steely

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Could two songs be more different than Steely Dan’s “Home at Last” and the Soggy Bottom Boys’ “I am a Man of Constant Sorrow”? Yet both are inspired by the “Odyssey” of Homer.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

Rodriguez, who works in real-estate marketing, thought back to the smooth sounds of Steely Dan, the Eagles and Fleetwood Mac from the 1970s and 1980s that had been in heavy rotation for her this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

On his lunchtime Radio 1 show, which launched in 1971, he championed new names like Steve Harley, Lou Reed, Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles and Steely Dan.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2024

My husband and I saw Steely Dan with the late, great Walter Becker two different years at the Gorge.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 2023

The two latter communications contained urgent invitations for her to come to Steely Bank on a visit during the Christmas holidays.

From The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)