Showing posts with label steve porcaro. Show all posts
Showing posts with label steve porcaro. Show all posts
Monday, May 30, 2016
Friday, September 25, 2015
Practically Toto - "Beat It" - Michael Jackson
Everyone knows that Eddie Van Halen played the guitar solo on this track, but Lukather played rhythm guitar AND bass on this mega hit. Also on this track Jeff and Steve P.
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Practically Toto - "Human Nature" - Michael Jackson
Human Nature was originally written by Steve Porcaro for Toto. But he got the non-vocal demo to Quincy Jones who liked it and sent it to lyricist John Bettis. This track featuring Jeff and Steve Porcaro, Paich and Luke is basically Toto with Michael Jackson as lead singer.
Monday, May 25, 2015
Practically Toto - "Breakdown Dead Ahead" - Boz Scaggs
I've been posting YouTube videos of pop songs that were recorded by members of the Wrecking Crew. The "Wrecking Crew" was a group of studio musicians in Los Angeles who played on many of the hits in the 60's and 70's. Musicians like Tommy Tedesco, Hal Blaine, Carol Kaye and dozens of others laid the foundation tracks for a diverse group of artists like The Beach Boys, The Mamas and Papas, Sonny and Cher, John Denver, Simon and Garfunkel, The Monkees, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, The Carpenters, Nancy Sinatra and many others. Hal Blaine (who coined the group's name) alone played on six consecutive Grammy Records of the Year. That's a record that will never be broken.
Towards the end of the 70's a new group of musicians started getting the top calls for major label record dates. A few of them, Steve Lukather, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, Steve Porcaro and David Hungate went on to form the band Toto. They had several hits in the late 70's and throughout the 80's. As many hits as they had they went on to play on even more hits for other artists.
This "Practically Toto" series will concentrate on songs that had two or more Toto band members on the recording.
Lukather, Jeff Porcaro and Hungate contributed to almost every track on Boz Scaggs "Middle Man" album. This song, "Breakdown Dead Ahead" features Luke and Hungate.
Towards the end of the 70's a new group of musicians started getting the top calls for major label record dates. A few of them, Steve Lukather, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, Steve Porcaro and David Hungate went on to form the band Toto. They had several hits in the late 70's and throughout the 80's. As many hits as they had they went on to play on even more hits for other artists.
This "Practically Toto" series will concentrate on songs that had two or more Toto band members on the recording.
Lukather, Jeff Porcaro and Hungate contributed to almost every track on Boz Scaggs "Middle Man" album. This song, "Breakdown Dead Ahead" features Luke and Hungate.
Neither Hungate nor Luke are in this video.
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