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Latest comment: 7 years ago by Weeb Dingle in topic "Roscoe's Rap"

History with Navasota and Steely Dan [expansion raw info] edit

Discography of first album Rootin' (1972) edit

ABC Records ABCX-757

  • with arrangements (& one song) by Fagen & Becker of Steely Dan fame, and some b/g vocals by Volman & Kaylan of The Turtles:

[typeset galley layout]

WESTERN BOOTS


(Navasota)
Ray Pawlik - Guitar
Steve Long - Guitar
Paul Minter - Bass
Lindsey Minter - Drums
Dicky Sony - Vocal

Background Vocals:
Clydie King
Shirley Mahews
Jackie Ward

Horns arranged by:
Don Fagen and Walter Becker

52 BILL


(Navasota)
Ray Pawlik - Guitar
Steve Long - Guitar
Paul Minter - Bass
Lindsey Minter - Drums
Dicky Sony - Vocal

BALLAD OF A YOUNG MAN


(Navasota)
Ray Pawlik - Guitar
Steve Long - Guitar
Paul Minter - Bass
Lindsey Minter - Drums
Dicky Sony - Vocal
Don Fagen - Tack Piano
Jeff Baxter - Pedal Steel Guitar
Bryon Berline - Fiddle

Background Vocals:
Mark Volman
Howie Kaylan

THAT'S HOW IT IS
(Playin' In a Rock & Roll Band)


(Navasota)
Ray Pawlik - Guitar
Steve Long - Guitar
Paul Minter - Bass
Lindsey Minter - Drums
Dicky Sony - Vocal
Don Fagen - Electric Piano

Background Vocals:
Mark Volman
Howie Kaylan

Horns arranged by:
Don Fagen and Walter Becker

CANYON LADIES


(D. Fagen - W. Becker)
Ray Pawlik - Guitar
Steve Long - Guitar
Paul Minter - Bass
Lindsey Minter - Drums
Dicky Sony - Vocal
Don Fagen - Piano

Background Vocals:
Clydie King
Shirley Mathews
Jackie Ward

Horns & strings arranged by:
Don Fagen and Walter Becker

OLE SLEW FOOT


(H. Hausey)
Ray Pawlik - Guitar
Steve Long - Guitar
Paul Minter - Bass
Lindsey Minter - Drums
Dicky Sony - Vocal
Jeff Baxter - Pedal Steel Guitar

Background Vocals:
Mark Volman
Howie Kaylan

I'M LEAVIN'


(C. Burnett)
Ray Pawlik - Guitar
Steve Long - Guitar
Paul Minter - Bass
Lindsey Minter - Drums
Dicky Sony - Vocal
Don Fagen - Piano

Horns arranged by:
Don Fagen and Walter Becker

P. FAHM


(Navasota)
Ray Pawlik - Guitar
Steve Long - Guitar
Paul Minter - Bass
Lindsey Minter - Drums
Dicky Sony - Vocal

Background Vocals:
Mark Volman
Howie Kaylan

HEAT OF THE NIGHT


(Navasota)
Ray Pawlik - Guitar
Steve Long - Guitar
Paul Minter - Bass
Lindsey Minter - Drums
Dicky Sony - Vocal

SPRING CREEK


(Navasota)
Ray Pawlik - Guitar
Steve Long - Guitar
Paul Minter - Bass
Lindsey Minter - Drums
Don Fagen - Piano

Background Vocals:
Howie Kaylan
Mark Volman
Clydie King
Shirley Mathews
Jackie Ward

Strings arranged by:
Don Fagen and Walter Becker


All tunes Published by:
Trousdale Music Publishers Inc./
Color Whirl Publications (BMI)
except: "I'M LEAVIN'" published
by Are Music Corp. (ASCAP).
"CANYON LADIES" published
by Wingate Music Corp./
Red Giant Music Inc. (ASCAP).
"OLE SLEW FOOT" published
by Ellison Music Corp./
Bluebonnet Music (BMI).


Produced by:
GARY KANNON
DENNIS COLLINS
(12th Street Productions)
Recorded at
The Village Recorder
West Los Angeles, California

Engineered by:
JOHN STRONACH


Photography & Design:
TOM GAMACHE
TOM GUNDELFINGER
PHILIP SCHWARTZ
for Scenic Overlook


[inline cite info: url=http://www.broberg.pp.se/nav_rootin.htm |author=Tomas Broberg |title=Tomas Broberg's Tribute To Steely Dan site] HTML formatting above is mine — DennisDallas

Accuracy appears to be 100%, as Broberg's page source contains front cover & group photos, and complete liner notes. Photo credits info might prove useful in future.

[same info originally avail from "Scott Borton's Steely Dan Album Page" url=http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~borton/steely_dan_albums/ but Broberg's site is more stable: (.edu sites don't last much past person's graduation or staff-separation)]*
*case in point: uiuc.edu (Univ Ill - Urbana-Champaign) now redirects to url=http://illinois.edu/ds/www/borton/steely_dan_albums/ but page loads as empty. Scott Borton doesn't show up in a directory search.
— DennisDallas (talk) 10:38, 11 October 2010 (UTC)Reply

corrections, suggestions edit

The foregoing would make MUCH more sense as a basis for a Navasota (band) article.

The second track is actually "$2 Bill". #8 is "P. Farm".

Arguably, this album was the coalescing of the original Steely Dan, Fagen + Becker + Skunk Baxter. Both Rootin' and Can't Buy a Thrill were released in 1972.

No idea if this Navasota is any relation: https://www.reverbnation.com/navasota

Weeb Dingle (talk) 03:26, 1 February 2017 (UTC)Reply

"Roscoe's Rap" edit

There are three tracks that fit under this title. Early in the film is the bed for the Roscoe's commercial. Under the film's end credits is a lyrically different version that refers to the foregoing events (e.g., "I got me a contract / with Mo Fuzz") and changes to the instrumentation. Both of these time out at 2:00. The third version is on the soundtrack album, running 4:36; it is not simply a "full-length version" comprising the other two. Weeb Dingle (talk) 22:42, 1 February 2017 (UTC)Reply