Yes, he is. I met him through Steamer and he was very nice and gracious. I also worked with Joe Williams in a show called Dream Street back in 1983-84. .
You should listen to 'The Seventh One' & 'Kingdom of Desire' then. 'Tambu', 'Mindfields' & 'Falling in Between' are also great albums. Oh, and 'Isolation'. Gosh, pretty much all their albums are terrific in one way or another.
@@oskarus3 He played with a Styx tribute band. I used to see his older videos on his own YT channel, he's a fabulous keyboard player. I remember seeing him play a Styx song for his piano recital piece in his music class when he was just a young kid. Very talented.
Toto work at a higher level. There are extremely few terms of comparison and in the live version I would say there are none. I've seen them several times and they are and will long remain the best live band in the world, in whatever lineup Luketer decides to present it in
Same thing happened to Mick Jones in Foreigner. Well, technically you could say Joseph Williams is pretty much a core member of the band. Luke and him were friends before Toto.
Love seeing the guys play, and I really love the music that Toto creates! But I do have to say this: Joe Williams. He either needs to sing in a lower key, or consider retiring. He no longer has the power and clarity to hit those high notes. I'm well aware of the fact that he is older (63 years old) and he does have a lot of mileage on his vocal chords, but he really has struggles with certain aspects of the higher register. But I still love that he's giving it his all.
Every live performance and studio album that don't fake it with auto-tune and other computer assistance should be labeled with a "pure live" sticker. I'm afraid it would not be many.
Luke said Sput and X left to focus on their funk band, Ghost-Note (which is currently on tour). No official reason given for replacing Maggiora with Atlas. Shannon Forrest was with TOTO before Sput (from 2014-2017). Greg P. first subbed for Paich in 2003-04, then took over from 2006 until the band's hiatus and Paich's return in 2010.
@@RayyMusik Shannon Forrest - drums Steve Lukather - guitar John Pierce - bass Joseph Williams - lead vocals & tambourine Greg Phillinganes - keys & vocals Dennis Atlas (the man behind Greg) - keys & vocals Warren Ham - percussion & vocals
You can disagree, but this is my opinion..... What this is: A great group of extremely talented musicians playing and singing Toto songs - only one member being an original What this isn't: Toto (to me) This is really a glorified Toto cover band or tribute band with an original Toto band member as a guest actually using the name Toto. Yes, I understand with Steve and the right to the name Toto and all that copyright legal stuff, it is THE band Toto. But imagine if Jimmy Page (or John Paul or Robert) got 3 other people and legally/actually went out again as Led Zeppelin would you go and say that you saw Led Zeppelin? Or how about Rush doing the same? Yes, I know most older known bands go out with non originals under the known band name and that most "original member bands" aren't possible anymore for various reasons, but I'm kind of an "original members are the band" type of guy. Bottom line: they aren't that band in actuality. If I was at this show, I could not say that I saw Toto.
The other people are Shannon Forrest - drums Joseph Williams - lead vocals & tambourine John Pierce - bass Greg Phillinganes (the keyboarder in the front) - keys & vocals Dennis Atlas (keyboarder behind Greg) - keys & vocals Warren Ham - percussion & vocals
I don't have perfect pitch but when Joe started singing it was obvious even to me that it was heavily downtuned. And yes, it's a whole tone down from the original. I guess you gotta do what you gotta do, but it's a bit disappointing, especially when even like that the higher bits are sung by the other guy.
Jeff Porcaro - deceased. Mike Porcaro - deceased. Steve Porcaro - retired from TOTO to work on solo recording and TV projects. David Paich - retired from touring due to medical care needs. It's this band or nothing, so no use in pining for what is not available.
@@Calbear94then they should stop calling themselves TOTO, because they’re NOT. It’s a MONEY GRAB, pure and simple. These guys are NOT TOTO, no matter how much they say they are. Personally, they need to hang it up and call it a day. They’ve had it.
