walter becker Rest in Peace

R.I.P., will be missed.

I was driving in my car (but not smoking my cigar) and had WXPN (U Penn radio station) on and heard a number of Steely Dan songs and hoped that it did not mean something like this.  But it did, unfortunately.  I never got to see/hear them live, did see Fagan playing piano at one of the Barn concerts at Levon's place in Woodstock, and saw him at a recording studio across from where my daughter works in NYC (I walked by and simply said "Hey 19", he looked and smiled).  I think my favorite disc is Aja.  No, I know it is.  A real loss for music lovers and admirers of great songwriting and great musicianship.

What a true loss to the music industry, any genre. I am sure Donald Fagan feels a severe loss in this news. My sympathies to him and Walters family. 

Another major dude gone too soon.  RIP Walter thanks for all the great music.  Another reminder of our age group - ugh.  Tribute listening session tonite comin cheers.  He woulda wanted it that way.

Steely Dan had the highest standards in the business, in terms of songwriting, musicians (they had the cream of session drummers on their albums), production, and engineering.