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\n<\/a>\u201cI think I\u2019m more focused and writing better and I think I\u2019m more appreciative of my whole career than I\u2019ve ever been in my whole life.\u00a0 I\u2019m back on track so that\u2019s the \u2018Transition\u2019.\u00a0 I have mortality staring me in the face.\u201d<\/p>\n

It blows me away when you can speak to an artist that has been touring almost as long as you\u2019ve been alive, an artist that has thirty six years\u2019 experience on the road and has played on over two thousand records. It\u2019s Kind of surreal when you think about it. We\u2019re talking about Steve Lukather in case you were wondering\u2026 the man behind Toto as well as a couple of famous guitar riffs you may know but we covered that off in our last interview<\/a> with Steve.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s now back with a new solo album titled \u2018Transition\u2019 and is a part of the Ringo Starr All Starr band that is on their way to Australia, so we had the chance to catch up once again with \u2018Luke\u2019\u00a0 to talk about his new album, the Ringo tour and a whole heap more.\u00a0 It\u2019s always good when an interview starts this way\u2026<\/p>\n

Hi Steve, great to talk to you\u2026<\/strong>
\nAnd to you\u2026 Ask me anything you want, man\u2026
\n Well, let\u2019s start with the new album\u2026<\/strong>
\nThank you\u2026<\/p>\n

You have just released your newest album \u2018Transition\u2019, so I guess the question is, is there a specific meaning behind the title?<\/strong>
\nYeah man, I\u2019ve been through a lot of shit in the last ten years, I\u2019ve made some massive life changes with a great deal of loss and pain and some joy as well.\u00a0 Everything fell back in to place, I kinda got lost a little bit, man, thirty six years on the road will make a man a little bit nutty, you know what I mean?\u00a0 It\u2019s truly a bizarre life, it\u2019s charmed in many ways but sometimes you go from the highest highs to the lowest lows but ultimately you get caught up in the party if you will.\u00a0 Whereas when you\u2019re twenty years old, I started when I was a teenager thinking \u2018woo hoo it\u2019s all great\u2019 then all of a sudden you wake up one day and you\u2019re fifty and you\u2019ve got a bad hangover and it\u2019s just one time too many and I thought my playing was suffering, and there was a lot of things that were going wrong and I was just trying to drown myself in some of the more personal aspects of my life that were unpleasant.\u00a0 I caught myself in it before it got too ugly man, it\u2019s a very strange business and I\u2019m not unlike many of my peers you know, I guess who have been in the game long enough.\u00a0 I just stopped, I quit smoking cigarettes same day, I needed to be healthy, I\u2019ve got two little kids and two grown kids and I wanted to be at the top of my game, so very simple.\u00a0 Transition is from the darkness to the light, you know I lost my mother, I lost my marriage, I fired my manager after thirty years, some other things Mike Porcaro has ALS and is slowly fading away, I really had to take a hard look at my life.\u00a0 A lot of my friends are sick with cancer and weird diseases and I was like \u2018wait a minute, whoa, I don\u2019t want to be like this\u2019 so I stopped and I was lucky, and that was almost four years ago and I\u2019ve come out of that and I\u2019m practising my guitar and studying my voice, I think I\u2019m more focused and writing better and I think I\u2019m more appreciative of my whole career than I\u2019ve ever been in my whole life.\u00a0 I\u2019m back on track so that\u2019s the \u2018Transition\u2019.\u00a0 I have mortality staring me in the face *laughs*<\/p>\n

In the three years since \u2018All\u2019s well that ends well\u2019 what inspired the songs for \u2018Transition\u2019, was it just everything as you have just said?<\/strong>
\nYeah all of that, I did a bunch of touring after that in various configurations with a lot of different artists that influenced me by working with them and it all just fell in to place and I feel that I\u2019ve matured as a songwriter and producer and I was more focused in what I wanted to do in my solo career, finally found a style where I could kinda follow the path without doing the \u2018I\u2019m going to do a fusion record or a blues record or a shred record\u2019 or something like that, I found my voice as a solo artist and I was really quite pleased with that and I gotta give some credit to my co-producer and co-writer C.J. Vanston who kept it focused and we just kept expanding on what we did last time with \u2018All\u2019s Well\u2026\u2019 and we accomplished something pretty cool.\u00a0 It\u2019s getting great reviews and people seem to be digging it so I\u2019m really happy with that, when you do something and people respond to it in a positive way that\u2019s an awful good feeling.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always loved your style, to me it\u2019s about feel, you\u2019re not out there shredding and in essence \u2018showing off\u2019 but is it fair to say this is how you play and convey what your music is all about?<\/strong>
\nWell you know, when I was drinking too much I started to play too much live and I don\u2019t think that was my strongest suit.\u00a0 You have a tendency to play how you feel and I wasn\u2019t feeling well, so I was angry and messed around so my playing sounded that way and when I listened to myself, now I\u2019m refocused and feeling better than ever and I think my playing has fallen back in to my strongest point that separates my from the other guys. I mean there are some shredder guys that are just so good, staggering, I\u2019m like OK, ball\u2019s yours, let me go back to what I do best *laughs* you know I respect all that stuff it\u2019s just mesmerizing, it\u2019s just jaw dropping really.<\/p>\n

