Tag Archives: Walter Becker

Riffs Round Midnight at the Global Worldwide Headquarters (Steely Damn! Edition)

Posted on May 11, 2018 by Campaign Outsider

From our long riffing series The hardrocking staff has been on a bit of a Steely Dan jag lately, during which we came across a couple of live sets you splendid readers might enjoy. Turns out 1974 was a very … Continue reading →

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How the Walter Becker Obits Got Steely Dan All Wrong

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Campaign Outsider

Sad to see that Walter Becker, the great guitarist and songwriting partner of Donald Fagen in the redoubtable Steely Dan, died last week at the age of 67. Sadder yet, most obituaries wrote off the Becker/Fagen lyrics as (in the … Continue reading →

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Why the Wall Street Journal Is a Great Newspaper (‘Deacon Blues’ Edition)

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

Friday’s Wall Street Journal featured the latest in the paper’s terrific Anatomy  of a Song series: this installment by Marc Myers. ‘They Call Alabama The Crimson Tide’ As midlife-crisis songs go, Steely Dan’s “Deacon Blues” ranks among the most melodic and existential. Recorded … Continue reading →

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