Steve Howe Praises Fellow Guitarist Steve Morse: ‘The Breadth of the Music!’
As Ritchie Blackmore’s successor in Deep Purple, Steve Morse doesn’t always get the respect he deserves. But Steve Howe simply loves the guy.
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Partial early-Genesis reunion could happen, on one condition: ‘I wouldn’t want to do Mike and the Mechanics material’
Original guitarist Anthony Phillips wants to work with former Genesis bandmate Mike Rutherford, but only if he makes an important concession.
Toto IV found Toto at an early career crossroads: ‘We wanted to make something great’
The story of Toto can be divided to before April 8, 1982, and after. That’s when they released ‘Toto IV,’ still the biggest album of their lengthy career.
Steve Lukather on Toto’s overlooked Yes connections: ‘Shameless nods to our heroes? Sure’
As a 2015 summer tour featuring Toto and Yes is announced, Steve Lukather talks about how two seemingly very different bands overlap.
Aptly named Evolution nudged Journey closer to pop: ‘I learned a lot from that situation’
‘Evolution,’ released on April 5, 1979, underscored the hit-making promise that Steve Perry brought to Journey on just his second outing.
Micky Dolenz’s longest-tenured character is not in the Monkees: ‘It was a very, very short period of time’
Micky Dolenz will always be associated with his role in the Monkees. But he’s actually had a lengthier association with another character.
Jim McCarty breaks down the Yardbirds’ distinctive, guitar-led eras: ‘It was wonderful, inspirational’
As the Yardbirds’ guitarists have changed, so has the band itself – perhaps, most famously, when Eric Clapton was succeeded by Jeff Beck.
It’s unclear when, or if, Booker T. and the MGs will record again: ‘I’m not saying never’
Silent for more than two decades now, Booker T. and the MGs have lost another member since their most recent studio project.
Silk Degrees launched Boz Scaggs’ solo career, and Toto too: ‘So much talent and invention’
Boz Scaggs released his biggest-ever hit this month in 1976, providing the big-bang moment for an up-and-coming band named Toto along the way.
Slash explains why Bob Dylan once refused to use his solo: ‘For me … the ultimate compliment’
Slash added one of his “better one-off solos” to a Bob Dylan song, but it was never released. Find out why the Guns N’ Roses legend is OK with that.
