Chords for Walter Becker of Steely Dan Dead at 67 - Full Story and Tribute
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Walter Becker [G] of Steely Dan has died.
I'm John Bowden [D] from RockHistoryMusic.com.
It was announced on his [Am] website this morning.
[Em] In the last [E] couple of months there's been a lot of [G] speculation on whether his relationship with fellow partner [D] in Steely Dan, Donald Fagan, was okay and or [A] was his health [E] the very best.
Donald Fagan [G] clarified that a few weeks ago when Walter Becker was not at the classic East or West [D] shows with Steely Dan saying it was a medical [A] issue.
Like the band The Eagles, Steely Dan had [C] a very long career and [D] some long breaks in there [A] as well.
And interestingly, [C] both bands didn't record that many albums through [G] all those years.
[A] 7 for The Eagles [C] and only 9 studio albums [Bm] for Steely Dan.
But they packed a punch on both even though [A] both bands were very different.
Becker and [D] Fagan met in 1968 at Bard [E] College in New York.
[G] Recounting their first [D] meeting, Fagan says,
[A] I hear this guy practicing and [Em] it sounded very professional and contemporary.
[Bm] At first [A] Fagan thought it was an African American [Em] guitarist playing.
The two met [G] and immediately found a [D] bond to form, [A] eventually, Steely Dan.
They got their name from a [D] naughty toy from [A] William S.
Barrow's [F#] Naked Lunch.
In the very beginning [E] the band consisted of Jeff Skunk Baxter on guitar along [G] with Denny Diaz, David Palmer on vocals, and [D] drummer Jim Hodder who later died in 1990 [A] at the age of 42.
[G] Becker was born in [Em] Queens, New York in 1950, graduated from high school in [G] 1967, the Summer of Love.
[D] Every Steely Dan album scored at least a number 39 on the [A] Billboard Top 200 charts.
The [Em] highest one, to no one's surprise, Asia at number 3 [G] in 1977.
Interestingly, [D] their 2000 comeback album, 2 Against Nature, peaked at number [A] 6 on the charts [G] while the follow up to [C] Asia, Gaucho, only reached number [G] 9 in 1980.
Steely [A] Dan reached the top 40 singles charts 10 [C] different times with hits like [G] 1972's Do It Again, [A]
Reeling in the Years the following [G] year.
They had [C] their biggest hit in 1974 with [Bm] Rookie Don't Lose That Number, which peaked at number 4.
And they followed [A] that up with Black Friday, Bad Sneakers, Kid [D] Charlemagne, Peg, Deacon Blues, FM No Static at All, [E] Josie, and Hey 19.
[G] Fagan and Becker were known [D] as the ultimate [A] music perfectionists, putting sometimes [E] too much thought and too much [G] time into their music.
Mind you, the [A] fans didn't really mind.
It was the critics that [E] sometimes got [G] after them.
Were they a groove [D] pop fusion [A] band?
Well, Walter Becker clarified that a few [C] years ago,
telling [D] Rolling Stone magazine that he thought [A] Steely Dan was a rock and roll band [C] that had a lot of swing.
They employed some of the best musicians in the world for their recordings.
For instance, just [D] on Asia,
they [G] brought in pianist Joe Sample, Michael O'Martian, Don [A] Grolnik, on guitars Larry Carlton, Lee Rittenour, Danny Diaz, Steve Kahn, Jay Graydon.
There were drummers like Steve Gadd, Bernard Purdy, Rick Morata, [Em] Jim Keltner, Tom [D] Scott, and Wayne Shorter were on [Bm] sax.
Michael [E] McDonald and Timothy B.
Schmidt [Em] on vocals.
And that's just [G] a small fragment of the musicians,
and we mean no [D] disrespect to the people we left out, that were [A] just on Asia.
They packed a punch [E] on their albums.
They took their time.
And man, you know [C] the results.
Steely Dan was [D] inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [A] in 2001.
[C] A great guitarist, an [D] interesting personality.
[A] May he rest in [Gm] peace.
And our [C] condolences to the people who loved him.
The [Bm] family, the friends, the rock and roll world.
[A] I'm John Bodin.
