Steve Lukather: Mastering Rhythm Guitar
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.พ. 2023
- In this episode, Steve Lukather talks about being "in time". He also discusses his style, his influences and his friends like Eddie Van Halen.
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To me, you could have a Steve Lukather video twice a month... so much wisdom, music history, stories, knowledge, etc.
Yes, as part of music ethics formation.
“I saw the Beatles and I started playing.” How many times have we heard this? No other group- ever- had this type of effect on so many musicians.
We used to go down to Guitar Center and play guitars we couldn't afford....😂
My ex husband did that all the time. He took me with him so we could harmonize. Lol.
@matcoffidis1135 LOL 😂😂😂
Still do, bro
Well with the way guitars are getting expensive,i might just as well do that😂
I still do I like Sam ash they don't get to excited about us jamming on their awesome guitars
I just love Lukather. The funniest, most down to earth, best dude in the industry. He’s so fun to listen to.
the Sunset Sound dick jokes LOL
Rick is the other part of a great interview ,people always let loose withe people who get IT.
@David Yeah, spot on. Rick is naturally chilled out and the whole demeanour is relaxed, and he let's Luke do his thing. It truly flows
Agree 100% Same thoughts Here, I'd like to Jam with Him
Steve only should learn to listen (better) until Rick has finished his question
Steve is one of a kind. So knowledgeable. He learned the craft from the bottom up. Hard to find someone like this anymore. I could listen to him all day long. Great interview, Rick.
As stupid as it sounds but as a sidebar I'm glad he let his natural hair color growing and is embracing his age gracefully. And yes he is an awesome player he has influenced me since the 1980s. But I'm glad he's not dying his hair anymore as weird as that sounds LOL
I learned a lot. And Steve is a very cool dude.
I could listen to him all day long too. He’s an interesting cat.
@@ziggylayneable Yeah, looks like a mad professor of guitar.
Everything Steve Lukather is talking about is pretty much lost, and he’s right: There are a lot of great players but not many great songs. Rhythm guitar is a lost art; writing unique songs with unique melodies and lyrics is long gone and hard to find. Yes, there is some good stuff. But you really have to look hard to find it, and more’s the pity. It’s the dumbing down of creativity and those who search for it.
Thirteen minutes and five seconds of 100% pure wisdom. Holy crap, what an insightful video. Kudos Rick.
EXACTLY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I always learn so much from listening to Steve's conversations. Such a smart, wise man!
This is so True....EVH was actually a brilliant rhythm player with some lead thrown in as a sauce for flavoring!
Steve Lukather is now my favourite interview you've done. Man, great storyteller and a warm yet kind cranky guy!
Steve is one of those few guys that has it all: chops, lead playing and an impeccable sense of time. Also, a remarkable songwriter. You don’t find guys like that anymore.
And a good singer too
He has changed over the years. He still has it.
The icing on the cake is he is a laid back hilarious dude that would be blast to hang out with.
There's guys like Steve in every town.
I mean maybe not to his legendary level of achievement or talent but I know several just in my city. Some people just have the music in them.
"Musicians"
I saw Steve Lukather play with Toto at the California World Music Festival in 1978 at the Los Angeles Colosseum. I was 13 and I was blown away, by not just Toto but all of it. 😃
Steve Lukather is just one of the best. Smart, straightforward, humble. I watch all of his interviews.
“There’s no gigs, no Friday night parties …” Right on, Steve. I’m so happy I grew up playing when I did. Just getting out there on a gig was-and still is-the absolute best learning experience of all.
All you have to do is say hello to Steve and he's off and running. Just let him talk. He has a million stories to tell.
"...and now it's all DJs." kind of says it all. A great snippet from a really good interview.
"Not good enough to curl his cords" Love this guy, he needs to write a book about his musical adventures. Cool kat:)
Luke wrote a book it’s called The Gospel According To Luke.
Came out around 2018.
"cables" :)
He did write a book it's called The Gospel according to Luke
Dude, you have to listen to his book. There’s some secrets on the audio book and he narrates it himself. Amazing experience listening to him.
What does that mean?
Steve is the kind of guy you could hang out in a bar with all day long. A ripper bloke
Similarly to Eddie Van Halen, Lukather's prowess as a lead player overshadowed his genius as a rhythm guitarist and songwriter.
Both of them wore their rhythm player hats so well that their achievements in anchoring down their bands' songs went largely unnoticed. I'd put Malcolm Young and Steve Clark in the same category of rhythm genius, although unlike Toto and VH, AC/DC and Def Lep had 2 guitarists.
