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Steve Porcaro is a platinum selling songwriter ( “Human Nature” by Michael Jackson), Film/TV composer (FX’s “Justified”), synth pioneer/keyboardist, and founding member of the Grammy winning, platinum selling band Toto; which he founded with his brother, iconic drummer Jeff Porcaro (Steely Dan, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon), and later included brother Mike Porcaro (Seals & Croft, Stevie Nicks, Bob Weir, Boz Scaggs) on bass.
Throughout the 70s and 80s, the golden age of the recording industry - the Porcaro brothers were in constant demand as session musicians.
Third generation musicians, all three started playing professionally at young ages; led by Jeff, one of the most successful session musicians of all time. Their father Joe Porcaro was a legendary jazz drummer and educator who played with Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney and Stan Getz and went on to create The Percussion Institute of Technology and later the drum department at the Los Angeles Music Academy. Steve is also known as one of the stars of HBO Original critically acclaimed documentary “Music Box: Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary.”
Steve dropped out of high school at 17 to join Gary Wright’s 1975 “Dream Weaver” tour. The following year he joined the Boz Scaggs’ “Silk Degrees” tour, along with his brothers Jeff and Mike and future Toto bandmates David Paich, Steve Lukather and Lenny Castro.
Throughout the 70s and 80s, the golden age of the recording industry - the Porcaro brothers were in constant demand as session musicians.
Third generation musicians, all three started playing professionally at young ages; led by Jeff, one of the most successful session musicians of all time. Their father Joe Porcaro was a legendary jazz drummer and educator who played with Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney and Stan Getz and went on to create The Percussion Institute of Technology and later the drum department at the Los Angeles Music Academy. Steve is also known as one of the stars of HBO Original critically acclaimed documentary “Music Box: Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary.”
Steve dropped out of high school at 17 to join Gary Wright’s 1975 “Dream Weaver” tour. The following year he joined the Boz Scaggs’ “Silk Degrees” tour, along with his brothers Jeff and Mike and future Toto bandmates David Paich, Steve Lukather and Lenny Castro.
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