Short clip from interview of Jeff Porcaro and Steve Lukather on Finnish National television (YLE) program Rockstop 1990. Jeff's comment about his size and drumming. Interviewer Heli Nevakare.
@@elroddin76 according to sources he complained of cramping in his arms from the age of approximately 20-21. Maybe earlier. That's not cigs and coke. Steve L, and others, have stated Jeff was the least of the group to "party," at least to the extent they did. Obviously was a congenital issue, or should I say, it seems like that. Not saying cigs and coke didn't exacerbate the issue though.
In regards to height: I've always thought that as well. Whenever I see drummers that are tall and lanky, they always tend to look like their playing is more effortless. I'm 5"6 and I always wished I was taller with longer arms etc. Jeff Porcaro...what a class act! Wish he was still with us.
I am 6"0 and being tall in drumming is tricky most of us destroyed our lower backs due to bad position now that I raised my throne I have troubles with the height of the hi-hat stand, it is just not enough, stick sizes are an issue too, now I tend to go with bigger drum sizes and cymbals .... well fit them in a car and so on, little nick nacks like that, and when I see Japanese drummers, so in size with the more common drum sizes, they even make 13" hats look normal and cool, if I use 13" hi-hats would look so ridiculous hahaha
Bernard Purdie was a pretty big influence on Jeff Procaro. The "Purdie Shuffle" (as it's called) was a groove Jeff picked up and took it to the next level on tunes like "Lido Shuffle" and "Rosanna".
funklover24, Yes, and Jim Keltner, as well. My reply was regarding Gordon’s influence on Jeff’s Lido Shuffle. “T Keane” mistakenly credits Purdie for that. Jeff said that Jim Gordon’s work on Steely Dan’s “Charlie Freak” influenced Jeff’s Lido Shuffle. He speeded it up. Purdie’s influence is heard on Jeff’s “Rosanna” shuffle.
Luke: "That's cool, your father would dig that." Jeff: "It'd be great to be just like my dad, but that's a hard thing to do. You have to be a saint." Luke: "Oh, come on! I've heard stories about your dad... *ha ha ha*"
Yeah, it is A LOT easier for tall people. A few inches can mean a lot when playing for a long time. And Jeff played for 8 hours a day 6 days a week through 15 years straight, which would have been so much easier for him if he was 6 feet.
@@michaelcaplin8969 Yes, I am a drummer and that is a bizarre statement. It makes no sense as a drummer, it makes no sense as someone who is also 5' 7, and it doesn't make sense physiologically. This is the first time in my old life that I have heard such a statement. In short, it's bullshit.
@@michaelcaplin8969 He says he's "small boned", so that must mean he didn't have a lot of body strength, maybe upper body I don't know. But it's still strange to hear. Wait, didn't Pocaro have a heart condition? That could be it.
He was wrong about Size. The Bigger you are, the more energy that is required to run the machine (just like Cars). Look at Boxers....Heavyweight fighters are slower and get tired easier...the lightweights can swing all night~
Sorry, I don't have full video. A little bit loger version is found on Finnish national television YLE archives. But I don't know in wich countries it is available. Longer clip is the third video (of four) on this page yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2007/08/17/liian-taitava-toto
where this interview was he had 2 years to live, and he had to die in shitty gardening. Life is a whore. Some rapists and murderers live until they die of old age. God has taken us great musicians like Mike Porcaro, Jeff Porcaro Fergie Frederiksen. What an incredible suffering the parents and brother of Jeff and Mike Porcaro suffered. If you are traveling by car then you will always hear the music of TOTO up and down the radio and you will always be plagued with memories all your life. God protect Mike Jeff and Fergie, In Heaven they can do a second Toto Band Reasons and the angels with beautiful music make happy.
Height is an oversimplification - a larger frame would help with added bone and muscle mass to counter the physics of live playing which Jeff did constantly. Jeff's own criticism was that he didn't hit hard enough.
Aren't that what mic's are for? I mean I have seen hours of video, as you have too, of Jeff playing. His ability, or lack of, to pop a drum didn't seem lacking at all.
@@TheMICMusicInspirationChannel Sometimes it's a question of taste or may be a personal thing. In fact lots of superstars wanted Jeff to play on their albums or as a member of their live-bands. His discographie is huge.
@@funklover24 I'm aware he's quite popular, and I'm a big fan of his playing. But some people talk like he was a god. Coolidge said that she fired him because she heard him ask the engineer to take her out of his mix, and she considered the singer's part to be just as important as anyone else's.
@@TheMICMusicInspirationChannel Who knows exactly, what happened? May be Jeff just wanted a pure drum-part in order to work it out perfect and she misunderstood? May be there was some trouble with other people involved? They're all just human beings. 😉
Height is an oversimplification - a larger frame would help with added bone and muscle mass to counter the physics of live playing which Jeff did constantly. Jeff's own criticism was that he didn't hit hard enough.