Make sure you leave your piece, subscribe to [D] our channel, and share our videos.
This is Rock [B] History Music.
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I'm John Bowden [D] from RockHistoryMusic.com.
It was announced on his [Am] website this morning.
[Em] In the last [E] couple of months there's been a lot of [G] speculation on whether his relationship with fellow partner [D] in Steely Dan, Donald Fagan, was okay and or [A] was his health [E] the very best.
Donald Fagan [G] clarified that a few weeks ago when Walter Becker was not at the classic East or West [D] shows with Steely Dan saying it was a medical [A] issue.
Like the band The Eagles, Steely Dan had [C] a very long career and [D] some long breaks in there [A] as well.
And interestingly, [C] both bands didn't record that many albums through [G] all those years.
[A] 7 for The Eagles [C] and only 9 studio albums [Bm] for Steely Dan.
But they packed a punch on both even though [A] both bands were very different.
Becker and [D] Fagan met in 1968 at Bard [E] College in New York.
[G] Recounting their first [D] meeting, Fagan says,
[A] I hear this guy practicing and [Em] it sounded very professional and contemporary.
[Bm] At first [A] Fagan thought it was an African American [Em] guitarist playing.
The two met [G] and immediately found a [D] bond to form, [A] eventually, Steely Dan.
They got their name from a [D] naughty toy from [A] William S.
Barrow's [F#] Naked Lunch.
In the very beginning [E] the band consisted of Jeff Skunk Baxter on guitar along [G] with Denny Diaz, David Palmer on vocals, and [D] drummer Jim Hodder who later died in 1990 [A] at the age of 42.
[G] Becker was born in [Em] Queens, New York in 1950, graduated from high school in [G] 1967, the Summer of Love.
[D] Every Steely Dan album scored at least a number 39 on the [A] Billboard Top 200 charts.
The [Em] highest one, to no one's surprise, Asia at number 3 [G] in 1977.
Interestingly, [D] their 2000 comeback album, 2 Against Nature, peaked at number [A] 6 on the charts [G] while the follow up to [C] Asia, Gaucho, only reached number [G] 9 in 1980.
Steely [A] Dan reached the top 40 singles charts 10 [C] different times with hits like [G] 1972's Do It Again, [A]
Reeling in the Years the following [G] year.
They had [C] their biggest hit in 1974 with [Bm] Rookie Don't Lose That Number, which peaked at number 4.
And they followed [A] that up with Black Friday, Bad Sneakers, Kid [D] Charlemagne, Peg, Deacon Blues, FM No Static at All, [E] Josie, and Hey 19.
[G] Fagan and Becker were known [D] as the ultimate [A] music perfectionists, putting sometimes [E] too much thought and too much [G] time into their music.
Mind you, the [A] fans didn't really mind.
It was the critics that [E] sometimes got [G] after them.
Were they a groove [D] pop fusion [A] band?
Well, Walter Becker clarified that a few [C] years ago,
telling [D] Rolling Stone magazine that he thought [A] Steely Dan was a rock and roll band [C] that had a lot of swing.
They employed some of the best musicians in the world for their recordings.
For instance, just [D] on Asia,
they [G] brought in pianist Joe Sample, Michael O'Martian, Don [A] Grolnik, on guitars Larry Carlton, Lee Rittenour, Danny Diaz, Steve Kahn, Jay Graydon.
There were drummers like Steve Gadd, Bernard Purdy, Rick Morata, [Em] Jim Keltner, Tom [D] Scott, and Wayne Shorter were on [Bm] sax.
Michael [E] McDonald and Timothy B.
Schmidt [Em] on vocals.
And that's just [G] a small fragment of the musicians,
and we mean no [D] disrespect to the people we left out, that were [A] just on Asia.
They packed a punch [E] on their albums.
They took their time.
And man, you know [C] the results.
Steely Dan was [D] inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [A] in 2001.
[C] A great guitarist, an [D] interesting personality.
[A] May he rest in [Gm] peace.
And our [C] condolences to the people who loved him.
The [Bm] family, the friends, the rock and roll world.
[A] I'm John Bodin.
Make sure you leave your piece, subscribe to [D] our channel, and share our videos.
