Released as a single in 1983, "Beat It" went on to dominate the charts, reaching the number-one spot in five countries. The track has since achieved multi-Platinum status, certified eight times ...

Jackson wanted a rock track for Thriller – and Lukather says Jones had to step in to stop the song from entering fully ...

Michael Jackson’s Thriller -era guitarist says Beat It was “too metal” before producer Quincy Jones stepped in.

Steve Lukather recalled how Quincy Jones stopped him from turning “Beat It” into a heavy metal song – even though the late producer wasn’t even there at the time. The Toto guitarist and session ...

Steve Lukather has been filmed playing Jeff Beck’s White Fender Stratocaster for a cover of Jimi Hendrix’s Little Wing during ...

"Everyone played their best around Quincy," says the guitarist, who worked with Jones on Thriller. "He commanded the room" ...

He had this positive energy about him—it seemed like he was already reaching for something, for the stars,” Alpert, who ...

Toto’s Steve Lukather is the latest of Quincy Jones’ former collaborators to pay tribute to him, following his death earlier this week. The guitarist says that working with the late producer was ...

A documentary about yacht rock is on its way. The first trailer for the cleverly titled Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary arrived today, and it features interviews with yacht rock stalwarts Christopher Cross ...

Produced by Bill Simmons of The Ringer, Yacht Rock is the latest from HBO’s Music Box series and features new interviews with McDonald, Cross, Loggins, and Toto‘s Steve Lukather & Steve Porcaro, plus ...

Guitarist Steve Lukather is best known for his nearly five-decade stint in Toto. But years before “Africa” and “Rosanna” hit the airwaves, he was a session guitarist that backed everyone ...