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In 2005, Becker co-produced and played bass guitar on the album All One by Krishna Das and played guitar on the album Tough on Crime by Rebecca Pidgeon. He co-wrote "I'm All Right" from the album Half the Perfect World (2006) by Madeleine Peyroux, and "You Can't Do Me" and the title track from her album Bare Bones (2009).
Tough on Crime (2005) featured Walter Becker of Steely Dan on guitar and Billy Preston on keyboards. Behind the Velvet Curtain (2008) included a cover version of the Beach Boys song "Wouldn't It Be Nice". Slingshot was released in 2012.
22 de sept. de 2017 · Friends and collaborators of the late Walter Becker discuss how his troubled life and musical genius fed into the dark sophistication of Steely Dan.
18 de jul. de 2022 · The theory of the rational criminal suggested a solution, and helped to spur the “tough on crime” policies of the 1970s and 1980s that spawned a dramatic increase in the number of people serving time in US jails and prisons. Yet there were already some hints that jail and prison might not deter crime.
One of the album's definite highlights is the title track Tough on Crime, which expound on the drawbacks of having an affair with a comic book superhero. Walter Becker of Steely Dan makes his appearance on guitar, in this clever tune with a kind of seductively slinky rhythm. <<>>
Walter Becker (Queens, Nueva York; 20 de febrero de 1950 - Manhattan, Nueva York; 3 de septiembre de 2017) [1] [2] fue un guitarrista, bajista, [3] compositor y productor discográfico estadounidense. En 1972 fue miembro fundador de la banda de jazz-rock Steely Dan. [4] [5] Desde 1982 alternaba su carrera como solista con su participación en la banda Steely Dan (formada por él mismo junto al ...
Throwing Away the Key: The Unintended Consequences of “Tough-on-Crime” Laws. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 July 2021. Frank R. Baumgartner , Tamira Daniely , Kalley Huang , Sydney Johnson , Alexander Love , Lyle May , Patrice Mcgloin , Allison Swagert , Niharika Vattikonda and. Kamryn Washington. Article.