Toto, no, not one of them is really original! But played great with lots of playbacks! 😢😢😢😢😢 Toto, ne nicht einer ist wirklich Original! Aber super gespielt mit viel Playbacks! Habe noch Lynard Skynard vor Deep Purble mit Steve Morse erlebt. Wir haben Deep Purble verlassen , denn Lynard war soooo verdammt gut! 😢😢😢😢😢
@@boskosdoghouse Just learn to respect people 😃. Not every 63 year old is able to tour and sing high notes almost every night. Joseph is a grown man so he can decide for himself how he wants to look like. If you think he should change something, that's fine, but if his overweight bothers you that much that you feel the need to write such ugly comments, you must have too much free time.
@@boskosdoghouseNah I'm not mad actually, I'm disappointed that so many people judge Joseph's body without even knowing him in person. You're not the only one fatshaming him in the comments by the way. The thing is that he maybe could have an eating disorder, an illness that affects his metabolism etc., literally anything to not make fun of. Fatshaming people is not okay in general. Not all people who are overweight are lazy.
Holy Big Mac Batman! Joseph Williams has ballooned…Damn..😳 Is the late Cass Elliot, ( aka Mama Cass ), his mother? There’s definitely more than a passing resemblance. Sorry, he’s not even remotely close to what Bobby Kimball was in his prime.
Sad for you that you feel the need to write such an awful comment. If you don't like him as much as you like Bobby as the singer of Toto, that's fine, but fatshaming people is not okay. He could have anything that causes his overweight, for example an eating disorder, an illness that affects his metabolism, literally anything to not make fun of. So please delete your comment.
Are you really comparing a 64 years old man to prime Bobby? Let's compare prime Bobby to prime Joe,this is more fair and for a 64 years old man he is sounding fantastic.
@@notmyfave_vocals What is even sadder, you cannot handle a brutally honest observation with a dosage of harsh reality......I just call 'em as I see 'em. As far as deleting my comment, not going to happen. I have this right that is contained in the U.S. Constitution, it's the first of ten amendments....perhaps you should research and review it sometime! You would love residing in California, their beloved Governor is desperately trying to eliminate the residence of California their first amendment rights.
@@lastchance7463 I don't agree but ok,you can have your own opinion but for myself I prefer the melodics,sweet and smooth singers,but for people who prefer the loud singers Bobby Kimball was great.
Toto is premium. Sounds better than Journey, Styx and others. Luke is the only original left and the only difference is lead vocals from their prime in the 80s. Joe does not have the range Bobby did in his prime. I would rank them and Night Ranger as the best sounding bands live. ACDC was good in the 80s but the singer don't have the range he use to. What a lot of people do not understand is sound is not only the band but the one mixing. Also who is frontlining. Toto will not be mixed as well when performing with Journey. When the are headlining, they are hard to beat talent and sound wise.
@@josephballewAgree with most you said, but TOTO has their own sound crew. The acoustics in smaller venues that TOTO headlines in. Arenas are cavernous and the volume has to be cranked. Clipping or distortion coming out of the huge speakers masks some of the subtleties that we enjoy.
I dunno….the Emperor has no clothes. Apart from the brilliance of Paich’s stand-in, Phillingaines, this “version” of Toto is weak. The drummer is nowhere near Simon Phillips, and Williams needs to hang up the mic. Give Kimball and Steve Porcaro a call back and let’s do this thing FOR REAL! This version - embarrassing, and a sad insult to what was once TOTO.
True, Simon is a monster and kicked their asses but he is busy currently with other projects. However, Shannon Forrest IS a good drummer. Bobby Kimball is in retirement and sadly has dementia. Steve Porcaro is not so much a tour guy. Joseph needs to hang up the mic!? Seriously? He's singing his ass of. The man is 64. His voice is fine. Yes, it's a different version of TOTO. But I'm happy that they keep going. We need bands like this and they are more successful than ever before! They have 30 million(!) listeners on Spotify after all.
