In the Brian Sweet book 'Steely Dan Reelin' in the Years' it mentions that Walter did play the solo on the Pretzel Logic track, it took a long time to piece together, often "an hour per bar", according to Roger Nichols.
I take everything in the Sweet book with a grain of salt, because I know it was put together without a lot of care or attention to detail. It may well be true, but I would need more of a reliable source to seal the deal for me.
I've just been listening to an interview with Walter on you tube reference 'Walter Becker The Rare Tracks Collection: Obscurities and Oddities' and at around 57:32 he is asked which songs he is playing guitar solo on and he mentions Pretzel Logic! :-)
I seem to remember a Gary Katz interview in which he mentioned that WB's solo was painstakingly cut together from many takes. Damned if I can find that now. Anyone else remember that?
Perfect description of how perfectly suited his solos were for the SD sound. For me, they really defined the SD sound. But I still do have a lingering question about the Pretzel Logic reference. I have no reason to doubt that it was indeed Walter playing lead guitar on that tune, but has that ever been documented anywhere? Like a quote from him or Donald, or a credit somewhere on a reissue? Or do we "just know"?
In the Brian Sweet book 'Steely Dan Reelin' in the Years' it mentions that Walter did play the solo on the Pretzel Logic track, it took a long time to piece together, often "an hour per bar", according to Roger Nichols.
I seem to remember a Gary Katz interview in which he mentioned that WB's solo was painstakingly cut together from many takes. Damned if I can find that now. Anyone else remember that?
Perfect description of how perfectly suited his solos were for the SD sound. For me, they really defined the SD sound. But I still do have a lingering question about the Pretzel Logic reference. I have no reason to doubt that it was indeed Walter playing lead guitar on that tune, but has that ever been documented anywhere? Like a quote from him or Donald, or a credit somewhere on a reissue? Or do we "just know"?