Ed and Jason Becker...

[Diamondjimi]

[Nitro Express]

That was really nice of Ed and it's sad what happened to the great Jason Becker but man, nice wife beater shirt there Ed. You look like Larry the Cable Guy.

[Diamondjimi]

Wife beater? Haha

More like a cousin fucker shirt!

Jokes aside, it was pretty big of Ed to actually get in front of a camera and do this.
As years went by, watching the telethon here and there. I began to wonder if Lewis continued doing
this more to feed his ego and fading public interest in himself...

[DLR Bridge]

Amazing. Ed did a great job. Anyone know anything about Jerry's "7 morons in Chicago" remark at the end?

[Zing!]

I was wondering about that too. Like to hear the rest of that story...

[SNIPER]

Jason gets a sparkle in his eyes when Ed stokes up his guitar playing. This is awesome.

[vandeleur]

it was tragic shit that happened to becker but thought it was cool of ed to do this .

[jhale667]

Very cool of Ed. The fact that Becker still lives on and still composes all these years later is nothing short of amazing.

[DLR Bridge]

Very cool of Ed. The fact that Becker still lives on and still composes all these years later is nothing short of amazing.

Especially when you consider how Lou Gerhig died about 2 years after being diagnosed.

[redfire]

I still want a guitar like Becker's. I loved the actual numbers on the fret board. I always wished Dave's book would have talked more about him. But you could tell it was still hard for him 10 years later...

[jhale667]

Especially when you consider how Lou Gerhig died about 2 years after being diagnosed.

Exactly...! In 1994 Becker was given a 5-year life expectancy! Amazing the dude soldiers on.

[Nitro Express]

I still want a guitar like Becker's. I loved the actual numbers on the fret board. I always wished Dave's book would have talked more about him. But you could tell it was still hard for him 10 years later...

I always thought that was a cool guitar and a cool idea.

[Nitro Express]

The last Jason Becker interview I read he still had a sense of humor. I guess he has a computer setup that allows him to communicate. He said if a cure comes and he gets healed the first thing he's going to do is go out and get laid.

[Zing!]

Damn that's tough to watch. Not real familiar with Jason's work post-DLR, but ALAE speaks for itself. I think Dave was right about JB as he stated in his book - he was about to set the world on fire before this verdict came in. Classy of Ed to do that - particularly since this was back in the day when he was perpetually running late for class...

[redfire]

Damn that's tough to watch. Not real familiar with Jason's work post-DLR, but ALAE speaks for itself. I think Dave was right about JB as he stated in his book - he was about to set the world on fire before this verdict came in. Classy of Ed to do that - particularly since this was back in the day when he was perpetually running late for class...

Download the End of the Beginning and you'll see what musical genius we were robbed of...

He communicates with his eyes. He has a computer program that enables him to write music, communicate via email, and do interviews. One of my highlights was getting an email from him back in 2001, about 3 months after I emailed him when I bought Perspectives.

[jhale667]

Check out his Facebook page, too...the dude has not lost his sense of humor - he's hilarious, actually. When asked what he'd give up to be cured, he replied "10 inches off my dick. BUT ONLY TEN INCHES!!"

[ThrillsNSpills]

Great find. What year did this happen? mid 90's?


To say Becker wailed is an understatement.
I still wish he'd have written ALL of the tunes on ALAE.
It's Showtime and Drop in the Bucket are classics in my opinion.

[jhale667]

Hell, even his audition tape for Roth gives me goosebumps...you'd think someone doing the opening lick to HFT as arppeggios would be blasphemy, but HE made it sound cool! That and there's a lick in his solo for "Yankee Rose" that is just jaw-dropping.

[ThrillsNSpills]

I completely agree J.



For anyone who missed it.

[DLR Bridge]

Insanity, that begining. In a time when shredding was like an Olympic event (Nuno's words in recent Guitarist mag) it truly sounds like this kid was one click ahead of Pablo Gilberto in the speed department. And he played with feel. A very rare bird indeed. Poor guy. And Justin Bieber gets to live a normal life. Go figure.

[jhale667]

Bieber, Kim Kardashian and Lady Gagme are famous for being talentless, and get to live uh...."normal" lives (for lack of a better term), but Becker gets dealt this hand. Life isn't even remotely fair.

[Nitro Express]

Kim Kardashian has a big ass. I saw a photo of her in a swimsuit and it looked like a big bag full of cottage cheese. I can only imagine the slapping a slurping sound it would make. Talk about sinking into the quicksand. If you fucked Kim you might need a Warn winch to pull you out.

[TJMKID]

Becker gotta be proud as fuck of this dude ---- I wish Dave could convince Ed to play this on tour (along with "Damn Good")

[jhale667]

Finally getting the recognition he deserves.

[scott b]

Jason Becker was the shit.DAMN SHAME.....................