The Eddie Becker Band

Artist Information

Biography

The Eddie Becker Band is a cooperative of musicians who play throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. Eddie is a native of Washington D.C. and has had the opportunity to play with some of the metropolitan area’s finest musicians.

Depending on the venue, the Eddie Becker Band line-up will change depending on the size and type of event. The core band is a standard guitar, bass, drums and lead vocalist. The band can also include harmonica, saxophone or feature a dynamic four-piece horn section – “The Beltway Horns”.

Eddie's guitar style incorporates many diverse influences including 60’s soul music, rhythm & blues, Chicago-style blues, rock and boogie. This diverse influence of musical styles has allowed him to work with many different musicians and bands and perform as a session guitarist for Roar Productions recording studios in Columbia, MD during the 90's.

Eddie has been playing in the Washington area since the mid-sixties and played extensively in the Washington D.C. club scene including the Hayloft Lounge, Rocket Room, Bennie's Rebel Room, Rabbit's Foot, 1320 Club, Grog & Tankard, Apple Pie and many other then-famous D.C. night clubs. Today, the Eddie Becker Band plays in the Montgomery County Maryland and Northern Virginia areas along with traveling to local beach resorts.

Eddie is an active member of the Washington Area Music Association (WAMA), Songwriter Association of Washington (SAW), the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and the D.C. Blues Society. Eddie’s band has been a finalist in the D.C. Blues Society’s Battle of the Bands in 2004, 2005 and 2006.

Instrumentation

Eddie Becker - Guitars and Vocals
Oscar “Oz” Smith - Lead Vocals and Percussion
Tony Bardo - Keyboards and Vocals
Sam Goodall – Bass Guitar
Scot Lienke - Drums

The Beltway Horns
Richard “Hollywood” Thompson - Tenor Saxophone
Brian Priebe – Trombone
Dan Mack - Baritone Saxophone
Tim Havrilla - Trumpet
Gil Wilshire - Trumpet

Discography

"Real, Big Fun!" / The Eddie Becker Band

Recorded and Mixed at Audio Express in Silver Spring, MD

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Official Website

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Audio

• Jump, Jive and Wail
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• Turn On Your Love Light
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• The Blues Down in the Delta
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• There Is a War on the Middle Class
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Lyrics

• We Are The Banksters
• The Blues Down in the Delta
• There's a War on the Middle Class

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Press

• Winner in 2006 ASCAP Songwriter Showcase [+ Show ]
  

  Eddie Becker is named a winner in the ASCAP Songwriter Showcase – original composition contest. The ...Eddie Becker is named a winner in the ASCAP Songwriter Showcase – original composition contest. The song The Blues Down in the Delta, winner in the Light Pop category, is one of twelve winners out of approximately 500 entries. The Blues Down in the Delta was inspired by the devastation and aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The ASCAP awarded, The Blues Down in the Delta, was recorded by the Eddie Becker Band also finalists in the 2005 DC Blues Society blues performance competition.
  
  As winners of the ASCAP Songwriters Showcase members of the Eddie Becker Band will perform an acoustic version of Blues Down in the Delta at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on May 1, 2006. The special guest host of the ASCAP Songwriters Showcase will be Stephen Schwartz, the highly acclaimed composer and lyricist for such successful Broadway shows as Pippin, Godspell, and his newest smash hit, Wicked. This ASCAP event will present talented songwriters from the Mid-Atlantic region – including DC, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Each songwriter (or their designated singer) will perform a song representing one of the following genres – musical theatre, jazz vocals, cabaret, or light pop.
  
  The performance of Blues Down in the Delta by the Eddie Becker Band invokes the emotions felt by the country and the entire world as the effects of Hurricane Katrina unfolded. The simplistic styling of the song causes listeners to focus on the message delivered by the song. Oz Smith digs deep into his soul and delivers a vocal performance of true emotion. The trumpet solo, performed by Dr. Gil Wilshire, member of the Eddie Becker Band – Beltway Horns, depicts sounds of the New Orleans region while emoting feelings of pain and suffering the people of the region experienced.
  
  Co-sponsors include the Songwriters Association of Washington (SAW), Kennedy Center Performance Plus, DC Cabaret Network, Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) and Washington Area Music Association (WAMA).
  

• "The Blues Down in the Delta" Wins Honorable Mention in 2006 Competition [+ Show ]
  

  “The Blues Down in the Delta” by the Eddie Becker Band won one of five Honorable Mentions in the Roc...“The Blues Down in the Delta” by the Eddie Becker Band won one of five Honorable Mentions in the Rock & Blues category for the 2006 songwriter competition.

• "The Blues Down in the Delta" Ranked #7 in R&B "Big Push II" Contest [+ Show ]
  

  Congratulations The Eddie Becker Band! Listeners on American Idol Underground have rated your son...Congratulations The Eddie Becker Band!
  
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• Eddie Becker is nominated for three Washington Area Music Awards [+ Show ]
  

  Eddie Becker is nominated by members of WAMA for three awards for 2006 in the blues category. “The ...Eddie Becker is nominated by members of WAMA for three awards for 2006 in the blues category. “The Blues Down in the Delta” is nominated for best song, The Eddie Becker Band is nominated for best band and Eddie is nominated for best instrumentalist. The Washington Area Music Awards, or “Wammies”, are considered by many musicians as the highest honor to receive in the local music scene.

• Eddie Becker Wins Gold Award in SAW 2006 Competition [+ Show ]
  

  Eddie Becker wins the SAW Gold Award in the 2006 Jazz/Blues category for best song. SAW sponsors th...Eddie Becker wins the SAW Gold Award in the 2006 Jazz/Blues category for best song. SAW sponsors the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest (MASC) each year which is one of the longest-running contests in the nation and which attracts entries from around the world. Awards are presented to the first and second place winners, gold and silver, in each category, with a panel of music industry professionals choosing three top prize winners from among those entries.
  
