Freaking love Steve. His stories and humor The World definitely needs more of that. I was laughing so much. Thanks guys Also Brother Pete Thorn dropping in. That What I am talking about
I read an article once...where the interviewer asked Eddie Van Halen " What's it feel like to be the best guitar player " and he said " I don't know ask Steve Lukather.
Luke is nothing short of amazing. His playing suits whatever song or style he is doing and that is what makes a guitarist great. I've been a huge fan of Toto and Luke ever since I first heard him. Thanks for sharing this BADASS guitar player with us on your show 🤘🏼🤘🏼🎸🎸
Still miss Jeff Porcaro he was THE BEST drummer ever!!I teamed up when Luke was talking about him the tribute concert December 1992 at Universal was the best concert I have ever seen Love Lukather and all Toto members are legends Paich Bobby K Hungate Steve.God bless Mike Porcaro and Jeff Porcaro Hope nothing but good health to all the remaining players and families of any of Luke’s friends.Michael Landau is an absolute monster and legend that too many people haven’t had the privilege of hearing why he is so awesome.Luke will always be my favorite guitarist.Louie Shelton Larry Carlton Lee Ritenour Landau Ray Parker Jr Dean Parks Jay Graydon Skunk Baxter Hiram Bullock Steve Khan Eric Gale and the best Steve Lukather are my favorites
Love the channel! Lukather is one of the few guys out there I’d love to just spend days with watching. If you ever need an assistant let this Canadian know! Pete came from here, I’m no Pete but…..I just love Steve in everything I have ever seen him in. Onstage he’s also an animal! ❤
Im a fan of Luke's playing, have been for more years than I wanna admit! He seems as cool as he is a great musician. Thanks for the inspiration Luke!! My short list of guitar heroes....Luke, Walsh, Gallagher, Haynes, Duane & Betts. And new to the list, Bonamassa, and Tom Bukavac. ✌👍
THANK YOU ! In solidarity with the fighters for love, freedom, justice and truth, we express our protest with music on our channel. Greetings from Germany, CLUB OF THE UNCENSORED POETS
Damn! I love Steve’s insight on the cancer! Take me to the beach, keep me comfortable and around my family! Steve has is a really good man who understands life and music. Healing. Humility is the greatest strength of anybody. Steve has it in spades! Love this man’s spirit, and legacy he is responsible for creating! Any new musician can garner amazing inspiration from Luke’s life and talent. Godspeed brother.❤️🙏😎
I had the same thing, but I knocked that mic, and stand the heck out cold! The whole band except the bass player(who witnessed the arc of over an inch!) wondered what was the issue with me. It happened once before that, but second time hurt more, and that was it! I said I’m done singing! Lmfao! Good times!
Thanks Marc, Dave, and Luke! All these names and equipment references were a pleasant throwback to the late 80’s. These people (including Andy Brauer 😅) occupied the pages of guitar magazines.
Steve was incredibly right about rhythm playing and still love hearing him Eddie and Steve Stevens they are timeless and still killing it would to see the 2 Steve's together
What a brilliant, funny guy. God I love this show. Are we getting a meet Marc Huzansky episode? Your story, meeting Dave, all that. Additionally, would love to see Simon Jarrett from Kingsley Amps!
Amen brother. 1978. We met before you played front Chinese theater performance Came to Hollywood 5858 sunset Pat hicks GIT Howard roberts. You are holding the line thanks for inspiration. Jeff N.
Yes Glenn, it's an absolute dream job, but sometimes it can be pretty tough, right😎 What equipment do you use when you travel by plane and what headset do you use? 
Luke is listed on the album credits on Chicago 16 along with Paich and Steve porcaro! Mike Landau also! Most people assume he's playing the solo on Hard to say I'm sorry!
LOL Pete - I remember the drivers supposed to get us to the Charles de Gaulle airport from the Hotel in Paris, when traveling to Madagascar in 1996 ... exactly what you experienced in Belgium with Chiris, they were complete idiots, and that was like ... 5 in the morning 😪
Luke is just the real deal. So endearing. He was one of the major influences on my life as a guitar player. I freaking love this guy. Thank you for sharing this.
