Walter. http://walterbecker.com/
Walter is fifty percent of Steely Dan. That makes him one of my music heroes. He is so hip with his rants. He reminds me very much of the gift Dan Ackroyd http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Aykroyd has for winding up before pitching something very cool.
On this evening Walter was winding up for the next song “Hey Nineteen” As he went through the presentation I was smiling ear to ear. I can’t recite it word for word but the gist was: “In the 1970’s we had this thing.” “It had a hat and it was Hecho en Mexico.” ‘You know the song!” The crowd roared. I was grinning….yes. I know that song. What a night.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey_Nineteen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzfwtX2kgOA
Way back when
In sixty-seven
I was the dandy
Of gamma chi
Sweet things from Boston
So young and willing
Moved down to Scarsdale
Where the hell am I
Hey nineteen
No we cant dance together
No we cant talk at all
Please take me along
When you slide on down
Hey nineteen
That’s retha franklin
She don’t remember
The queen of soul
Its hard times befallen
The sole survivors
She thinks I’m crazy
But I’m just growing old
Hey nineteen
No we got nothing in common
No we cant talk at all
Please take me along
When you slide on down
The cuervo gold
The fine columbian
Make tonight a wonderful thing