Walter Becker

jazz Rock 

Dirty Work: Steely Dan’s Can’t Buy A Thrill at 50

November 25, 2022November 25, 2022 Deborah Sprague 0 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, Denny Dias, Dirty Work, Do It Again, Donald Fagen, Elliot Randall, Naked Lunch, Reelin' In The Years, Steely Dan, Walter Becker, William S. Burroughs

Looking back on the band’s classic debut LP

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Folk jazz Pop Rock 

LISTEN: Linda Hoover Shares “Autumn” From Steely Dan Assisted Lost Album

November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 Ron Hart 4 Comments Autumn, Barbra Streisand, Denny Dias, Donald Fagen, Eric Weissberg, I Mean To Shine, Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, Linda Hoover, Omnivore Recordings, Steely Dan, Walter Becker

I Mean To Shine is out now on Omnivore Recordings

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jazz Rock 

Learn to Work the Saxophone: Steely Dan’s Aja at 45

September 24, 2022September 24, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1977, 45th Anniversary, Aja, Bernard Purdie, Black Cow, Chuck Rainey, Clydie King, Deacon Blues, Dean Parks, Donald Fagen, Home at Last, I Got The News, Jim Keltner, Joe Sample, Josie, Larry Carlton, Michael McDonald, Peg, Steely Dan, Tim Schmit, Tom Scott, Victor Feldman, Walter Becker

Why Becker and Fagen’s sixth album together can also be considered their best

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Pop Remembrance 

Jay Black and the Money Note

October 26, 2021April 3, 2022 Mitchell Cohen 1 Comment Cara Mia, Donald Fagen, Jay and the Americans, Jay Black, Steely Dan, This Magic Moment, Walter Becker

Remembering one of the golden voices of American Pop, gone at 82

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Country and/or Western New Wave Remembrance Soul 

Rest In Peace, Sweet Pea Atkinson

May 7, 2020May 7, 2020 Ron Hart 1 Comment Andrew Gold, Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Brick By Brick, Circus Money, Countryman, David Was, Don Was, Dot Com Blues, Elvis Costello, George Jones, I Just Wasn't Made For These Times, I'm Alive, Iggy Pop, Ivan Neville, Jackson Browne, Jimmy Smith, Michael McDonald, Mindi Abair and The Boneshakers, Paula Abdul, Phantom Blues, Richie Sambora, RIP, Sir Harry Bownes, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Taj Mahal, The Hard Stuff, Under The Red Sky, Walter Becker, Was (Not Was), Wayne Kramer, Willie Nelson

Reflecting on the Detroit soul singer’s career beyond Was (Not Was)

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jazz Rock 

Who Makes the Traffic Interesting: Steely Dan’s Two Against Nature Turns 20

April 20, 2020November 2, 2022 Dan Weiss 1 Comment 2000, Donald Fagen, Eminem, Grammys, Kid A, Radiohead, Steely Dan, The Marshall Mathers LP, Two Against Nature, Walter Becker

Why Walter Becker and Donald Fagen deserved to win that Grammy over Radiohead and Eminem

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jazz Pop Records Rock 

Walter Becker and The Whackness

October 2, 2019October 9, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 11 Tracks of Whack, 1994, 25th Anniversary, Donald Fagen, Giant Records, Steely Dan, Walter Becker

25 years ago, the late Steely Dan guitar great stepped out of the shadows with his solo debut

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