Steve Lukather
Biography:
Steve Lukather is a Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter, arranger, producer and guitar player. Although best known for his work with the rock band Toto, Lukather has released several solo albums. He has also done extensive work as studio session guitarist, arranger and composer who has done work on over 800 number one albums.
Lukather had already been playing keyboards and drums by the time his father purchased him a basic Kay acoustic guitar at age 7. To this day, Lukather writes all his music on keyboards first before playing it on guitar. Lukather's father also purchased his son a copy of the Meet the Beatles LP to go with the guitar, which dramatically changed Steve Lukather's view on the role of guitar in music.
He began teaching himself guitar in earnest and his musical direction took another fateful turn when he met Jeff Porcaro in high school. Porcaro had already been playing professionally in the band Steely Dan and began mentoring Lukather in both playing guitar and the music industry. Lukather would later team up with his mentor to form the successful band Toto - a move that launched Lukather's budding career into a new stratosphere. During 1982, Toto released it's most successful album, Toto IV and that same year Lukather and Porcaro contributed heavily to the biggest-selling album ever: Michael Jackson's Thriller.
In 1989, Lukather released his first solo album titled Lukather. Although, he would continue to split his time between his solo work, Toto, and session work, his solo career helped Lukather to firmly establish his own musical identity.
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Discography:
| El Grupo Live (2005) | ||
| Santamental (2003) | ||
| Doves of Fire Live (2000) | ||
| No Substitutions | ||
| Luke (1997) | ||
| Candyman (1994) | ||
| Lukather (1989) | ||
| Los Lobotomys (1989) |
Notable Guitars:
Ernie Ball Music Man "Luke" Signature Model
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Links:
Steve Lukather Official Website
Steve Lukather "Santamental" Website
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