Walter Becker

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Door Number Two 04:34 Tools
Downtown Canon 05:38 Tools
Bob Is Not Your Uncle Anymore 00:00 Tools
Paging Audrey 06:48 Tools
Upside Looking Down 04:08 Tools
Selfish Gene 00:00 Tools
Circus Money 00:00 Tools
Down in the Bottom 00:00 Tools
Darkling Down 00:00 Tools
Somebody's Saturday Night 00:00 Tools
Do You Remember The Name 00:00 Tools
Three Picture Deal 00:00 Tools
Junkie Girl 04:07 Tools
Book of Liars 00:00 Tools
God's Eye View 00:00 Tools
Lucky Henry 00:00 Tools
Cringemaker 00:00 Tools
Hard Up Case 00:00 Tools
Girlfriend 00:00 Tools
My Waterloo 00:00 Tools
Hat Too Flat 00:00 Tools
This Moody Bastard 00:00 Tools
Little Kawai 00:00 Tools
Surf And/Or Die 06:15 Tools
Surf and / or Die 00:00 Tools
Brain Tap Shuffle 00:00 Tools
Barrytown 00:00 Tools
Brooklyn 00:00 Tools
More to Come 00:00 Tools
A Little with Sugar 00:00 Tools
Any World 00:00 Tools
Cringemaker (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Parker's Band 00:00 Tools
Charlie Freak 00:00 Tools
You Go Where I Go 00:00 Tools
A Horse in Town 00:00 Tools
I Can't Function 00:00 Tools
Yellow Peril 00:00 Tools
Surf And / Or Die (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
My Waterloo (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Soul Ram 00:00 Tools
Girlfriend (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Down In The Bottom (Album Version) 04:16 Tools
Hard Up Case(Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Android Warehouse 00:00 Tools
Lucky Henry (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Junkie Girl (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Book Of Liars (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Undecided 00:00 Tools
Come Back Baby 00:00 Tools
Sun Mountain 00:00 Tools
This Moody Bastard (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Dark Horse Dub 00:00 Tools
Little Kawai (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Gaslighting Abbie 00:00 Tools
Let George Do It 00:00 Tools
Hat Too Flat (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Roaring of the Lamb 00:00 Tools
The Mock Turtle's Song 00:00 Tools
Ida Lee 00:00 Tools
Any World That I'm Welcome To 00:00 Tools
Caves of Altimira 00:00 Tools
Any World (That I'm Welcome To) 00:00 Tools
Oh Wow It's You 00:00 Tools
Stone Piano 00:00 Tools
Parkers Band 00:00 Tools
This Seat's Been Taken 00:00 Tools
Take It Out On Me 00:00 Tools
Don't Let Me In 00:00 Tools
The Mock Turtle Song 00:00 Tools
Oh, Wow It's You Again 00:00 Tools
Medical Science 00:00 Tools
Any Major Dude Will Tell You 00:00 Tools
Mock Turtle Song 00:00 Tools
The Roaring of the Lamb 00:00 Tools
Caves of Altamira 00:00 Tools
Let George Do It - Remastered 00:00 Tools
El Motivo (Radio Version) 00:00 Tools
A Little with Sugar - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Android Warehouse - Remastered 00:00 Tools
The Mock Turtle Song - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Ida Lee - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Jacinto Chiclana (Radio Version) 00:00 Tools
Dark Horse Dub (Bonus Track) 00:00 Tools
Stone Piano - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Parker's Band - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Nostalgias (Radio Version) 00:00 Tools
Undecided - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Any World (That I'm Welcome to) - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Mi Buenos Aires Querido (Radio Version) 00:00 Tools
Old Dogs 00:00 Tools
Any World That I'm Welcome Too 00:00 Tools
You Go Where I Go - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Old Regime 00:00 Tools
Medley: King of the World - Voice 00:00 Tools
Naranjo En Flor (Radio Version) 00:00 Tools
El Dia Que Me Quieras (Radio Version) 00:00 Tools
Sun Mountain (Version 2) - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Sun Mountain (Version 1) - Remastered 00:00 Tools
1964 (Radio Version) 00:00 Tools
Oh Wow It's You - Remastered 00:00 Tools
Balada Para Un Loco (Radio Version) 00:00 Tools
Zamba Del Olvido (Radio Version) 00:00 Tools
Downtown Canon [Radio Edit] 00:00 Tools
Circus Money Hammerhead Remix 00:00 Tools
Circus Money Dub 00:00 Tools
I'm All Right 00:00 Tools
The Old Regime 00:00 Tools
Adivinanzas (Radio Version) 00:00 Tools
Bob Is Not Your Uncle Anymore [Demo] 00:00 Tools
Lies I Can Believe 00:00 Tools
Esta Noche Me Emborracho (Radio Version) 00:00 Tools
Bob is Not Your Uncle Anymore (Radio Edit) 00:00 Tools
Soledad (Radio Version) 00:00 Tools
Fall of '92 00:00 Tools
Somebody's Saturday Night [Radio Edit] 00:00 Tools
Downtown Canon (Radio Edit) 00:00 Tools
Bob Is Not Your Uncle Anymore [Radio Edit] 00:00 Tools
Bob Is Not Your Uncle Anymore (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Old Dogs - Daddy oder Deal 00:00 Tools
Somebody's Saturday Night (Radio Edit) 00:00 Tools
Circus Monkey 00:00 Tools
