E139: TrackTalk: Rick Marotta on "Don't Take Me Alive"

Episode 139 of the Live From My Drum Room!™ podcast, hosted by John DeChristopher, titled "E139: TrackTalk: Rick Marotta on "Don't Take Me Alive"" was published on May 1, 2023 and runs 64 minutes.

May 1, 2023 ·64m · Live From My Drum Room!™

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Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com Rick Marotta and I do a deep dive into this classic and somewhat overlooked Steely Dan song, "Don't Take Me Alive." Rick gives an insiders view into the recording of this iconic drum track from Steely Dan's Royal Scam album during the golden age of recording. Besides breaking down Rick's iconic drum track, we also discuss the other legendary musicians on this track: Larry Carlton on guitar, Don Grolnick on keyboards, Chuck Rainey o...

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Send me a text and please visit www.livefrommydrumroom.com

Rick Marotta and I do a deep dive into this classic and somewhat overlooked Steely Dan song, "Don't Take Me Alive." Rick gives an insiders view into the recording of this iconic drum track from Steely Dan's Royal Scam album during the golden age of recording.

Besides breaking down Rick's iconic drum track, we also discuss the other legendary musicians on this track: Larry Carlton on guitar, Don Grolnick on keyboards, Chuck Rainey on bass and of course Donald Fagen and Walter Becker.

Check out the other episodes of TrackTalk and @livefrommydrumroom and please subscribe!

*Live From My Drum Room licensed its content to the Modern Drummer Podcast from March 2022 until June 2023.

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