From hosting block parties in The Bronx, New York to winning a Grammy Award, Louie Vega or Little Louie Vega is the voice of Latin house and one of the most important DJ/Producers of the underground NYC house/dance music scene.
Vega is half of Masters At Work –the other half is fellow DJ/Produc
Roots accessibility, stoner-funk arrangements and occasionally some very weird lyrics. Sort of the Allman Brothers meet Zappa (for whom George sang back-up and with whom he collaborated), with the odd Dixieland overlay.
Good for making your Deadhead friends feel a bit parochial.
Donald Fagen and Walter Becker met at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York in 1967 and began playing in local groups (one of these, The Bad Rock Group, included future comedy star Chevy Chase on drums).
After Fagen graduated in 1969, the two moved to Brooklyn and tried to peddle their tun