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This Pop Guitarist Thinks He's Jimi Hendrix.... Playing The Guitar With His Teeth...

by RichBeck
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Of course, this is Steve Lukather of Toto..... Named by Gibson Guitar Corporation as one of the top 10 session guitarists of all time.
  • Profile picture of the author ForumGuru
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    It's been a while since I listened to Toto but nobody can deny their success, and I certainly do still enjoy a few Toto tunes today. Yup, Lukather is definitely a great one.

    Speaking of playing with your teeth, I watched John 5 jam a solo with his teeth last night playing here in CR during the Pop Evil, Rob Zombie, and Distubed show. JWL has been on the guitar for Rob Zombie since 2005.

    Often times he plays the National Anthem with his teeth...here is a snap I grabbed of him toothing it last night. I believe this was a solo during Thunder Kiss '65 (White Zombie tune).



    In the past Lowery was the axeman for Marilyn Manson and David Lee Roth, and has done projects with Meat Loaf, Lynyrd Skynyrd, K.D. Lang, Ozzy, Slash, Garbage and many others. In his spare time he has produced seven solo albums. His major influences on guitar were Eddie Van Halen, Yngwie Malmsteen, Jimi Hendrix and Randy Rhoads.

    Here he is with a great solo in 2012 during Thuder Kiss '65. The audio is not great, but the guitar seems to scream through the mud fairly nicely.

    Solo starts at 4:43
    Plays a little with his teeth at 7:49
    Solo ends at 8:50


    Killer stuff...

    Cheers

    -don
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      Taking the term, "starving artist' to its ultimate conclusion. Just how desperate does one need to be for attention?



      Cheers. - Frank
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        Originally Posted by BigFrank View Post

        Taking the term, "starving artist' to its ultimate conclusion. Just how desperate does one need to be for attention?
        Same old Frank A.Troll, I see. Got the ol' flamethrower repaired, eh?

        I have some starving artist stuff right here.


        Roughly 8-10,000 peeps showed up for the show here in C.R. last month...


        Zombie has been loved by music fans for years...like 30 of them...another snap of mine from the CR show.


        Upcoming tour dates...



        Gotta love it when the crowds are massive...


        The video below is Acoustic John 5 with a very beautiful rendition of Noche Acaosador. Many of the good metal guys are brilliant with the soft stuff too. Countless great musicians and music lovers alike are not one trick ponies...


        John 5 discusses some of his gear....his liquid lava guitar (Lava Tele) is killer cool at night shows.


        Cheers

        -don
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        • Profile picture of the author RichBeck
          Originally Posted by ForumGuru View Post

          Upcoming tour dates...
          Man..... They're going to be in Denver.... and my hometown... Pittsburgh. I would love to go and meet some of the guys from Korn. I saw them in a movie about the "Holy Ghost." It was pretty cool to see them out in the arena lobby among the fans asking if anyone needed prayer before a concert.... some moving stuff...
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          • Profile picture of the author ForumGuru
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            Originally Posted by RichBeck View Post

            Man..... They're going to be in Denver.... and my hometown... Pittsburgh. I would love to go and meet some of the guys from Korn. I saw them in a movie about the "Holy Ghost." It was pretty cool to see them out in the arena lobby among the fans asking if anyone needed prayer before a concert.... some moving stuff...
            Oh man, if you have not seen them yet they are a must see. My wife and I have seen them play eleven times over the years and every time they delivered a great show. We will be seeing them again next month, and as always, we are looking forward to a great show.

            Below are a couple of my snaps from the cheap seats at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheater south of Chicago in 2014.




            Davis on the pipes.



            Gotta love the kids.


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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    That's Steve Lukather and yes he does Hendrix covers.

    He's awesome... Toto is awesome...





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    • Profile picture of the author RichBeck
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      He's awesome... Toto is awesome...
      No doubt.....

      What I love is the smile on Jeff Porcaro's face as Steve launches into his solo in the first video... :-)
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    • Profile picture of the author RichBeck
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      That's Steve Lukather and yes he does Hendrix covers.
      This is one of my Hendrix favorites...... :-)

      Noel Redding was one of the most rarely blessed Bass Players ever..... I couldn't imagine the rush of going on stage with Hendrix and sporting massive hair.... :-)

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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    This live version of Africa ROCKS!

    That would have been a great concert.



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  • Profile picture of the author ForumGuru
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    Cool version for sure. Personally, I prefer Africa done with a little more metal.


    Almost a million views on this one...not too bad. This guy, Eric Calderone, won a Metal Hammer Golden Gods Award in 2014. He took home the Dimebag Darrell Shredder Award and he has done a ton of cool covers of all sorts of stuff. Beethoven is his favorite composer and he jams some pretty cool classical metal as well.

    Cheers

    -don
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    • Profile picture of the author Tim3
      They only play with their fingers but this seems like a good thread to post this vid I found the other day.

      Anyone like Metallica?

      Check out these little ladies...


      https://youtu.be/1boUYB9LFJY


      How times change...

      The girls at my school sang along to the Osmonds, the Jackson 5 and David Cassidy
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      • Profile picture of the author ForumGuru
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        Originally Posted by Tim3 View Post

        Anyone like Metallica?
        Sure...

        Check out these little ladies...
        Always good to see youth rockers...

        I think you may enjoy listening these kids doing it to it.

        http://www.warriorforum.com/off-topi...hese-kids.html

        Another current music thread that you may find appealing.

        http://www.warriorforum.com/off-topi...right-now.html

        We need all the music lovers we can get down here.

        Cheers

        -don
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        • Profile picture of the author Tim3
          Originally Posted by ForumGuru View Post

          Sure...
          Always good to see youth rockers...
          I think you may enjoy listening these kids doing it to it.

          Another current music thread that you may find appealing.

          We need all the music lovers we can get down here.

          Cheers
          -don

          Cool, wish I was a musical impresario so I could give talented kids like these a break.

          Checked out the other thread too, I remember some of those tunes, with Roxanne bringing back some fond memories of the punk era, like when Reg Grundy interviewed the Sex Pistols on live UK TV, lol what grave error of judgement that was
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  • Profile picture of the author RichBeck
    An interesting interview with Steve....

    “I’m not ready for the dirt nap yet”: How Toto outlasted the haters, took back their career and won over a new generation
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    One of my old Toto favorites.

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