Steve can talk down about that Star Licks video all he wants, but the stuff he plays at the beginning, and his gear and tone, are epic. He was using one Mark IIC+ as a preamp, and two more as power amps for a stereo rig. That is crazy. But most importantly, it is literally impossible for a guitar player to be better than that, from a technical standpoint. He plays fast and uses all the tricks (harmonics, whammy bar, dive bombs, etc), but he's also playing to the changes, and the whole thing serves as the melodic drive of the track. He's doing everything you can do, and doing it as well as it can be done. All of his playing is great, but for me, that video and the stuff he played on Running With the Night are the kind of thing I aspire to most. If it was improvised, that makes it even more mind boggling. Also, the fact that he was basically the greatest metal shred player of all time, playing on pop songs, is pretty crazy. He defined that era and its sound more than anyone else except EVH (credit where credit is due). He is one of the greatest guitar players of all time, period.
I know this is an old thread but just seeing it for the first time. Agree that Luke should feel no shame about the Star Lick series. In its time, it was one of the very few ways that the common player could get any background info on how something was played, their approach to playing it, and the gear they were using (unless you could see them in concert or a guitar magazine did an article--which was still very limited). Today we are spoiled rotten with all this stuff online. And, all the fuss these days about all the rack gear back then! Folks hammer about that but LOTS of today's players have pedal board rigs, multi-path effects, stage rigs with software plug-ins, amp simulators, switching, hybrid amps etc, etc, that are every bit as complex and indulgent, if not more. IMHO much of today's guitar equipment wouldn't even be possible without the pioneering that went on during the 80s and 90s. No shame for Luke. Especially with a catalog of work like his!!
100 percent you nailed it, there are great players everywhere and there all over social media but, none have the soul, the melody, and the resume of playing on so many great songs, not to mention the brilliance of Toto. It’s a level no guitarists/singer/songwriter will ever achieve. Todays top 40 is garbage, you can’t compare the musical brilliance of the 70s, 80s, 90s and even the 2000s
I saw Luke play at the baked potato many times when I lived in LA. He always brought his A game, every tune and solo were EPIC. He was also very funny in his mic patter between songs, telling jokes and reading out of an old porno novel, which he called ‘poetry readings’ one time he walked into a lounge I was playing in Vegas, at first I was a bit nervous, but this was 18 months into a two year, six night a week contract, so my chops and confidence were at a high point. On break, I walk over to his table, introduced myself, and he was really nice and humble, complimenting my playing and making conversation with him ez. What a great player a human being.
Just heard Dirty Laundry for the first time. Those were some nasty solos! Thanks for the show guys! Steve for the last 10 years or so has been one of my favourite guitarists. Thanks again! 🙂🤘🙏
Thanks guys this show always makes my week. I couldn't be more grateful for it always a great hang to take our minds off everything. Totally loved the surprise drop in from guitar nerd numero uno himself!
My heart ❤️ goes out to Steve Lukather. (Had the honour of meeting him & he was a total gentleman). He’s had his share of heart aches & now his good friend & legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen has passed away. 2020 is a horrible year.😩
Jim Keltner had that same moment talking to the Drum Doctor when he said they had known each other over 30 years. “Really?” I love when Steve is talking about turning 63 and he blinks and his phone chime goes off. It was like an I Dream of Jeanie moment.
Then Jay plays it well! About 20 years ago, we partied with him and Tommy Funderburk in Oslo Norway :D We had a great time, same club as I used to work, and I used to bump into Luke during the 90s LOL it's now long gone, unfortunately :/ OK we all survived the Covid lockdowns ... cheers guys! I'll put on the latest Lukather album,,,
Steve LUKATHER is one of the most talented musicians in rock history. Mr. LUKATHER belongs in an exclusive class of musicians like Edward VAN HALEN; Neal SCHON; Rik EMMETT; Trevor RABIN; Eric JOHNSON; Dann HUFF; Steve MORSE; George LYNCH; Randy RHOADS, i.e., musicians who are versatile, eclectic and more than a one-trick pony. Long live Steve LUKATHER; David PAICH; and TOTO.
