Sail the Waterway by Steely Dan was recorded during their debut album, Can’t Buy a Thrill, sessions but never made it onto the album. Or any regular studio album for that matter. Damn, even their throwaway songs are quite good.
Heard this recently. I swear I've heard it in some overly long opening credits for a movie, maybe a western or something set around the Mediterranean centuries ago that Charlton Heston might've starred in.
Listened to this one because I recognized the beer sign in the preview as one of the two regional breweries that was still operating in my home town when I was young.
I'm a hair metal fan. Scorpions, Def Leppard, Judas Priest.. but I like old country too, sometimes. Right now Marty Robbins while brewing a Shock Top clone.
First time I ever heard this song, this vidio was playing on an old TV in the office when I was checking in to a low end hostel in Cairns, Queensland Au, 1989. Just got off the plane, and on my way to a year on the road down under.