R.I.P. Walter Becker (Steely Dan)

I saw him in 30th Street Guitars late last year, and he looked terrible. Kinda not surprised. Early Steely Dan is a huge influence. RIP, Walter.
 
Help!I'maRock! said:
I saw him in 30th Street Guitars late last year, and he looked terrible. Kinda not surprised. Early Steely Dan is a huge influence. RIP, Walter.
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When he missed the "Classic" dates this summer I was a little concerned, but they had been leaking out Fall tour dates as recently as last week. My gang was formulating a plan to hit the Baltimore date in October.

Ugh...I'm heartbroken.
 
Listened to a lot of the Dan growing up. Got the Citizen Dan box set at an X-mas gift within a year or two of its release. I think Zappa called them "downer surrealism"...regardless, I remain a fan. I'd hope to see them at some point since the reunion, but hadn't gotten around to it. It's amazing that Fagen is the survivor of the two. 11 Tracks of Whack is a very cool album. Walter's bassing on the classic albums is pretty great.

Great artist and musician. Sad to hear about this...so many hours spent listening to his music. This week I'll be doing some more.
 
RIP

I went through a SD period way back when, and appreciate the craft and talent it took to make the music. Haven't seriously listened to them in years.

Reeling in the Years is a great tune.
 
Damn.SD is one of the bands that I have always loved.I started listening to them whenI was very young.
I still love that ban

RIP Mr Becker.
Thank you for the great music.
 
I have always maintained tha tAja was the most near perfect album in totality (mixing, recording, writing, performance) ever. I used to use it to test people's stereo set up in the olden days.
 
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