Walter Becker RIP

[MichaelB]

Sad news. Walter Becker, Steely Dan Co-Founder, Dead at 67 - Rolling Stone

Walter Becker, guitarist, bassist and co-founder of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted band Steely Dan, died Sunday at the age of 67.

 

[Dawg52]

Sad news indeed. May he RIP.

 

[frayne]

RIP Walter you made some great music. Never before had I heard where the name Steely Dan originated from.

 

[Trooper]

Loved Becker, and Steely Dan. Could listen to Pretzel Logic anytime.

 

[target2019]

Interview and tribute - Ricky Lee Jones:

Read Rickie Lee Jones' Poignant Tribute to Walter Becker - Rolling Stone

Have to cue up "11 Tracks of Whack"...Walter Becker was a favorite.

 

[target2019]

Loved Becker, and Steely Dan. Could listen to Pretzel Logic anytime.

Bought the boxed set quite a while ago. One favorote past time was to load all 4 CDs into the 5-CD changer and blast away.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Steely_Dan

 

[Cobra9777]

Very sad indeed. I've been a Steely Dan fanatic since about 1977. I've studied their music inside/out. Walter had to be the most intelligent individual to ever get caught up in the music business, which was quite amusing to watch at times. The Becker/Fagen songwriting duo was something very special and unique. Donald will carry on with live performances, but it's very sad to realize there will never again be a Becker/Fagen writing collaboration. RIP Brother.

 

[dixonge]

Interview and tribute - Ricky Lee Jones:

Read Rickie Lee Jones' Poignant Tribute to Walter Becker - Rolling Stone

Have to cue up "11 Tracks of Whack"...Walter Becker was a favorite.

Thanks for this link. That is a really great piece of writing...

 

[dixonge]

I've shared this elsewhere on social media, seems like it's appropriate here as well.

As a preacher's kid in a small Texas town I still remember Do It Again and Reelin' In The Years on my small Zenith tube radio. As a big-city high school student in the 70's I included their Aja album in my one and only Columbia House record club purchase. Their hits all coincided with my junior high and high school years. They are a major component of the soundtrack of my life.


In the 2000's I purchased three CD's to update/replicate my old vinyl collection. Aja was one of the three.

 

[Blue Collar Guy]

Sad news. Walter Becker, Steely Dan Co-Founder, Dead at 67 - Rolling Stone

Wow wrong Becker I thought the tennis player died.

 

[ERD50]

I've shared this elsewhere on social media, seems like it's appropriate here as well.

As a preacher's kid in a small Texas town I still remember Do It Again and Reelin' In The Years on my small Zenith tube radio. ...

I also recall hearing "Do It Again" on a small tube tabletop radio. One of the amazing things to me is how Steely Dan so carefully engineered their sound, that it sounded great even on a little radio. They were masters of keeping the sound uncluttered, so each instrument rang out.

-ERD50

 

[Rosie]

Their hits all coincided with my junior high and high school years. They are a major component of the soundtrack of my life.

I was thinking the same when I heard of Becker's passing. May he RIP.

 

[target2019]

https://www.pandora.com/artist/steely-dan/ARcxk7KzJpjctjc

Interesting trivia in a brief article there.

"Barbra Streisand recorded the Fagen/Becker composition ‘I Mean to Shine’ on her album Barbra Joan Streisand, released in August 1971..."

 

[HFWR]

Interview and tribute - Ricky Lee Jones:

Read Rickie Lee Jones' Poignant Tribute to Walter Becker - Rolling Stone

Have to cue up "11 Tracks of Whack"...Walter Becker was a favorite.

Must have been some good acid if she heard "Do It Again" in 1970, since it wasn't released until 1972...