Walter Becker
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8 Songs That Show Walter Becker’s Brilliance
From “Pretzel Logic” to “Slang of Ages,” the Steely Dan co-founder’s sharp style always resonated
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Remembering Steely Dan's Walter Becker: The lost interview
Along with Donald Fagen, Walter Becker co-founded the pop combo Steely Dan in the early ’70s, earning chart success, Grammys, and lasting influence on pop music. In this interview from 1994, Dan DeMartino, author of “Do It Again: The Steely Dan Years,” talks to Becker about the Steely Dan mystique, producing, and his solo career.
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5 notable Steely Dan songs to remember Walter Becker
Steely Dan co-founder, guitarist and bassist Walter Becker died Sunday at the age of 67, leaving an extensive catalog of memorable hits. Here are a few of the band's most notable songs to remember him with.
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Steely Dan Fans, Donald Fagen Pay Tribute to Walter Becker’s ‘Knack of Creative Mimicry’
Fans of Steely Dan gathered online to honor the life of the band’s guitarist and co-founder, Walter Becker, who died on Sunday at age 67. “Like a lot of kids from fractured families, he had the knack of creative mimicry, reading people’s hidden psychology and transforming what he saw into bubbly, incisive art,” Fagen wrote. Steely Dan was known as one of the most innovative bands of the 1970s, combining rock with jazz to produce platinum-selling albums like “Aja” and legendary songs like “Rikk