I watched the entire interview when it came out and am now watching these excerpts. Steve really is (with apologies to him) one of the elder statesmen of the electric guitar these days. Enormous ability, experience and knowledge and able to distil what is really important and explain it in a humourous, self deprecating and understandable manner. He just makes you smile. God bless him.
I didn't know he's posted the full session, gotta search it on his channel, if you got the link handy please reply
@@stratmister009 It's on ricks channel or just search it on YT
I could watch Rick's interviews with Steve all day long... so inspiring!
yeah, I wonder when he'll post the rest of this conversation
@@stratmister009 It's been on his main channel for a while - go watch 🙂
John Lennon was one of the great rhythm guitarists -- listen to his parts on Revolution, She's A Woman, All My Loving -- brilliant parts that drive those songs along
Interviewing Steve doesn’t seem to be the easiest thing, he’s all stream of consciousness. But I’m here for it. He always drops some serious knowledge.
Wot? He makes great cohesive sense.
Maybe you have stream of consciousness listening lol
@@grimmertwin2148 I’m not suggesting he doesn’t make sense, of course he does. It’s just that his mind wanders endlessly from what was the original question. It’s an endless stream of associations that reminds him of the next thing. Our minds all work differently, thankfully. And he is entertaining to listen to. You just might not get the answer you were asking for.
@hackapump I understand you completely! Having been accused of the same thing 😅, it's really a function of wanting to convey so much, all at one time. Then, when I slow myself down, it's still "whoa, so much to take in, only at 70% speed"
I love Steve's enthusiasm!
@@hackapumpOH, and you will get your answer. It may take a few minutes, though. 😂
I love every Steve Lukather interview that I hear. He is so real and brings back a lot of memories of when I learned to play in the 70s. Great job, Rick!
Luke at 11:40: "When's the last time you listened to pop radio and said, 'whoa! What was that?" So true.
Those days when we listened to the entire album several times, not expecting to swipe left or right in 10 seconds...
Deep cuts were a function of listening like that. Plus, it was a lot of work to get up and move the needle!
I think it was a much more satisfying way to experience music.
Lukather nailed it - we all lined up and listened to side 1, absorbed it, talked about it, awed about it, and then flipped to side 2 and repeated... until the notes and nuances were burned into our craniums. I'm a bit younger but I can still subconsciously sing or hum note for note most 80's tunes and I didn't even have their albums. - I just know the artists and the tunes for some reason because the music experience back then was more immersive - MTV and MuchMusic here in Canada definitely had a role to play. And the music was definitely 100% more interesting and creative. Today's pop songs are largely "cut and paste" technology driven... with a new face to market - all largely disposable pop. BTW - my very first "rock album" ever purchased with my own money was Toto Hydra. Thank Steve Lukather and the band for a lifetime of great music and memories.
Steve is so fun to listen to. Great stories and Steve is so grounded in reality. Some of my favourite guitar playing ever, and such a great guy. Rick does a masterful job of letting Steve talk.
Rhythm guitar might be the most underrated thing in a band. I worked in the music industry for 10 years, mostly as a session musician. I'd say I've played with maybe 20 really good rhythm guitarists during all those years. Everyone can learn how to play flashy solos bur rhythm guitar you either got or not. It is kind of like drummers that actually can play a straight 4/4 beat. There are VERY few drummers who can make a 4/4 sound as good as a Dave Wekl kind of drum part.
The last time I visited with Steve, 4 years ago in KC, I told him about this guy named Rick Beato and suggested he check him out. I am so happy he did! Great interview!
That’s awesome!
Rick Beato,Thank You for being All things GUITAR AND MUSIC!!!!!
I could listen to Luke talk all day. Great interview Rick.
⚓️ Thanks Steve Rick 😎
Luke is an American treasure. Rick as well. Love you both!!
So true, I can relate to buying an album , sitting down in the sweet spot of the speakers and enjoying the record cover to cover. It is an event.
I may that whole interview tattooed on my back. This needs to be a college lecture series.
I saw Steve this summer with Ringo Starr's All Star Band. He BLEW ME AWAY! He can make magic with that guitar!
Steve Lukather made an analysis in an earlier video, maybe even in this one. There is a lot of new and great talent on guitar. However, there are no great songs. Why? Fantastic Commentary by Steve Lukather.
Steve is the legend, the best of all things possible. Genius mode
I could listen to Rick's interviews all day long. But I must say, though, that Luke is just one of a kind. Forget his solos (which are mind blowing in themselves), but his rhythm parts on a zillions songs - how the hell does he come up with them? Those years in LA must have been truly magical, to have all those great players living in your neighborhood, playing with so many of them in sessions...I guess that is one part of learning that we may sometimes forget.
5 Stars! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 I could listen to Lukather and his stories all day long...
It's like the 4th time seeing parts of this interview... It never gets old.