  “The Blues Down in the Delta” was awarded Gold in the Vocal Jazz/Blues category which was one of 13 categories in the international SAW competition. Gold, Silver and Honorable Mention Winners were selected from as far away as Germany, Australia, Alabama, Vermont, Florida, Indiana, Texas, New York, California, New Jersey, North Carolina, Washington, Minnesota, Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia.

Setlist

634-5789 (Soulsville, USA) - Wilson Pickett
A Change is Gonna Come - Otis Redding
Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
Ain't Too Proud To Beg - The Temptations
American Woman - Guess Who
Baby What You Want Me - Jimmy Reed
Back at the Chicken Shack - Jimmy Smith
Back In Love Again – LTD/Jeffery Osborne
Bad Bad Whiskey - Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
Before You Accuse Me - Eric Clapton
Beginnings - Chicago
Big Boss Man - B.B. King
Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
Blues Boogie Tune - Vwaverly Milor
Blues Down In The Delta - Eddie Becker
Born In Chicago - James Cotton
Born Under a Bad Sign - Albert King
Cajun - Eddie Becker
Caledonia - Louis Jordan
Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
Cissy Strut - The Meters
Cloud Sailing
Comin' Home Baby - Herbie Mann
Crying - Roy Orbison
Cut The Cake - Average White Band
Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Domino - Van Morrison
Don't Let Go - Roy Hamilton
Feelin' Alright - Joe Cocker
Flip, Flop, Fly - Big Joe Turner
Get Ready - The Temptations
Gimmie Some Lovin' - Spencer Davis Group
Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
Green Onions - Booker T & the MG's
Hallelujah I Love Her So - Louis Jordan
Hard Times - Eric Clapton
Harlem Nocturne - Herbie Mann
Help Me - Sonny Boy Williamson
Hey Babe - Waverly Milor
Hold It - Bill Doggett Combo
Honky Tonk Woman - Rolling Stones
Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
Hot Hot Hot - Buster Poindexter
House is a Rockin' - Stevie Ray Vaughn
I Ain't Drunk - Albert Collins
I Can't Get Next to You - The Temptations
I Can't Get No Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
I Don't Mind - Jame Brown and The Famous Flames
I Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters
I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown
I Used to Love Her - Rolling Stones
Iko Iko - Delbert McClinton
I'm Here For You - Smokin' Joe Kubeck
I'm Walkn' - Fats Domino
It's About Time - CJ Chanier and The Red Hot Louisiana Band
I've Been Loving You - Otis Redding
James Bond Theme (Dr. Nc Version) - Henry Mancini
Jamming - Eddie Becker
Jump, Jive, and Wail - Brian Setzer
Jumping Jack Flash - Rolling Stones
Just a Gigolo - Lois Prima
Kansas City - Muddy Waters
Keep Your Hands to Yourself - The Georgia Satellites
Key to the Highway - Eric Clapton
Killer Joe - The Jazztet
Knock On Wood - Eddie Floyd
Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Eric Clapton
Last Night - The Bar Keys
Let It Rain - Eric Clapton
Let's Stay Together - Al Green
Little Sister - Elvis Presley
Mary Janes Last Dance - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy - Cannonball Adderley
Messin' With the Kid - Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
Mr. Lucky - John Lee Hooker
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
My Girl - The Temptations
Ninety Nine and a Half (Just Won't Do) - Wilson Pickett
Nosey Joe - Big Joe Bronzy
Oh Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
Papa Got a Brand New Bag - James Brown
Paying the Cost to be the Boss - B.B. King
Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini
Phone Booth - Robert Cray
Pick Up The Pieces - The Average White Band
Poison Ivy - Coasters
Poverty - Bobby Blue Bland
Pride and Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughn
Rock Me Baby - Rolling Stones
Sac-A-Woe - Cannonball Adderley
Secret Agent Man - The Ventures
Shakey Ground - Delbert McClinton
She's Not There - The Zombies
Sitting on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Six Million Dollar Man - Ocean's Eleven
Smokn' Gun - Robert Cray Band
Some Kinda Wonderful - Grand Funk Railroad
Something You Got - Wilson Pickett
Soul Man - Sam & Dave
Spoonful - Willie Dixon
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
Stormy Monday Blues - Bobby "Blue" Band
Sugar Mama - Waverly & Eddie
Summertime - Sam Cooke
Takin' It To The Street – The Doobie Brothers
Teeny Weeny Bit - James Cotton
Tenth Avenue Freeze out - Bruce Springsteen
Thank You For Letting Me Be - Sly & The Family Stone
The Letter - Joe Cocker
The Shadow of Your Smile - Frank Sinatra
The Stumble - Freddy King
Them Changes - Buddy Miles
These Arms of Mine - Otis Redding
Thrill is Gone - B.B. King
Too Much Fun - Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
Too Tired - Vital Signs
Try A Little Tenderness - Otis Redding
Try Me - James Brown
Turn On Your Love Lights - Bobby "Blue" Bland
Unchain My Heart - Joe Cocker
Under the Boardwalk - The Drifters
Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
Vehicle - The Ides of March
Very Superstitious - Stevie Wonder
Walkin' the Dog - Rufus Thomas
Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor
Watermelon Man - Mongo Santamaria
What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
When Something's Wrong With My Baby - Sam and Dave
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
Wrap It Up - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
You Ain't The First - Waverly Milor
You Better Move On - Arthur Alexander
You Must Believe Me - The Impressions
You Ought To Be With Me - Al Green

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