Great interview! I love how down-to-earth Steve is, and his wonderful sense of humor. He nailed it when he said you can learn all the fantastic online show-me-off licks you want to but you got to play with people, with a drummer! In the '80s that's how we all started out. Playing in bands and learning your instrument along the way. Hammer jamming is what we called it when as a band we would just play nothing. Maybe a rhythm progression somebody had thought of and we would just roll with it. Sometimes it turned into a good or even great song. I miss those times when nobody knew anything and there were no expectations just four guys enjoying experimenting with sounds together. Once you become a pro player and have been in several bands, decades go by and it's never like that again. Especially now in the current never-ending episode of Twilight Zone were all being forced to live in. I still have a VHS tape or two of Star Licks. They were the closest thing we had to the plethora of lessons and online tutorials that are available today. I actually just starting to play again after raising my son in a single-parent household and he canceled me three years ago at age 15. I actually gave up music because of him and some bad luck with some health scares he had that required a lot of attention. To get to the point of professional management, being BMI affiliated, a producer and just walk away thinking I'll continue with my studio in my basement and having my hard drive crash in 2005ish maybe and trying to track stuff down in the local analog recording studio only to find he recorded over your master and just has the track sheets left over dated 1999 and I remembered it as 2004 ish! I still have questions about that master that doesn't sit well with me. Had a musician buddy helping me put the foundation tracks down so then I can finish the rest later by myself. He asked me if he could use the tape in the same studio with the agreement not to mess with what was mine on it. The studio owner had told me he was booked all summer and I couldn't wait that long to resume recording I was inspired by my music at the time, so I bought a digital 16-track recorder. Now he says he never used it but even the studio owner started looking for his master thinking the same thing when he couldn't find mine. So I'm just not sure, there were a couple of songs he really liked of mine that he thought were hits. He's since moved away and for some reason, won't talk to me about it? He's been an active musician and I became inactive. I taught him how to play guitar when he was just 16 years old, I consider us brothers. So I'm really put off by how he's acting. Text him 40 times with just one rebuttal on using my master. No questions were answered about how he and his family are doing, or if he's playing music, no nothing. We are now in our 50's. Where does the time go? It's hard to start again where you left off. It's been 18+ years and listening to some 4-track training tapes because my digital 16-track Akai Hard drive crashed. It really freaks you out even with the low recording quality how good those songs are and my voice then wow! It's such an unbiased reaction because I've been removed from it for so long. I had a five-octave voice back then but Not now! My advanced vibrato control is still there and I plan on lifting a few High vocal parts over to the new recordings I'm planning on starting. I'm also thinking with the new vocal harmonizers on the market I can program it to hit the high notes at the end or where ever and I don't think it's cheating because I'm still singing it, and it will be just for brief moments in the song. Besides guitarists have been using them for over 50 years. But the punch in the gut was what was recorded on a hot mic 18 years ago after recording the song everyone thought should be my greatest hit song far as potential. My buddy and I had finished a recording session and he left and I had left the recorder running by accident. Im separated and divorced from my wife almost 15 years ago that's made my life hell continually up to my typing this now. It's so horrible people will buy the autobiography I'm currently penning because it's so insanely bad! The custody hearing judge stated 14 years ago " this is the most toxic hearing I've ever presided over in 30+ years of serving on the judiciary." I had only played defense at the time deciding to mediate instead of continuing the trial after I beat all the criminal charges brought up against me. Even the Child Protection Services agreed to testify on my behalf when it was my turn to attack her but instead, I choose to go to mediation. I was and am still not out to hurt her and her life. But if that judge knew everything that had transpired then? Not to mention the unholy atrocities she's perpetrated against me since 100-fold? He probably would've stopped just short of sentencing her to a life sentence in prison!! It's that bad!! I've continued to take the high road and I don't know how I've been able to do it? I'm old and wise enough to know it will just add to the misery and my conscience is clean. So back to the hot mic left recording. So here it is 2023 and I'm listening to this old 4 track recording we had done to prepare ourselves for the commercial studio and I was also putting some vocals down on the local recording studio owners bands unfinished album. It was completely finished and I had free reign to do whatever I wanted on the songs. So I recorded it down to stereo on my four track recorder so I could dub over a couple of vocal tracks. Anyhow, back to the hot mic. We recorded my song She Says She Loves Me which is one of those sarcastic songs about failed love at the end and a hot mic was left on and my wife comes home from work and