Performance notes · Martin E. Bexler https://onemansteelydan.com/notes.html Notices and corrections from One Man Steely Dan, an evening with Martin E. Bexler. en-us Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0700 November program https://onemansteelydan.com/notes.html#november-program onemansteelydan-notes-2026-09-09-november-program Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0700 I have moved “Home at Last” to the beginning of the second part. The previous position required a keyboard change that was audible from the room even when it was not audible through the speakers. Placing it after the interval has resolved this.

The printed list will reflect the change. Please disregard the August version if you still have it.

]]> A note on this address https://onemansteelydan.com/notes.html#hosting onemansteelydan-notes-2026-06-29-hosting Mon, 29 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0700 For a period, this address displayed an unrelated page following a lapse in hosting. This has been corrected.

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]]> Technical rider, Rev. D https://onemansteelydan.com/notes.html#rider-rev-d onemansteelydan-notes-2025-01-15-rider-rev-d Wed, 15 Jan 2025 09:00:00 -0700 The technical rider has been revised. Hosts holding Rev. C or earlier are asked to replace it. The revision adds one clause and clarifies another. No other terms have changed.

]]> Returned items https://onemansteelydan.com/notes.html#returned onemansteelydan-notes-2025-01-14-returned Tue, 14 Jan 2025 09:00:00 -0700 Items left after the October engagement have been returned to their owner.

]]> Copper Lantern listing https://onemansteelydan.com/notes.html#copper-lantern onemansteelydan-notes-2024-10-23-copper-lantern Wed, 23 Oct 2024 09:00:00 -0700 A few people have written about the two listings for Saturday evening. My engagement was in the main room. Mr. Kettering performed on the west patio. Both performances took place.

My program began after the room was reset and ran for 63 minutes. The description “support act” in the patio announcement was not part of my agreement with the venue. I have asked for it to be removed from subsequent listings. I have retained the relevant correspondence.

For clarity, the main room seats 48. The west door, which connects the main room to the patio, was open for part of the evening. I have since asked that it remain closed during my engagements.

Anyone who received the wrong program may write to me for a replacement.

]]> This site https://onemansteelydan.com/notes.html#redesign onemansteelydan-notes-2023-03-02-redesign Thu, 02 Mar 2023 09:00:00 -0700 This site has been redesigned by Aranda Studio. The notes, the program notes and the technical rider are unchanged in substance. Please update any bookmarks to the program page, which has moved.

]]> Ten years https://onemansteelydan.com/notes.html#ten-years onemansteelydan-notes-2022-06-16-ten-years Thu, 16 Jun 2022 09:00:00 -0700 The first full program was given at the Vesper Room, Saguaro Palms Motor Lodge, on June 16, 2012. I still have the running order, including a penciled substitution for “Aja.” We began at 8:40.

The room is gone now. It seated 46, although I do not have an attendance figure. I am grateful to those who came, particularly the people who stayed after the interval.

For clarity, earlier poolside appearances advertised under a similar name were a separate act.

]]> “Glamour Profession” https://onemansteelydan.com/notes.html#glamour-profession onemansteelydan-notes-2021-04-26-glamour-profession Mon, 26 Apr 2021 09:00:00 -0700 The second arrangement of “Glamour Profession” was lost in April. The drive in the performance laptop failed on Saturday, April 17, and the prepared parts could not be recovered. A backup existed. It was of the first arrangement.

The arrangement log records 186 hours against it. I will not be reconstructing it. Listeners familiar with the history of the Gaucho sessions will understand, I think, why it seems right to leave it where it is.

]]> “Aja,” at forty-three https://onemansteelydan.com/notes.html#aja-43 onemansteelydan-notes-2020-09-24-aja-43 Thu, 24 Sep 2020 09:00:00 -0700 Thank you to those who watched yesterday evening’s performance of “Aja,” given forty-three years to the day after the album’s release. The camera was fixed above the keyboard, and there was no commentary. The audience included viewers from as far as Flagstaff.

The printed program remains available in the description of the recording. I have replied to the one comment received.

]]> Program note No. 3 https://onemansteelydan.com/notes.html#rhythm-note onemansteelydan-notes-2019-06-17-rhythm-note Mon, 17 Jun 2019 09:00:00 -0700 A third program note, Why the rhythm section is prepared, has been published. It addresses a question that has been raised recently.

