MCDONALD, FAGEN & SCAGGS REFORM DOO-WOP SUPERGROUP
DOOBIE BROTHERS singer MICHAEL MCDONALD, BOZ SCAGGS and STEELY DAN’s DONA LD FAGEN have reformed doo-wop supergroup DUKES OF SEPTEMBER.
The trio last played together in 1993 as part of the New York Rock and Soul Revue, and now they’ve joined forces once again for a U.S. tour.
The singers will play hits from their own back catalogues when they hit the road with members of Steely Dan’s touring group, and Scaggs admits i t wasn’t tough getting the guys back together once their schedules lined up.
He tells USA Today, =E2=80=9COne phone call is all it took to get me ou t with these guys. Our audiences like each other… and rhythm and blues from the late =E2=80=9960s and =E2=80=9970s is what I cut my teeth on.=E2 =80=9D Meanwhile Fagen is keen to bring his decades-old hits to younger audien ces, adding: =E2=80=9CWe don=E2=80=99t want this music to be forgotten."
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