To The Good folks at Beckerdom: I've been meaning to write again for a couple of months now to also suggest/request an 'improved fidelity' version of 'Lies I Can Believe', as at my house it's yet another (nearly) lost classic of Walter's - great lyrics, great melody, with the ever-unique Becker 'tude on display across-the-proverbial-(sound)board. I was so taken wth the melody that a number of years ago I wrote a piece of my own with a similar melodic structure -- sort of akin to The Police doing 'So Lonely' in the wake of 'No Woman No Cry' -- and to this day, I still hum 'Lies I Can Believe' to myself every few weeks or so. Thanks in advance for being influenced and moved-to-action by the mere suggestion, my personal thus far unreleased homage/plagarism exercise notwithstanding. -- Randy

This really helps negotiate the loss, which I am still reeling from. . . Walter was a primary influence of mine as a songwriter, guitarist, and bassist, and it still floors me that he's gone. Hearing this wonderful unreleased material is a great reminder that he's still here in so many ways. . . His unfinished works/ideas run rings around the completed efforts of so many. Though I never met the man -- only Thelonious Monk would best him in my 'I'd like to meet. . .' sweepstakes -- I miss him terribly. -- Randy