Musicians React to Walter Becker’s Death on Social Media

Musicians are reacting to the loss of Steely Dan’s Walter Becker, who died Sunday (Sept. 3) at the age of 67.  

Artists like Slash, Nile Rodgers, Julian Lennon and more took to social media Sunday morning to pay tribute to the Steely Dan guitarist and co-founder. Becker’s cause of death has not yet been revealed, but the musician had been ill in recent months.

Read the social media tributes to Becker below.

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RIP #WalterBecker

A post shared by Slash (@slash) on Sep 3, 2017 at 9:21am PDT

“He was one of the two people who wrote the album Aja” is all the obit anyone should need. R.I.P. Walter Becker.

— Brian Hiatt (@hiattb) September 3, 2017

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RIP Walter Becker. Listening to Steely Dan all day in your honor.

— nathan followill (@doctorfollowill) September 3, 2017

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— Ian Shaw (@ianshawjazz) September 3, 2017

Really sad to hear Walter Becker has passed…
Steely Dan music touched me deep. My desert Island music.
RIP Walter.
Condolences Donald..

— Steve Lukather (@stevelukather) September 3, 2017

#RIPWalterBecker Very sad news. They’re one of my favorite bands. https://t.co/u2qmSbZp3Z

— Nile Rodgers (@nilerodgers) September 3, 2017

RIP Walter Becker. Half of one of the greatest and most original bands in rock history.

— Carl Newman (@ACNewman) September 3, 2017

Rest In Peace to the brilliant Walter Becker, 1/2 of my favorite songwriting team of the late 20th century.

— Okkervil River (@okkervilriver) September 3, 2017

So, so sad to hear this news…
SD played locally a few years ago, they were as amazing as ever… I asked to go… https://t.co/03hyGE5a2Z

— Julian Lennon (@JulianLennon) September 3, 2017

that I bought “Katy Lied” on tape and started obsessing over it. Safe travels along the cosmos to Walter Becker: you changed my life. 2/2

— The Mountain Goats (@mountain_goats) September 3, 2017

Walter Becker, you changed my life with music. You are so loved
Straight to the stars…. My friend pic.twitter.com/vqVeglX5Tc

— Ryan Adams (@TheRyanAdams) September 3, 2017

I was once in a band that played only Steely Dan songs. It was hard and lots of fun. RIP Walter.

— Jason Isbell (@JasonIsbell) September 3, 2017

I’m so so sad about Walter Becker. Steely Dan has such an incredibly close place in my heart thanks to my parents. Music of my childhood —

— Best Coast (@BestCoast) September 3, 2017

 

A definitive band of my childhood. My parents listened to Steely Dan non stop and I knew almost every word to every song by the time I was a teenager. My email address throughout my teens/early 20s was anymajordude@hotmail.com. My parents almost named me Aja and to this day I am pissed they didn’t. One of my best memories is taking my dad to see them at the Greek in 2011. RIP Walter Becker —-

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