RIP Mike Porcaro

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2015/03/17 00:14:02 (permalink)

RIP Mike Porcaro

I can't say that I ever was a Toto fan but I respect what they accomplished and I thought some here might be interested to read about Mr. Poracaro's passing.
 
http://www.nytimes.com/20...o-dies-at-59.html?_r=0

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    jamesg1213
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    Re: RIP Mike Porcaro 2015/03/17 04:32:11 (permalink)
    Wow, 59...way too young. Toto..'Africa' still sounds good but I didn't care for much else.

     
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    Re: RIP Mike Porcaro 2015/03/17 05:53:03 (permalink)
    Wow... sad to hear that.  He played with many other folks too.

    Cheers!

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    Re: RIP Mike Porcaro 2015/03/17 22:15:51 (permalink)
    He was a great player. He recorded a many songs in his career.  Sorry to see him move on.

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    Re: RIP Mike Porcaro 2015/03/18 02:40:09 (permalink)
    That is sad to hear and another loss of a top quality musician.  Even though I was always more of a hard rock/metal guy, I always had great respect for the musicianship in Toto.
     
    Before becoming "Toto" they were all highly regarded studio musicians that played on numerous major albums for big name artists, and Steve Lukather is actually an amazing session guitar player who supposedly played on almost 1700 albums!
     
    A couple of my cover bands back in the day did our own "rocked up" versions of "Hold The Line" and "I'll Supply The Love", and I always thought "Rosanna" was a musical work of art, composition, arrangement, performance and production-wise.
     
    I agree with James, 59 is way too young to go.
     
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    Re: RIP Mike Porcaro 2015/03/18 03:06:38 (permalink)
    Very sad, tragic, Mike had battled an illness to the point where he could no longer perform. Toto was a great band, the music was not your typical Pop/Pop Rock, lots of clever changes in the arrangements required outstanding musicianship to perform live, successfully!
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