Wired was my first real exposure to Beck in the late 70s. Summer of 1980, I was 16 and had been playing bass for three years. I dug deep into Wilbur Bascomb's grooves, and it really elevated me as a player. It was my gateway to things like Jean Luc Ponty, Return to Forever, Brand X, Bruford, and so on. He wasn't a prolific writer, but he could take other people's compositions and make them his own. He was a very soulful "singer", but he did his singing through his guitar. He did not compromise. He remained relevant to the end. And he will be greatly missed.
