerina Pallot released a cover version of the song.
Web links
- Steely Dan: 10 Essential Songs on rollingstone.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ billboard.com: Peg
- ↑ noecho.net: Jay Graydon
- ↑ Peg at Songfacts.com (English), accessed August 24, 2019.
- ↑ Interview: Jay Graydon (Producer, Songwriter, Session Musician: Al Jarreau, Steely Dan, Hall & Oates). Retrieved June 28, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Summer single! ( Memento from October 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive )