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The "Deacon Blues" will be breaking out in Utah in June.
Legendary '70s pop-rock band Steely Dan will bring its "The Dan Who Knew Too Much" tour to West Valley City's Usana Amphitheatre on Tuesday, June 14.
Steely Dan is the collaboration of musicians Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, who produced seven platinum-selling albums from 1972 to 1980 — the biggest being their 1977 album "Aja." The band's hits include "Reelin' in the Years," "Rikki Don't Lose That Number," "F.M.," "Peg," "Hey Nineteen," "Deacon Blues" and "Babylon Sisters."
The pair broke up after 1980, but reunited in the early '90s, touring extensively and releasing two more albums, "Two Against Nature" (2000) — which won four Grammys, including Album of the Year — and "Everything Must Go" (2003). Steely Dan was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.
Opening for Steely Dan on the tour is another music legend: Steve Winwood, known for his hits as a solo artist ("Higher Love," "Back in the High Life Again," "While You See a Chance") and his stints as frontman for Spencer Davis Group, Traffic and Blind Faith (his 1969 collaboration with Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker).
Tickets for the Steely Dan show, ranging from $29.50 to $125, go on sale Friday, 10 a.m., via Smith's Tix.