Music Appreciation
Related: About this forumSteve Luthaker studio monster, guitar royalty. I knew him in Toto, but Rick Beato clued me in -
to a song he did with Lionel Richie - "Running With The Night"
Richie recorded Steve while he was warming up/learning the song and just kept the entire guitar track on the record.
Steve just shreds all the way through it but the last 45 seconds or so are insane.
What I'm most impressed with is Steve's ability to sound like he's played with any artist since middle school no matter the genre.
Few years ago he was playing blues rock and boogie and killing it.
Midnight Writer
(21,753 posts)The producer needed a hit song for their new album, and the unconventional Tubes were unlikely to produce one.
So he called in Steve Luthaker.
Luthaker came into the studio, sat down with his guitar and the band, and within 20 minutes came up with the iconic guitar riff and the basic outline for the song.
He actually played on the studio version of the song, which was the band's biggest selling hit.
sweetloukillbot
(11,010 posts)Written by Steve Porcaro and performed by Toto - it's essentially a Toto song w/ Michael Jackson singing.
I think Luke did a similar thing for Quincy Jones w/ Beat It. Van Halen plays the solo, but Luke came up with the main riff and arrangement.
sweetloukillbot
(11,010 posts)Off the top of my head:
Toto IV
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Christopher Cross - Sailing
George Benson - Give Me the Night
Al Jarreau - Breakin' Away
James Ingram - One Hundred Ways
He literally played with everyone - pretty much any R&B or Yacht Rock album from 1978-1985 features him somewhere...
blm
(113,052 posts)They used to play together at a hole in the wall place in the valley that musicians would frequent when in town. There were times Eddie would drop to his knees in front of Steve.
Good times back in the day.