Under the Banyan Trees

As I've said many times in the past, never in my wildest dreams did I expect this site to grow the way it has when I started it back in 1995. During that time the Guestbook took on a life of it's own. What started with just a few posts about how much people enjoyed the music of Steely Dan, turned into an online community of friends from all over the world. One of the by-products of this was the suggestion by Clas Lundkvist that the musicians who frequent the guestbook submit music for inclusion on a CD. Thus was born the Guestbook Compilation CD. The first one -- titled Technicolor Motorhome 2000 -- was organized by John Warren (JWMailbu). It was his original idea and hard work that produced the first 2 editions. In 2002 those duties were assumed by Brett Barney (Schwinn) and the name was changed to Steely Knives.

The fourth and final edition brings us full circle. Clas has taken the reigns and produced Yellow Peril. 20 songs clocking in at 72 minutes. This version includes a number of Steely Dan covers, but also 11 originals from a variety of musicians in the Steely Dan fan community.

Below are links to downloadable MP3 of the songs off each album. Feel free to download and listen. All songs are copyrighted by the respective artist. You may not copy or redistribute these songs without permission from the artist themselves. All rights are reserved. All Steely Dan covers are owned and copyrighted by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker.