Description: Jason Becker was born on July 22, 1969 in a simple American family in which music was given by no means the last place. His father, Gary Becker played on classical guitar, and his uncle Ron played the blues. Therefore, there was no doubt that the younger Becker wants to become a guitar hero. As early as 5 years instead of Jason running around with a soccer ball around the yard starts to develop a tool. From Uncle Ron, he is engaged in blues and understands the art of improvisation with his father parses the classics and songs of Bob Dylan. The young guitarist demonstrates the phenomenal musical ability, easily fulfilling the riffs of Eric Clapton. ' He wanted to immediately start playing the electric guitar - says Gary. - I said no, because at that time could not even imagine how Jason would succeed in the guitar mastery '. By sixth grade, Baker gets his first electric guitar - the father could no longer resist the entreaties of the offspring. In school, Jason is impressed by the creativity of Andrés Segovia, Fernando Sor, Paul Simon and other classical guitarists. With age comes new hobbies, and Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, SRV, and the group of Steve Morse. This music is played Jason in the local eatery. And he began to study Bach, Mozart and Antonio Vivaldi.
At sixteen, Jason meets a man who completely changed his musical outlook and influenced the formation of young talent. It was a great Marty Friedman, who has already participated in the recording of several plates. At the time, Marty finished the material for the new record 'Speed Metal Symphony' - explosive mixture of neoclassical shred with the exotic sounding. He was struck by Becker's musical abilities and decided to invite him to the project, called the Cacophony. According to Jason, just playing, improvising and composing, along with Marty, he changed his game and the imagination of two hundred percent. Jason has repeatedly said in his interview: ...
'Speed Metal Symphony' was released on the studio Shrapnel Records, specializing in the production of records guitar virtuoso. This is followed by work on their second album 'Go Off!', Which has most of the music was composed by Jason. The album continued the tradition of the first album - neoclassical virtuoso, but with a more profound study of the experimental and the eastern sound. In the tour, organized by the label, Cacophony traveled half Japanese and U.S..
In his spare time, of Marty and Jason are working on solo career. In 1988, Jason released the album 'Perpetual Burn' - a masterpiece of virtuoso performance, full of terrible songs and beautiful harmonies. The album showed the enormous potential of Jason, especially manifested in such compositions as the 'Air' and 'Mabel's Fatal Fable', created under the influence of classical music. Some of the solos on the album 'Perpetual Burn' were composed and recorded by Marty Friedman. Jason also did not remain in debt, taking part in a 'Dragon Kiss', his first solo album, Marty.
In 1989, the development of Cacophony is coming to its logical end. Marty and Jason apart in search of his own musical path.
As Marty Friedman, he accepts an invitation from Dave Mustaine and for many 10 years old, goes to the camp of Megadeth. Jason also continues to cooperate with the Shrapnel Rec. and met with two now notorious musicians, record albums, and which is involved. It was Richie Kotze and Greg Howe. With Jason Kottsenom tied a strong friendship, which started since the joint jam, organized in the home of Mike Warne. Later, Jason co- producing with Mike Ricci 's debut album, released on Shrapnel Rec. in 1989.
Meeting with Greg Howe has occurred again, thanks to Mike Warne, who drew all the forces of talented musicians on his own label. Do not be Shrapnel Rec. Perhaps we 'd never heard Cacophony, Yngwie Malmsteen, Paul Gilbert and many other musicians, without whom now simply impossible to imagine the music world.
The composition of Howe 'Party Favors' first solo is Greg Howe, Jason's third solo, but between them - will never guess! .
But for a long time so could not continue. Of course, a very nice bottle of beer to sit with friends and jam, but I had to think about how to realize our own potential. Jason begins to search for a suitable group. While visiting Neringa any time a candidate for the vacant seat in the Whitesnake, Becker still had not been adopted in the team. Role terzatelya strings got ' the devil 's favorite guitarist ' Steve Vai. But Jason did not lose heart. Having heard that David Lee Roth is looking for a new guitarist to replace the departed Vai, he sends a tape. It was followed by a phone call and an invitation to audition. As a result, Jason Becker - new guitarist David Lee Roth. Imagine what being a musician guitarist, with whom it was first played by the world famous Eddie Van Halen and Steve Vai, and most importantly, do so at nineteen years old! . Of course, the award was earned through hard work and meant a lot to self musician, marked the recognition of his talent, not only among professionals but also among ordinary fans of guitar music. According to Jason, to obtain the title was a great honor, although he still does not understand how could get more votes than Marty Friedman.
To record the album 'A Lil' Ain't Enough ' command Lee Roth moved to Canada in Vancouver, musicians and completely incorporated into the work. But, unfortunately, the time allotted to Jason, had less: soon the disease will strike his body, and prick to a wheelchair.
disease.
Just over half of the year to listen to Lee Roth's first bell rang, predveschavschy big trouble. May night in 1989, Jason was awakened by a severe cramp in his left leg, but the attention this case has not given, as there have been painful in the past. But this time the pain was not even in the morning. Soon Cacophony went to the last tour of the States, after which our hero with a solo program shine in Japan, and the leg ached more and did not pass a single moment. In November, when Jason moved to Los Angeles to David, he thought: ' What the hell, I need to see a doctor! ' . The medical center conducted the necessary tests, the whole family with great excitement and looking forward to the results. ' Ckazhite us, what is it? . The answer was the sentence: ' We 're not sure, but most likely it is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's disease '.
Lou Gehrig's disease poorly understood by modern medicine, is the nature of presumed viral infection. She is chronically affects the central nervous system, affecting the spinal motor neurons of the brain stem and cerebral cortex, accompanied by muscle atrophy and paralysis, resulting in a person loses the ability to move around, eat food, and chained to the bed, doomed to slow death. ' What! . Jason agreed to undergo further examination, but the diagnosis was confirmed only. ' At the clinic I was told that there are no drugs. Some people are living with this disease for ten years, other quite a bit. I was given a maximum of five - says the musician. - I asked if I could play, go on tour. The answer was: go on to live their lives, as he always lived, and you will understand when it is your hour. Another doctor said that changing diet or lifestyle can not even try - it is useless. In response, I laughed and said, well, I do not, I still have so much to have time in my life, I'm invincible! ...
And Jason did not give up, not broken and did not limp. Although work on the album was given an extremely difficult Becker, he overcame himself, collecting all the will in his fist, completing a record. His health gradually deteriorated, the disease destroys the body. Weakened the hands of bad slushaliyutsya, we have an infinite number of times to replay the party, from time to time to reduce the size of strings. In the group itself while no one knew about the illness and fighting musician, except for a second guitarist Steve Hunter, who is strongly attached to Jason and helped him as far as strength and capabilities, as Baker later recalled with sincere gratitude and warmth. Especially difficult was the move Jason various crowded party, where he was widely considered a drunkard, when he could not help failing in his legs, could fall from accidentally push one of the visitors. Thinking about your own condition and the possible poor quality of the performance of music on stage or in the club, anticipating listeners phrases like: ' This is a new guitarist David Lee Roth? ... And if the live performances could cause complaints, the studio material, painstakingly perfected, was deprived of these shortcomings. In 'A Lil' Ain't Enough ' Jason miraculously transformed his style of play worked out and refined during the Cacophony and Perpetual Burn, and seamlessly woven into the hard rock of David Lee Roth.
Well, then, unfortunately, the guitarist became worse. He decides to leave the band because of musical activity, and active tour due to illness you could forget. Jason returns home, and his father Gary Becker quits his job and moved to his son to take care of it and how you can spend more time together.
Jason Becker segodnyaParnyu had to walk with a cane. He began taking an experimental medication, which for a time gave a better effort and helped to move, but just a week of it became even worse - worse than ever before. In general, a twenty-first birthday, Jason Becker spent in bed. In January 1991 a group of friends Becker writes a cover version of Bob Dylan's song 'Meet Me in the Morning' for leaving the studio under the label of guitar collection. Recording took place in a rather nervous state, as his hands were shaking from time to time in the game, ill obeyed his master (so, instead of finger vibrato, all had to perform with the help of a lever ). Jason played for a maximum of half of its former capacity, this time from the last energy.
But the trouble is only a more united family and close friends of the family Becker. In the same year at the initiative of friends and support the music magazine Guitar For The Practicing Musician Mike Warne and personally organized and held a charity concert to provide financial assistance to struggling with Lou Gehrig's disease virtuoso guitarist. The event was very successful. Concert with the song 'The Boys Are Back in Town' open schoolboy Alex, Tony Mac Alpine, Stu Hamm and drummer Atma anuria and Richie Kotze. A lot of songs played, Steve Hunter and his team, George Lynch, Jeff Scott Soto, Zakk Wylde. Jeff Watson has played a small acoustic set and with the support of Steve Lukatera, Warren Di Martini, Bruce Kulick, Stu Hamm and Jonathan Moe sang 'Little Wing' and 'Crossroads'.
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