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RIP Walter Becker (Steely Dan)

Mrkinski
Mrkinski Posts: 957
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My bucket-list Steely Dan gig at the O2 in October won't be the same now.
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  • MountsfieldPark
    MountsfieldPark Posts: 2,074
    Half of the incomparable Steely Dan. RIP

    https://youtu.be/wCtSa0exAH0
  • StrikerFirmani
    StrikerFirmani Posts: 2,742
    Such a shame, a really good group. RIP
  • Bigbadbozman
    Bigbadbozman Posts: 1,775
    RIP
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,733
    RIP
  • Big in Brasov
    Big in Brasov Posts: 743
    Nooooooo!

    One of my heroes gone too soon

    RIP Walter
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,206
    Is this the steely Dan that made Catch a thrill album or am mixing it up with steely span or just fucking stupid?
    Anyway RIP
  • 3blokes
    3blokes Posts: 4,610
    That is sad news. Love Steely Dan
    RIP and thanks for the music.
  • Big in Brasov
    Big in Brasov Posts: 743
    Can't buy a thrill
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,206
    Big in Brasov said:

    Can't buy a thrill

    Thanks - I did have the album but jonks ago and mybgrey cells are running low ;0)

  • dickplumb
    dickplumb Posts: 4,835
    My all time favourite Group. I am absolutely gutted that Walter Becker has died. RIP Walter will never forget you or the music you gave us.
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  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    RIP Walter.
    Loved your music
  • Mrkinski
    Mrkinski Posts: 957
    Plan for this evening - the album 'Aja' - lights off, headphones on. The music lives on.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,477
    edited September 2017
    Oh wow!
    One of my top three bands of all time.
    The Royal Scam......Can't buy a Thrill......Gaucho......skiing with my headphones on listening to them many many a time up in snowy sunlit mountains.
    Absolutely superb musicians and composers, coupled with sublime arrangements as well as weird and sometimes unfathomable Los Angeles street talk lyrics.
    RIP....Walt....RIP.......and thank you so much.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    one of my VERY favourite bands .. mind you, Becker has looked ill for the past 40 years .. R I P
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,164
    Fuck this is tragic, thankfully I did get to see them.

    RIP
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,150
    RIP, one of those bands where you forget how many of their tunes you know.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    My all time favourite band. Aja is just an incredible album.
    RIP Walter.
    It seems that he has been missing from SD's recent gigs - i assume that Donald Fagen wont do the O2 now in October.
  • Anna_Kissed
    Anna_Kissed Posts: 3,302
    Steely Dan made diverse and interesting music. Walter Becker leaves a body of work that shall last and last. I shall enjoy it again and again.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,477
    edited September 2017
    "I struck a match against the door of Anthony's Bar and Grill".

    "Local boys will spend a quarter, just to shine the silver bowl".

    "He has a scar across his face he wears a hearing aid".

    "Clean this mess up else we'll all end up in jail."
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,350
    edited September 2017
    Just heard on the radio! RIP.
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  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,164
    Fabio Capello making a guest appearance on geetar.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-0mMn8E5fM
  • ashley
    ashley Posts: 531
    Tragic news . So many great songs . The three night blues fest at the O2 I at the end of October involving Nile Rogers , Hall and Oates and Steely Dan has been ruined. I have tickets for all of them and was planning on dining at the Gaucho restaurant on the last night in honour of Steely Dan and their great album of the same name.Big loss .
  • LennyLowrent
    LennyLowrent Posts: 2,705
    RIP Becker.
    What a great musician...

    For me there's Steely Dan, and there's the rest..
  • Bangkokaddick
    Bangkokaddick Posts: 4,295
    Woke up to this news this morning. Some friends had invited me to come over to the UK for the 02 gig but it was a little too far. I was waiting for the Asian tour!

    Great band, great songwriter, so creative and original.

    Not sure I'll play the whole box set tonight but certainly part of it will get an airing.

    RIP
  • newyorkaddick
    newyorkaddick Posts: 3,052
    Slightly off topic but The Nightfly by Donald Fagen is a great album too
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    I'm assuming the O2 gig is cancelled?
    I read somewhere that Donald Fagen had been touring recently without Becker.
  • LennyLowrent
    LennyLowrent Posts: 2,705
    newyorkaddick said:

    Slightly off topic but The Nightfly by Donald Fagen is a great album too

    Not really off topic, as Becker has helped in the production of 'The Nightfly'.
    Since 82 I haven't stopped listening to it, have transcribed most of it on to my piano...
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    edited September 2017
    SoundAsa£ said:

    "I struck a match against the door of Anthony's Bar and Grill".

    "Local boys will spend a quarter, just to shine the silver bowl".

    "He has a scar across his face he wears a hearing aid".

    "Clean this mess up else we'll all end up in jail."

    this line taken from Kid Charlemagne .. based on a true story about a SF drug merchant .. contains my favourite geetar solo at the end by the superb Larry Carlton .. the one in the middle is pretty good as well

    like this .. https://youtu.be/jJ9Xk-VoGqo
  • Alex Wright
    Alex Wright Posts: 8,214
    Just seen this. Another hero gone. RIP.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    newyorkaddick said:

    Slightly off topic but The Nightfly by Donald Fagen is a great album too

    I really like this .. could be a SD album, Fagen uses all the same top session men ... BUT there is just a little something missing .. could it be the influence of Walter Becker ?

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