Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro (; April 1, 1954 – August 5, 1992) was an American drummer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his work with the rock band Toto but is one of the most recorded session musicians in history, working on hundreds of albums and thousands of sessions. While already an established studio player in the 1970s, he came to prominence in the United States as the drummer on the Steely Dan album ''

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has characterized him as "arguably the most highly regarded studio drummer in rock from the mid-'70s to the early '90s" and says that "it is no exaggeration to say that the sound of mainstream pop/rock drumming in the 1980s was, to a large extent, the sound of Jeff Porcaro." He was posthumously inducted into the '' Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 1993.

Early life

Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro was born on April 1, 1954, in Hartford, Connecticut, the eldest son of Los Angeles session percussionist Joe Porcaro (1930–2020) and his wife, Eileen. His younger brother

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was a successful bassist and was a member of the band Toto. Younger brother

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is still a studio musician and also was a member of Toto. Porcaro was raised in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles and attended Ulysses S. Grant High School. Jeff's youngest sibling was sister Joleen, born in 1960. On October 22, 1983, Porcaro married Susan Norris, a Los Angeles television broadcaster at KABC-TV. Together, they had three sons, Christopher Joseph (1984), Miles Edwin Crawford (1986 - 2017) and Nico Hendrix (1991).

Career

Porcaro began playing drums at the age of seven. Lessons came from his father Joe Porcaro, followed by further studies with Bob Zimmitti and Richie Lepore. When he was seventeen, he got his first professional gig playing in Sonny & Cher's touring band. He later called Jim Keltner and Jim Gordon his idols at that time. During his twenties, Porcaro played on hundreds of albums, including several for Steely Dan. He toured with Boz Scaggs before co-founding Toto with his brother

and childhood friends Steve Lukather and David Paich. Jeff Porcaro is renowned among drummers for the drum pattern he used on the

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-winning Toto song " Rosanna", from the album '' Toto IV''. The drum pattern, called the Half-Time Shuffle Groove, was originally created by drummer

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, who called it the "Purdie Shuffle." Porcaro created his own version of this groove by blending the aforementioned shuffle with John Bonham's groove heard in the

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song " Fool in the Rain" while keeping a Bo Diddley beat on the kick drum. Porcaro describes this groove in detail on a Star Licks video (now DVD) he created shortly after "Rosanna" became popular. Besides his work with Toto, he was also a highly sought session musician. Porcaro collaborated with many of the biggest names in music, including George Benson,

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, Richard Marx, Warren Zevon, Don Henley, David Foster, Donna Summer, Frankie Valli and Joe Walsh. Porcaro contributed drums to four tracks on Michael Jackson's ''

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". He also played on 10cc's '' ...Meanwhile'' (1992). Porcaro featured on Al Stewart's 1980 album

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. On the 1993 ''10cc Alive'' album, recorded after his death, the band dedicated "The Stars Didn't Show" to him. Richard Marx dedicated the song "One Man" to him and said Porcaro was the best drummer he had ever worked with.

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made a dedication to Porcaro in the liner notes for his 1995 album '' HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I''.

Death

Porcaro died at Humana Hospital-West Hills on the evening of August 5, 1992, at the age of 38 after falling ill while spraying insecticide in the yard of his Hidden Hills home. The coroner ruled out an accident and determined a

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use. However, a Los Angeles County Coroner spokesman (and some doctors who treated Porcaro) attributed his death to a heart attack caused by an allergic reaction to inhaled pesticide. Bandmate Steve Lukather and Porcaro’s wife stated they believed that Porcaro had also been suffering from a long-standing heart condition, and a smoking habit, both of which contributed to his death. Lukather noted that several of Porcaro’s family members had indeed died of young age due to heart disease. His funeral was held on August 10 in the Forest Lawn – Hollywood Hills Cemetery, where he was buried on the Lincoln Terrace, lot 120. The Jeff Porcaro Memorial Fund was established to benefit the music and art departments of Grant High School in Los Angeles, California, where he was a student in the early 1970s. A memorial concert took place at the

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in Los Angeles on December 14, 1992, with an all-star line-up that included George Harrison, Boz Scaggs, Donald Fagen, Don Henley, Michael McDonald, David Crosby, Eddie Van Halen and the members of Toto. The proceeds of the concert were used to establish an education trust fund for Porcaro's sons. Porcaro's tombstone was inscribed with the following epitaph, comprising lyrics from the '' Kingdom of Desire'' track "Wings of Time": "Our love doesn't end here; it lives forever on the Wings of Time."

