An excellent guitarist great songwriter: Steely Dan co-founder Walter Becker dead at 67
Source: Raw Story
Walter Becker, co-founder of the legendary Steely Dan, has died at age 67.
According to Variety, the death of the guitarist/bassist of the band that was a radio staple during the 70’s was announced on his website
As Variety notes about Becker and co-founder Donald Fagen, “The pair’s gimlet-eyed, covertly perverse music, garbed in gleaming pop melodies, bebop-derived harmonies and shimmering production, was variously performed with a core working band in the group’s initial heyday; those players were ultimately, and permanently, supplanted by a rotating cast of mostly jazz-schooled studio sidemen.”
In a statement, (see below) Fagen complimented his long-time partner as “An excellent guitarist — great songwriter”
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/an-excellent-guitarist-great-songwriter-steely-dan-co-founder-walter-becker-dead-at-67/
Now I am depressed.........................
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...I share your sadness because they just don't make musicians of his caliber very much anymore these days.
Rest in peace, Walter; thanks for the music and the memories...
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