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FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE:

STEVE LUKATHER : APPEARANCE WITH RASCAL FLATTS
Date: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2008
Venue: SUSQUEHANNA BANK CENTER. (PHILADELPHIA-CAMDEN NJ)
Artist: RASCAL FLATTS WITH TAYLOR SWIFT

TICKET INFO: http://www.livenation.com/venue/getVenue/venueId/107

We are pleased to announce that Grammy award winning guitarist Steve
Lukather (formerly of Toto) will be making a "special guest" appearance
with country giants Rascal Flatts on Friday, September 12, 2008 at the
Susquehanna Bank Center in Philadelphia-Camden NJ.

Steve Lukather has been touring the world supporting his critically
acclaimed new release "Ever Changing Times" (Ride-Records) and has
recently performed at the historic Red Rocks near Denver supporting
Jethro Tull. This historic show on September 12th will feature Steve
performing some Toto hits along with Steve playing with Rascal Flatts
on some of their biggest hits. Please join us for this most memorable
night of premier talent and music.

For Steve Lukather Worldwide Publicity and media inquiries please
contact David Maida @ dmaidapr@aol.com

Steve Lukather Bio here:

Steven Lee Lukather stands atop the world of music recently voted in #
1 guitarist worldwide in over 40 countries at VoteNumber1.com. Not to
bad for the Los Angeles born and bred talent inspired by the Beatles
and then onward to the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Steely Dan and
Miles Davis to name a few. Steve Lukather segues the rock and roll hall
of famer's performing on many chart topping tracks and holding a few
Grammy's of his own as a songwriter, arranger, and multi Grammy awarded
winner and 30 million plus sales as a worldwide solo artist and with
the all encompassing respected ToTo. Steve Lukather's guitar solo's are
quintessential among musicians, music fans and people that understand
heart in music. Biographies of artists and their accomplished catalog
are sometimes flavored to embellish the artist but there is nothing
flavored here and in matching the guitar playing and unforgettable
sound of Steve Lukather. How about respected by artists piers like
Brian May, Jeff Beck, Larry Carlton, David Gilmour, Paul McCartney,
Elton John, Alice Cooper, Paul Rodgers, John Wetton and Meatloaf to
name an endless few.

Important bodies of his guitar playing and tasteful solos can be heard
on dozens of blistering, innovative and time standing songs like Hold
The Line (ToTo), Breakdown Dead Ahead (Boz Scaggs), Living In The
Limelight (Peter Cetera), Hard To Say I'm Sorry/Get Away (Chicago),
Dirty Laundry (Don Henley), Voices (Cheap Trick), Beat It (Michael
Jackson), I Keep Forgettin' (Michael McDonald), Arthurs Theme
(Christopher Cross), Forever Man (Eric Clapton), Running With The Night
(Lionel Ritchie), Stand Back (Stevie Nicks), I Love LA (Randy Newman),
Talk To You Later and She's A Beauty (The Tubes) and again on ToTo's I
Won't Hold You Back and now Ever Changing Times to highlight only a
small portion of his accomplished body of work heard by millions.

Lukather also has another amazing talent and that is his widely dynamic
voice heard on great songs like Roseanna, I'll Be Over You, Gyspy
Train, The Letting Go and Tell Me What You Want From Me to his
background vocals on Van Halen's "Top Of The World" and his credentials
as a songwriter on hits songs like Turn Your Love Around (George
Benson), She's A Beauty and Talk To You Later (The Tubes).

Now Steve Lukather takes his innovative and orchestrating arrangements,
vocal talents and song-writing skills on a "journey of genres" for all
music listeners to enjoy and elevate to on his new solo release Steve
Lukather "Ever Changing Times". Steve reunites his song-writing talents
with the crafted Randy Goodrum, Stan Lynch and his off spring,TrEv
Lukather who has the same heart and fire as Steve.

He brings along some of his closest friends and family along for the
ride including Leland Sklar, Abe Laboriel Jr, Joseph Williams, Steve
Porcaro, TrEv Lukather, Tina Lukather, Bill Champlin, Bernard Fowler,
Steve Weingart, John Pierce, Randy Goodrum, Jeff Babko, Greg Mathieson,
Lenny Castro and more. The production wizardry and chemistry of Steve
Lukather and Steve MacMillan take the release to pure perfection.

This release strikes a perfect chord do to the fact that it's unique to
the listeners ears in that every song - though differently styled - is
premier from front to back. Steve Lukather and Ever Changing Times
is a true Gem and a new record breaking achievement from a solo artist
that is and always will be the real-deal in music and the heart of
listeners for generations to come. Steve Lukather, Ever Changing Times.

Dave Maida - Fall 2008



Tags: toto, Luke, Steve Lukather, Lukather, Rascal Flatts
erikc67's picture

I had a front and center

I had a front and center seat for the show. Luke came out in the middle of a Flatts song, then was given a nice introduction by the band. Joe Don Rooney called it his "birthday present" and Luke launched into "I'll Be Over You." He then traded vocals on "Rosanna," with RF lead vocalist Gary LeVox singing Bobby's parts, which really got a lot of people dancing near us. Luke and Rooney did a little bit of shredding (the Rascal guitarist has skills), which was a little hardcore for the mostly young and female audience. Rooney gave Luke some hugs and kisses, showing his respect. LeVox joked that the older folks in the audience would remember Rosanna from their Sadie Hawkins Dance (a traditional high school dance in the southern U.S.) Luke even came out at the end and took some bows.

BTW, Taylor Swift is one sweet young lady. As for RF, a great visual show, a lot of energy and a pounding backbeat from what is supposed to be a country music act. Days of Conway Twitty are long gone.
--ec

Dee's picture

Thanks for your review,

Thanks for your review, Erikc67! Been wondering how the show went!
:)

DaveW's picture

So How did it go???

I have been seeing clips on You Tube of the concert but nothing with Luke. So did he play with them?

I have this funny feeling that something didn't quite go as planned. I have viewed about 6-7 songs and no sign or mention of him. The concert did look really amazing (I'm not a Flatts fan and not familiar with their music)with a very big production and some very good performances.

I hope Luke was able to share some of his music with what looked like a very large American audience.

Dave

nicolemeuwese's picture

wow the toto99site and the

wow the toto99site and the totonetwork is faster with giving info about steve's tourdate's then his own www.stevelukather,net site.

http://www.myspace.com/pumie

http://pumie1.hyves.nl/

Craigred's picture

Maybe you can clarify???

Camden New Jersey has a really nice ampitheater near the aquaruim and Philly has the old Spectrum and Core States arena (flyers , sixers, play there). It's two different places just separtaed over the bridge. Is it the ampitheater in Camden???? I can check ticketmaster too.........

erikc67's picture

Yep, it's the outdoors venue

Yep, it's the outdoors venue next to the aquarium. Saw Kiss there about 10 years ago -- great place to see a show.
Erik

Dee's picture

Yay! Luke talked about this

Yay! Luke talked about this on the XM Radio show but I didn't catch the dates!
Thanks for keeping us posted!
:)

stgeorge's picture

Is this part of the "NO JAZZ / HITS"

Is this part of the "NO JAZZ/HITS" tour, because Steve is playing some Toto hits according to the info given here, or is this totally seperate to that tour ?

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Totus's picture

No hits just...

song he wrote for Toto like Live for Today, Road goes on...
He once said he was tired to play the hits.

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