I've always been deeply involved in music. I started playing piano when I was 5 and played cello and sax as well in elementary school. I got turned on to rap and hip hop culture when I was around 11 and started buying records and DJing cookouts around the neighborhood. My musical roots have always kept me close to classic rock and when I discovered Steely Dan in my mid-teens they were up there with Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, and the other groups that I was really rocking with at the time.
When I heard that Walter Becker passed it made me do that impulsive audiophile act of scrambling to hear some music from the deceased. I had actually purchased Steely Dan's first album about 6 months ago and was the first time I ever owned it on vinyl. The grooves are reminiscent of a simpler time for me so I find an amount of peace in their music. I hope Walter Becker is now experiencing a similar type of peace. Thanks for the music...
Are you familiar with their music? If so, what's your favorite song? I think mine is "Do It Again" but they have so many classics!
Article to Rolling Stone piece on his career:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/walter-becker-steely-dan-co-founder-dead-at-67-w500956