This is Rock [B] History Music.
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_ _ _ _ Walter Becker [G] of Steely Dan has died.
I'm John Bowden [D] from RockHistoryMusic.com.
It was announced on his [Am] website this morning.
[Em] In the last [E] couple of months there's been a lot of [G] speculation on whether his relationship with fellow partner [D] in Steely Dan, Donald Fagan, was okay and or [A] was his health [E] the very best.
Donald Fagan [G] clarified that a few weeks ago when Walter Becker was not at the classic East or West [D] shows with Steely Dan saying it was a medical [A] issue.
Like the band The Eagles, Steely Dan had [C] a very long career and [D] some long breaks in there [A] as well.
And interestingly, [C] both bands didn't record that many albums through [G] all those years.
[A] 7 for The Eagles [C] and only 9 studio albums [Bm] for Steely Dan.
But they packed a punch on both even though [A] both bands were very different.
Becker and [D] Fagan met in 1968 at Bard [E] College in New York.
[G] Recounting their first [D] meeting, Fagan says,
[A] I hear this guy practicing and [Em] it sounded very professional and contemporary.
[Bm] At first [A] Fagan thought it was an African American [Em] guitarist playing.
The two met [G] and immediately found a [D] bond to form, [A] eventually, Steely Dan.
They got their name from a [D] naughty toy from [A] William S.
Barrow's [F#] Naked Lunch.
In the very beginning [E] the band consisted of Jeff Skunk Baxter on guitar along [G] with Denny Diaz, David Palmer on vocals, and [D] drummer Jim Hodder who later died in 1990 [A] at the age of 42.
[G] Becker was born in [Em] Queens, New York in 1950, graduated from high school in [G] 1967, the Summer of Love.
[D] Every Steely Dan album scored at least a number 39 on the [A] Billboard Top 200 charts.
The [Em] highest one, to no one's surprise, Asia at number 3 [G] in 1977.
Interestingly, [D] their 2000 comeback album, 2 Against Nature, peaked at number [A] 6 on the charts [G] while the follow up to [C] Asia, Gaucho, only reached number [G] 9 in 1980.
Steely [A] Dan reached the top 40 singles charts 10 [C] different times with hits like [G] 1972's Do It Again, [A]
Reeling in the Years the following [G] year.
They had [C] their biggest hit in 1974 with [Bm] Rookie Don't Lose That Number, which peaked at number 4.
And they followed [A] that up with Black Friday, Bad Sneakers, Kid [D] Charlemagne, Peg, Deacon Blues, FM No Static at All, [E] Josie, and Hey 19.
[G] Fagan and Becker were known [D] as the ultimate [A] music perfectionists, putting sometimes [E] too much thought and too much [G] time into their music.
Mind you, the [A] fans didn't really mind.
It was the critics that [E] sometimes got [G] after them.
Were they a groove [D] pop fusion [A] band?
Well, Walter Becker clarified that a few [C] years ago,
telling [D] Rolling Stone magazine that he thought [A] Steely Dan was a rock and roll band [C] that had a lot of swing.
They employed some of the best musicians in the world for their recordings.
For instance, just [D] on Asia,
they [G] brought in pianist Joe Sample, Michael O'Martian, Don [A] Grolnik, on guitars Larry Carlton, Lee Rittenour, Danny Diaz, Steve Kahn, Jay Graydon.
There were drummers like Steve Gadd, Bernard Purdy, Rick Morata, [Em] Jim Keltner, Tom [D] Scott, and Wayne Shorter were on [Bm] sax.
Michael [E] McDonald and Timothy B.
Schmidt [Em] on vocals.
And that's just [G] a small fragment of the musicians,
and we mean no [D] disrespect to the people we left out, that were [A] just on Asia.
They packed a punch [E] on their albums.
They took their time.
And man, you know [C] the results.
Steely Dan was [D] inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [A] in 2001.
[C] A great guitarist, an [D] interesting personality.
[A] May he rest in [Gm] peace.
And our [C] condolences to the people who loved him.
The [Bm] family, the friends, the rock and roll world.
[A] I'm John Bodin.
Make sure you leave your piece, subscribe to [D] our channel, and share our videos.