A backdrop with stagelights is much cheaper than having a large multimedia video display. With the cost of logistics increasing so much, TOTO had to cut costs coming back from the pandemic. For example, no backup singers, analog piano, nor full percussion station.
@@Calbear94 Video displays are just as annoying and rude as those moronic blinding flashing lights. Here is an idea. Go back to that best stage lighting ever from the mid 70s to the mid 80s. That shines down from above onto the artists and bathes them in a beautiful and awesome glow.
@@Calbear94 Also, there is NO need for back drop lighting. All lights should be above and off to the sides of the artists. The freaking audiences shouldnt be blinded with lights in back of the artist they are there to watch. Only loser drugged up kids on molly and big pharma meds like that pulsing blinding lights.
@@Calbear94 Then they need to get rid of those stupid late 90s/2000's flashing lights. How expensive is it to have a rack of caster colored lights suspended from above or a stack on the sides of the stage? Or go bare bones and have one caster light shining down on each member.
![Toto - Africa / Hold The Line / Stop Loving You (live) [2024]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/5tppmuRLNkc/mqdefault.jpg)
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Toto will always be my favorite band
Eu vou para o show do Toto em São Paulo aqui no Brasil em Novembro ! Vai ser a realização de um sonho vai ser o show da minha vida !!!😊
Tô contando os dias já, rs...
também brother, to ansioso
Lukather is such an amazing talent, I got to meet him once for a brief moment and he was very nice as well.
Yes, he is. I met him through Steamer and he was very nice and gracious. I also worked with Joe Williams in a show called Dream Street back in 1983-84.
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WOW! Great job keep up the good work it makes us all smile. I bet EJ would smile too.
Shannon Forrest is rocking that drum set!
Thanks for that... was wondering who he was, he sounds great!
He is from Easley SC.
My wife knew him well. He moved to Nashville and all changed for him
Yes he is.. very impressive drummer. Well he is playing with Toto 😎
With blisters and all!
I got to see them open for Journey last year. Might have been the tightest slickest band I’ve ever seen live.
this is so friggin good it's stoopit! blown away!
Great song ... Those early Toto songs are still the best, upto Toto IV ...
Tho Toto 14 is incredible.
I agree 100% IMHO, the entire debut album could be in a greatest hits package. This was a great performance too!
You should listen to 'The Seventh One' & 'Kingdom of Desire' then. 'Tambu', 'Mindfields' & 'Falling in Between' are also great albums. Oh, and 'Isolation'. Gosh, pretty much all their albums are terrific in one way or another.
@@CaptainSpyware are you Luke's agent,?
Every Toto song is a great they are tightest touring band in this century now x
Goosebumps central 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
These guys are older than me. They got all the gigs in LA. Keep on rockin’ guys!
So good!!!😄
That long hair guy on the keys wow that voice
his name is Dennis Atlas
Incredibile!
@@oskarus3 He played with a Styx tribute band. I used to see his older videos on his own YT channel, he's a fabulous keyboard player. I remember seeing him play a Styx song for his piano recital piece in his music class when he was just a young kid. Very talented.
He should be singing the whole song
Yeah sounds just like Bobby. ha
Luke still killin' it.
Love it! additionally I like the way Lukather is aging gracefully.
Großartige Band. ❤
Отличные голоса. Сейчас это большая редкость.Приятно было возвратиться в прошлое.Браво!
great sound for an opener!
I agree my friend
Geiler Sound. Freu mich schon auf das Konzert im August von Toto in drei Wochen hier....
Der aber nach dem 5ten Song viel besser wurde.
CAN’T WAIT TO SEE THEM LIVE…😩
Nor me
Toto work at a higher level. There are extremely few terms of comparison and in the live version I would say there are none. I've seen them several times and they are and will long remain the best live band in the world, in whatever lineup Luketer decides to present it in
Still the best band in history on all fields
Only two Toto...
