 In 1999, toward the end of the recording of their 2000 released album "Two Against Nature", Donald Fagen and Walter Becker of Steely Dan wanted to hire another rhythm guitar player for some tracks.Ted Baker, a close friend of Herington's, was playing keyboard for the band and Becker and Fagen asked for a recommendation for a guitarist.Baker provided Herington's 1992 album, "The Complete Rhyming Dictionary", a collection of Herington original instrumentals, to Becker and Fagen.