it records the immediate conversation. Quit frankly, it made me cry like a baby! I couldn't believe the tones of our voices, the words being said to each other, so shocking! How could that couple be so much in love? How could that loving woman have turned into the demon she is now?? How could that loving women want to take my son away from me entirely or try to put me in prison? How?! But how perfect and fitting to be at the end of arguably the best song I ever wrote with a real-life scene happening at the end of it that follows the song's theme is a crazy great coincidence!! You can bet your ass I will sample about 15-20 seconds of that conversation to place at the end of my professional recording of that song... Sorry, Everyone. I've been isolated by myself now for three years. My two best friends broke into my home while I was gone and stole about everything but my music equipment thank God. Not a phone call or text from my son that I raised until age 15 for three Christmases now! I told him I loved him every day of his life... So when everything you lived for disappears suddenly without warning, you find yourself struggling to find a reason to live. I'm not a drama queen either. You can never understand how something like this affects even a strong-minded, willed person like myself. It just leaves you bitter, empty, depressed, and feeling sorry for yourself. It's actually quite pathetic, I must admit... Damn, sorry again everyone, I've gotten introverted and a little ate up I guess. So back to the Star Licks VHS videos, lol. I remember the first guitar solo I learned was either You Give Love A Bad Name or I think it actually was Over The Mountain a Randy Rhodes guitar solo and I think it is one of the better ones on that album. It always irked me because I took the time to learn that solo and play it well but wasn't a song we ever covered live. So it was reduced to the solo I played at the party after the gig in somebodies living room or bedroom to show off my skills.LMAO
My dad passed away many years ago but if I had to choose a new step dad it would be Luke and not even to do with his musical genius but cause of the amazing humorous loving man he his..would be never a boring or sad day living with him😎
I had to go back and watch Luke morning video lol funny thing is he sounded like he is playing some great big amp and not Line6 spider cause he is luke magic hands :) nothing but respect
Dave. I’m going to build a JTM45. What transformers do you recommend? Mojotone (Heybore) has one output and two power transformer options, but I might want higher B+ voltage than 355. I’ll have to do a super chat if I don’t hear from you
Love it! Playing music is a group activity. You need to play with others. It's great to play along with records, but it order to progress you NEED to play together. Luke is so much fun. God bless him.
I always think, What doesn't make you stronger Kills you . I also can not leave that other one that bugs me. The Early Worm gets the Bird. It's perspective.
Right out of the gate! Great sounding Marshall's Dave lol😂😂😂😂😂 omg Luke I Love You❤
Freaking love Steve.
His stories and humor
The World definitely needs more of that.
I was laughing so much.
Thanks guys
Also Brother Pete Thorn dropping in. That What I am talking about
Seve Lukather is one of the best Guitarists of his Generation and an awesome human being to boot ,
One of the best of any generation.
Excellent! Luke is amazing and so many stories...loved ‘The Gospel According to Luke’. So glad you did a Part 2!
I read an article once...where the interviewer asked Eddie Van Halen " What's it feel like to be the best guitar player " and he said " I don't know ask Steve Lukather.
I can’t tell you how APPRECIATIVE I am that you had Luke on TWICE!! Just LOVE that guy and his talents!! Thanks so much.
"I'm just glad to be here 45 years later. Geeze, where does all the time go?"
Luke is nothing short of amazing. His playing suits whatever song or style he is doing and that is what makes a guitarist great. I've been a huge fan of Toto and Luke ever since I first heard him. Thanks for sharing this BADASS guitar player with us on your show 🤘🏼🤘🏼🎸🎸
Still miss Jeff Porcaro he was THE BEST drummer ever!!I teamed up when Luke was talking about him the tribute concert December 1992 at Universal was the best concert I have ever seen Love Lukather and all Toto members are legends Paich Bobby K Hungate Steve.God bless Mike Porcaro and Jeff Porcaro Hope nothing but good health to all the remaining players and families of any of Luke’s friends.Michael Landau is an absolute monster and legend that too many people haven’t had the privilege of hearing why he is so awesome.Luke will always be my favorite guitarist.Louie Shelton Larry Carlton Lee Ritenour Landau Ray Parker Jr Dean Parks Jay Graydon Skunk Baxter Hiram Bullock Steve Khan Eric Gale and the best Steve Lukather are my favorites
Love the channel! Lukather is one of the few guys out there I’d love to just spend days with watching. If you ever need an assistant let this Canadian know! Pete came from here, I’m no Pete but…..I just love Steve in everything I have ever seen him in. Onstage he’s also an animal! ❤
Im a fan of Luke's playing, have been for more years than I wanna admit! He seems as cool as he is a great musician. Thanks for the inspiration Luke!! My short list of guitar heroes....Luke, Walsh, Gallagher, Haynes, Duane & Betts. And new to the list, Bonamassa, and Tom Bukavac. ✌👍
THANK YOU !
In solidarity with the fighters for love, freedom, justice and truth, we express our protest with music on our channel.
Greetings from Germany, CLUB OF THE UNCENSORED POETS
Damn! I love Steve’s insight on the cancer! Take me to the beach, keep me comfortable and around my family!
