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Walter Becker

Circus Money

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Release date: 14-7-2008
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Catalogue Number: SONIC36019
Label: ADA

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Jul 2008

Over the past 38 years, Walter Becker and his long-time collaborator Donald Fagen have released 10 albums under the Steely Dan moniker. 'Circus Money' is Becker's second solo effort. To suggest that the new album, produced by Grammy Award winning Larry Klein, has long been highly anticipated is something of an understatement among the Becker cognoscenti.

It was in 1994 that 11 Tracks of 'Whack', Becker's debut solo outing arrived, with conclusive proof that the songwriter, multi-tasking musician and studio habitué had more to say – and more ways to say it – than could be contained in the epochal oeuvre of Steely Dan. The album features Steely Dan sidemen Keith Carlock (drums) and Jon Herington (guitar), plus keyboardists Ted Baker and Jim Beard. The musical direction of the new album has a very strong Jamaican dub feel to it. Becker handles lead vocals and plays bass guitar on all songs, and also plays guitar on three tracks.

The album utilizes a heavy hitting roster of sidemen assembled for the Circus Money sessions. Among the names familiar to Steely Dan fans are drummer Keith Carlock and guitarist Jon Herington, both of whom have toured widely with the band, while keyboardists Ted Baker and Jim Beard were recruited especially for the occasion.