walter becker Rest in Peace

I was hoping Becker was working on another solo album as I love his other 2, as well as being a Steely Dan fan from the first album on. Back in the 70s if you were a working musician like I was you were generally astonished at what these guys came up with…hipper, funnier, and simply cooler than just about anything around, and it always just kicked ass. Saw them live a couple of years ago with Elvis Costello as the opener, and that live band (I'd also seen an earlier tour with the original band) was insanely great. Damn.

"11 Tracks" is one of the utterly under appreciated albums of all time and I also have had that thing on heavy rotation since the get-go. "Circus Money" was also astonishingly cool.