Steve Lukather on Putting Together the New Toto Band
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Glad Steve is able to put all the b.s behind him and keep doing what makes him happy.... and us. I hope he never quits👍🇦🇺
So great to see Steve full of life, energy and focus. The guy is more than a guitar virtuoso and top song-writer.. he's a man on a mission - to bring amazing music to music-lovers the world over. I hope I get to see him play here in Melbourne (Australia) again. Thank you for posting the video.
“i got a band and crew all locked and loaded.”
Love you, Steve! Can't wait to see you on stage in T.O.! Hope it won't be long...
Loving Luke and glad to hear that Paich is still working his magic!
Let's hope Dave is working on new material for a new Toto studio album which he will also sing and play on, together with the awesome new band.
His 1st solo record is phenomenal. "With A Second Chance", "Share My Love", "Darkest Night Of The Year" and "Drive A Crooked Road" - amazing stuff. The whole record actually. Great interview.
Sounds like he`s all geared up for getting on with it. Recording, touring, living the life. We are ready out here as well. Let`s do it!
It's been long enough
Sometimes he puts out the air that he couldnt be bothered... that he is so important and many, many truly important life saving things he could be doing...
I know a lot of it comes from being an in demand studio musician for so long and being told you are great... Then again I have met jazz musicians playing on the streets of Everett who have an even loftier thinking of themselves...
I wasn't overly familiar with Toto until recently and I'm so glad I found out what I was missing. Lukather seems like the most genuine guy alive. I hope to God that they tour the USA soon.
He is genuine for sure, Shane, and one of the BEST guitar players in the world. Vastly underrated. Everyone talks about Clapton but Luke is an equal for sure. Toto put out some of the best music of the 70s and 80s.
Shane, check out every live Toto recording, dvd, bluray, youtube concert, etc. you can get your hands on. You will not be disappointed.
@@jameskeyes1131 Spot on, all true! Steve is my favourite musicians ever, been listening to Toto from mid 80's (I was 13 then..)
Same. Always liked them as a kid, just never really explored them. Then 2 years ago, thanks to everything available on this platform, I found vids I never even knew existed when I was young....and was very pleased with what I found. Been so addicted to them since, that I consider them in my top 5 now. They're amazing.
I saw TOTO at the end of the "40 Trips Around The Sun" tour. Can't wait to see Luke again.
Good interview. Love to hear what's happening behind the scenes. Can't freaking wait to see live music! Omg!
I heard the fuys live in july 2022 and they were phantastic! 👏❤👍
These are awesome, John, I love how you get them to be real in front of the mic and cam with you, saw Steve talk a couple times on Rick Beato's channel, he seems to be even more comfortable here talking to you, phantastic, thanks so much! Also, loved to hear him speak about his morning routine, I get like that, too, which is why I often go for a walk in the middle of the night when it's all quiet. ☺️
Great interview John. Saw Toto at the QE Theatre in Vancouver in 1980 touring the Hydra record. They’ve been around a long time. Great band.
Toto-liciously Marvelous Interview. Nice Words, Luke. 🎧
Anyone that hasn’t read the Gospel of Luke please do! It’s such a fantastic read!!
Reading it just now. Amazing
Read it, great story!
yeah, I debunked all four of them and know them inside out, simple but fun and, of course not based on any of the copious historical evidence we now have
The live stream was awesome!
Wow when he’s talking about the morning. It is beautiful! I also love the bedtime 😆
Very cool to see Luke’s spiritual side. I love it.
Hope he includes Ireland again on his tour! Wishing him well for the future!
And Northern Ireland 👍🔝
I would love to form a Toto/Foreigner tribute band. Such seriously great music.
I played in a sort of Toto tribute band called Mr Moto many years ago. Didn't take me long to work out that try as I might, I was about as good at covering Luke's licks as Mickey Mouse would have been. We never quite made it, although our keyboard player did go on to do quite a lot of work off stage with the band, so guess it wasn't all in vain!
Luke is the man.I first saw toto at Anaheim stadium open for Lynnard Skynnard..the line up was toto, REO , foreign, Ted Nugent and Skynard..What a career and how blessed we are to still have him..One of Jeff Healey'scshow at the house of blues in Hollywood Steve comes out for a encore and you could see the live between them..look up the definition of humble and there's Steve's picture..
Those are some pretty sweet memories.
What a lineup! Imagine the after party?!? 😳
Very Cool information!! Thanks John and Luke!!
Welcome back TOTO!!!!!!