Steve has is a really good man who understands life and music. Healing.
Humility is the greatest strength of anybody. Steve has it in spades!
Love this man’s spirit, and legacy he is responsible for creating!
Any new musician can garner amazing inspiration from Luke’s life and talent.
Godspeed brother.❤️🙏😎
I had a 1960 Tremolux arc a mic and hit me right in the teeth... Luke' s similar story had me on the floor
I had the same thing, but I knocked that mic, and stand the heck out cold! The whole band except the bass player(who witnessed the arc of over an inch!) wondered what was the issue with me. It happened once before that, but second time hurt more, and that was it! I said I’m done singing! Lmfao!
Good times!
Marc- you and Dave are the best. Thank you.
Vincent Moretti thanks bud!
Always great interviews, thank you!
Thanks Marc, Dave, and Luke! All these names and equipment references were a pleasant throwback to the late 80’s. These people (including Andy Brauer 😅) occupied the pages of guitar magazines.
“I’m not in the mood to eat someone’s face off…at any part of the day”! Lol!
I saw that video too!
Steve I love listening you to talking of the start of the video
WWWOOOO!!! Luke and Pete🚀👀 Great show thank you guys!!! This videos are always full of inspiration and good stories🔥
This stuff is so good; if you throw it up in the air, it will turn into sunshine.
Steve was incredibly right about rhythm playing and still love hearing him Eddie and Steve Stevens they are timeless and still killing it would to see the 2 Steve's together
Gary Moore! Yes high praise from Luke.
Good Man Steve-o, Shame On That Guy Calling Cops On Your Kid
Your Spotify answer was spot on. Lmao. Try a perm aomeday, too.
What a brilliant, funny guy. God I love this show. Are we getting a meet Marc Huzansky episode? Your story, meeting Dave, all that. Additionally, would love to see Simon Jarrett from Kingsley Amps!
That's a great suggestion!
Amen brother. 1978. We met before you played front Chinese theater performance
Came to Hollywood 5858 sunset Pat hicks GIT Howard roberts. You are holding the line thanks for inspiration. Jeff N.
NO MATER IF I WATCH YOU GUYS LIVE OR ON REPLAY ITS ALL WAYS A KILLER SHOW. I GOTTA TRY ONE OF DAVE'S PEDALS.
Steve cracks me up, he's a funny bugger. Tell Steve to try out the new Vox VX50... it's awesome! I reckon he'd love it.
I love my MM USA Luke 3 purple sparkle guitar! Killer gorgeous guitar, with a serious boost in it.
Yes, Waddy Wachtel, get him on.
Ok, I want that ring tone as well :)
Yes Glenn, it's an absolute dream job, but sometimes it can be pretty tough, right😎 What equipment do you use when you travel by plane and what headset do you use?

Glenn who?
How much would it cost to hire Steve to come play for MY NEIGHBOR'S, at 7 a.m.
I’ll do it for 12 gallons of ketchup and a used Hyundai wait what???
@@PooNinja I have the ketchup. The only hang-up is it's a Kia. Is that going to sink the deal?
how much of the warranty is left on that Kia??? We’ll talk 👍🏽
@@PooNinja no warranty but I'll include a free night out and a DWI.
Luke is listed on the album credits on Chicago 16 along with Paich and Steve porcaro! Mike Landau also! Most people assume he's playing the solo on Hard to say I'm sorry!
There is always Amazon for music especially cds and vinyl records.
I guess we still need a part 3.... Because we haven't gotten to toto yet? 😬
I know, right!?
LOL Pete - I remember the drivers supposed to get us to the Charles de Gaulle airport from the Hotel in Paris, when traveling to Madagascar in 1996 ... exactly what you experienced in Belgium with Chiris, they were complete idiots, and that was like ... 5 in the morning 😪
Bien
That Belgium story is the best. Fucking heart attack territory!
Hey Dave, All of the David Gilmour stuff has everything after the dirt pedals, into a clean amp....right!!
Around 15:00 is basically 20th Century Blues from XIV.
this dude reminds me of John Mcafee
Mucha condiciones
Hola
Porque yo tengo que aprender
Ya
He used the, dinner is ready, excuse last interview....
And it was true both times
@@tone-talk My bad, I meant to put lol. I wasn't insinuating he was lying. My apologies....
Why doesn't Steve like to play 99 AKA 69?
