For years, anyone who wanted to use the bathroom while visiting Walter Becker's studio in the countryside of Maui was directed outside. There, mounted on one of the walls of a white outhouse, they'd find a gold-record plaque for Steely Dan's Aja – which, over time, began oxidizing and tarnishing in the ocean
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Steely Dan’s Quiet Hero: Inside Walter Becker’s Troubled Life, Wry Genius