]]> Prepared parts https://onemansteelydan.com/notes.html#prepared-parts onemansteelydan-notes-2019-05-09-prepared-parts Thu, 09 May 2019 09:00:00 -0700 For clarity: the prepared parts are not finished works and are not intended to be heard outside an engagement. Where they have been used in other settings, this has been discontinued.

]]> A new address https://onemansteelydan.com/notes.html#new-address onemansteelydan-notes-2018-10-22-new-address Mon, 22 Oct 2018 09:00:00 -0700 The program now has its own address, onemansteelydan.com. The notes below were published on the previous page and are reproduced here as published. Engagements, the program notes and the technical rider will be kept here from now on.

Dr. Bexler will arrive one hour prior to each engagement for setup. Hosts are asked to have the performance area clear at that time.

]]> Program notes https://onemansteelydan.com/notes.html#mu-major onemansteelydan-notes-2018-07-16-mu-major Mon, 16 Jul 2018 09:00:00 -0700 The first of a series of program notes, On the mu major, is now available. The complete text is included in the printed program. It is not required reading.

]]> Walter Becker, 1950–2017 https://onemansteelydan.com/notes.html#walter-becker onemansteelydan-notes-2017-09-10-walter-becker Sun, 10 Sep 2017 09:00:00 -0700 Walter Becker died on Sunday, September 3. Yesterday evening a program of his songs was given at Palo Verde Fellowship Hall, Moon Valley, at 7:00. Admission was free. Thank you to those who came, and to the hall.

The pedals were silent for one song, in his memory.

The printed program was dedicated to Walter Becker, and to A.B., who plays bass.

]]> A listing https://onemansteelydan.com/notes.html#ledger onemansteelydan-notes-2016-02-22-ledger Mon, 22 Feb 2016 09:00:00 -0700 The Weekend Picks column of the North Mountain Ledger for Friday, February 19, gave my name in connection with an engagement on a Thursday at another venue. I did not perform on that date. The listing was not requested, and I have written to the Ledger.

]]> “Aja” https://onemansteelydan.com/notes.html#aja-complete onemansteelydan-notes-2015-09-21-aja-complete Mon, 21 Sep 2015 09:00:00 -0700 The arrangement of “Aja” is complete. It was begun in the autumn of 2009. The arrangement log records 1,140 hours. It will be included in the program from the next engagement, in full, at the end of the first part.

]]> A statement regarding the name https://onemansteelydan.com/notes.html#statement onemansteelydan-notes-2015-04-06-statement Mon, 06 Apr 2015 09:00:00 -0700 A statement regarding the name was published on this date.

]]> The printed program https://onemansteelydan.com/notes.html#credits onemansteelydan-notes-2014-08-11-credits Mon, 11 Aug 2014 09:00:00 -0700 From Saturday’s engagement, the printed program includes full personnel credits for the prepared parts. There are 31. They are given in full because the parts were written in full.

]]> Similar names https://onemansteelydan.com/notes.html#affiliation onemansteelydan-notes-2013-01-21-affiliation Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:00:00 -0700 Please note that this program has no affiliation with any similarly named site or performer. If you have reached this page by typing an address, please type the address carefully.

]]> Autumn engagements https://onemansteelydan.com/notes.html#autumn-2012 onemansteelydan-notes-2012-09-14-autumn-2012 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:00:00 -0700 "original" here as well. -->

Autumn engagements will be listed on this page as they are confirmed. The Valley’s original one-man Steely Dan program is available for listening rooms, fellowship halls and private residences.

]]> The Vesper Room https://onemansteelydan.com/notes.html#vesper-room onemansteelydan-notes-2012-06-18-vesper-room Mon, 18 Jun 2012 09:00:00 -0700 Thank you to those who attended the first full program, at the Vesper Room of the Saguaro Palms Motor Lodge, on Saturday. The program began at 8:40.

One substitution was made in the second part, for reasons of time. The interval was longer than scheduled. This was not at my request.

]]> Engagements https://onemansteelydan.com/notes.html#first-note onemansteelydan-notes-2012-03-01-first-note Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:00:00 -0700 Engagements of One Man Steely Dan, songs of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen arranged for keyboard and voice, will be listed on this page.

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