Tu quien eres
Como están 19989
David says "It goes downhill sometimes" as he takes another drink of beer?
34:34 lmfao
Old English 800
What don't kill ya..makes ya weaker
mute that goddamn phone!
Ok I’ll go back in time and do that 🤣
No rmtien😢
Mam tu sabes castellano
Marcho el
Hey I just heard about Eddie Van Halens death. Sorry Dave. I'll eventually get to play a rig like his, if all goes well.
Espero WhatsApp
Luke is just the real deal. So endearing. He was one of the major influences on my life as a guitar player. I freaking love this guy. Thank you for sharing this.
Steve can talk down about that Star Licks video all he wants, but the stuff he plays at the beginning, and his gear and tone, are epic. He was using one Mark IIC+ as a preamp, and two more as power amps for a stereo rig. That is crazy. But most importantly, it is literally impossible for a guitar player to be better than that, from a technical standpoint. He plays fast and uses all the tricks (harmonics, whammy bar, dive bombs, etc), but he's also playing to the changes, and the whole thing serves as the melodic drive of the track. He's doing everything you can do, and doing it as well as it can be done. All of his playing is great, but for me, that video and the stuff he played on Running With the Night are the kind of thing I aspire to most. If it was improvised, that makes it even more mind boggling. Also, the fact that he was basically the greatest metal shred player of all time, playing on pop songs, is pretty crazy. He defined that era and its sound more than anyone else except EVH (credit where credit is due). He is one of the greatest guitar players of all time, period.
And Running With The Night was Luke warming up while the tape rolled. One take. Mind-blowing.
I know this is an old thread but just seeing it for the first time. Agree that Luke should feel no shame about the Star Lick series. In its time, it was one of the very few ways that the common player could get any background info on how something was played, their approach to playing it, and the gear they were using (unless you could see them in concert or a guitar magazine did an article--which was still very limited). Today we are spoiled rotten with all this stuff online.
And, all the fuss these days about all the rack gear back then! Folks hammer about that but LOTS of today's players have pedal board rigs, multi-path effects, stage rigs with software plug-ins, amp simulators, switching, hybrid amps etc, etc, that are every bit as complex and indulgent, if not more.
IMHO much of today's guitar equipment wouldn't even be possible without the pioneering that went on during the 80s and 90s. No shame for Luke. Especially with a catalog of work like his!!
100 percent you nailed it, there are great players everywhere and there all over social media but, none have the soul, the melody, and the resume of playing on so many great songs, not to mention the brilliance of Toto. It’s a level no guitarists/singer/songwriter will ever achieve. Todays top 40 is garbage, you can’t compare the musical brilliance of the 70s, 80s, 90s and even the 2000s
I saw Luke play at the baked potato many times when I lived in LA. He always brought his A game, every tune and solo were EPIC. He was also very funny in his mic patter between songs, telling jokes and reading out of an old porno novel, which he called ‘poetry readings’ one time he walked into a lounge I was playing in Vegas, at first I was a bit nervous, but this was 18 months into a two year, six night a week contract, so my chops and confidence were at a high point. On break, I walk over to his table, introduced myself, and he was really nice and humble, complimenting my playing and making conversation with him ez. What a great player a human being.
Just heard Dirty Laundry for the first time. Those were some nasty solos! Thanks for the show guys! Steve for the last 10 years or so has been one of my favourite guitarists.
Thanks again! 🙂🤘🙏
Thanks guys this show always makes my week. I couldn't be more grateful for it always a great hang to take our minds off everything. Totally loved the surprise drop in from guitar nerd numero uno himself!
My heart ❤️ goes out to Steve Lukather. (Had the honour of meeting him & he was a total gentleman). He’s had his share of heart aches & now his good friend & legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen has passed away. 2020 is a horrible year.😩
I love when steve responds to the fake hair conspiracy theories. He so flippin cool and funny about it.
5 billion inspired by Steve but not better just different
Jim Keltner had that same moment talking to the Drum Doctor when he said they had known each other over 30 years. “Really?” I love when Steve is talking about turning 63 and he blinks and his phone chime goes off. It was like an I Dream of Jeanie moment.
Thanks guys enjoyed watching have a great day 👍🏼greetings from yellow ocean band 😊
Wright Bros. to Neil Armstrong was 60 years, Ed Sullivan to Eruption was like 13! Crazy
What would’ve REALLY been interesting would’ve been to have LUKE and TIM P. on the show TOGETHER sharing session stories...🤔👍🏼👍🏼
Luke your starr lix was mind blowing at the time. No shame.
