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Itâs 5am and Iggy Pop is lying in the gutter on Punt Road in Melbourne. Michael Gudinski answers the phone, jumps in the car and arrives in time to rescue the Godfather from an ignominious end. Phew. Thatâs rockânâroll: more or less what any good concert promoter would do.
A couple of decades later, Steely Dan are playing Australia at last. Good crowds, great shows, but the band isnât playing
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Reelinâ In the Years, so Gudinski shirtfronts their manager. âI donât give a stuff,â he tells him, that the band is over their old hits. âItâs their first time in Australia,â so they should play them.