Rolling Stone

Walter Becker’s Guitars, Amplifiers Fetch $3.3 Million at Auction

Walter Becker’s massive collection of guitars and amplifiers collected $3.3 million at auction over the weekend. Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles hosted the two-day sale, which featured 600 guitars ...
Rolling Stone

Walter Becker: Steely Dan Co-Founder’s Guitars, Sound Equipment Head to Auction

A collection of music gear belonging to Walter Becker, the late co-founder, guitarist and co-songwriter of Steely Dan, will be up for sale via Julien’s Auctions during a two-day event on October 18th ...
Ultimate Classic Rock

Walter Becker’s Guitar Collection Raises $3.3 Million at Auction

The collection of musical equipment belonging to late Steely Dan guitarist Walter Becker was auctioned off this past weekend. It raised $3.3 million, more than double the anticipated total of $1.4 ...
Jazz

Walter Becker

Walter Becker (born Walter Carl Becker, 20 February 1950, in Queens, New York) is an American musician and record producer. He is perhaps best known as the guitarist (and sometimes bassist) and half ...
Newsweek

Steely Dan’s ‘Aja’ at 40: The Inside Story of the Band’s Most Legendary Guitar Solo

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. As the seventies wore on, the core members of Steely Dan—Donald Fagen ...
Washington Post

Walter Becker was the cynical one hiding behind the guitar

Steely Dan’s Walter Becker wasn’t a flashy guitarist or great singer. His genius came in his partnership with Donald Fagen, which began at Bard College in the late 1960s, stretched over seven albums ...