Stay weird Luke! :D :D
Love Luke, always so great with friends and fans. Hope I get to see him soon again. Damn pandemic.
What's going on with the band Toto!
We shall see...
Then Jay plays it well! About 20 years ago, we partied with him and Tommy Funderburk in Oslo Norway :D We had a great time, same club as I used to work, and I used to bump into Luke during the 90s LOL it's now long gone, unfortunately :/ OK we all survived the Covid lockdowns ... cheers guys! I'll put on the latest Lukather album,,,
Steve LUKATHER is one of the most talented musicians in rock history. Mr. LUKATHER belongs in an exclusive class of musicians like Edward VAN HALEN; Neal SCHON; Rik EMMETT; Trevor RABIN; Eric JOHNSON; Dann HUFF; Steve MORSE; George LYNCH; Randy RHOADS, i.e., musicians who are versatile, eclectic and more than a one-trick pony. Long live Steve LUKATHER; David PAICH; and TOTO.
Buongiorno. 6:23 a.m.,🇮🇹🙏🙌
Steve is a living legend & has no idea how big he is to alot of younger players. Hes no EVH BECAUSE HES STEVE & WE LUV YAH UNCLE STEVE😜😁😎SERIOUSLEE😜😁😎
Great interview! I love how down-to-earth Steve is, and his wonderful sense of humor. He nailed it when he said you can learn all the fantastic online show-me-off licks you want to but you got to play with people, with a drummer! In the '80s that's how we all started out. Playing in bands and learning your instrument along the way. Hammer jamming is what we called it when as a band we would just play nothing. Maybe a rhythm progression somebody had thought of and we would just roll with it. Sometimes it turned into a good or even great song. I miss those times when nobody knew anything and there were no expectations just four guys enjoying experimenting with sounds together. Once you become a pro player and have been in several bands, decades go by and it's never like that again. Especially now in the current never-ending episode of Twilight Zone were all being forced to live in. I still have a VHS tape or two of Star Licks. They were the closest thing we had to the plethora of lessons and online tutorials that are available today. I actually just starting to play again after raising my son in a single-parent household and he canceled me three years ago at age 15. I actually gave up music because of him and some bad luck with some health scares he had that required a lot of attention. To get to the point of professional management, being BMI affiliated, a producer and just walk away thinking I'll continue with my studio in my basement and having my hard drive crash in 2005ish maybe and trying to track stuff down in the local analog recording studio only to find he recorded over your master and just has the track sheets left over dated 1999 and I remembered it as 2004 ish! I still have questions about that master that doesn't sit well with me. Had a musician buddy helping me put the foundation tracks down so then I can finish the rest later by myself. He asked me if he could use the tape in the same studio with the agreement not to mess with what was mine on it. The studio owner had told me he was booked all summer and I couldn't wait that long to resume recording I was inspired by my music at the time, so I bought a digital 16-track recorder. Now he says he never used it but even the studio owner started looking for his master thinking the same thing when he couldn't find mine. So I'm just not sure, there were a couple of songs he really liked of mine that he thought were hits. He's since moved away and for some reason, won't talk to me about it? He's been an active musician and I became inactive. I taught him how to play guitar when he was just 16 years old, I consider us brothers. So I'm really put off by how he's acting. Text him 40 times with just one rebuttal on using my master. No questions were answered about how he and his family are doing, or if he's playing music, no nothing. We are now in our 50's. Where does the time go? It's hard to start again where you left off. It's been 18+ years and listening to some 4-track training tapes because my digital 16-track Akai Hard drive crashed. It really freaks you out even with the low recording quality how good those songs are and my voice then wow! It's such an unbiased reaction because I've been removed from it for so long. I had a five-octave voice back then but Not now! My advanced vibrato control is still there and I plan on lifting a few High vocal parts over to the new recordings I'm planning on starting. I'm also thinking with the new vocal harmonizers on the market I can program it to hit the high notes at the end or where ever and I don't think it's cheating because I'm still singing it, and it will be just for brief moments in the song. Besides guitarists have been using them for over 50 years. But the punch in the gut was what was recorded on a hot mic 18 years ago after recording the song everyone thought should be my greatest hit song far as potential. My buddy and I had finished a recording session and he left and I had left the recorder running by accident. Im separated and divorced from my wife almost 15 years ago that's made my life hell continually up to my typing this now. It's so horrible people will buy the autobiography I'm currently penning because it's so insanely bad! The custody hearing judge stated 