Steve Lukather: Background vocals, and he was around when I was doing my lead vocals, so he was helping me produce my way through that.
Rock Cellar: What were Joseph Williams’ contributions to the album? The last album I did, Paul McCartney played bass on the two songs that I wrote with Ringo, so it was me, Paul and Ringo. Joseph and I wrote a song for his new EP, Zoom In, which came out great. So I thought, ‘Man, Ringo’s on it, let’s put it on the record.’ Once again, I’m very proud and honored to have him on a record. It’s still part of my DNA, that kind of music. And this one came out so good I just said, ‘Hey, can I put this out?’ So we put it out in the summer, it was a little happy summer song, a little teaser for the record even though that song is the oddball song of the record.
Since we couldn’t have a birthday party due to lockdown, we were supposed to be on the road and everything like that, everybody sent videos to him. Steve Lukather: Well, it was written for his 80th birthday. Rock Cellar: How did Ringo come to play on “Run to Me”? Gregg Bissonette, Jorgen Carlsson of Gov’t Mule on bass, David Paich and Jeff Babko on keyboards, myself John Pierce played bass on a couple songs.Īnd Ringo on the one Beatle-y song that we wrote for his birthday. Hired the right players, they were all world class. All the solos were kept, so those are real performances. I wanted to see if I could do it the way we used to do it. And we did that every day.Īll that stuff you’re hearing is being played live. The only thing I overdubbed was the vocals after I did a few small double-guitar parts, but right after the tracking and by the end of the night, we had a song ready to mix. Not everything was written out, it was just a good road map and some stuff that we figured that was needed in the songs and the right voicings, but most of it was just improvised and all the solos were live. I picked songs, Jeff Babko and I had co-written some stuff, and he wrote the charts out. Rock Cellar: Tell me about the recording process. Steve Lukather: We did it in eight days, the whole thing, top to bottom. Rock Cellar: You recorded your new album in a short period of time Lukather’s nuclear response, captured on video, went viral - and solved the problem.
We spoke with Lukather from his home in Los Angeles, where last August his neighbor’s gardeners revved up leaf blowers way too early one morning. Three surprising choices are covers: Robin Trower’s “Bridge of Sighs,” Joe Walsh’s “Welcome to the Club” and “The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys” by Traffic.Ĭlick here to pick up Steve Lukather’s I Found the Sun Again on CD from our Rock Cellar StoreĬlick here to pick up Steve Lukather’s I Found the Sun Again on 2-LP from our Rock Cellar Store A member of the All-Starr Band since 2012, Lukather has formed a special relationship over the years with Starr, who appears on both the track and its video. I Found the Sun Again features five originals, including “Serpent Soul” and “Run to Me,” written for Ringo Starr‘s 80th birthday. Like Lukather, Williams is on The Players Club/Mascot label, and he released his new solo album, Denizen Tenant, on the same day. Toto keyboardist David Paich and singer Joseph Williams are also on board. Lukather is also a renowned session player and here he’s assisted by some of the best: keyboardist Jeff Babko, drummer Gregg Bissonette and bassist John Pierce.
The tracks feature Lukather’s trademark guitar solos, which sound live because, he says, “All that stuff you’re hearing is being played live. Steve Lukather is the guitarist extraordinaire of Toto, best known for the classic hits “Hold the Line,” “Rosanna,” and “Africa.” With the band’s tour sidelined during the lockdown, Lukather has made good use of his time, releasing his latest solo album, I Found the Sun Again, in late February.
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