{"name":"Donald Fagen","title":"Donald Fagen","id":1502,"slug":"donald-fagen","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/1502/?format=json","bio_short":"Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948) is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the co-founder, lead singer, and the principal songwriter (along with partner <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Walter+Becker\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Walter Becker</a>) of <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Steely+Dan\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Steely Dan</a>. \n Fagen is known for his use of complex jazz harmonies, elaborate arrangements, and exacting attention to detail and launched his successful, if sporadic solo career in 1982.  Fagen penned a group of songs based on his experiences as a young man in 1950's America, and the resulting album, The Nightfly, was released in 1982, and is one of the first albums to be recorded entirely digitally.","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/DonaldFagen.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":27309,"title":"Any major dude","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/any-major-dude/"},{"id":27310,"title":"Black Friday (Steely Dan)","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/black-friday/"}]}