The Steely Dan’s Lost Schlitz Beer Jingle
The Schlitz Beer jingle comes from the archive of late, longtime Steely Dan engineer Roger Nichols. It arrives roughly one month after the 1979 song "The Second Arrangement" surfaced online, also courtesy of Nichols' archive. The sub-two-minute jingle bears all the hallmarks of a Steely Dan tune, combining an airtight jazz-rock arrangement with a winking aloofness as Fagen sings, "Once around life / Once around livin' / Once around beer […]