Discography

With Toto

* '' Toto'' (1978) * '' Hydra'' (1979) * '' Turn Back'' (1981) * '' Toto IV'' (1982) * '' Isolation'' (1984) * '' Dune'' riginal soundtrack(1984) *
Olympic Games 1984 (soundtrack)
' riginal soundtrack(1984) * '' Fahrenheit'' (1986) * ''

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'' (1988) * '' Past to Present 1977 - 1990'' (1990) * '' Kingdom of Desire'' (1992, released posthumously and dedicated to Jeff's memory) * ''

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'' (1998) * '' Greatest Hits Live...and More'' (DVD with behind the scenes footage and interviews) * '' Old Is New'' (2018, posthumous appearance)

With other artists

* Jack Daugherty – '' The Class Of Nineteen Hundred And Seventy One'' (1971) * Seals & Crofts – '' Diamond Girl'' (1973); '' Unborn Child'' (1974); '' Get Closer'' (1976) * Joe Cocker – ''

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'' (1974); '' Civilized Man'' (1984) * Steely Dan – '' Pretzel Logic'' (1974) - "Night by Night", "Parker's Band"; ''

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" (1978, for the '' FM'' movie soundtrack album); '' Gaucho'' (1980) - "Gaucho" * Andrew Gold (1978) - ''

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(1976) * Three Dog Night - '' American Pastime'' (1976) * Jackson Browne – The Pretender (1976) * Leo Sayer – '' Endless Flight'' (1976) - " When I Need You"; ''

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'' (1982); '' Have You Ever Been in Love'' (1983) * Boz Scaggs – '' Silk Degrees'' (1976); ''

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'' (1977); '' Middle Man'' (1980); "

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'' (1988) * John Sebastian – '' Welcome Back'' (1976) * Carly Simon – " Nobody Does It Better" (1977) *

– '' Boats Against the Current'' (1977) - " She Did It", "Boats Against the Current", "Love Is All That Matters" * Valerie Carter – '' Just a Stone's Throw Away'' (1977); ''Wild Child'' (1978) * Lisa Dal Bello – '' Lisa Dal Bello'' (1977) * Alan O'Day - Undercover Angel (1977) * Hall & Oates – '' Beauty on a Back Street'' (1977) * Lee Ritenour – ''

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– '' Thistles'' (1978) * Jerry Williams – ''Gone'' (1978) * Al Stewart – '' Time Passages'' (1978) - "Valentina Way" * Marc Jordan - ''Mannequin'' (1978) * The Pointer Sisters - ''

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'' (1993) - "One Man" * Bonnie Raitt – '' Luck of the Draw'' (1991) * Rod Stewart – ''

Vagabond Heart ''Vagabond Heart'' is the sixteenth studio album by British recording artist Rod Stewart, released on 26 March 1991 by Warner Bros. Records. The album reached No. 10 in the US, and reached No. 2 in the UK. The album features five singles, among ...

'' (1991) - " The Motown Song" * Curtis Stigers – '' Curtis Stigers'' (1991) * Ricky Gianco – '' E' rock & roll'' (1991) *

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– '' Good Stuff'' (1992) * Go West – '' Indian Summer'' (1992) * 10cc – '' ...Meanwhile'' (1992); Woman In Love (1992); Welcome To Paradise (1992) * Sergio Mendes – '' Brasileiro'' (1992) * Bruce Springsteen – '' Human Touch'' (1992) - "Human Touch" * Paul Young – '' The Crossing'' (1993) * David Crosby – ''

Thousand Roads ''Thousand Roads'' is the third solo studio album by the rock artist David Crosby, a founding member of Crosby, Stills, and Nash. It was released in 1993 on Atlantic Records. Track listing B-sides Personnel * David Crosby – lead and b ...

'' (1993) * Steve Porcaro – ''

Someday/Somehow ''Someday/Somehow'' is the debut solo album from Steve Porcaro. History Steve Porcaro worked on the album for many years with collaborator Michael Sherwood. Several members of Porcaro's band Toto guest on the album, including his two brothers ...

'' (2016) - "Back to You"

Book

The book ''It's About Time: Jeff Porcaro - The Man And His Music'', a new biography written by Robyn Flans, was released on September 1, 2020. Foreword by Jim Keltner.

References

External links

Tribute site with complete discography of sessions.

Official Toto website section dedicated to Porcaro

2013 Audio Interview with Steve Lukather talking about Jeff Porcaro from the I'd Hit That podcast

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