cccx. STEELY DAN / HOOPS McCANN BAND, THE: Glamour Profession

cccx. STEELY DAN / HOOPS McCANN BAND, THE

STEELY DAN
Glamour Profession (1980)
Donald Fagen, vocals, keyboards
Tom Scott, tenor saxophone, Lyricon
Michael Brecker, tenor saxophone
George Marge, clarinet
Rob Mounsey, keyboards
Bill Tobin, keyboards
Steve Khan, guitar
Steve Gadd, drums
Anthony Jackson, bass
Ralph MacDonald, percussion
Valerie Simpson, backing vocals
Frank Floyd, backing vocals
Lesley Miller, backing vocals
Zachary Sanders, backing vocals
(7:28)

from Gaucho.

6:05

Outside the stadium
Special delivery
For Hoops McCann
Brut and charisma
Poured from the shadow where he stood
Looking good; he's a crowd-pleasing man

One on one, he's schoolyard Superman
Crashing the backboard, he's Jungle Jim again
When it's all over
We'll make some calls from my car

We're a star
(It's a glamour profession)
(The L.A. concession)

Local boys will spend a quarter
Just to shine the silver bowl
Living hard will take its toll
Illegal fun
Under the sun, boys

All aboard
The Carib Cannibal
Off to Barbados
Just for the ride
Jack with his radar
Stalking the dread moray eel
At the wheel
With his Eurasian bride

On the town
We dress for action
Celluloid bikers
Is Friday's theme
I drove the Chrysler
Watched from the darkness while they danced

I'm the one
(It's a glamour profession)
I'm the one
(The L.A. concession)
Local boys will spend a quarter
Just to shine the silver bowl
Living hard will take its toll
Illegal fun
Under the sun, boys

Hollywood
I know your middle name
Who inspired your fabled fools?
That's my claim to fame

Jive Miguel
He's in from Bogota
Meet me at midnight
At Mr. Chow's
Szechuan dumplings
Now that the deal has been done

I'm the one
(It's a glamour profession)
I'm the one
(The L.A. concession)

Local boys will spend a quarter
Just to shine the silver bowl
Living hard will take its toll

Illegal fun
Under the sun, boys
Illegal fun
Under the sun, boys

HOOPS McCANN BAND, THE
Glamour Profession (1988)
Chuck Findley, trumpet, flugelhorn
Slyde Hyde, trombone, tuba
Bill Perkins, soprano, baritone saxophones
Jerome Richardson, soprano, alto saxophones, flute
Jim Coile, soprano and tenor saxophones
Mitch Holder, guitar
Chuck Berghofer, bass
Michael Lang, piano
Paul Humphrey, drums
Joe Rocciano, cond.
(4:26)

from The Hoops McCann Band Plays The Music Of Steely Dan.

Fagen & Becker were ultra-perfectionists, and their arrangements -- however they come off to the average listener -- are extremely detailed and complex.

So why would someone bother to re-arrange them? There are probably hundreds of SD cover bands who try to replicate the originals.

But these guys are something else. To re-arrange them for a big band is a horse of a different color, as the Wizard once said ...

Of course, the name of the band is taken from a character in this song. Check it out.