What a guy. would love to spend an evening talking in a bar with Lukater. Seems like such a great guy.
Steve Lukather is Brilliant!👍👍
It's crazy that the guys inToto were still doing studio work after have a monster grammy winning album and big fan base.
A good part of that later studio work was for friends who gladly returned the favor.
I've offered Luke my hero worship for more than three decades. - My favourite musician. 🙂
He nailed it on the head in the last couple minutes. No tech gadgets, and back in the 'olden days', there were lots of Friday night backyard beer keg parties with live bands.
I sooooo love these kinda videos where the greats talk and it turns out how much humility they have towards their craft. So validating. Great content!!!!!
I believe that Lukather IS one of the GOATS. I could listen to him.24/7. Just a great cat. Thanks Steve. Love you man.
Love Steve. Awesome guy and genius guitar player. Never get tired of listening to his insight and years of wisdom! Keep on, brother; you rock! 🎸
When I'm doing my yard work I put some old Quincy Jones tracks in my earbuds and listen to some of Steve's rhythm guitar work on "The Dude" and just flip out on how tasteful the parts he played on these tracks were. I listen to him, Ray Parker Jr., Al McKay and Nile Rodgers to hone my rhythm chops.
Steve nailed how we used to listen to music.....hanging out with your friends/band mates with an album and just listening and commenting. Sometimes picking up the needle to go back to a crazy good part you wanted to hear again. I'm blessed to have lived through the late 60's and the 70's and been able to experience that.
I love the story about Ed breaking down in tears in front of his tour manager on the first Van Halen tour, saying, “I don’t wanna be here. I wanna be home, playing jazz and funk, like Allan Holdsworth.” He loved Allan. Even tried to get him a record deal at one point.
Steve and Rick. Listen to the band Balthvs. They are from Bogota Colombia. I have become fairly close friends with the guitarist . I'm 62, and I started playing guitar in 74. I listen to everything. I used to sit In the floor and learn the complete albums. That's how I learned to play.
Back to Balthvs. Very organic, beautiful music. Guitar interesting. I've learned, with Balthazar's help, a couple of their songs. They really lit my fire again with that excitement, that want to learn a new style. And now every time an old tune pops in my head, I'm sitting down with my phone and learning more new, old stuff. And that's what it is all about.
Love ya'lls chat. ✌️
One of the few benefits of the internet in my opinion is getting to hear legends discuss our shared history in a very accessible way. I never get tired of hearing Steve Lukather talk about the songs and people I grew up with and how things are different today. Well done.
Wow how much sense does this man make and I can so relate to all of it! And props to Rick for letting him express himself without interrupting, Bravo!
One thing key about SLs talks that I've been noticing is: to talk about music, he's talking primarily about the people involved. Seems that music has to be played and felt by humans, right Steve? And he always has anecdotes about the people involved in the music he is talking about.
And I think guys like Steve Lukather, and all those great musicians who overcame the test of fame and excess and survived to tell the tale, are amazing because of that: they are primarily human beings and want to keep it that way forever and never deny they have feelings and are natural too. No god-like kind of self-perceptions or anything. Just humans living the best they possibly can. It's just amazing!!!
It's great listening to Luke ... let the man talk ... living legend .. Rick, great as always ... asking the good questions and then listening and letting it be ... 👍
The most unpretentious guitar God I've always admired,one of the good guys in the industry, Steve you friggin rock brother. 😊👍🎸
I don’t know much about Steve but I love listening to him talk about music and the business and he can clearly play
I may have said this before ...but interviews like this mean so much to me words can't describe....but if I were to pick a word to say what they mean to me ....priceless
Listening to albums was such a journey (usually literally). Waiting for release day. You had possibly heard a single or two but nothing more. Heading to the music store. Talking to others in the shop. Heading home and putting the record on in anticipation. I'd usually lie on my bed with the headphones on and just be absorbed into a new world. The second time listening I'd get the lyric inlay sheet and then read along. Such wonderful memories.
I loved reading Luke's book, The Gospel According to Luke. I researched all the musicians he mentioned in the book and was amazed with his abilities to play and support them with his insane guitar and arranging skills. Each time I watch a video interview, Luke will mention a musician that opens a new door into another musical space and time, like the Tony Williams album Believe It discussed in this video. Thanks Rick for taking the time to share all of these beyond words musicians!
Master Lukather just said it: It's always about great songs. Thank you, Master!
Playing a groove really well in a live band is an art form that's hard to teach. Musicians who have at one point played drums always seem to have that sixth sense that enables them to play exactly the right thing at the right time. Mark King is the perfect example. 😎
Talented guy, he is.