I love the energy and groove the new lineup delivers. They are a new band altogether, which was exactly what Luke needed. The anti-retentive Toto.
What cool, wise cat! Very real and legendary. 🔊👍
Perhaps this is an exaggeration but is it possible that Steve has played guitar on half of the biggest hit songs over a 30 year period.
It is not an exaggeration at all. If anything, it is a very realistic vast understatement that we can lend credence to. So hats off to your astute perception.
When we were teenagers in the 80s, about 300 of us crammed into a small music shop for a seminar with Steve Lynch of Autograph. Of course, we wanted to see the 8 finger tapping. Turn Up The Radio was all over the place and we went nuts when the radio stations played the extended intro version when we were hanging in the car, or anything Jeff Watson of Night Ranger played on. We had to see one these magicians at work with our own eyes and not one of us was going to miss it.
Steve said to us at one point during the seminar, "Every one of you in this room (multi room music shop, 300 people again) have at least one album with someone on it, and you will never guess who it is."
Obviously, Eddie VH came up pretty fast. Steve said "No, this guy has even pinch hit for Ed on some of their albums." Some said Yngwie, which we got a kick out of, some said SRV, David Gilmour, etc.
After a few rounds of being totally baffled and desperately wanting to know, Steve said "Steve Lukather from Toto. Luke's timing is so perfect, so spot on, because studio time is so expensive, even when Eddie is having an off day, they bring Steve in to get it done."
Every word of that 10,000% true. We're huge Toto and live Toto fans, as well as Steve's solo stuff, and have been hot on the trail of Steve and Ed's Phuxnot collaboration.
No luck yet, but the search continues. As we continue to rock all things Toto and HSAS, one of the other best kept secret super group collaborations from the glory days.
Just the thought of Steve and Ed putting something together is almost too good to be true. Kind of like when we found out Steve solo'd on Dirty Laundry. Like 9/11 or your first kiss, as Luke fans, the memory of the day we learned Steve was burning things up on Laundry is imprinted on our musical souls.
"Noooo way. I love that song. The solos are awesome. No wonder they are so sweet. That makes total sense. Coool." Of course, Joe Walsh brings just as much to the table in Laundry. Can't imagine being in a studio when Steve and Joe did their thing. Then again, the guitarist section of Hear N Aid with all those guys in the studio is pretty mind blowing, too. It was all part of a very rich time in music. Thankfully a lot of the artists are still making great music today.
Hope that helps. After that day in the music shop, as we got older and appreciated Toto more and more, every time we learn about something Steve has been on, or hear Africa, Rosanna, etc. overhead in a store, sitting in the chair at a dentist office, pretty much anywhere, it takes us to those same places and it's hard to sit still. Just the thought of Steve working with all of those guitarists through the years, with how nice of a guy he is, kind of makes you smile and warms the heart.
Peace, brother!
He has.
Only half?!
Luke's such a legend. 👍
I'm very excited for this.
That live stream was fantastic! Sure wish they would release it.
They are releasing it this spring or summer. Plus its going some extra stuff on it.
I don't care what the band is called. I will always listen to whomever is playing whatever, wherever Lukather is happening.
SOOO GOOD!!!!
hey steve, i love your work, i have always found your playing at a completely different level relative to the cats on the highest level we know, you and a guy named jack thammarat, you both have a great sense- ability relating to rock/jazz and the way you both bring that to the musical realm, our language is hard to describe the feeling one gets when hearing your music, you have such an impeccable;, for lack of my better vocab, knowledge of what a song needs, to be able to come up with the parts you do on the fly, and the material you have shared with us all these years, especially the latest stuff 2012- now, is mind blowing, but yet so very enjoyable, and like the toto music, man you are not like these other rock riff minded guys, your music is deep and from the heart, the soul, so deep it is amazing a person can actually musicalize a feeling to share with someone , i am not able to put the total of what i wish to share into words, but i believe you may be the most gifted of all players we have ever seen, your body of work speaks for itself, i am amazed when i listen to tracks like judgement day and that album, it is different, it is right to the heart, the record, but not rock, not jazz, not pop, a very new and exciting gamut of beautiful music, totally away from what we are used to hearing, yet so much to the heart of all of our lives, again amazing work, and the ability to play the guitar the way you do, the notes and chords, the emphasis, a unique tonal sound, it is immersing, jack thammarat is similar but you got it, a talent only you have, THANK YOU STEVE,...
