Cut to a year later and the city of New York is paying homage to Becker in a more permanent capacity by naming a street after him in the Forest Hills neighborhood of Queens where he grew up.

When Fagen met the player, who turned out to be Walter Becker, he simply asked Becker if he wanted to be in a band - and that’s how one of the most famous duos in music was born. Like many New York ...

Two months after Steely Dan co-founder Walter Becker died unexpectedly on September 3rd, his cause of death remained a mystery.However, in a letter to Steely Dan‘s fans, Becker’s widow Delia ...

The concluding cut on Aja, “Josie” finds Becker playing off Fagen’s vocal, at first mimicking the melody before sliding into a solo that pushes the song from its soul foundation toward jazz ...

Steely Dan's Walter Becker and Donald Fagen talk in this 1993 LA Times archive interview about their reunion and the subversive intentions of ... “Or some sort of socialists,” points out Becker.

Walter Becker, the co-founder of Steely Dan who was known for his acerbic wit and his proficient work with the guitar, has died. He was 67. As one of the key architects of Steely Dan, Becker and ...

The estate of Walter Becker has responded to a lawsuit filed by his Steely Dan bandmate Donald Fagen over the ownership of the band following Becker’s September 3rd death.. In Fagen’s lawsuit ...