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- He toured with Boz Scaggs before co-founding Toto with his brother Steve and childhood friends Steve Lukather and David Paich. Jeff Porcaro is renowned among drummers for the drum pattern he used on the Grammy Award -winning Toto song "Rosanna", from the album Toto IV.
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- 'Toto IV' (1982) Backs to the wall after the relative failure of 'Turn Back,' the members of Toto doubled down, determined to deliver a hit or go down swinging.
- 'The Seventh One' (1988) With Joseph Williams settling in, Toto enjoyed a long-overdue measure of stability at the lead singer position with 1988's 'The Seventh One,' and the lineup's evolving chemistry produced some of the band's best-written — and most lavishly produced — material.
- 'Toto XIV' (2015) After soldiering on through changing trends, lineup changes, a breakup and deaths in the family, Toto were hardly expected to deliver a studio album at all in 2015, let alone one that stood shoulder-to-shoulder with some of their best work.
- 'Hydra' (1979) A year after scoring with its debut, the group returned with its sophomore outing, proving "Hold the Line" was just the tip of the musical iceberg with a sprawling-yet-compact set that dabbled in a broad range of styles.
He toured with Boz Scaggs before co-founding Toto with his brother Steve and childhood friends Steve Lukather and David Paich. Jeff Porcaro is renowned among drummers for the drum pattern he used on the Grammy Award -winning Toto song "Rosanna", from the album Toto IV. [8]
Jan 31, 2023 · Toto was a family act, too: In 1982, a third Porcaro bro, Mike Porcaro, joined drummer Jeff Porcaro and keyboardist Steve Porcaro in the band. While he'd contributed his cello skills on a few Toto IV tracks, he became an official member of the group in 1982 after the departure of original bass player David Hungate.
He left Toto in 1987 after the Fahrenheit album in order to pursue a more full-time songwriting and composing career. However, Porcaro continued working with Toto in various supporting capacities, assisting with keyboards, drum looping, synthesizers and arranging/composing.
Oct 15, 2016 · The Porcaro family is central to the story of Toto. When the band formed in Los Angeles in 1977, Jeff Porcaro, the eldest of three brothers, was the drummer and de facto leader; Steve, the youngest, played keyboards. In 1982 Michael Porcaro joined as bassist.
Jun 21, 2016 · “Back to You” is one of the oldest songs on the album, initially recorded as a demo by Toto in 1983, and as Porcaro reveals, it wound up on the sidelines at that time. But thankfully, as he would...
Feb 11, 2022 · The song – which Steve Porcaro and Steve Lukather would come to refer to as "the ultimate Toto track" – would win the band a Grammy award for Record of the Year in 1983, get nominated for Song...