It makes sense too, because he's always had a weak heart, so the blood wouldn't flow perfectly through his veins to all his limbs. Few years before his death he often complained to Steve about just being in constant pain after playing for a certain time. Luke said this in an interview, however I can't recall which one at this very moment
Here's a short video that shows the love between these guys: twitter.com/micaelalukather/status/980341016531173376 After 40 years, Toto is still a great band.
@@mikurino3936 Yes, here Jeff is speaking about his father. But there are videos from two drum-clinics with Jeff talking enthusiastically about Jim Gordon.
The world needs Jeff Porcaro. true legend.
0:24 - this gesture shows the friendship between Jeff and Luke. ❤
😭😭😭
They were easily the closest band members!
my favorite drummer is Jeff porcaro!
You were six feet tall when you played. You were truly a master drummer. Greatly missed.
What an amazing soul Jeff was!
One of the greatest drummers ever but I will remember him now for his love of his father.
jeff Porcaro, Mike Porcaro and Carlos Vega in my heart 😔
Thiago Batera Silva Lima thanks to them for the beautiful music ❤
and well spoken
Wish I could go back in time and warn him about his heart and circulation issues. That's likely why he couldn't play more time as he discussed here.
The cigarettes and coke?
@@elroddin76 according to sources he complained of cramping in his arms from the age of approximately 20-21. Maybe earlier. That's not cigs and coke. Steve L, and others, have stated Jeff was the least of the group to "party," at least to the extent they did. Obviously was a congenital issue, or should I say, it seems like that. Not saying cigs and coke didn't exacerbate the issue though.
King of groove!! untouchable and will forever be....
the master of beat...
And look at the friendship between them..
Legend.
In regards to height: I've always thought that as well. Whenever I see drummers that are tall and lanky, they always tend to look like their playing is more effortless. I'm 5"6 and I always wished I was taller with longer arms etc. Jeff Porcaro...what a class act! Wish he was still with us.
Red Tree what about Steve Smith? He's not a big man. Neither is Steve Perry.
I am 6"0 and being tall in drumming is tricky most of us destroyed our lower backs due to bad position now that I raised my throne I have troubles with the height of the hi-hat stand, it is just not enough, stick sizes are an issue too, now I tend to go with bigger drum sizes and cymbals .... well fit them in a car and so on, little nick nacks like that, and when I see Japanese drummers, so in size with the more common drum sizes, they even make 13" hats look normal and cool, if I use 13" hi-hats would look so ridiculous hahaha
Do you wish you were a little bit taller? Maybe wish you were a baller? Wish you had a girl who looked good--you would call her?
JoJo Mayer and Virgil Donati are about 5'9'', height doesn't seem to affect either of them!
Best Drummer ever!
Mr Rhythm Technician. AMAZING fellow behind the kit. Only other in his league would be Bonzo, for very different reasons.
shiboof I always thought Bernard Purdie with Steely Dan was very similar to Jeff in style, only more fluid.
Bernard Purdie was a pretty big influence on Jeff Procaro. The "Purdie Shuffle" (as it's called) was a groove Jeff picked up and took it to the next level on tunes like "Lido Shuffle" and "Rosanna".
T Keane, Jeff credited Jim Gordon as inspiration for the Lido Shuffle drums.
@@beachgirl4583 Actually Jim Gordon, Bernard Purdie and John Bonham were important influences for Jeff.
funklover24,
Yes, and Jim Keltner, as well. My reply was regarding Gordon’s influence on Jeff’s Lido Shuffle. “T Keane” mistakenly credits Purdie for that. Jeff said that Jim Gordon’s work on Steely Dan’s “Charlie Freak” influenced Jeff’s Lido Shuffle. He speeded it up.
Purdie’s influence is heard on Jeff’s “Rosanna” shuffle.
what great drummer.
The groove master himself!!!
Gee, you didn't mean the title to be at all suggestive, did you? (wink, wink, nudge, nudge)
Where is the whole video?
i think all that's wrong with the world now is because this man is not here!
I wish I could understand what Luke said to him! I’m 4’11” and the drumming is hard being so short!
Luke: "That's cool, your father would dig that."
Jeff: "It'd be great to be just like my dad, but that's a hard thing to do. You have to be a saint."
Luke: "Oh, come on! I've heard stories about your dad... *ha ha ha*"
Please!!! Where is the rest???
It says he was 5'7, that's not that short. Why does he say he wishes he was 6'? Is drumming easier for taller people? I don't quite get that.
Yeah, it is A LOT easier for tall people. A few inches can mean a lot when playing for a long time. And Jeff played for 8 hours a day 6 days a week through 15 years straight, which would have been so much easier for him if he was 6 feet.
