In other news (apolitical thread)...

[MikeDeTiger]

The Toto guys did studio work for practically anyone and everyone recording in LA back then.  They're the sound behind almost all of the yacht rock music recorded during that era.

Yeah.  And not just yacht-rock either.  They were on all the yacht rock albums, but they littered the R&B albums as well, and to a lesser-but-still-heavy extent, pop and rock albums too.  

I met the surviving members in 2017 and I really wanted to ask why the second bass player appeared on so few albums (that I'm aware of).  It always mystified me....he was as good at his instrument as any of them, and was as vital as anyone to the Toto sound that producers and artists were clamoring for.  And he did do session work.  Just that his credits are very short compared to the other guys, who literally appeared on thousands of tracks each.  I don't know if he just chose not to cram his schedule like they did when he wasn't touring, or if he just wasn't as in demand, or some other reason I can't think of.  But they're like family, and in one of them's case, a literal brother, and I just couldn't formulate the question in a way that I was sure wouldn't aggravate them.  Like, I wouldn't have wanted it to come off like "Was there something wrong with him that he didn't book as many sessions as y'all did?"  So I didn't ask.   

[MikeDeTiger]

Did Eddie Money have a band?

He did, though they were a paid backup band for a solo artist, and his lineup changed over the years.  It sometimes included Randy Jackson on bass, the guy who was a judge on American Idol for a long time.  

[MrNubbz]

Peter Wolf

Woofa Goofa Mama Trutha,great live album I dunno '76-'77 somewhere near there. Saw them touring after "Love Stinks" came

[MrNubbz]

Blech.

Steve Perry ,ya sure-right-whatever 

[MrNubbz]

Elvis ALWAYS stood out front on the stage

Well until he crapped out

[FearlessF]

Woofa Goofa Mama Trutha,great live album I dunno '76-'77 somewhere near there. Saw them touring after "Love Stinks" came

yup, saw em in Omaha in the early 80's

Peter grew up in the circus and was a helluva entertainer

put on a great show that night

[MrNubbz]

Steve Perry has an incredible voice. 

Yep.

"Oh Sheri" or "Backstreets" Puhleeeze

[FearlessF]

his voice was SO good, he was kicked out of the band

[utee94]

Yeah and they had so many hugely successful albums after that... 

[OrangeAfroMan]

Toto's Africa is one of those songs I've heard so many times without seeking it out that I really hate it.  Same with any John Secada song from the late 80s/early 90s.  Whether it was on the radio multiple times on car trips to grandma's house or whatever.....never again.

One huge plus kids these days don't have to put up with are radio DJs being made to play new songs multiple times an hour until they're driven into the ground. 

[FearlessF]

perhaps Perry was the writer

Journey is one of those 80's soft rock, pop, for girls streams that was just too soft for me

it's a channel changer every time

[FearlessF]

no super bowl gameday thread???

I suppose I'd better get my Super Bowl chili in the pot so I can try to enjoy the Husker hoops home game vs the evil Buckeyes at 1pm

[MrNubbz]

no super bowl gameday thread???

I suppose I'd better get my Super Bowl chili in the pot so I can try to enjoy the Husker hoops home game vs the evil Buckeyes at 1pm

Bastages

[longhorn320]

no super bowl gameday thread???

I suppose I'd better get my Super Bowl chili in the pot so I can try to enjoy the Husker hoops home game vs the evil Buckeyes at 1pm

too political