Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, a couple of cynical New York jazz fanswormed their way into a record contract and astonished critics with their firstalbum 'Can't Buy a Thrill' in 1973. Nine albums later, they were among thebiggest selling acts in the world.Steely Dan were different from the rest of rock's super-sellers. They rarely gaveinterviews and, after some early bad experiences on the road, they refused totour. They didn't have their photographs taken and few people knew what theylooked like. Steely Dan weren't even a proper group; it was two musicians anda producer, yet every top notch player in the world lined up to appear on theiralbums.Brian Sweet, former editor and publisher of Metal Leg, the Steely Dan fanzine,draws back the veil of secrecy that has surrounded Becker and Fagen, presentingthe true story of how they made their music and lived their lives