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Joe Becker:
Born on June 23rd, 1976 in Chicago Illinois, Joe had a pre-disposition for musicianship. His father, (Joe Becker Sr.) a musician who had several bands in the Chicago area since he was a teenager, gained some fame on Dr. Demento's radio show for the songs, "I saw Elvis" and, "Zip It" (A Morton Downy Jr. parody). Joe Sr. was also a Belushi family friend, so as a child Joe spent a fair amount of time at John and Jim's mother's house (Agnes). Needless to say, the gold records hanging on her walls had an impact.
Joe's uncle Ed Becker was in Spot and the Blotters who eventually released a 45 with, "Circulating" on the A side and "Soul Circle" [instrumental of the same song] on the B side. They called themselves "Spot and the Blotters" because the lead singer was black and the rest of them were white. They did alot of racial humor on stage, hense the intensity of their promo pictures.
[ NOTE : In the 60's, this was still kind of o.k. ].
Another uncle, Joe Kelly was lead guitarist in the Shadow's of the Knight who were best known for their 1966 chart topper, "G-L-O-R-I-A". Oh, and Uncle Ed was friends with Chicago's lead guitarist and founding member Terry Kath who'd sit in for him during Spot and the Blotter practices when there were scheduling conficts. It's family history like this that led to things like Ronnie Rice of The New Colony Six performing at Joe's wedding, dedicating their chart topper, "I will always think about you" to the new couple after the ceremony.
Born on June 23rd, 1976 in Chicago Illinois, Joe had a pre-disposition for musicianship. His father, (Joe Becker Sr.) a musician who had several bands in the Chicago area since he was a teenager, gained some fame on Dr. Demento's radio show for the songs, "I saw Elvis" and, "Zip It" (A Morton Downy Jr. parody). Joe Sr. was also a Belushi family friend, so as a child Joe spent a fair amount of time at John and Jim's mother's house (Agnes). Needless to say, the gold records hanging on her walls had an impact.
Joe's uncle Ed Becker was in Spot and the Blotters who eventually released a 45 with, "Circulating" on the A side and "Soul Circle" [instrumental of the same song] on the B side. They called themselves "Spot and the Blotters" because the lead singer was black and the rest of them were white. They did alot of racial humor on stage, hense the intensity of their promo pictures.
[ NOTE : In the 60's, this was still kind of o.k. ].
Another uncle, Joe Kelly was lead guitarist in the Shadow's of the Knight who were best known for their 1966 chart topper, "G-L-O-R-I-A". Oh, and Uncle Ed was friends with Chicago's lead guitarist and founding member Terry Kath who'd sit in for him during Spot and the Blotter practices when there were scheduling conficts. It's family history like this that led to things like Ronnie Rice of The New Colony Six performing at Joe's wedding, dedicating their chart topper, "I will always think about you" to the new couple after the ceremony.
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Taught himself the guitar though has studied with noted teacher Bill Thrasher and jazz piano with Mark Levine and composition with William Mathieu.
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Has played at such notable venues as the Montreux Jazz Festival, Carnegie Hall, Belfast International Festival, Telluride, and Wolftrap.
Has taught at the National Summer Guitar Workshop, the Milwaukee Conservatory of Music, and the Omega Institute - and his own workshop series.
Alex is the subject of a PBS concert/interview television show, Alex de Grassi: The Artist's Profile.
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