Gute Musiker erkennt man daran, dass sie sich auch bei einfacher Aufnahmetechnologie noch erstklassig anhören. 😊
Superb
Imagine being the only original member left in a band....it must be a weird thing to experience.
Same thing happened to Mick Jones in Foreigner. Well, technically you could say Joseph Williams is pretty much a core member of the band. Luke and him were friends before Toto.
Joe still has a great voice .. of course that curly long hair keyboard player does the difficult parts ... which helps a lot
The keyboard player also plays in Trev Lukather and Nic Collins band the Effect
@@1958seekerNo, he left. That was Steve Maggiora. The long haired keyboard player is Dennis Atlas. He only joined recently.
Love seeing the guys play, and I really love the music that Toto creates! But I do have to say this: Joe Williams. He either needs to sing in a lower key, or consider retiring. He no longer has the power and clarity to hit those high notes. I'm well aware of the fact that he is older (63 years old) and he does have a lot of mileage on his vocal chords, but he really has struggles with certain aspects of the higher register. But I still love that he's giving it his all.
Just finished the book 'Gospel According to Luke' Recommended reading for Lukather fans, wow, he lived!!
The new guy is Dennis Atlas. He's very good.
At 3.19 the audience are thinking " WTF who is this guy ?"
Musicians that can play instruments without computer assistance...and sing without auto-tune. What's wrong with this picture?
"Before Protool there were pros" - Steve Lukather
Every live performance and studio album that don't fake it with auto-tune and other computer assistance should be labeled with a "pure live" sticker. I'm afraid it would not be many.
Heute Abend Bruchsal 🎸💪😊
Got almost a brand new band on the road? In about a year time?
Luke said Sput and X left to focus on their funk band, Ghost-Note (which is currently on tour). No official reason given for replacing Maggiora with Atlas. Shannon Forrest was with TOTO before Sput (from 2014-2017). Greg P. first subbed for Paich in 2003-04, then took over from 2006 until the band's hiatus and Paich's return in 2010.
So, not as much "new" as in rotating mostly previous members.
@@Calbear94 👌🏻
Greg Phillinganes ?
Yes!
@@voemusic-io6in 👍Thanks for posting.
@@voemusic-io6inCould you please post the complete lineup? The only ones I know are Greg, Luke, and Joe.
@@RayyMusik Shannon Forrest - drums
Steve Lukather - guitar
John Pierce - bass
Joseph Williams - lead vocals & tambourine
Greg Phillinganes - keys & vocals
Dennis Atlas (the man behind Greg) - keys & vocals
Warren Ham - percussion & vocals
@@notmyfave_vocals Thanks a lot. 🙂
So, another new keyboard player. What happened to the last one ?
You can disagree, but this is my opinion.....
What this is: A great group of extremely talented musicians playing and singing Toto songs - only one member being an original
What this isn't: Toto (to me)
This is really a glorified Toto cover band or tribute band with an original Toto band member as a guest actually using the name Toto. Yes, I understand with Steve and the right to the name Toto and all that copyright legal stuff, it is THE band Toto. But imagine if Jimmy Page (or John Paul or Robert) got 3 other people and legally/actually went out again as Led Zeppelin would you go and say that you saw Led Zeppelin? Or how about Rush doing the same? Yes, I know most older known bands go out with non originals under the known band name and that most "original member bands" aren't possible anymore for various reasons, but I'm kind of an "original members are the band" type of guy. Bottom line: they aren't that band in actuality. If I was at this show, I could not say that I saw Toto.
These guys are the just the support act for Jon Gosnell.
Jon " I fix the bad power unit in under 2 minutes" Gosnell
Does anyone know who this full lineup consists of ? I only recognize Steve Lukather.
