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RIP Walter Becker of Steely Dan

R.I.P. Walter Becker

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Aja

Steely Dan

1977 ABC AB-1006
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My CD/LP/TAPE Collection
 
RIP Walter. I've seen Steely dan twice and just saw Donald Fagen and the Night flyers a couple of weeks ago. Just yesterday I was spinning some Steely Dan. Just unbelievable.
 
RIP...playing Gaucho but also remembering his work with China Crisis...80's UK synth group. He produced Flaunt the Imperfection.
 
Consumate professional.
Even his non "Audiophile Aja" recording were always a pleasure to listen to.
And the Dan sounded just as good live.
Even though Walter often had to defer the tough leads to a younger, faster player, he still played the tasty, bendy licks just right.
He left us a body of work that will be enjoyed even 500 years from now.
 
What...?!?!??!
My World suddenly just got a tad lonelier...wow...tis a sad day...

He said, You must be joking son. Where did you get those shoes..?!?....
Those days are gone for ever.
Over a long time ago, oh yeah

R.I.P.
 
Just heard the news, so bummed out by this. Too young, didn't even realize he'd been ill and missed the East West
Festivals this summer. Glad I have seen them a couple times. RIP Walter Becker.
 
Listening to Walters solos on "Two Against Nature" Like all Guitar masters he understood less is more. The man liked him some Sadowsky.
RIP
 
RIP Mr Becker. Bummer so many of my favorite artists have passed. I think I'll spin "Can't Buy a Thrill" tonight. Amazing debut from an amazing band.
 
sez here he helped invent the subwoofer (sort of)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/my-friend-and-colleague-steely-dans-walter-becker

"In an effort to hear more detail and nuance during recording and mixing sessions, he discovered Magneplanar and Quad electrostatic speakers, renowned for their clarity but also for their lack of ability to produce low frequency sounds. As a bass player, this was particularly troubling for Walter. He convinced Ken Kreisel, an inventor, to come up with a way to improve this. Ken brought a prototype of a subwoofer to the studio and Steely Dan used it for their 1974 album Pretzel Logic."
 
When one listens to Steely Dan you know your listening to top notch, high quality musicianship. This was by no accident, Becker and Fagen demanded the best and it showed. The worlds best studio musicians were more than eager to work for them.

I feel blessed that I was able to attend one of their shows many years ago. R.I.P. Walter...................
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