Post Tagged with: "Steve Lukather"

by / on April 9, 2013 at 8:29 am / in Movies, Pop Music, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Ringo Starr, Steve Lukather, Gregg Rolie, Todd Rundgren, Joe Walsh – Ringo at the Ryman (2013)

Don’t let the goofball demeanor fool you: Ringo Starr is the model of consistency these days, as solid and professional a frontman as there is — and maestro of one of the last decades’ most reliably entertaining guest-packed tours.

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by / on April 6, 2013 at 2:32 pm / in Concerts, Pop Music, Rock Music

‘Just doing what I dig doing’: A respected guitarist, Toto’s Steve Lukather focused on singing now

Steve Lukather ends his terrific new solo album Transition with the one-take instrumental “Smile,” and he recently appeared on the G3 tour with players who regularly put out entire albums of improvisational music.

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by / on April 3, 2013 at 8:17 am / in Rock Music

‘It’s electric’: Fresh off Ringo Starr tour, Journey/Santana co-founder Gregg Rolie heads back to studio

Just back from another well-received round of shows with the All-Starr Band, Gregg Rolie continues working on a new solo release — the Santana/Journey co-founder’s first since 2011.

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by / on February 21, 2013 at 6:47 am / in Concerts, Pop Music, Rock Music

‘Hopefully, maybe some day’: Reunited Toto is still touring, but no concrete plans for studio return yet

Though Toto is convening again for another summer tour — this time in celebration of the 35th anniversary of the band’s breakout No. 5 1978 single “Hold The Line” — new music doesn’t appear to be on the horizon.

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by / on February 16, 2013 at 12:14 pm / in Concerts, Pop Music, Rock Music

‘It is very inspiring’: For Steve Lukather, playing with the Beatles’ Ringo Starr about more than music

For Grammy award-winning Toto cofounder and sideman to the stars Steve Lukather, getting to know the Beatles’ Ringo Starr — really know him, as a person — has been the best part of his stint with the newest All-Starr Band.

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by / on February 2, 2013 at 11:42 am / in Pop Music, Rock Music

‘The dream came true’: Boasting a new Top 20 album, Steve Lukather remembers days as a sideman

Steve Lukather, once one of the busiest sidemen in pop history, has seen his new solo album chart in the Top 20 in seven different countries. Transition is the guitarist’s seventh project away from Toto

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by / on January 21, 2013 at 7:14 am / in New Music Monday, Uncategorized

New Music Monday: Steve Lukather, Camper Van Beethoven, Jorn, Aaron Neville, Journey, Billy Joel

Steve Lukather steps away from tours alongside Toto, Ringo Starr and Steve Vai to issue one of his most bitingly confessional solo recordings yet, while Aaron Neville goes way back for doo wop.

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by / on January 16, 2013 at 8:28 am / in Pop Music, Rock Music, Streams, Uncategorized

Exclusive stream: Steve Lukather, “Right the Wrong” from Transition (2013)

Toto’s Steve Lukather returns with Transition, perhaps his most confessional, hardest-rocking solo album ever, on January 21, 2013 from Mascot Records. Check out an exclusive stream of its first single “Right the Wrong” here!

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by / on January 13, 2013 at 1:22 pm / in Pop Music, Rock Music

‘I’ve got to do this one’: Steve Lukather took rare break from Toto to join the Beatles’ Ringo Starr

For Steve Lukather, a confirmed Beatlemaniac, the invitation to join Ringo Starr’s All-Starr Band was a no-brainer. But first, he had to break the news to everyone in Toto, the band he co-founded in the late 1970s.

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by / on January 8, 2013 at 8:40 am / in Pop Music, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Steve Lukather – Transition (2013)

Steve Lukather has, over the last few years, made a considered effort to embrace the underrated command of popular genres that made his band Toto such an ear-wormy pleasure. Transition adds a personal undertow.

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