lxx. STEELY DAN: Black Friday

lxx. STEELY DAN

Black Friday (1975)
Donald Fagen, vocals, keyboards
Walter Becker, bass, guitar
Michael Omartian, keyboards
David Paich, keyboards
Hugh McCracken, guitar
Wilton Felder, bass
Chuck Rainey, bass
Jeff Porcaro, drums, dorophone
Victor Feldman, vibraphone, percussion
Michael McDonald, background vocals
(3:41)

from Katy Lied.

Fagen and Becker were reportedly so dissatisfied with the noise-reduction system that failed (and was then repaired), that they refused to ever listen to the album.

The term "Black Friday" is infused with so many different meanings that getting to the heart of these lyrics is a challenge. The 1929 definition seems the most likely.