The instrumental of \u2018Smile\u2019 is just perfect, what is it about a song like that that resonates with you?<\/strong>
\nIt was a song for my Mom, she passed away in 2010, on Father\u2019s Day ironically, and she loved the melody, I dedicated that one to her, she loved all that stuff and it was a lot of what I was going through, I used to be this loud clown you know what I mean? Inside I was really hurting and I was covering it by boozing and doing whatever else and I knew she would love that song.\u00a0 That was a one take for me; I just gave it all the heart I had.\u00a0 We recorded it in my keyboard player Steve Weingart and I recorded it live and we were able to produce the keyboard part with a Stevie Wonder \u2018Innervisions\u2019 kind of part, but I kept the guitar as a one take untouched.<\/p>\n

Going back, I\u2019m a huge fan of your 1989 \u2018Lukather\u2019 album, when you look back at that compared to say your newest release, what do you consider to be the biggest changes that have taken place in this time musically for you?<\/strong>
\nI have fond memories, that was my first solo album, I was so nervous that I just surrounded myself with all my friends as I didn\u2019t know what to do\u2026 everybody came to party and took the nerves away, since then, that was like my first time \u2018oh my god I want to do everything I can do\u2019 and now I look back on that and its very 1980\u2019s but that was a fun record to do and that\u2019s lead me to where I am right now, twenty five years later. You grow, twenty five years is a long time, it\u2019s a generation, I\u2019ve been through a lot in that generation, thirty six years on the road will make a man crazy and it did a little bit, now I\u2019m not so crazy anymore.\u00a0 Great fun, I can tell you that, well they tell me that I had a great time *laughs*<\/p>\n

The other reason we\u2019re chatting is that you are a part of Ringo Starr\u2019s All Starr Band that\u2019s heading here in a few weeks\u2026<\/strong>
\nI am and I\u2019m very honoured to be as a matter of fact.<\/p>\n

How did you get involved with this project?<\/strong>
\nThey called me, the guy that produces the show is the agent and he scouts out people for Ringo to use on the road and they saw me play with Toto in Paris in some arena we were doing and suggested me for the gig and I was really, really excited about that.\u00a0 We went out last summer and it was really fun, you know I started out with The Beatles and now I\u2019m here I am in a band with Ringo, how freaky is that?!\u00a0 I\u2019m honoured to be in it.\u00a0 We had such a great time, such a great band, great bunch of guys and very exciting to be doing this, it all just fell in to place.\u00a0 We start rehearsals again tomorrow and off we go you know?<\/p>\n

Can you maybe give us a sneak peak as to what we can expect on the tour?<\/strong>
\nGreatest hits man, it\u2019s a very powerful set list and for me as a guitar player it\u2019s great as I get to play so many different styles.\u00a0 It\u2019s great for me, I get to step out and do some of the Toto stuff with the guys, Ringo picks the songs, it\u2019s his band it\u2019s what we do you know and that was a big gig, to turn around and see Ringo playing drums on your stuff, it\u2019s bizarre *laughs*, but we became friends, we\u2019re all really great friends and it\u2019s a really positive thing.<\/p>\n

So it\u2019s not just Beatles stuff, it\u2019s everything?<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s Ringo\u2019s Beatles stuff, it\u2019s his solo stuff, it\u2019s Todd Rundgren hits, it\u2019s Mister Mister stuff with Richard Page, it\u2019s Santana stuff with Greg Rolie, Me, every song sis like \u2018whoa, whoa, this is great\u2019 and it\u2019s really awesome.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a Rock and Roll jukebox!<\/strong>
\nTotally!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>You\u2019ve now been to Australia more than a few times in the last number of years whether it be with Toto of which I saw you with Toto in 2006 which still stands out musically as one of the best shows I\u2019ve ever seen\u2026<\/strong>
\nOh thank you.<\/p>\n

But you were here recently with G3 with Steve Vai and Joe Satriani\u2026<\/strong>
\nThat was great fun, a great honour for me.<\/p>\n

I have to say, watching you three jam at the end was amazing, what was that like to do that?<\/strong>
\n*laughs* that was pretty nerve wracking for me standing up there with two of the best guitar players on Earth man, they happen to be my friends, humbling but a lot of fun. Once I got past all that shit I was fine with it. I realised it wasn\u2019t a contest let\u2019s just go have fun and play.<\/p>\n

Do you have a stand out Australian moment you can share with us from one of your previous visits?<\/strong>
\nOh you know every time I go down and now more than ever I\u2019ve been down in the last couple of years than I have in the last twenty, so I just really enjoy it as I have a lot of friends down there I get to see, it\u2019s such a beautiful place.<\/p>\n

