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Becker met his long-time musical partner, Donald Fagen, while attending Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. While at Bard, Becker and Fagen formed and played in a number of groups, including the Leather Canary, which also included fellow student Chevy Chase on drums.[6] At the time, Chase called the group "a bad jazz band.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Becker
Bengus81
(6,939 posts)I remember seeing him on a talk show years ago--way before the Internet making that kind of claim.
He is, by most accounts, a real asshole.
Bengus81
(6,939 posts)of all the Not ready for prime time players when SNL started. It sure didn't bother me in the least when he left.
elias7
(4,037 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Hendrix pairing up with Tommy Chong.
One of my faves was that the innocent guy/movie theater worker in "Fast Times at Ridgement High" was based on the guy who wrote the "...for Dummies" books. Cameron Crowe went to high school with him.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Chong and Hendrix played together... supposedly.
http://www.citypages.com/news/cheech-and-chong-5-surprising-facts-6560702
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underpants
(183,043 posts)Yes they had no presence on TV. No tours. No Tv appearances that I know of.
JimGinPA
(14,811 posts)My sister was lucky enough to see them a couple times. She tells a funny story about a little ditty that Walter Becker recited that cracked her up. I'll add it when I talk to her. She says that she thought he was a dick (do to reports about their separation) until she saw them.
And I have an old DVD of them live somewhere. I'll have to dig it out & watch it again now.
rufus dog
(8,419 posts)Upon review it was 1994
http://articles.latimes.com/1994-09-16/entertainment/ca-39214_1_steely-dan
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Bengus81
(6,939 posts)They gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can't kill the beast
Frey or Henley take Fagen's girlfriend and he couldn't get her to come back. Heard that story years ago............
MichMan
(12,002 posts)Neil Young (my favorite) and Rick James were in a band together in the mid 60's called the Mynah Birds
PufPuf23
(8,858 posts)of Spirit and then a teenager playing guitar in Jimi Hendrix band, Jimmy James and the Blue Flames.