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Welcome to the brand new official website of Steve Lukather! After almost ten years of working with the "blue" website (made by Kay and Arend Slagman) it was time to say goodbye to SteveLukather.net and hello to SteveLukather.com with a completely new design and technique (made by Robin and Arend Slagman).
In the interview below Steve discusses his darkest days that included divorce, death of a loved one, a dying friend and Internet bullying. He talks openly about what happened four years ago that made him take stock of his life and change. These changes are reflected in the music on Transition. Gone are the guitar heroics, replaced by subtleties, melodies and musical nuances. The result is an album of songs written by Steve that both share his innate tastefully, heartfelt playing along with nods to his influences, which he proudly wears on his sleeve.
Foto: Lee Sklar, CJ Vanston, Steve Lukather, Ross Hogarth
Lee Sklar is probably the most prolific bass player of our time. He has played on well over 2,000 albums. The instantly recognizable session cat and live player is most famous for his four decade plus stint with James Taylor and long run with Phil Collins. He did a Tour and DVD with Toto and has been a life long friend of Steve Lukather. If you have ever listened to the radio, watched TV or seen a movie you have most certainly been touched by Lee or "Sklar" as his friends and band mates call him. He was gracious enough to spend some time talking to me about his amazing career and relationship with Luke.
Steve Weingart and Renee Jones are a musical duo, a married duo and one half of Steve Lukather's band. I sat down up close with a chance to talk to both of them their new album "Obeservatory", music and muisicians.
Don Felder was a huge part of The Eagles amazing success story. He recently released his first solo album in three decades. He has been running wild doing interviews, live shows and appearances promoting his fantastic release "Road to Forever". In Los Angeles I saw him at the Grammy Museum in a question and answer session hosted by Scott Goldman and short live Felder only performance. I also saw him up close with a full band at the Troubadour, also in Los Angeles. Both performances were great. Since Steve Lukather and Toto cats David Paich and Steve Porcaro played on the new release I figured it would be a good reason to interview Don. Don was able to squeeze me into his tight schedule as he just finished an interview, then did his interview with me with me and was doing the Nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" later that night.
CJ Vanston is a keyboard player, producer, song writer, arranger and man of many talents. He is also Steve Lukather's main musical compadre on his latest project "Transition". "Transition" is Luke's new CD release available January 21st 2012.
Steve Vai was busy on the road touring to promote his new release "The Story of Light", but was kind enough to take some time to do an interview with me to show his support for his musical brother Steve Lukather.
It was a historic day for the Ringo Starr All Starr Band for Ringo's 72nd birthday, on July 7th 2012. The show was played at a Historical Landmark, the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee and was going to be filmed for a DVD.
Reggie Boyle spent a day in CJ Vanston's Los Angeles area Treehouse Studio with CJ, Steve Lukather, John Pierce and Kristina Helene. This day was spent working on the bass parts for Steve's record Transition.
In celebration of their new project Steve Weingart (keyboards) and Renee Jones (bass), both members of Steve Lukather's band, played a Show at the Baked Potato in North Hollywood, California on March 3rd 2012. This gig showcased their new CD 'Dialogue'. Rounding out the ensemble were Simon Phillips (Toto, The Who, Jeff Beck) on drums, Mike Miller (Chick Corea, Bette Midler, Gino Vanelli) on guitar and Katisse Buckingham on saxophone and flute.
While catching a Steve Lukather gig at the Baked Potato extremely talented writer,producer and musician CJ Vanston was at the gig. He is a musical cohort of Luke and was kind enough to share a few minutes with me even though he was just there to enjoy a night out to see some friends and catch some music.
On December 22nd 2011 Steve Lukather played at the Baked Potato with Greg Mathieson, Toss Panos & Jimmy Johnson. Reggie was there and made a cool review.
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