Over the course of five decades Steve Lukather has placed an indelible stamp on pop culture. Alongside his tenure as theonly member of Toto to never take a hiatus from the band, he has performed on thousands of albums as a sessionmusician. He continues to be Totorsquos band leader, a member of Ringorsquos AllStarr Band, and a solo artist performing withmultiple ensembles.Steve Lukatherrsquos new solo album I Found The Sun Again was coproduced by Ken Freeman, who also both engineeredand mixed. The players feature many dignitaries that have been in Lukersquos life for decades. Amongst those are drummerGreg Bissonette, keyboardist Jeff Babko, and bassists Jorgen Carlsson and John Pierce. Lifelong friend and Toto bandmate David Paich performs piano and organ across the album, while Joseph Williams sang on multiple tracks alongsidewriting string and horn arrangements and tracking keys on ldquoRun To Me.rdquo Both Paich and Williams cowrote that specificcomposition, while friend and band leader of the AllStarrs, Ringo Starr makes a special appearance on the recording andin the video.I Found The Sun Again features five new original compositions, and three covers personally selected by Luke. Thoseare Trafficrsquos ldquoLow Spark of High Heeled Boys,rdquo Joe Walshrsquos ldquoWelcome To The Club,rdquo and Robin Trowerrsquos ldquoBridge of Sighs.rdquo Lukather offers in the liner notes, ldquoALL these tracks were cut LIVE no clix no fix No rehearsal one run thru and record and the whole record was take 2.
