[4] If the young Hero of Time helps him, Toto will teach him the famous song of The Indigo-Go's: "Ballad of the Wind Fish", which itself is the song that made the band's original members become popular and was once sung by Lulu's mother (who is also named Lulu). [5] ...
Toto is an American rock band that was formed in Los Angeles in 1977. The band's original members included David Paich (keyboards and vocals), Steve Lukather (guitar and vocals), Bobby Kimball (lead vocals), David Hungate (bass), Jeff Porcaro (drums), and Steve Porcaro (keyboards). The...
Billboard spoke to three of the band’s original members — as well as several collaborators, and younger artists keeping the song vital in pop culture — about the makings of an unlikely classic, and about how “Africa
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Toto are a proper band, real musicians and Steve Lukather still has the voice we all remember. They have a good back catalog, but not enough to do a 2 hour set at the top quality level. The last quarter though was powerful, the audience responded and they closed the show with Africa,...
At this moment, Joe and I are the only long-tenured members of the band that want to be on the road continuing to bring music to our multi-generational fan base. I’ve spent almost four and a half decades of my life as the only original member who never missed a show or an album...
By this point, though few knew it, Boston were hardly a band anymore. Original members Barry Goudreau, Sib Hashian and Fran Sheehan were long gone when this album belatedly arrived, and 'Third Stage' was poorer for it. Among this project's unwelcome firsts: A sappy power ballad, drum sa...
In 2008, Lukather announced his departure from the band, and the remaining band members later went their separate ways. In the summer of 2010, Toto reformed and went on a short European tour, with a new lineup, to benefit Mike Porcaro, who had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral ...
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Following Toto IV, two of the original members, Hungate and Kimball, departed the band. Hungate was replaced on bass by Mike Porcaro, while Kimball was replaced by a number of different short-term vocalists, the longest serving of which was Joseph Williams. After Jeff Porcaro's death in 1992...