14 years ago " this is the most toxic hearing I've ever presided over in 30+ years of serving on the judiciary." I had only played defense at the time deciding to mediate instead of continuing the trial after I beat all the criminal charges brought up against me. Even the Child Protection Services agreed to testify on my behalf when it was my turn to attack her but instead, I choose to go to mediation. I was and am still not out to hurt her and her life. But if that judge knew everything that had transpired then? Not to mention the unholy atrocities she's perpetrated against me since 100-fold? He probably would've stopped just short of sentencing her to a life sentence in prison!! It's that bad!! I've continued to take the high road and I don't know how I've been able to do it? I'm old and wise enough to know it will just add to the misery and my conscience is clean. So back to the hot mic left recording. So here it is 2023 and I'm listening to this old 4 track recording we had done to prepare ourselves for the commercial studio and I was also putting some vocals down on the local recording studio owners bands unfinished album. It was completely finished and I had free reign to do whatever I wanted on the songs. So I recorded it down to stereo on my four track recorder so I could dub over a couple of vocal tracks. Anyhow, back to the hot mic. We recorded my song She Says She Loves Me which is one of those sarcastic songs about failed love at the end and a hot mic was left on and my wife comes home from work and it records the immediate conversation. Quit frankly, it made me cry like a baby! I couldn't believe the tones of our voices, the words being said to each other, so shocking! How could that couple be so much in love? How could that loving woman have turned into the demon she is now?? How could that loving women want to take my son away from me entirely or try to put me in prison? How?! But how perfect and fitting to be at the end of arguably the best song I ever wrote with a real-life scene happening at the end of it that follows the song's theme is a crazy great coincidence!! You can bet your ass I will sample about 15-20 seconds of that conversation to place at the end of my professional recording of that song... Sorry, Everyone. I've been isolated by myself now for three years. My two best friends broke into my home while I was gone and stole about everything but my music equipment thank God. Not a phone call or text from my son that I raised until age 15 for three Christmases now! I told him I loved him every day of his life... So when everything you lived for disappears suddenly without warning, you find yourself struggling to find a reason to live. I'm not a drama queen either. You can never understand how something like this affects even a strong-minded, willed person like myself. It just leaves you bitter, empty, depressed, and feeling sorry for yourself. It's actually quite pathetic, I must admit... Damn, sorry again everyone, I've gotten introverted and a little ate up I guess. So back to the Star Licks VHS videos, lol.
I remember the first guitar solo I learned was either You Give Love A Bad Name or I think it actually was Over The Mountain a Randy Rhodes guitar solo and I think it is one of the better ones on that album. It always irked me because I took the time to learn that solo and play it well but wasn't a song we ever covered live. So it was reduced to the solo I played at the party after the gig in somebodies living room or bedroom to show off my skills.LMAO
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My dad passed away many years ago but if I had to choose a new step dad it would be Luke and not even to do with his musical genius but cause of the amazing humorous loving man he his..would be never a boring or sad day living with him😎
I had to go back and watch Luke morning video lol funny thing is he sounded like he is playing some great big amp and not Line6 spider cause he is luke magic hands :) nothing but respect
Dave. I’m going to build a JTM45. What transformers do you recommend? Mojotone (Heybore) has one output and two power transformer options, but I might want higher B+ voltage than 355. I’ll have to do a super chat if I don’t hear from you
Can’t wait for the Luke news with Joe !!
Luke said he got the #3 Floyd Rose but its documented that Neil Schon has #3. Would like to hear more of that story.
Bucket list item #4: spend a day with Steve Lukather! 😉 Talmon Murphy, Jr.
Make that 2 lefties, love the 3’s
Love it! Playing music is a group activity. You need to play with others. It's great to play along with records, but it order to progress you NEED to play together. Luke is so much fun. God bless him.
I always think, What doesn't make you stronger Kills you . I also can not leave that other one that bugs me. The Early Worm gets the Bird. It's perspective.
Wow, there's a wealth of information there, amazing
Luv u Luke! Crazy, FUN, humble and honest as the day is long!!
Nah, Luke, nothing better........the best.......
Great content.
But Please turn off the “bell” alerts. Way too distracting
Love all you guys man. Fukin always a great time!
Good time in this crasy times Luke👍🏻
I could listen to Luke talk all damn day! What a treat this is
Mad dog 20/20
Luke has left the building!