Steve (aka. Luke) Lukather is definitely one of the coolest and most humble musicians I've ever listened to and he was an absolute joy to meet in person. Such a consummate performer as well.
To me, the highest compliment that someone as great as Steve Lukather can receive is, “He seems like a regular guy.” Well, he does. I watched the interview out of order and I am more amazed by Part 1 than I am Part 2. What a fabulous interview with a fabulous man. Great work!
I've been a Toto fan since I heard Porcaro on Hold The Line when I was 15. Being a wanna be drummer at the time I was just enamored by Jeff's groove. Through the years I have grown to be blown away by Luke's playing and most of all his infectious personality! I have seen so many of his interviews and I've heard most all of these stories and they never get old! He is a musical national treasure!
I hope the Musicians Hall of Fame makes a section at the museum one day soon of TOTO and their history going into serious detail on just how many artists all the members played and collaborated with. They stand alone as a band. I just toured the museum last Friday and it was fabulous!
Luke has a wealth of knowledge and experiences. He could fill a dozen books with meaningful stories from his life lessons. He had my eyes watering talking about how his dad sacrificed the family budget to buy him a guitar that his dad knew would further motivate his obviously talented son. He proved himself to his dad before he proved himself to so many great musicians on studio gigs.
Steve has a Pori Jazz t-shirt on. Finland loves Steve, so do I! I love his talent and his music, but I absolutely adore his story-telling talents. I could listen him for hours and hours.
TOTO .........they should be in the rock & roll hall of fame , my name is Stephen , born on the same day as Steve Lukather but a yr earlier Oct 21st 1956 , also with my two brothers and sister , yes quads , i was not alone , ....i have loved this band since they started , their music is absolutely brilliant, especially the live stuff , live on forever you guy's
I’m a bassist. But the guitar players that I made sure that’s on my listening playlist is Prince, Ernie Isley, and STEVE LUKATHER! Steve’s work with TOTO and other artists were nothing short of amazing. I love the solo he did for Lionel Richie’s Running with the Night. I called PT. 1 & PT 2. Glad’s he’s still here doing it!!😌👍🏾🎸
Hands down, one of the greatest guitarists of the modern era...I've followed his career since the 70's....he only gets better with age. Thanks for this interview!
Beautiful cat. The classic (and classy) example of a guy who's gone full circle in the Wisdom of Life journey. I'd always watched and listened to his interviews and wished he'd someday write a book, so I bought his "The Gospel According To..." book which I enjoyed immensely. Get the audio version for the full effect. Lol!
Just to think of all the great musicians Steve's recorded with shows the incredible talent he possesses. Really enjoy and appreciate his musicianship!! 🎸🎸
I was at some of those early Boz Scaggs rehearsals when I worked at SIR in 1977 for just 3 months. I remember Luke there with the rest of Toto...Jeff , David etc and they were rehearsing in one of SIR's larger rooms in the back...the same room the Beach Boys and Fleetwood Mac used back then.
Luke is Luke...most down to earth cat...raw, edgy, real...put a guitar in his hands and magic happens. Gifted. Talented. Luke was the cat who nailed the solo in the 80s hit record after hit record...first take...Beat It guitar and bass parts...first take...got it...done. How many of us played with guys who took three hours to figure out on chord? Luke finished an LP by that time and it was great! That is his gift...fast to the point.
And he's still not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, for his individual accomplishments, or collectively with Toto. No question Toto should be in there, decades ago. But I would love to see Luke be inducted individually as well. He is so humble, but when he talks about God reaching down - that's Luke's genius. He was born to be this gifted, and to contribute and play and bring joy. And Jann Wenner should feel honoured to be able to put someone like Luke in the hall of fame. So awesome that Luke has been recognised by the Musicians Hall of Fame. There has been no greater, or more deserving, musician than Luke. xx
Every member of that band is a legend. Not a single one of them can be overlooked or replaced, even though they have all been vital to the history of Toto
Fantastic musician and ever better human being. Finished his book recently and found so many life similarities. Especially the moment his dad bought the Les Paul and VT. Big memory from my life as well when my dad bought stuff for me on the fly. Wish I could meet him and talk. Class act.