The other people are
Shannon Forrest - drums
Joseph Williams - lead vocals & tambourine
John Pierce - bass
Greg Phillinganes (the keyboarder in the front) - keys & vocals
Dennis Atlas (keyboarder behind Greg) - keys & vocals
Warren Ham - percussion & vocals
@@notmyfave_vocals Thank You !
I don't have perfect pitch but when Joe started singing it was obvious even to me that it was heavily downtuned. And yes, it's a whole tone down from the original. I guess you gotta do what you gotta do, but it's a bit disappointing, especially when even like that the higher bits are sung by the other guy.
TOTO n est plus TOTO sans les frères PORCARO et David....
Jeff Porcaro - deceased. Mike Porcaro - deceased. Steve Porcaro - retired from TOTO to work on solo recording and TV projects. David Paich - retired from touring due to medical care needs. It's this band or nothing, so no use in pining for what is not available.
@@Calbear94then they should stop calling themselves TOTO, because they’re NOT. It’s a MONEY GRAB, pure and simple. These guys are NOT TOTO, no matter how much they say they are. Personally, they need to hang it up and call it a day. They’ve had it.
Toto, no, not one of them is really original! But played great with lots of playbacks! 😢😢😢😢😢
Toto, ne nicht einer ist wirklich Original! Aber super gespielt mit viel Playbacks! Habe noch Lynard Skynard vor Deep Purble mit Steve Morse erlebt. Wir haben Deep Purble verlassen , denn Lynard war soooo verdammt gut! 😢😢😢😢😢
The NFG has a little Steve P in him.
Joesph doesn't look like he is missing many meals...
Cry about it
Or just mind your business, your choice.
@@notmyfave_vocals You are the one crying fool
@@boskosdoghouse Just learn to respect people 😃.
Not every 63 year old is able to tour and sing high notes almost every night.
Joseph is a grown man so he can decide for himself how he wants to look like. If you think he should change something, that's fine, but if his overweight bothers you that much that you feel the need to write such ugly comments, you must have too much free time.
@@notmyfave_vocals My comment still stands, you seem mad??...mind your own business
@@boskosdoghouseNah I'm not mad actually, I'm disappointed that so many people judge Joseph's body without even knowing him in person. You're not the only one fatshaming him in the comments by the way.
The thing is that he maybe could have an eating disorder, an illness that affects his metabolism etc., literally anything to not make fun of. Fatshaming people is not okay in general. Not all people who are overweight are lazy.
Not the same without Maggs.
New keyboard players?
Williams is not at his best but this band can be forgiven everything
Ok but it's the keyboard who make the job of the singer.
He’s covering the Bobby Kimball parts. Bobby had an amazing voice. Tough shoes to fill !
@@U2WB Bobby got old and lost some of his range
Bobby has dementia.
Williams has been back with TOTO since 2010!
@@Calbear94 That is so sad. Now that you mention it, I do remember seeing a heartbreaking story about it. What an awful thing to happen.
Holy Big Mac Batman! Joseph Williams has ballooned…Damn..😳 Is the late Cass Elliot, ( aka Mama Cass ), his mother? There’s definitely more than a passing resemblance. Sorry, he’s not even remotely close to what Bobby Kimball was in his prime.
Sad for you that you feel the need to write such an awful comment. If you don't like him as much as you like Bobby as the singer of Toto, that's fine, but fatshaming people is not okay. He could have anything that causes his overweight, for example an eating disorder, an illness that affects his metabolism, literally anything to not make fun of. So please delete your comment.
Are you really comparing a 64 years old man to prime Bobby? Let's compare prime Bobby to prime Joe,this is more fair and for a 64 years old man he is sounding fantastic.
@@notmyfave_vocals What is even sadder, you cannot handle a brutally honest observation with a dosage of harsh reality......I just call 'em as I see 'em. As far as deleting my comment, not going to happen. I have this right that is contained in the U.S. Constitution, it's the first of ten amendments....perhaps you should research and review it sometime! You would love residing in California, their beloved Governor is desperately trying to eliminate the residence of California their first amendment rights.
