Home at Last is a song by Steely Dan

Steely Dan

Steely Dan is an American rock band; its core members are Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. The band's popularity peaked in the late 1970s, with the release of seven albums blending elements of jazz, rock, funk, R&B, and pop...

, and is the fifth track on their 1977 album Aja

Aja (album)

-Charts:AlbumPop Singles-Awards:Grammy Awards-External links:**, courtesy of The Museum of Classic Chicago Television...

. It is inspired by the epic poem The Odyssey, reflecting the feelings associated with a long-awaited homecoming; Walter Becker and Donald Fagen referenced this on the video

Video

Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.- History :...

 The Making Of Aja.

Original Steely Dan member Denny Dias

Denny Dias

Denny Dias is an American guitarist, most known for being a founding member of Steely Dan.- Career :Dias was working with his own band out of his basement in Hicksville, Long Island, when he placed an ad in The Village Voice that read: "Looking for keyboardist and bassist. Must have jazz chops!...

 plays the guitar on this song, his last contribution to one of the band's songs.

Bernard Purdie

Bernard Purdie

Bernard Lee "Pretty" Purdie is an American session drummer, and is considered an influential and innovative exponent of funk...

 plays drums on the track utilizing his signature beat called the "Purdie Shuffle".

Personnel

• Lead Vocals: Donald Fagen
  Donald Fagen
  Donald Jay Fagen is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the co-founder, lead singer, and the principal songwriter of the rock band Steely Dan ....
  
  
• Drums: Bernard Purdie
  Bernard Purdie
  Bernard Lee "Pretty" Purdie is an American session drummer, and is considered an influential and innovative exponent of funk...
  
  
• Bass: Chuck Rainey
  Chuck Rainey
  Chuck Rainey, is an American bass guitar session musician, known for playing with many well-known American musicians and acts, including Donald Byrd, Steely Dan, Quincy Jones, and Aretha Franklin.-Biography:Rainey's youthful pursuits included violin, piano and trumpet...
  
  
• Guitar: Larry Carlton
  Larry Carlton
  Larry Carlton is an American jazz, smooth jazz, jazz fusion, pop, and rock guitarist and singer. He has divided his recording time between solo recordings and session appearances with various well-known bands...
  
  , Walter Becker
  Walter Becker
  Walter Carl Becker is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the co-founder, guitarist, bassist and a co-writer of Steely Dan.-Career:...
  
  
• Solo Guitar: Denny Dias
  Denny Dias
  Denny Dias is an American guitarist, most known for being a founding member of Steely Dan.- Career :Dias was working with his own band out of his basement in Hicksville, Long Island, when he placed an ad in The Village Voice that read: "Looking for keyboardist and bassist. Must have jazz chops!...
  
  
• Piano and Vibes: Victor Feldman
  Victor Feldman
  Victor Stanley Feldman was a British jazz musician, best known as a pianist.-Early history:...
  
  
• Synthesizer: Donald Fagen
• Backup Vocals: Donald Fagen and Timothy B. Schmit
  Timothy B. Schmit
  Timothy Bruce Schmit is an American musician and songwriter, best known for his work as bass guitar player and singer for Poco and the Eagles. Schmit has also worked for decades as a session musician and solo artist.-Early career:Raised in Sacramento, Schmit began playing in the folk music group...