I was probably one of his earliest students I think he was recording in Philly with Headstrong - he was probably 22 or so when I started taking lessons in 1971 - I was 10. Before I left for college I expanded my half hour lesson to an hour for a yearor so. I returned one summer and took lessens too - he got mad at me for not being prepared (lack of practice that week), so I stopped the lessons. I moved out of the area in the 1980's after college, but my parents still live near by - I drove by his
Hello Group,students and is GREATLY MISSED!!! He passed away on June 25, 2002 at the young age of 53 from lung cancer!!! When my uncle Jeff was younger, he and his brother (my other uncle) formed his own band called Headstrong, i believe in the 1970's and played in
My name is Rob and I stumbled upon this post about an hour ago!!! i AM Jeff Becker's nephew (my mom is his sister!!!) I thank everyone for all your kinds words about him as he was a very loving and caring person/uncle to his family, friends and his
~RobHi Rob I was a student of your uncle and went to see Headstrong once ,did you ever go through those pics or tapes , would love to see or hear. Thanks
On Friday, August 21, 2015 at 2:10:12 AM UTC-4, robz...@aol.com wrote:
Hello Group,Hi Rob I was a student of your uncle and went to see Headstrong once ,did you ever go through those pics or tapes , would love to see or hear. Thanks
My name is Rob and I stumbled upon this post about an hour ago!!! i AM Jeff >> Becker's nephew (my mom is his sister!!!) I thank everyone for all your kinds
words about him as he was a very loving and caring person/uncle to his
family, friends and his students and is GREATLY MISSED!!! He passed away on >> June 25, 2002 at the young age of 53 from lung cancer!!! When my uncle Jeff >> was younger, he and his brother (my other uncle) formed his own band called >> Headstrong, i believe in the 1970's and played in many gigs over the years!!!
I obviously have pictures and videos of him!!! I will have to go through them
someday and maybe post a picture on here for you all to see!!!
~Rob
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