2:44 I've had moments like this too - where suddenly everything clicks and I'm good at something. It's weird as shit but it's wonderful, like getting a download from the universe.
Steve Luthaker, like Brian May or Tommy Emmanuel or Tim Pierce or Tosin Abasi all have a deep love and respect for their Artform, which is as inspiring as their Artwork itself.
thanks, Rick for another great interview.
for the people who are in their 20s watchin this....probably not that many...LISTEN TO THIS GUY!!This is pure truth!!
I’m one of them lol
The last line ... Now it's all Djs, so true
“I’ll be over you”….. and “I won’t hold you back” which was sampled on Roger Sanchez’s massive dance hit “Another Chance”… both written by Luke!
When I started playing, the guy helping me, teaching me drove me crazy. Constantly talking about staying on beat, stay in time. But, it worked. Timing is the difference between a guitar player that sits at home or a guitar player that is playing with a band. Even rhythm guitar.
Steve is one of the reasons i picked up the guitar.
Already legendary now … I am now 48 years old, and so thankful that I can watch this from now onwards till the end of my life… This is is so sweet and the best musician interview every brought on tape (hahaha). If I could make a recommendation, please ask Tony Iommi for the next session…
Could listen to him all day long!
Everyone can get skilled at something, but talent is God-given. Steve knows that. I mean how can he play those lines. How can great composers come up with great songs with just those 12 notes.
I didn't know how to play lead for 20 years which was a good thing because you learn all your chords now that I look back from the age of 70 playing rhythm isn't easy it takes strong hands to play those chords for a couple of hours, soloing is a lot easier on the hands.Nowadays I've packed my electric guitars away, sold my Strat to pay a $1400 vet bill for my dog and since I bought a couple of really nice acoustic guitars It's like starting over again building up that strength in the hands again.
I love Steve Lukather's complete honesty. He's a Jedi of the music industry. Such a valuable talent...and wisdom!
Wow. Lukather is a boss guitarist but is laid back calm sensible and lovely! ❤😂😊 As always, Rick lets his interviewees speak!
There is so much passion in his voice ,when Luke tells a story. I never get enuff of him ,ever ! I love you , Luke ❤️
Today everything is with clicks 😂. One of my favourite guitar heroes. An amazing man too.
A real class act here in Steve Lukather. If you want to progress in guitar playing (I'd say all of music actually) you have to listen to this man and his music.
The wisdom of a lifetime's experience as a pro musician - delivered in an entertaining dialogue. super!
Can’t agree more. Of all the records I played on, 90% was multiple rhythm tracks (and backing vocals) even though I considered myself a lead guitarist.
I love Steve! His playing is as great as his sense of humor
Thank you Steve and Rick
I could listen to.steve all day...pretty much my all-time favourite guitarist. Been playing along with Toto since Toto IV came out...such great tone and feel.
When I looked at the credits of the song "secret garden" produced by Quincy Jones, I was shocked to see that the really cool rhythm guitar parts that I liked in the song were played by Steve lukather. It just gave me even more respect for him as a player.
I always learn something intriguing about the classic rock songs we love from your interviews with Mr. Lukather. He can not only speak for how they were created, but how it felt to be part of it all.
I love this interview. I could listen to it over and over.
Wow. Awesome interview. Luke has been one of my all time favorites since the first Toto record. And he is far to humble for his level of talent! He hit the nail on the head about the current generation of music!
I've always thought he's the best rhythm guitarist I've heard.... then he takes a lead and the world tilts.He just has it all.... 👌
Marvelous! Paul Jackson, Jr. next, please!
probably some of the best insight about EVH will come from Steve .. Thanks Rick!!
Steve is an inspiration... Great interview Rick.
I always learn from Steve Lukather interviews. He is a master teacher besides musician. A Professor Rick Beato asks great questions. He is a good guitar player too,
there's a million clips put on the tube every week, but this clip is really really cool because Steve touched on a lot of real issues that are valid to our time.
Such a legit conversation… Luke’s a real dude… Dig his playing, love his knowledge and passion for music… Thanks!
Steve is one of the best musicians I know of and also one of the best people. I have nothing but deep respect for this man.
I always enjoy Luke's stories, he's going to have among the best being as entrenched in the industry as he is, and always with that hint of entertainment value in the way he speaks.
And side note, that is a gorgeous guitar. (P.S. Edit: He's *spot on* about modern music. Devoid of feeling, innovation and soul.)
He's so DAMN SPOT ON about today's music and lack of harmonic content. God bless Lukather, what a legend.
Great interview !! Luke is a Beast !! 🤘🤘❤️
He is an extremely humble, tireless egoist and I love it