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Ever Changing Times
''Ever Changing Times'' is the fifth studio album by Steve Lukather. It was his first album since leaving Toto. In March 2008, a site was launched in order to promote the album. According to Lukather, the album shows a lot of his influences and music he likes. Track listing #"Ever Changing Times" (Steve Lukather, Randy Goodrum) - 5:29 #"The Letting Go" (Steve Lukather, Randy Goodrum) - 5:52 #"New World" (Steve Lukather, Trevor Lukather, Randy Goodrum) - 4:32 #"Tell Me What You Want from Me" (Steve Lukather, Trevor Lukather, Phil Soussan) - 5:13 #"I Am" (Steve Lukather, Randy Goodrum) - 3:15 #"Jammin' with Jesus" (John Sloman administered by Steve Lukather) - 5:55 #"Stab in the Back" (Steve Lukather, Randy Goodrum) - 5:59 #"Never Ending Nights" (Steve Lukather, Randy Goodrum) - 5:35 #"Ice Bound" (Steve Lukather, Randy Goodrum) - 4:19 #"How Many Zeros" (Steve Lukather, Jeff Babko, Stan Lynch) - 4:33 #"The Truth" (Steve Lukather featuring Steve Porcaro) - 3:50 Bonus DVD (Japan only): ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Lukather
Steven Lee Lukather (born October 21, 1957) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer, best known as the sole continuous founding member of the rock band Toto. His reputation as a skilled guitarist led to a steady flow of session work beginning in the 1970s that has since established him as a prolific session musician, recording guitar tracks for more than 1,500 albums spanning a broad array of artists and genres. He has also contributed to albums and hit singles as a songwriter, arranger and producer. Notably, Lukather played guitar on Boz Scaggs' albums ''Down Two Then Left'' (1977) and '' Middle Man'' (1980), and was a prominent contributor to several studio albums by Michael Jackson, including ''Thriller'' (1982). Lukather has released eight solo albums, the latest of which, '' I Found the Sun Again'', was released in February 2021. Influenced by such blues-rock guitarists as Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page, and such jazz fusion players as A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olle Romo
Olle Romö is a Swedish music producer, songwriter, and drummer. Romo rehearsed with Swedish progressive rock group Kaipa in early 1982, however he left the group after a few weeks to join Eurythmics, and he was a drummer for them from the mid-to-late 1980s. He also worked on onetime Eurythmic Dave Stewart's solo albums in the 1990s and was a part of Stewart's Vegas project with Terry Hall. During his career he has been a programmer for producers such as Robert John "Mutt" Lange; on albums including Shania Twain's ''Come on Over'' and Bryan Adams' '' 18 til I Die''. His writing credits include co-writing 'Runaway Train', performed by Elton John and Eric Clapton. His production credits include Tara Blaise's '' Dancing on Tables Barefoot'' and '' Great Escape'', The Corrs The Corrs are an Irish family band that combine pop rock with traditional Irish themes within their music. The group consists of the Corr siblings, Andrea (lead vocals, tin whistle, mandolin, ukulele), Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Albums ...
The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2008. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject. For additional information about bands formed, reformed, disbanded, or on hiatus, for deaths of musicians, and for links to musical awards, see 2008 in music. First quarter January February March Second quarter April May June Third quarter July August September Fourth quarter October November December References {{DEFAULTSORT:2008 albums Albums 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Marcussen
Stephen Marcussen is the founder and chief mastering engineer at Marcussen Mastering in Hollywood, California, United States. He has been mastering music since 1979. Biography Marcussen's introduction to music recording happened in 1976 when, at the age of 19, he was offered a janitor position at Studio 55, record producer Richard Perry's Los Angeles recording studio. At Studio 55, Marcussen received an education in all facets of music recording and sound production. By the end of his Studio 55 tenure, he had earned his first album credits as an assistant engineer, working on The Manhattan Transfer's ''Pastiche'', Boz Scaggs's '' Middle Man'', and The Pointer Sisters's ''Special Things''. Marcussen began his mastering career in 1979 at a newly opened mastering facility, Precision Lacquer (later renamed "Precision Mastering"), in Los Angeles. He spent almost 20 years (1979 – February 1999) at Precision Lacquer/Mastering mastering albums for artists that included Stevie Wonder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Champlin
William Bradford Champlin (born May 21, 1947) is an American singer, musician, arranger, producer, and songwriter. He formed the band Sons of Champlin in 1965, which still performs today, and was a member of the band Chicago from 1981–2009. He performed lead vocals on three of Chicago's biggest hits of the 1980s, 1984's "Hard Habit to Break" and 1988's "Look Away" and " I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love". During live shows, he performed the lower, baritone, vocal parts originated by original guitarist Terry Kath, who had died in 1978. He has won multiple Grammy Awards for songwriting. Early career As a child, Champlin demonstrated a talent for piano and eventually picked up the guitar after being inspired by Elvis Presley. He started a band called The Opposite Six while at Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, California. He then studied music in college, but was encouraged by a professor to drop out and pursue music professionally. The Sons of Champlin and solo career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Fowler
