Steve Porcaro Live on Game Changers With Vicki Abelson
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- I loved every second with 3x Grammy Winner, founding member of Toto, Steve Porcaro. A down-to-earth sweetheart of a guy who just happens to be one arm of the iconic legendary musical Porcaro family. These ain’t no lip-sinking, TV frontmen, the Porcaros define chops. World-renowned drummer, Joe, who left sticks and skins around, brother Jeff, who picked them up and banged them to new heights, Mike who segued to bass, and Steve who found his passion and his niche with keyboards, programming, and sythns. Separately, and together they made musical history. We talked beginnings influences, The Beatles, Keith Emerson, from playing school proms to clubs with David Paich, Hungate, and Lukather, to Boz Skaggs to Toto, Bobby Kimball, Hold The Line, Rosanna, Arquette, and the song, success fulfilling all childhood dreams and then some. Sessions and side work for all of them, Bette Midler, Chaka, Earth, Wind & Fire, Quincy Jones, which led to Micheal Jackson and Human Nature on Thriller, thrilling! There was James Newton Howard, playing and scoring for film and TV… Justified. Leaving Toto, rejoining Toto with new appreciation. Drugs, alcohol, and loss took their toll, solo work, Someday/Somehow, collaborations, Allee Willis, writing with his daughters, The Covid Kid, doing what he loves, where he loves. A life well being lived and art continuously created.
I really really like this man, and his music. Grateful for this opportunity to get to know.
Steve Porcaro Live on Game Changers with Vicki Abelson
Wednesday, October 11, 5 PM PT, 8 PM ET
Streamed Live on my Facebook
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Absolute living legend. Serious respect to one of the best keyboard players of all time.
Steve P is a genius; without the Porcaro Family, modern pop and rock music would not be what it is.
I can picture 3 members of the band TOTO are up in heaven playing TOTO songs up in Heaven and they are waiting for the rest of the band to come up and join them and all the TOTO members will be playing Together 👍👍💯🙏
Gotta give Props to the keyboard master Steve P.
Love what he does.
His record Someday/Somehow ❤️❤️🎶🎶
Love Toto so much. Never gets old
I dunno about worship and adore, but Steve is a really cool dude and one of my favorite writers/performers of all time
Pure class, all the way - even down to how he handles more delicate subjects, like Bobby Kimball’s departure from Toto. Never a bad thing to say about anyone, totally humble; a true icon from the last great era of studio greats!
Thank you so much Vicki , Fantastic interview , what a wonderful talented man Steve Mr. Porcaro is. So happy to hear Steve mention the late great Carlos Vega 🥁would be great to get more information about Carlos’s music career/ life ! Carlos was so so underrated ! Thanks again Vickie 🎬
My great pleasure!
great guy
Oh, the man is beloved!! Him and his family!!! One of the last great recordings of the brothers together and to show off Steve's songwriting // STEVE PORCARO - 'BACK TO YOU' // ua-cam.com/video/8yCZCXvGHtI/v-deo.html // 1983 outtake that wound up on his first solo album "Someday/Somehow" in 2016 with his brothers Jeff & Mike (posthumously). The rapid synths, the tight drumming, the pocket bass fills, and the sense of lyrical urgency in the later years of a songwriter. Feel it all in this song. Sounds especially cool in headphones, especially with the synth patterns.
Really digging the podcast, Vicki. How great is Steve P.? Just awesome. Thanks. All the best 🤙
Thanks for these Vicki! Steve Porcaro is my favourite songwriter, and I love hearing any interviews with him. This and your interview with Luke have been great to listen and have helped me with some recent trouble sleeping, so thank you again!
So happy they helped you!
Such a cool interview! Steve is awesome!
Wonderful Interview!
Thank you!!
Thank you for this great interview!
Fantastic
I love Steve 😊👍🏻 I can’t wait to buy his next album 💿
The original Toto lineup are like the white Earth, Wind & Fire
Tell Steve to do a "Steve P. & Friends live on zoom" concert.
Have the same problem trying to stay focused
When Desmond Child originally worked with Jon Bon Jovi & Richie Sambora, they wrote by song title. Desmond, threw out a title, like " You give love a bad name", and Jon & Richie wrote the song
That's not quite true, because Desmond had used that melody before with Bonnie Tyler. As far as the lyric, that could be true.
Am glad Steve didn't go off an b an accountant or something like. Thank God he stuck to music
Wow, you’re gorgeous
Aw, sweet! Thank you!
I assume you mean me?