@@cristianepereiraandrade7197 I'll take it one step further, Bobby Kimball in his prime would have had Joseph Williams for lunch in his prime.
@@lastchance7463 I don't agree but ok,you can have your own opinion but for myself I prefer the melodics,sweet and smooth singers,but for people who prefer the loud singers Bobby Kimball was great.
Even though its just the Luke from the original band they sounded freaking great! I didn't know Steve used Bogner amps.
Bogners for YEARS now.
Is that Shannon on drums?
Yes
Still have one OG member but it’s a glorified tribute band now. Not much better than Foreigner
Toto is premium. Sounds better than Journey, Styx and others. Luke is the only original left and the only difference is lead vocals from their prime in the 80s. Joe does not have the range Bobby did in his prime. I would rank them and Night Ranger as the best sounding bands live. ACDC was good in the 80s but the singer don't have the range he use to. What a lot of people do not understand is sound is not only the band but the one mixing. Also who is frontlining. Toto will not be mixed as well when performing with Journey. When the are headlining, they are hard to beat talent and sound wise.
Journey really stepped it up this year. Having TOTO coming out on fire every night for two years pushed them to bring their best as well.
@@josephballewAgree with most you said, but TOTO has their own sound crew. The acoustics in smaller venues that TOTO headlines in. Arenas are cavernous and the volume has to be cranked. Clipping or distortion coming out of the huge speakers masks some of the subtleties that we enjoy.
I dunno….the Emperor has no clothes. Apart from the brilliance of Paich’s stand-in, Phillingaines, this “version” of Toto is weak. The drummer is nowhere near Simon Phillips, and Williams needs to hang up the mic. Give Kimball and Steve Porcaro a call back and let’s do this thing FOR REAL! This version - embarrassing, and a sad insult to what was once TOTO.
True, Simon is a monster and kicked their asses but he is busy currently with other projects. However, Shannon Forrest IS a good drummer. Bobby Kimball is in retirement and sadly has dementia. Steve Porcaro is not so much a tour guy. Joseph needs to hang up the mic!? Seriously? He's singing his ass of. The man is 64. His voice is fine. Yes, it's a different version of TOTO. But I'm happy that they keep going. We need bands like this and they are more successful than ever before! They have 30 million(!) listeners on Spotify after all.
This is the best shit since unprotected sex...
Luke looks like Krusty the clown! 🤡
Like Brian May.
Singer's always half a note away from pitch
He is 70 years old
@@josephballew He's 63 turning 64 in September actually
Just another bad-sounding, shaky cell phone video. Unnecessary data garbage - nobody needs it...
Better leave J. Williams at home and save some food expenses..
Cry about it
Or mind your business, your choice.
Another idiotic stage light show with those stupid blinding flashing lights!
A backdrop with stagelights is much cheaper than having a large multimedia video display. With the cost of logistics increasing so much, TOTO had to cut costs coming back from the pandemic. For example, no backup singers, analog piano, nor full percussion station.
@@Calbear94 Video displays are just as annoying and rude as those moronic blinding flashing lights. Here is an idea. Go back to that best stage lighting ever from the mid 70s to the mid 80s. That shines down from above onto the artists and bathes them in a beautiful and awesome glow.
@@Calbear94 Also, there is NO need for back drop lighting. All lights should be above and off to the sides of the artists. The freaking audiences shouldnt be blinded with lights in back of the artist they are there to watch. Only loser drugged up kids on molly and big pharma meds like that pulsing blinding lights.
Unfortunately, that ain't happening.
@@Calbear94 Then they need to get rid of those stupid late 90s/2000's flashing lights. How expensive is it to have a rack of caster colored lights suspended from above or a stack on the sides of the stage? Or go bare bones and have one caster light shining down on each member.