"There was another take of Beat It" – Steve Lukather on re-tracking his parts with Jeff Porcaro under Eddie Van Halen's solo . News. By Rob Laing published 18 January 2023 This is probably the best ...

Michael Jackson’s mammoth hit Beat It may have benefitted from some incendiary electric guitar flare at the hands of Steve Lukather and Eddie Van Halen, but legendary producer Quincy Jones saved ...

To take a flyover of Steve Lukather’s long and storied career is to essentially reminisce about the heights of the past 40 years of pop and rock music. He is both an original member of Toto ...

Steve Lukather and David Paich Chat Toto And New Projects On Apple Music Hits ‘80’s Radio With Huey Lewis. By. ... He just put a click track here and took the paws and played a stupid little beat.

When Weezer covered Toto's 1982 classic "Africa" back in 2018, it seemed like the '80s hitmakers were all for it. At the time, the band's founder and guitarist Steve Lukather said "nobody ...

Steve Lukather has enjoyed a long and celebrated career as a guitarist. Beyond his work in Toto, he's performed on hundreds of recordings with a remarkable range of artists including Boz Scaggs ...

So, it beat us down.” Toto have already retired once, as Lukather called a halt in 2008 after long-time bassist Mike Porcaro was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease .

By Steve Lukather with Paul Rees ... And most famously, the first famous notes/riff on Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” (though Eddie Van Halen handles the even more famous solo).

Toto guitarist Steve Lukather opened up about the band's controversial hit "Africa," explaining why it's both "a blessing and a curse" and why listeners shouldn't pay too much attention to the lyrics.

"I don’t know about him loving the song, man," said Steve Lukather of Toto about Rivers Cuomo's feelings toward the 1982 classic hit "Africa," which Weezer covered in 2018.

That was my first reaction to reading Steve Lukather’s autobiography, The Gospel According to Luke (352pp, Post Hill Press, $17.10 on Amazon) which is being released today.And by church, I mean ...

This is probably the best interview we've seen with the guitarist and he reveals new revelations about the legendary sessions on Michael Jackson's album When you purchase through links on our site, we ...