This is Rock [B] History Music.
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I'm John Bowden [D] from RockHistoryMusic.com.
It was announced on his [Am] website this morning.
[Em] In the last [E] couple of months there's been a lot of [G] speculation on whether his relationship with fellow partner [D] in Steely Dan, Donald Fagan, was okay and or [A] was his health [E] the very best.
Donald Fagan [G] clarified that a few weeks ago when Walter Becker was not at the classic East or West [D] shows with Steely Dan saying it was a medical [A] issue.
Like the band The Eagles, Steely Dan had [C] a very long career and [D] some long breaks in there [A] as well.
And interestingly, [C] both bands didn't record that many albums through [G] all those years.
[A] 7 for The Eagles [C] and only 9 studio albums [Bm] for Steely Dan.
But they packed a punch on both even though [A] both bands were very different.
Becker and [D] Fagan met in 1968 at Bard [E] College in New York.
[G] Recounting their first [D] meeting, Fagan says,
[A] I hear this guy practicing and [Em] it sounded very professional and contemporary.
[Bm] At first [A] Fagan thought it was an African American [Em] guitarist playing.
The two met [G] and immediately found a [D] bond to form, [A] eventually, Steely Dan.
They got their name from a [D] naughty toy from [A] William S.
Barrow's [F#] Naked Lunch.
In the very beginning [E] the band consisted of Jeff Skunk Baxter on guitar along [G] with Denny Diaz, David Palmer on vocals, and [D] drummer Jim Hodder who later died in 1990 [A] at the age of 42.
[G] Becker was born in [Em] Queens, New York in 1950, graduated from high school in [G] 1967, the Summer of Love.
[D] Every Steely Dan album scored at least a number 39 on the [A] Billboard Top 200 charts.
The [Em] highest one, to no one's surprise, Asia at number 3 [G] in 1977.
Interestingly, [D] their 2000 comeback album, 2 Against Nature, peaked at number [A] 6 on the charts [G] while the follow up to [C] Asia, Gaucho, only reached number [G] 9 in 1980.
Steely [A] Dan reached the top 40 singles charts 10 [C] different times with hits like [G] 1972's Do It Again, [A]
Reeling in the Years the following [G] year.
They had [C] their biggest hit in 1974 with [Bm] Rookie Don't Lose That Number, which peaked at number 4.
And they followed [A] that up with Black Friday, Bad Sneakers, Kid [D] Charlemagne, Peg, Deacon Blues, FM No Static at All, [E] Josie, and Hey 19.
[G] Fagan and Becker were known [D] as the ultimate [A] music perfectionists, putting sometimes [E] too much thought and too much [G] time into their music.
Mind you, the [A] fans didn't really mind.
It was the critics that [E] sometimes got [G] after them.
Were they a groove [D] pop fusion [A] band?
Well, Walter Becker clarified that a few [C] years ago,
telling [D] Rolling Stone magazine that he thought [A] Steely Dan was a rock and roll band [C] that had a lot of swing.
They employed some of the best musicians in the world for their recordings.
For instance, just [D] on Asia,
they [G] brought in pianist Joe Sample, Michael O'Martian, Don [A] Grolnik, on guitars Larry Carlton, Lee Rittenour, Danny Diaz, Steve Kahn, Jay Graydon.
There were drummers like Steve Gadd, Bernard Purdy, Rick Morata, [Em] Jim Keltner, Tom [D] Scott, and Wayne Shorter were on [Bm] sax.
Michael [E] McDonald and Timothy B.
Schmidt [Em] on vocals.
And that's just [G] a small fragment of the musicians,
and we mean no [D] disrespect to the people we left out, that were [A] just on Asia.
They packed a punch [E] on their albums.
They took their time.
And man, you know [C] the results.
Steely Dan was [D] inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [A] in 2001.
[C] A great guitarist, an [D] interesting personality.
[A] May he rest in [Gm] peace.
And our [C] condolences to the people who loved him.
The [Bm] family, the friends, the rock and roll world.
[A] I'm John Bodin.
Make sure you leave your piece, subscribe to [D] our channel, and share our videos.
This is Rock [B] History Music.
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