Bill MacKay shows up at the party with a tune he’d heard over the years and a sole goal: no bad high school jazz tonight! Finding the Latin swing inside Steely Dan’s dead-eyed bummer unlocks Bill’s affirmation of the song’s caustic power, replacing the showbizzy dream-fulfillment of the original production with layers of elegant guitar and requinto, over which Bill Callahan and the Bonny ‘Prince’ frankly emote the familiar tale of artistic fall and rise.
Cover art by Joanne Oldham.