@@michaelcaplin8969 that makes zero sense
@@mattmarkus4868 Then you are not a drummer, or you are a tall drummer. Doesn't matter if it makes sense or not, it's just the way it works.
@@michaelcaplin8969 Yes, I am a drummer and that is a bizarre statement. It makes no sense as a drummer, it makes no sense as someone who is also 5' 7, and it doesn't make sense physiologically. This is the first time in my old life that I have heard such a statement. In short, it's bullshit.
@@michaelcaplin8969 He says he's "small boned", so that must mean he didn't have a lot of body strength, maybe upper body I don't know. But it's still strange to hear. Wait, didn't Pocaro have a heart condition? That could be it.
Merci
He was wrong about Size. The Bigger you are, the more energy that is required to run the machine (just like Cars).
Look at Boxers....Heavyweight fighters are slower and get tired easier...the lightweights can swing all night~
Do you have this whole interview to upload on youtube?
Sorry, I don't have full video. A little bit loger version is found on Finnish national television YLE archives. But I don't know in wich countries it is available. Longer clip is the third video (of four) on this page
yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2007/08/17/liian-taitava-toto
0:22 What does Luke say, please? I can't make it out
"Come on, I've heard stories about your dad..." As a joking response to Jeff calling his father a saint.
where this interview was he had 2 years to live, and he had to die in shitty gardening. Life is a whore. Some rapists and murderers live until they die of old age. God has taken us great musicians like Mike Porcaro, Jeff Porcaro Fergie Frederiksen. What an incredible suffering the parents and brother of Jeff and Mike Porcaro suffered. If you are traveling by car then you will always hear the music of TOTO up and down the radio and you will always be plagued with memories all your life. God protect Mike Jeff and Fergie, In Heaven they can do a second Toto Band Reasons and the angels with beautiful music make happy.
Yeah, but have you SEEN 100? You don't want it.
If I only had seen him live on stage once 🙏😕
I’m 6’2” and see no real advantage to being tall. If anything, it’s harder to be balanced behind the kit the taller you are.
Height is an oversimplification - a larger frame would help with added bone and muscle mass to counter the physics of live playing which Jeff did constantly. Jeff's own criticism was that he didn't hit hard enough.
Aren't that what mic's are for? I mean I have seen hours of video, as you have too, of Jeff playing. His ability, or lack of, to pop a drum didn't seem lacking at all.
No slouch to Porcaro’s west
Rita Coolidge fired him.
source?
@@jgmiller804 Her autobiography.
@@TheMICMusicInspirationChannel Sometimes it's a question of taste or may be a personal thing. In fact lots of superstars wanted Jeff to play on their albums or as a member of their live-bands. His discographie is huge.
@@funklover24 I'm aware he's quite popular, and I'm a big fan of his playing. But some people talk like he was a god. Coolidge said that she fired him because she heard him ask the engineer to take her out of his mix, and she considered the singer's part to be just as important as anyone else's.
@@TheMICMusicInspirationChannel Who knows exactly, what happened? May be Jeff just wanted a pure drum-part in order to work it out perfect and she misunderstood? May be there was some trouble with other people involved? They're all just human beings. 😉
How would more height help you play longer? Am I missing an obvious answer?
Height is an oversimplification - a larger frame would help with added bone and muscle mass to counter the physics of live playing which Jeff did constantly. Jeff's own criticism was that he didn't hit hard enough.
M Sully That makes perfect sense. Thanks, man.
It makes sense too, because he's always had a weak heart, so the blood wouldn't flow perfectly through his veins to all his limbs. Few years before his death he often complained to Steve about just being in constant pain after playing for a certain time.
Luke said this in an interview, however I can't recall which one at this very moment
funny because in contrast, you have a player like Zbigniew "Inferno" Promiński from the metal band Behemoth who is huge - yet hits so lightly haha.
Simon Phillips, the guy who replaced Jeff, is also a really small guy. Do I see a pattern here?
Meh, Buddy Rich was only 1 inch taller and he was an absolute beast. Height isn't key. Stalkiness seems to be the ideal body shape for a drummer.
I wish I was 6feet to ..jejeje ..
Here's a short video that shows the love between these guys:
twitter.com/micaelalukather/status/980341016531173376
After 40 years, Toto is still a great band.
HE was talking about Jim Gordon, his hero! no?
no, about his father
Brian
Nope. Jeff was talking about His father, Joe Porcaro.
@@mikurino3936 Yes, here Jeff is speaking about his father. But there are videos from two drum-clinics with Jeff talking enthusiastically about Jim Gordon.
0:24
Con todo mis respetos por este gran baterista y su filosofía..., pero... sniffffffff
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Si ese es tu comentario con todo respeto cómo serán los otros.