Geoffrey Arnold Beck

[Mark A Becker]

Second, I know you lost a brother last year.  Is this another brother, or dedicated to him?

In fact, another, older brother, died over a decade ago. He idolized Jeff Beck, and tried his best to emulate/imitate his guitar style- did a fair job of it, too.  So, this is dedicated to Beck, and 'by association', my brother.

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Maybe Jeff Beck is a metaphor for a Becker.

The second line felt too, unless incestuous, lovey-dovey to be about a brother or something.

My older brother was definitely a Beck-er.  I still am, though the connection pretty much ended with what I consider his penultimate cover: 'cause we've ended as lovers' (actually a Stevie Wonder song).

The second line is the name of a song on the LP 'Blow by Blow'.  If you substitute 'brothers' for 'lovers' it might as well be about my brother.  'Truth' (1968) to 'Blow by Blow' (1975) covered our late teens to early twenties: my brother idolized Beck and we idolized my brother. That blood bond, though not incestuous, was an extremely powerful connection. We seven Becker boys may as well have been one person- hardened now, like a statue with pieces chipped off.