Lockdown Licks no. 360. “Josie” by Steely Dan. Walter Becker style lead solo played on a Stratocaster into a NUX M8 amp set to “classic” with some reverb.
Despite having a whole array of brilliant session guitarists available, Walter Becker plays a guitar solo on the song, one of the few on Aja. Steely Dan biographer Brian Sweet particularly praised the solo, calling it “a real stormer.”
Fagen sings the lead vocals. The other musicians on the song include Chuck Rainey on bass guitar, Victor Feldman on electric piano and Larry Carlton and Dean Parks on guitar. The drummer is Jim Keltner, praised by critics for his tight funky play and a fill that restarts the song near the end after a brief pause.
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