@19:02 If your a guitarist of any sort , you can relate with him here . You don't very often get to hear the greats tell these kinds of stories of there early days .Steve Lukather sits in the top 5 of my fav guitarists of all time !
2:54 A good moment to mention the guitarist of that famous part, Hilton Valentine, who passed away 29 January. One thing that most 50plus guitarists have in common is that they started off by learning House of the Rising Sun, no matter what they achieved later on in life with their playing.
Some read better then others some dont read at all some cant improvise and some can and dont know that they do it already. The classically trained players can only play whats written someone self taught or even who learned from lessons or Tab can in fact learn how to read music after the fact and reverse engineer the tab to the written staff .. But form and proper fingering and where the notes are matter if no one has ever shown you that or told you its impossible to just snap your fingers and get it... Never gonna happen BUT there are two staves in music for Piano the F clef which is located below the G clef which is for right hand and is located on top of the F clef or above. Left hand below F clef Right hand above G clef.. in reading music for piano and looking at piano you can see the melody or all notes before you... On Guitar though its upside down and facing away from you so you have to lean over the guitar and look from above down and over the fingerboard to see where the notes would be on fretboard....... Guitar is really dependent on feel and knowing where the notes above and below and to either side of you are at any given location on the neck.... If you can grasp where that is reading it on paper God Bless you cause you got me beat but if you cant you can in fact learn how... But if you learn to read on piano first and guitar as 2nd instrument or lets call it 3rd then you learn to read both clefs both F below and G above and you learn Bass for F clef below and Guitar for G clef above. That means you could pick up a bass and locate where lo open e is and know that on the cleff or stave. Same for guitar and you should now where middle c is on piano if you dont ask someone that does and remember it.... Piano keys are in patterns 2 black then 3 black keys 2 and then 3 always down the keyboard. always to the left of the 2 black keys will be the notes b and c on the white keys side by side and always to the left of the 3 black keys on the white keys will be e and f you note those white keys are side by side touching where as all the rest of the white keys have a black key between them.. Those are the two musical half steps.. B,C & E,F.. the rest of the notes are whole notes apart and the black keys are called accidentals as they are always flat b or sharp # So what is the first black keyed note to the right of C or F? C# or F# what comes next D or G then what D# or G# and so forth going to the right but what if I wanted to go the left from B or E well id be flatting the notes then so the first black key going to the left of B would be Bb Bflat then A white key then Ab black key then G white key then Gb black key then F White key then Eb is first black key left of white key E.. So if you back up over a nail you will get a flat tire... and if your moving forward you will come across sharp notes...... always be sharp and never Bb.... I once asked Eric Johnson if he knew theory and how to read music and he said not enough to hurt me.. He got that from Chet...... Even though Rit gave Luke the chart Luke still had to read and play it. Which makes me ask the question was the solo written out for him or is he to improvise knowing the progression blind on the spot ? Scary great reader if thats the case .... Rit is a cool cat I met him at hard rock in Dallas and he was in the wings to give a grammy to chet atkins guess it was being filmed there live something I said are you going to play and he said now and I was visibly upset lol he said no its for Chet and I said you flew all the way from LA just to do that for Chet ? he said YEA... well of course you fly all the way and boy were his arms tired..... He was ambushed by happenstance but I knew who he was and said LEE RITTENOUR ????! !!!! Like what are you doing in Texas and when are ya playing or where ??? Capt Fingers is a reader and knows right where to play the notes... You know how they did that ? PRACTICE AND WANTING TO BE GOOD READERS AND NOT STARVE HAHAHAHHAHAH IM PRACTICING READING NOW.. WHILE I STILL CAN...
