Walter Becker of Steely Dan dead. RIP

[Miles Archer]

16. The second album was the one that reeled me in (no pun intended).

Yes, like every other person in America with a radio, I enjoyed "Reelin' In The Years" and "Do It Again."

But the second album, with "Show Biz Kids" and "Boston Rag," was the first one that screamed "genius" to me.

"Boston Rag," especially, struck me as the one that Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young might have pulled off if they only had stopped squabbling, toking, and snorting long enough to record it. Sounds like the best Graham Nash song he never recorded.

R.I.P., Walter.