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13:00 Thursday, 16 March 2023
Taken from an in-depth interview with Toto guitarist Steve Lukather released last year, Sunset Sound Recorders have shared a clip featuring Lukather revealing why he is banned from Berklee College Of Music.
From session guitar player, to forming Toto, to winning multiple Grammys, to touring the globe with Ringo Starr, Steve Lukather has done it all, but a big part of his history takes place at Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood, CA.
Steve returned to Studio 2 in december 2022 to sit down with host Drew Dempsey, Sunset Sound owner Paul Camarata & long time friend/collaborator recording engineer Niko Bolas to discuss his days playing on 1000s of records a year with legendary producers like David Foster, to tracking Africa in studio 2 with Toto. It all happened here and sit back and listen to these amazing stories that only took place at Sunset Sound.
In the excerpt below, Steve recalls the numerous encounters in and out of the studio with Prince. Some strange, some really strange...