![]() ![]() Despite the success of the song, reviewers noted that he struggled with the vocals. The Tabu single I will Remember reached the 64th place on the UK charts. He provided lead vocals in every track on 1992’s Kingdom of Desire and 1995’s Tambu except for two instrumental tracks. Lukather did most of the vocal parts for the band in that time. When Porcaro died, Lukather stepped up and made sure the band kept going.Īfter firing their vocalist Jean-Michel Byron in 1990, Toto had no lead singer from 1990to 1997. Later Lukather’s role started looking more and more like Porcaro’s. When the band started out, Jeff Porcaro was the band leader, and he wrote most of the songs. Lukather was Toto’s lead guitarist, but he also sang and composed a lot. After Lukather had succesfuly finished a tour with Boz Scaggs, Paich and Porcaro asked Steve Lukather if he wanted to join them in forming Toto in 1976 together with Bobby Kimball, David Hungate and Steve Porcaro. ![]() Jeff Porcaro, drummer from Steely Dan, became a mentor to Lukather and further interested him in session work. He expanded Steve’s knowledge and in this period Steve became interested in the idea of being a session musician, playing with a variety of famous musicians. Steve, who had only been self-taught, began taking guitar lessons from musician Jimmy Wyble. These are also members of the later formed band Toto. In high school, Lukather met David Paich and the Porcaro brothers, Jeff, Steve and Mike. It was a single with two songs on it, Grass, written by Ron and Leave It written by Steve Lukather himself. In this band, Steve made his first studio recording in 1970 when he was twelve. Kevin MacKenzy and Ron’s brother Donny Sarian switched off on drums. In seventh grade, Steve formed a power trio with friend and classmate guitarist/bassist Ron Sarian. This is one of the reasons that Steve was influenced by George Harrison. He started out playing keyboards and drums and then learned himself how to play guitar at the age of seven when his father bought him a Kay acoustic guitar and a copy of The beatles album Meet the Beatles. Steve Lukather was born Steven Lee Lukather on Octoin San Fernando Valley, California. ![]()
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