AWESOMENESS LOVE IT
he said Europe ! whoo hoooooo ! best news for many moons
YES..... THANK YOU STEVE
Love Luke, Love his attitude and work ethic. Unfortunately 2020 is not going to happen in Europe, I just cancelled all my summer gigs, no vaccine distribution here. #Toto2021 EU tour count me in. #StegeLukather
...it's 2021
Looks like Steve's been operating a chimney cleaning service. lol
Chim-chiminey, chim-chiminey, chim-chim-cheroo🎵
Good one :)
I’ve always thought Julie Andrews was rather attractive. If you believe in "balance in the universe" (I do), she’s perfect for Luke. Dude, you’re one of my favorite guitarists but you need to bone up on some personal hygiene thingies, especially before a video interview. I’ll help you. I’ll tour with you. I play guitar (lead & rhythm), keyboards, bass and can sing. I don’t eat much. Let me out every couple of hours and I’m good. 😎🤘
Luke's hood is indeed very nice, I have a friend up there and the best part is the view. Anyway, I'll go to the show when they come home to play.
Hopefully a new Toto studio album (TOTO XV) is on the cards, with the new band, and David Paich.
I love Steve’s attitude and what he did with Toto. This version is amazing and the music really lives and breaths. It doesn’t sound like a cover band version of Toto. Unlike journey.
Good interview from Steve
You gotta love Luke.
Gee he has changed a lot since he was younger in the band . I know we all do but I think some of us change more
Hope Toto wont skip Montreal for next tour. Lot of fans in Québec
Luke looks a little dis shoveled and tired but he's earned it. He manages everything now. I too am an early morning person and I love watching the sunrise and seeing the Earth renewing itself.
Lukather has every right to be touring as TOTO he's been the constant member in every lineup. Paich can't tour and Steve Porcaro wants to be in the studio.
Hey TOTO, Luke, Steve P, or Rock History Music....
Why did TOTO do most of their gigs and tours internationally and very few USA 🇺🇸 Tours?Still seems to be going that way with 2022 Tour dates?
Great stuff
I didn’t understand any of that. But I don’t care, I love Toto. Can’t wait to hear the new music.
I really hope you will play the first 5 albums in their entirity
Sounds exciting :-)
Is Keith Carlock still in Toto? That man is an absolute beast on the drums.
Nope. He only toured with the band in 2014 and recorded Toto XIV. He returned to Steely Dan after that.
No hasn't been for years the new drummer is Robert Sput Searight.
Love you LUKE!
Maybe we need to believe the fact the Toto was never a static band but a multisession musician's band.
Calling all Toto fans "Hold The Line "
Where do i find the livestream?!
So, who is in the new Toto band and what is the forecast for a new album?
Only Luke and Joseph from Toto and all newer members.
Warren Ham, Robert Sputs Searight, John Pierce, Joseph Williams, Steve Lukather, #Xavier Taplin, #Steve Maggiora
David Paich is musical director or something like that behind the scenes.
I live by same timetable LOL
why is he on the phone and on the computer at the same time? does he not have a mic on the computer?
I'm sure there were connection problems or he may have trouble hearing, I know he's had tinnitus.
Yeah😁🤘👍
So...in case I somehow missed it...whats the new lineup???
Will Simon Phillips be on drums?
NO!
Bob Searight will be on drums. Great drummer, who played with Snarky Puppy and Ghost Note. You can check them out on TH-cam. 🙂
No. Simon is on other projects, now, that he’s put off for too long.
@@trubadorphotography2541 What does "too long" mean? Never say never with Toto! Simon explained to John a few months ago, that he would be interested IF the circumstances are right, and the material that he recorded with Toto is featured in the set lists - which I can completely understand. The set lists from 2010 - 2013 didn't contain a lot of songs from Tambu, Mindfields & FIB.
Cool :)
Come back to Croatia,please...
Luke realy loved the band (TOTO. if you didn t get), and still suports it. Bad from others....
I just love how Luke is not only so cool but knows how to chill with a few glasses of wine just like myself!~
Luke has been sober for about 10 years.
Please come.to.the UK come.to Scotland I've never ever seen you
Weren't they in Glasgow 8 Apr 2018?
Have your Africa 45 special shape!!!! Yay!!!!
Great stuff. But why is Luke holding a phone?
Because I think he can't hear the questions.
Bobby kimball He is the best singer that Toto had. No other Toto singer comes close , & without david paich, steve porcaro & him , there's no Toto ANYMORE !!
