--- In doobiefans@yahoogroups.com, "Chuck Wagstaff"
<chuck_wagstaff@...> wrote:

Hey kids - Steely Dan played Dallas on Thursday with Michael McDonald
opening and joining them for a few tunes. Here's the take from the
Dallas
Morning News:
http://www.guidelive.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/overnight/stories/DN-
steely_0
713gl.ART0.State.Edition2.24e5694.html



"Mr. McDonald started the evening with his own set, featuring hits
from his
solo career and his Doobie Brothers years and a selection of R&B
cover songs
that met with mixed results.

The recent butt of an ongoing joke in The 40-Year-Old Virgin (and,
more
recently, a singer of the national anthem during the NBA Finals), Mr.
McDonald couldn't add much soul to Marvin Gaye ("I Heard It Through
the
Grapevine") or Smokey Robinson ("I Second That Emotion").

But his keyboard playing was robust throughout, and he ended his set
with a
rousing version of "Takin' It to the Streets." This was fierce
gospel-fueled
rock, complete with a nine-person choir and plenty of soul claps.
This
antiseptic venue is the last place you'd expect to catch the Holy
Ghost, but
for a few minutes Wednesday, you could have sworn church was in
session."

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