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#83509 - 08/24/08 09:27 PM Steve Lukather
Kat Musical Technologist Member Registered: 12/24/00 Posts: 3765 Loc: Danbury, Connecticut	Saw him tonight and the whole band just shredded the stage... It was bittersweet, many members of the Porcaro family were in the audience tonight. (Jeff, Steve & Mike Porcaro are originally from CT). Luke paid tribute to them and talked about the end of Toto - he said "there just weren't any more Porcaros and Paich left in the band, it wasn't my high school friends anymore." I have loved Toto since it seems like forever.... all the way back to how they sounded on Boz Scagg's Silk Degrees.... I still smile when I hear tunes from that album. And of course, Toto was the studio band behind Michael Jackson's Thriller.... Luke played a song of his that the Tubes covered - Talk To You Later but predictably, there were no Toto tunes. I was hoping for his cover of Bodhisatva... but had to make do with a jam in which he eventually ended up dancing and singing to James Brown's Sex Machine. It was pure and classic Luke. I posted a few pics and will try to post some of the band over the next couple of days. Weingart rocked.... as I probably mentioned the last time I saw him with Luke.... way different than his stuff with Weckl. Quote: Steve "Luke" Lukather "Ever Changing Times" Worldwide Tour 2008 Press Release Steve Lukather "Ever Changing Times" Worldwide Tour 2008 commences on June 20 pulling all the stops on this first jaunt into cities with some of the greatest genre of music fans around the world. Steve Lukather will be performing many of his best solo spanning career songs that he has recorded as well as some of his secret guitar-vocal gems that he has written over his multi-million record selling career. Steve Lukather has billed this 2008 tour as the: "No Jazz Tour". Lukather's new touring unit includes the Rock-keyboard wizardry of Steve Weingart, versatile L.A. sizzle-picker Guitarist/Vocalist Ricky "Z" along with the intensified unleashed bass playing of Carlitos (8 X 10) DelPuerto and the "DC" locomotive drum power of Eric Valentine. Luke and his new band will be performing the stellar tracks from Steve Lukather's new critically acclaimed CD "Ever Changing Times" adding their amazing interpretations and musicianship to this amazing and top selling worldwide release. The entire band will also be adding their vocal harmonies into the mix to compliment Steve Lukather's dynamic lead vocals and "voted #1" guitar playing that will be truly show stopping. _________________________ I've Got Jazz...Do You?
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#83514 - 08/25/08 04:55 AM Re: Steve Lukather [Re: Kat]
DWBass Member Registered: 08/15/01 Posts: 1974 Loc: Hampton Roads, Virginia	Did you say 'the end of Toto'??? Are they no more or is Steve no longer down with the band? I thought their last cd was pretty good. Edited by DWBass (08/25/08 04:55 AM) _________________________ "Break Me Off A Piece Of That Funk!"
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#83516 - 08/25/08 06:45 AM Re: Steve Lukather [Re: DWBass]
Kat Musical Technologist Member Registered: 12/24/00 Posts: 3765 Loc: Danbury, Connecticut	no more Toto... not as we knew it. http://www.stevelukather.net/Article.aspx?id=55 _________________________ I've Got Jazz...Do You?
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#83520 - 08/25/08 07:51 AM Re: Steve Lukather [Re: Kat]
jazzwriter Member Registered: 11/15/99 Posts: 7755 Loc: Greenville, Miss. USA	"Oh, Pamela, thousands of miles away but always in my heart." sigh Good report, Kat. That would have given me chills. _________________________ "I got a bad feeling about this." - Han Solo / Indiana Jones
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#83523 - 08/25/08 10:59 AM Re: Steve Lukather [Re: Kat]
DWBass Member Registered: 08/15/01 Posts: 1974 Loc: Hampton Roads, Virginia	Originally Posted By: Kat no more Toto... not as we knew it. http://www.stevelukather.net/Article.aspx?id=55 Geez! Right when I was just really getting to know them! I mean I knew most of the hits but was never really interested in them back then until recently! I bought their latest cd and I also bought that really good live cd with Lee Sklar covering for Mike! _________________________ "Break Me Off A Piece Of That Funk!"
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#83524 - 08/25/08 11:00 AM Re: Steve Lukather [Re: jazzwriter]
DWBass Member Registered: 08/15/01 Posts: 1974 Loc: Hampton Roads, Virginia	Originally Posted By: jazzwriter "Oh, Pamela, thousands of miles away but always in my heart." sigh Good report, Kat. That would have given me chills. Man, I love that song! That and Rosanna! _________________________ "Break Me Off A Piece Of That Funk!"
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#83525 - 08/25/08 12:01 PM Re: Steve Lukather [Re: DWBass]
Kat Musical Technologist Member Registered: 12/24/00 Posts: 3765 Loc: Danbury, Connecticut	For me... it's always been Georgy Porgy I had to admit though... LOL... I was singing along to "Hate Everything about U" from Luke's 3rd solo CD. I'm not sure which ex it's about... but let's just say that I was feeling it! I was in the 2nd row, so he got a chuckle out of seeing that I knew all the words....because I was the only non-male in the first 3 rows! And they knew all the words, too! I know we talk about Larry Carlton and Lee Ritenour as being "the" session guys... but I think many people would be surprised to see how prolific Steve Lukather has been and the albums he played on: (just click the links) http://www.stevelukather.net/Sessions.aspx Some sessions aren't listed.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_(album) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever_Man_(Eric_Clapton_Song) sampling: Boz Scaggs - Breakdown Dead Ahead Dirty Laundry - Don Henley Voices - Cheap Trick Thriller - Michael Jackson Forever Man - Eric Clapton (yeah, Luke is in the video) Running with the Night - Lionel Ritchie Stand Back - Stevie Nicks Arthur's Theme - Christopher Cross Turn Your Love Around - George Benson _________________________ I've Got Jazz...Do You?
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#83527 - 08/25/08 12:25 PM Re: Steve Lukather [Re: Kat]
DWBass Member Registered: 08/15/01 Posts: 1974 Loc: Hampton Roads, Virginia	Oh absolutely! I almost did a double take when I was checking out the band's musicians. I was like "is that the same guy as the jazz fusion guy?" "He's in Toto??" I never knew. I just knew of Jeff Porcaro (RIP). I had no idea who the other band members were! _________________________ "Break Me Off A Piece Of That Funk!"
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#83529 - 08/25/08 02:57 PM Re: Steve Lukather [Re: DWBass]
Mark of Cenla Member Registered: 01/12/05 Posts: 421 Loc: central Louisiana	If you want to hear some Christmas fusion, buy Luke's Santamental CD. It is one of my favorites. Peace and goodwill. _________________________ Mark Wellman > Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
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#83531 - 08/25/08 03:04 PM Re: Steve Lukather [Re: Mark of Cenla]
jazzwriter Member Registered: 11/15/99 Posts: 7755 Loc: Greenville, Miss. USA	David Hungate, the Porcaro brothers (Jeff, Steve and Mike), Joseph Williams, Bobby Kimball and Steve Lukather are the core members I remember. I remember when I first heard Hold the Line, how I thought it sounded like a late 1960s Motown piece that was juiced up by a rock guitar solo. Actually, the more I listened, it was the piano line that reminded me of Sly & The Family Stone's Hot Fun in the Summertime. Even so, it's still one of my all-time favorite Toto songs, along with Africa, Pamela and the album cut Home of the Brave. Edited by jazzwriter (08/25/08 08:42 PM) Edit Reason: forgot to include Kimball _________________________ "I got a bad feeling about this." - Han Solo / Indiana Jones
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