We spoke to you before the G3 tour here, and that being the first time you\u2019d brought your solo material to Australia, how was that tour for you?<\/strong>
\nIt was great, I was kinda hoping that people didn\u2019t expect me to come out and sing \u2018Africa\u2019 or something like that, not at a G3 show\u2026 I\u2019m going to do it with Ringo as that\u2019s more of a classic rock set but with those guys are you kidding me?\u00a0 That would\u2019ve been a mistake.\u00a0 I don\u2019t do that anyway, I really respect the fact that Toto is Toto and it was great for me to be able to play my solo stuff and the fact that some people knew it, I did have some fans out there that did like that stuff.\u00a0 I was really nervous playing out there as it\u2019s their audience and I was the wild card \u2018what the fuck, Lukather? What\u2019s that all about?\u2019 *laughs* but it went really, really well, better that I could\u2019ve hoped for and now coming back and being able to follow it up with an album and a tour with Ringo, Toto\u2019s 35th<\/sup> is coming up, hopefully we\u2019re going to be coming back down there in 2014, I\u2019m going to get back as a solo artist as well, it just gives me a great reason to come back down and building a little bit of a fan base down there.\u00a0 So me doing all this stuff and doing interviews really helps, and I appreciate the opportunity.<\/p>\n

Toto is celebrating its 35th<\/sup> anniversary of \u2018Hold The Line\u2019 this year with the band going out on the road in support of that, what does it mean to you to know these songs still stand up after this long?<\/strong>
\nWe never knew, it was the craziest thing in the world that this has happened, we\u2019re very fortunate and very happy that it did, here we are living this life its crazy that these songs are played all over the world and different multi generations of kids know this music.\u00a0 I\u2019m very honoured and very happy to still be able to connect with people on this stuff.<\/p>\n

It also helps when people like Jay-Z sample your songs?<\/strong>
\nWell yeah, I mean I\u2019ve had some of my songs cut, there was a big techno version of a song that I wrote called \u2018I Won\u2019t Hold You Back\u2019 off Toto IV which is a ballad but they sampled my voice and put it in this thing , this DJ Roger Sanchez and turned it in to a techno song, it was a big number one hit in the UK and all over the world, I think in Australia too, so all of a sudden I found out I had a number one record and didn\u2019t realise it *laughs* and then I got the money on top of it, it was like winning the lottery, it was pretty fun.<\/p>\n

About a year ago when we last spoke to you you\u2019d begun working on a book with Lonn Friend\u2026 is that still something that is happening?<\/strong>
\nI am, Lonn and I went to school together, I\u2019ve known him since I was about fourteen or fifteen years old. I\u2019m about two chapters in and it\u2019s going to take some time to do it because I\u2019m so busy, but yeah it\u2019s about my life and times in the studio.\u00a0 The book of Luke. The hard part is how do I turn thirty six years and two thousand albums in to one book, and that\u2019s not even the Toto story\u2026<\/p>\n

Just lastly, you\u2019ve played with just about everyone in the world, is there anyone that you want to play with that you haven\u2019t had the opportunity to?<\/strong>
\nPeter Gabriel.\u00a0 I\u2019ve met him several times and he\u2019s a really nice man, but I\u2019m a long-time fan, he\u2019s the artist\u2019s artist you know what I mean? The melody, the lyrics, the production, it\u2019s wow, it\u2019s such world class stuff, but he\u2019s great a great guitar player David Rhodes and I wouldn\u2019t want to take his gig, I\u2019d just like to maybe jam with him sometime\u2026 well you don\u2019t really jam with Peter Gabriel, you create something.\u00a0 Like I said, it\u2019ll probably never happen but that\u2019s a guy that, hey you know?<\/p>\n

Maybe the Peter Gabriel All Star Band might pop up one day?<\/strong>
\n*laughs* you never know *laughs*<\/p>\n

Steve thank you for your time, it\u2019s been a pleasure.<\/strong>
\nSame to you my friend, I really appreciate it.<\/p>\n

Essential Information<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n

From:<\/strong> USA<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> www.stevelukather.net<\/a><\/p>\n

Latest release:<\/strong> Transition (Out now – 2013) – Read our review of the album HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

Catch Steve Lukather back in Australia with the Ringo Starr All-Starr Band<\/strong><\/p>\n

Feb 11 \u2013 Brisbane \u2013 Convention Center<\/strong>
\nTicketek 132 849\u00a0www.ticketek.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n

Feb 13 & 14 \u2013 Sydney \u2013 Horden Pavilion<\/strong>
\nTicketek 132 849\u00a0www.ticketek.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n

Feb 16 & 17 \u2013 Melbourne \u2013 Festival Hall<\/strong>
\nTicketmaster 136 100\u00a0www.ticketmaster.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n

Feb 19 \u2013 Adelaide- Entertainment Centre<\/strong>
\nTicketmaster 136 100\u00a0www.ticketmaster.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n

Feb 21 \u2013 Perth \u2013 Challenge Stadium<\/strong>
\nTicketmaster 136 100\u00a0www.ticketmaster.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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