Charles Roscoe Beck (born April 6, 1954) is an American bassist with a reputation as "a solid bottom-liner".

[1] Beck has played with artists like Robben Ford, Eric Johnson, Leonard Cohen, and The Dixie Chicks.

[2] Later in the 1970s he formed an R&B-fusion band called "Passenger" which in 1979 played a gig in Los Angeles where Robben Ford was present and asked them to be the opening act on his tour.

After having shuffled between Austin and Los Angeles for a year, Beck was asked to play on Leonard Cohen's album Recent Songs.

[1] He also played bass and served as musical director for Leonard Cohen's 2008–2010 and 2012–2013 world tours.