Bernard Fowler (born January 2, 1960) is an American musician. He is known for a long association with The Rolling Stones, providing backing vocals since 1989 and on their studio recordings and live tours. Fowler has been a featured guest vocalist on the majority of solo albums released by the members of that band. He has released two solo albums, and he has also been a regular featured singer on other musicians' recordings and tours. Fowler has toured and recorded with the bands Tackhead and Bad Dog and occasionally with Nicklebag and Little Axe. Biography Fowler's first recordings were with the group The Total Eclipse for the album ''A Great Combination'' released 1975. In the early 1980s he was a member of The New York City Peech Boys with DJ Larry Levan and keyboard player Michael De Benedictus. The group had dance hits with tracks like " Don't Make Me Wait" and "Life Is Something Special". He provided vocals for the songs "I'm the One" and "Come Down" from the Material al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Williams (musician)
Joseph Stanley Williams (born September 1, 1960) is an American singer, songwriter and film score composer, best known for his work in the rock band Toto, which he fronted as lead vocalist from 1986 to 1988, 2010 to 2019 and again since 2020. He is a son of film composer John Williams and actress Barbara Ruick and a grandson of jazz drummer Johnny Williams and actors Melville Ruick and Lurene Tuttle. Career Toto Williams was the lead vocalist for Toto during the mid-to-late 1980s and was featured on the albums ''Fahrenheit'' (1986) and ''The Seventh One'' (1988) before leaving due to personal problems. He can also be heard on the album ''Toto XX'' (1998), a compilation of rare and unreleased tracks. He is featured on Toto's 2006 album, '' Falling in Between'', sharing lead vocals with Steve Lukather on "Bottom of Your Soul". In addition to his guest spot on ''Falling in Between'', Williams was a guest singer at several Toto concerts. Williams rejoined Toto upon its reformat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenny Castro
Lenny or Lennie may refer to: People and fictional characters * Lenny (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Lennie (surname), a list of people * Lenny (singer) (born 1993), Czech songwriter Arts and entertainment Music * ''Lenny'' (album), by Lenny Kravitz * "Lenny" (instrumental), by Stevie Ray Vaughan * "Lenny" (Buggles song), a 1982 song by The Buggles * "Lenny" (Supergrass song), a 1995 song by Supergrass * Lenny, a guitar owned by Stevie Ray Vaughan * Leonard Bernstein, American conductor, pianist and composer Other arts and entertainment * Lenny (bot), an anti-telemarketing chatbot * ''Lenny'' (film), a 1974 biography of Lenny Bruce * "Lenny" (short story), a 1958 short story by author Isaac Asimov * ''Lenny'' (TV series), a 1990–1991 situation comedy starring Lenny Clarke * Lenny face (Internet emoticon), used to express sexual innuendo, or mischief Other uses * Hurricane Lenny, a 1999 hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean * Lenny's Sub Shop, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abe Laboriel Jr
Abraham Laboriel Jr. (born March 23, 1971) is an American session drummer. He is the son of Mexican bass guitarist Abraham Laboriel, nephew of Mexican rocker Johnny Laboriel, and brother of record producer, songwriter, and film composer Mateo Laboriel. He has been the drummer for Paul McCartney's touring and recording band since 2001, as well as for Eric Clapton among others. Early life The son of jazz bass player Abraham Laboriel, Abe grew up playing drums starting at age four. His mother is a classically trained singer. Laboriel was mentored by well-known percussionists and drummers, including Jeff Porcaro, Chester Thompson, along with Bill Maxwell and Alex Acuña, who had formed the band Koinonia with his father in the 1980s. He attended the Dick Grove School of Music, studying with Peter Donald, during his junior year in high school. He also attended the Hamilton High School Academy of Music in Los Angeles in his senior year. Here he first experienced the use of pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Soussan
Philip Raphael “Phil” Soussan (born 23 June 1961, London, England) is a British bass guitarist, songwriter and producer who has gained notoriety as a member of a host of famed rock and roll bands, including some who have been fronted by such vocalists as Ozzy Osbourne, Billy Idol, Vince Neil, Johnny Hallyday and John Waite, as well as a membership in Beggars & Thieves. Soussan has also played in bands featuring Jimmy Page, Steve Lukather, Edgar Winter and Richie Kotzen. Career With Ozzy Osbourne, he played on the 1986 album ''The Ultimate Sin'' and co-wrote the hit single " Shot in the Dark". Soussan initially played with Vince Neil in the fictional band Black Plague, the band formed for the movie The Adventures of Ford Fairlane with Andrew Dice Clay followed by writing and ultimately recording songs on the demo tape to promote the new Vince Neil Band, and the Vince Neil Band's first official album ''Exposed'' released in 1993. As a songwriter he has contributed to all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leland Sklar
Leland Bruce Sklar (born May 28, 1947) is an American bassist and session musician. Sklar rose to prominence as a member of James Taylor's backing band, which coaleced into a group in its own right, The Section. This group of musicians so frequently supported many of the artists on Asylum Records, both on stage and in the studio, that they became known as Asylum's ''de facto'' house band. Those artists would become the standard bearers of the singer-songwriter era in the 1970s. Since then, Sklar has recorded and toured with artists such as James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Carole King, Linda Ronstadt, Phil Collins, Toto, Lyle Lovett and many, many more. As a group member, session player, or touring musician, Sklar has lent his talents to well over 2,000 albums. In addition, he has contributed to many motion picture and television show soundtracks. Sklar is currently the bass player for the group The Immediate Family. Early life Leland Bruce Sklar was born May 28, 1947 in Milwauk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