Not really Toto anymore its just Steve Lukather , Joseph Williams and the Toto Revue
Well ... with only Luke & Joe it's not really Toto, is it? I pray that Dave's health will improve through medicine/science. They could make it to their 50th Anniversary. However, those awful lawsuits have to be solved. I hope Justin Biebers record company has to pay them a shit ton of GOLD for stealing parts of "Going Home"! I mean, seriously? 9 Writers and they steal the chorus?
I'd love to see Dave, Simon and Steve P again with Toto, e.g. on the 45th Anniversary. Honestly, THIS band right now is NOT Toto. The three of them are all missing, Mike's gone, Nathan is doing other projects; and Greg Philinganes and Tony Spinner haven't been in the band since late 2008 - wich is a shame. ALL great musicians. But the core of the band are really Luke, Dave, Steve P and Joseph + Simon (I consider him to be part of the core, because he succeeded Jeff and stayed for 21 years, talk about devotion.) Which is why i would LOVE to have a new album from that Line up with some cool new tunes. If Simon would return, the guys could write more advanced music again.
The best live Toto gig I ever attended was at Hammersmith Apollo in 2011 (us Brits never got so many chances to see them here). However, lucky to have seen them with arguably their greatest line ups over the years. Is there any other band in the world that could lose the best drummer in the world....and replace him with.....the best drummer in the world? Jeff had groove and feel in spades and so glad I saw him before he died in 1992, but then Simon was the master technician. Different, but both masters of their art. Toto are the musical tour de force, the very best there is, simple as that.
Change the name of the band to '' Steve Lukathers Toto '' or '' Steve Lukather plays Toto '' and avoid any more problems with Susan Pocaro , Luke.
I dunno. I just like Luke.
i get the kind of problems luk must be having... sometimes i think the millenial generation and the powers that be dont get live music at all. but then again safe is safe no question about that.....its the damndest thing this situation...... ....i dont wanna work i just wanna bang on the drum all day! stay strong yall
Absurd. From my point. Just my two cents. No Paich. No Porcaro. No Toto.
David cannot go touring due to health reasons. Jeff and Mike sadly passed away. Luke does, what is possible and I am optimistic they will play great concerts.
i agree toto is my fav band but can you call it toto no paich or 1 porcaro?🤷🏼♂️
@@alanunseld4942 David Paich is still working with them just behind the scenes since he can't travel plus you never know when might show up at a concert. Plus he has new music coming.
Let's take a moment to see what's going on with Toto members past and present.
Bobby Kimball - touring with solo band, has dementia
Jeff Porcaro - died in 1992 after inhaling pesticides
David Hungate - came back for Toto XIV in 2014 and 2015, then retired again
Steve Porcaro - left in 1987, rejoined with the reunion and left last year when they broke up to focus on solo music
Lenny Castro - also left in 1987, came back in 2015 but left again after the band split last year
Fergie Frederiksen - toured with various tribute bands, died of cancer in 2014
Mike Porcaro - left Toto in 2007 after his ALS got too bad, died in 2015
Joseph Williams - left in 1988, rejoined for the reunion, now with this lineup
Jean Michel-Byron - left in 1990, now a session vocalist
Simon Phillips - left Toto in 2013 to focus on solo stuff, now does jazz
Greg Phillinganes - left in 2008 after Toto fizzled out for the first time, semi retired
Keith Carlock - left in 2015 after 3 tours to go back to Steely Dan
Steve Lukather - never left, never will
David Paich - had a seizure in 2018, now not touring to maintain good heath but same as Luke
New Toto is a tribute band. No Porcaro onstage. I bless the years between 1977-1987 and 2018-2019 where the original material was performed to the original quality. But now it's all about "getting back from my investment". Sorry. That's it for me.
A smart choice would have been Sam Porcaro on Bass and Vinnie Colaiuta on Drums now. Plus press statements from David Paich and Steve P about retirement from the road. But that's not how it works. God bless them all but this is milking the hits.
Yep it's just another faux band like what happen with CCR, Styx, Beach Boys and Average White Band just to name a few. All touring with only one or two original members
Actually, Paich (due to health) can’t tour anymore except for a local one-off show. Steve Porcaro wants to concentrate on tv/film and composing. Hungate retired. Jeff and Mike P. passed away. Kimball is ten years older than Luke, and is (from what I’ve heard) going into dementia. Then there’s the constant legal battles with both the old record label and with Jeff P. estate (wife). The initial reason why he and Joe toyed with the idea of naming the new band Dogs of Oz was to get out from under the legal B.S. while letting people know (in a cheeky way) that they are from Toto. Personally, I really like the Dogs of Oz band name. I hope they end up going that route.
