Toto guitarist Steve Lukather put out a great solo CD earlier this year called Ever Changing Times.
And now the unthinkable has occurred: Steve is touring to support the disc, and inside the run of scheduled tour dates, are 13 U.S. shows!
The U.S. shows begin with a date at Red Rocks opening for Jethro Tull, and then a string of headlining shows, including a gig here in Cleveland on August 22nd at the Winchester!
I’ve been meaning to write about this for a couple of weeks, and without further ado, here is the info!
Lukather’s band for the tour:
Steve Lukather: guitars, vocals
Ricky E. Zahariades: guitars, vocals
Steve Weingart (El Grupo, Dave Weckl): keyboards
Carlitos Del Puerto: bass, vocals
Eric Valentine (T-Ride, Joe Satriani): drums, vocals
More on Lukather’s site about the band
From Lukather, here’s what you can expect at the shows:
“I will be doing songs from my first solo record Lukather, Candyman, Luke, and Ever Changing Times with a few Toto album cuts that I wrote and sang (NO ballads or hits!!!) a few songs I wrote for other people and a cover or 2 that I have recorded on tribute records myself in the past.”
I expressed to Lukather’s PR person how much I had loved the Luke album, and he told me that I would love the new album even more. And man, that was no hype – Ever Changing Times is a must for Toto fans, Lukather fans, guitar fans, and fans of good music in general!
Here are a couple of my favorite tracks:
Steve Lukather – Ever Changing Times
I’m happy in these financially challenging times of touring, that Lukather is employing an electric band for the U.S. dates. I’m very stoked to see that Eric Valentine (now a fine record producer in his own right) will be drumming for Steve…..I had no idea when I wrote about T-Ride earlier this year, that I’d soon be seeing Eric back behind a kit!
I know that attendance for Toto’s U.S. tour dates was less than stellar for their most recent round of touring, and I’m HOPING that music fans will come out for this SUPER-RARE opportunity to see Lukather in the solo setting.
Support good music, people!
Relevant Links:
2008 interview with Steve Lukather about Ever Changing Times from Melodicrock.com
Steve Lukather’s official site
The official Toto site
Purchase Ever Changing Times from Amazon – CD or MP3
Purchase Luke from Amazon – CD
Essential Toto (Greatest Hits) – 1 CD version or 2 CD version
Hi there. I am here to recommend the cd and the live show from Lukather to all of you out there. It is so worth it. You will love it. Even if you are not that familiar with his previous releases, it is a joy to watch and witness the best of live music and that my friends is Steve Lukather live. Go and see this guy, you won’t be dissapointed.
Sigh. Dude’s got to come out to Australia again to promote this… his guitars have been a major inspiration to me.
Burg-meister…..did you go see Toto when they were in Australia the last time around?
I would have loved to see that. I NEVER saw Toto….and missed a good chance to see them in Detroit, because I didn’t know they were coming.
I LOVED the hell out of the Luke solo album, and really dig the new one as well, so I am really looking forward to seeing the Luke show!
Have had the pleasure of seeing Lukes band in Denmark and Belgium in the past two months.Theres five amazing reasons to see this band ie Luke,Steve,Eric Ricky and Carlitos.Consider yourself lucky theyre coming your way!You will NEVER see better.
Mike – I am feelin’ lucky…and STOKED!!