Surf and or Die 00:00 Tools
Girlfriend (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Ghost of Hipness Past 00:00 Tools
Somebodys Saturday Night 00:00 Tools
Three Sisters Shakin' 00:00 Tools
Sanpaiku 00:00 Tools
Cringemaker (Demo) 00:00 Tools
El Motivo 00:00 Tools
Junkie Girl (demo) 00:00 Tools
or die 00:00 Tools
1964 00:00 Tools
Keep 00:00 Tools
10 - this moody bastard 00:00 Tools
Down At The Bottom 00:00 Tools
Lies I Can Believe (Demo) 00:00 Tools
Cinder Annie 00:00 Tools
Hat Too Flat (demo) 00:00 Tools
Hard Up Case [Album Version] 00:00 Tools
Were You Close Today 00:00 Tools
08 - girlfriend 00:00 Tools
Peg 00:00 Tools
Josie 00:00 Tools
09 - my waterloo 00:00 Tools
Soul Rain 00:00 Tools
"Downtown Canon" by Walter Becker 00:00 Tools
Dirty Work 00:00 Tools
11 - hat too flat 00:00 Tools
12 - little kawai 00:00 Tools
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Walter Carl Becker (February 20, 1950 - September 3, 2017) was an American musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the co-founder, guitarist, bassist and a co-writing half of the duo which make up the rock band Steely Dan. Becker was born in Queens, New York, grew up in Westchester County and Forest Hills, Queens, and is a graduate of Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan, class of 1967. After starting out on saxophone, he switched to guitar and received instruction in blues technique from his neighbor Randy California of Spirit. Becker met his long-time musical partner Donald Fagen while attending Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Becker and Fagen formed and played in a number of groups, their youthful career also included a stint with Jay and the Americans under pseudonyms prior to relocating to California and forming Steely Dan. Initially a full-fledged group and later distilled to the Becker-Fagen partnership augmented with numerous studio musicians, the band released seven successful albums in its initial ten-year career. In addition to co-writing all of the band's material, Becker played bass on many of the band's tracks, as well as providing guitar solos, rhythm guitar, occasional backing vocals and arrangements. Following Steely Dan's breakup in 1981, Becker moved to Hawaii, and began a career as a record producer, producing records from Rickie Lee Jones, China Crisis and Michael Franks. Becker is actually credited as one of five official members of China Crisis on the sleeve of their 1985 album Flaunt the Imperfection, which he also produced; he also produced tracks on their 1989 album Diary of a Hollow Horse, although he is not credited as a band member on that release. Becker reunited with Fagen briefly to collaborate on the debut album of U.S. singer, former fashion model Rosie Vela. Their partnership properly resumed in the mid-1990s as they undertook a tour under the Steely Dan moniker in 1993, effectively reuniting the band. Becker also produced Fagen's album Kamakiriad in that year as well. In turn, Fagen co-produced Becker's belated solo debut album, 1994's 11 Tracks of Whack. Steely Dan continued touring, and their work on new material resulted in the first Steely Dan studio album in two decades, 2000's Two Against Nature. The album won four Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year. The duo was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. The next Steely Dan record, Everything Must Go followed in 2003, featuring Becker's bass and electric guitar work, as well as the first studio Steely Dan track with a lead vocal by Becker, "Slang of Ages". The band spent the following years touring behind their back catalog. Becker was later inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame on October 30, 2008. Becker's second solo album, Circus Money, was released on June 10, 2008. The album prominently featured Becker's bass playing, performances by much of the Steely Dan backing band, and work by producer Larry Klein (who received co-composition credits on all but one song). The songs were heavily inspired by reggae and other Jamaican music. In 2001, both Becker and Fagen received Honorary Doctor of Music degrees from Berklee College of Music. Other works Becker produced Fra Lippo Lippi's 1987 Norwegian single, "Angel", as well as the 1985 China Crisis album, Flaunt The Imperfection. In 2005, Becker co-produced and played bass on the Krishna Das album All One. Becker played solo guitar on the title track of the 2005 Rebecca Pidgeon album Tough on Crime. Madeleine Peyroux's 2006 album Half the Perfect World featured a single, "I'm All Right", that was co-written by Becker with Peyroux and producer Larry Klein. Peyroux's 2009 album Bare Bones contains two songs co-written by Becker: the very Steely Dan-esque, "You Can't do Me" and the title-track "Bare Bones". Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.