Jason Becker: Guitar Player review World Premiere of Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet

March 3, 2012 marked the world premiere of the feature film, Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet from director Jesse Vile. The film chronicles the amazing life of Jason Becker—child prodigy, genius musician, and 20-year survivor of ALS.

Vile did a great job of covering Becker's childhood, helped by lots of home movie footage shot by Jason's folks and his uncle Ron. There are great shots of a young Jason with an acoustic guitar and a harmonica around his neck playing Bob Dylan tunes. You get classic footage of a teenage Jason shredding his adolescent brains out at his high school talent show. Interviews with Mike Varney, lifelong friend and Flipsyde guitarist Dave Lopez, and others shed light on how astounding Jason's playing was even at that young age. more

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