Steely Dan Fans, Donald Fagen Pay Tribute to Walter Becker’s ‘Knack of Creative Mimicry’
Fans of Steely Dan gathered online to honor the life of the band’s guitarist and co-founder, Walter Becker, who died on Sunday at age 67. Joining them was Donald Fagen, who founded Steely Dan with Becker in 1972 and honored Becker in a statement, praising his bandmate for being “smart as a whip, an excellent guitarist and a great songwriter.” “Like a lot of kids from fractured families, he had the knack of creative mimicry, reading people’s hidden psychology and transforming what he saw into bubbly, incisive art,” Fagen wrote.
“He used to write letters (never meant to be sent) in. »