 They joined his band and immediately began playing their own material.Dias fired the rest of the band, and the three of them moved to California, adding drummer Jim Hodder, guitarist Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, and vocalist David Palmer before recording for ABC/Dunhill Records as Steely Dan.Dias recorded as a permanent member of the band on 1972's "Can't Buy a Thrill" (with an electric sitar solo on the song "Do It Again"), 1973's "Countdown to Ecstasy", and 1974's "Pretzel Logic".