Steve Lukather

Steve Lukather is an American guitarist and songwriter, and the founding lead guitarist of the rock band Toto. Born in the San Fernando Valley, California, he taught himself guitar from age seven, and at Grant High School he met David Paich and the Porcaro brothers. From the 1970s he worked steadily as a session guitarist in Los Angeles, recording on more than 1,500 albums, among them Boz Scaggs's Down Two Then Left (1977) and Middle Man (1980) and Michael Jackson's Thriller (1982). With Toto his songwriting and lead vocals grew, and he won Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for Toto IV and Rosanna. He has released nine solo albums, from Lukather (1989) to Bridges (2023), and earned a Grammy for co-writing Turn Your Love Around for George Benson.