In my head I sang the first paragraph of your comment to the tune of "Africa".
It's a lot of fun. Seriously, try it everyone, you'll see what I mean.
Ita a little funny when your hear Lukather always refering people as "my best friend" ... porcaro is my best friend, larry carlton is my best friend...kimball is my best friend, paich is my best friend, van halen...now ringo!...this is what L.A. people are like...
Too bad you cant get Randy Jackson to be a Permanent TOTOid
OK...but its NOT "ToTo"...its just "Steve Lukather" and his backing band...Sadly.
So what is Toto? Steve Lukather, Joseph Williams, Warren Ham, Dominique "Xavier" Taplin, John Pierce, Steve Maggiora, Robert "Sput" Searight, David Paich, Steve Porcaro, Jeff Porcaro, Bobby Kimball, David Hungate, Mike Porcaro, Fergie Frederiksen, Jean-Michel Byron, Simon Phillips, Greg Phillinganes, Keith Carlock, Lenny Castro, Tom Kelly, Keith Landry, Jon Smith, Timothy B. Schmit, Paulette Brown-Castro, Scott Page, Ralph Rickert, Luis Conte, Jenny Douglas-McRae, Chris Trujillo, Jackie McGhee, John Jessel, Fred White, John James, Donna McDaniel, Gregg Bissonette, Sofia Bender, Tony Spinner, Buddy Hyatt, Jeff Babko, Jon Farriss, Ricky Lawson, Leland Sklar, Mabvuto Carpenter, Nathan East, Jory Steinberg, Amy Keys, David Santos, Shannon Forrest, Shem von Schroeck.
ALL these people played at TOTO live and in studio. TOTO was always changing over the years. There was never a THIS IS TOTO idea. And if you want to find THE TOTO, then its gone since Jeff died. But as a fan you know every tour and every record was different.
Look at the timelines:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Toto_band_members
That's not Toto. Period.
There is a video on TH-cam with the new line-up. They sound phantastic! ❤🔥👍
No Simon Philips.....?
Well it will be nothing more than a cover band, Love Luke and Toto, long time fan but it will not work for me
Well... maybe right now is not the Time for it. At least Simon said that he would be interested to play "definetely" again with Toto IF the circumstances were right and the material would include the albums that he recorded with Toto. Simon is busy with Protocol 5 and other projects, Dave has health issues, Steve Porcaro wants to do Studio work again and be at home, Nathan East is also busy + they have legal issues because of Jeff's ex-Wife who wants royalties from them despite being re-married to a semi-billionaire. That is just weird. Jeff's kids are adults, they even played with Toto and she definitely doesn't need the money from a band where she never was involved in.
Really, maybe you should check out Sput Searight
Simon was always just a substitute for Jeff, so what? ;-) Without kidding: There ways never a lineup that stayed over the years. Look at my anser to the other guy who wrote something like this. Every record was different, every tour was different. Even the singer changed so many times.
Toto is total
No Porcaro .....,no Toto!!!
The new Toto line up is good but it's still should be called Steve Lukather's Toto.
Agree...ToTo was a Band..."Steve Lukather" is NOT ToTo...it should be billed as "Steve Lukather" and his Band.
I saw the 40 trips tour. I was very disappointed with the concert. Way too much jamming. It took a while to become a fan again. He’s still my favorite guitarist.
Really? I thought they were great on that tour. The bassist was stellar.
I was in Amsterdam on that very concert (2018), blown away as always
Amazing sounds, incredible craftsmen.
I have seen most of the ORIGINAL members of Toto in early 2000s. I will not see the new Toto. That is just me. No one compares to the ORIGINAL band.
Original members in the early 2000s? Come on, original members could be heard in the early 80s. After that there were some changes.
You'll never see the original band. Bobby is in poor heath with dementia. Mike and Jeff have passed. Hungate is retired. Paich can't tour due to health reasons but is still "in the band". Steve has burned the bridge and is out. If you want to see any Toto, this is all you have... Joe and Luke
@@funklover24 hey, that was my first time seeing them. Minus Steve and Jeff P. I agree with you as far as the original is the best.
@@rirchardrubio5621 Why minus STEVE Porcaro? he's still with them, saw him in Amsterdam 2018.
@@ashharris7293 steve didn't burn his bridges, he said in an interview with john that he has 2 albums worth of solo music and also wants to score movies. I predict he'll be back when the legal troubles are over.