September 03, 2017

Walter Becker, February 20, 1950 – September 3, 2017

Admittedly the locus classicus of the musical trend lampooned so fondly by Yacht Rock, Walter Becker's band Steely Dan placed more and more layers of sonic embroidery on their recorded music as the years went by, not allowing an aural cranny to be overlooked where a pair or so of complementary arpeggios might comfortably fit. The marvel is that with Becker and Donald Fagan and half the sessions musicians in LA working on the Steely Dan product, they managed to pull together so many wonderfully accomplished pieces.

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