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Revision as of 23:24, 24 August 2005 by 217.44.200.92 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Walter Carl Becker (born February 20, 1950 in New York, New York) is the guitarist (and sometimes electric bassist) half of the rock duo Steely Dan.
Becker had a youthful career with various performing bands and in the early 1970s hoped for a career as songwriter, prior to forming Steely Dan with Donald Fagen and others. As a guitarist, Becker has continually improved. He usually plays in a rock style that can lean toward funk or jazz.
Following the group's breakup in 1981, Becker moved to Hawaii and began a career as a producer, producing artists as diverse as Rickie Lee Jones, China Crisis and Michael Franks. He reunited with Donald Fagen briefly to collaborate on the debut album of US singer Rosie Vela and later to tour as Steely Dan in 1993, and produced Fagen's album Kamakiriad. In turn, Fagen produced Becker's belated solo debut, 11 Tracks of Whack (1994).
Prior to forming Steely Dan, Becker performed with Jay and the Americans.
Becker is a graduate of Stuyvesant High School in New York, NY, class of 1967.