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Steven Lee Lukather
guitars and vocals (piano & keyboards)
Birth date: October 21 1957
Birth place: Los Angeles - California - USA
Nickname: Luke
Parents: Bill & Kathy Lukather
Sister: Lora
Wife: Shawn
Children: Cristina (Tina) & Trevor
 
Steve is a TOTO member from the beginning in 1977
 
Steve made the following solo albums: Lukather (1989), Candyman (1994), Luke (1997), Santamental (2003).  With the Los Lobotomys he made the self titled album Los Lobotomys (1989) and with Larry Carlton: No Substitutions - Live in Osaka (2001).
 
As session musician Luke played on a lot of soundtracks and on albums of the following artists: Herb Alpert, America, Michael Anderson, Paul Anka, Patti Austin, Robin Beck, George Benson, Michael Berger, Anne Bertucci, Michael Bolton, Laura Branigan, Brooklyn Dreams, Belinda Carlisle, Eric Carmen, Kim Carnes, Peter Cetera, Bill Champlin, Cher, Chicago, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Cliff, Ricardo Cocciante, Joe Cocker, Alice Cooper, Randy Crawford, Peter Criss, David Crosby, Christopher Cross, Lisa Dalbello, Kiki Dee, Neil Diamond, Earth Wind & Fire, Sheena Easton, Peter Frampton, Aretha Franklin, David Garfield, Art Garfunkel, Randy Goodrum, Tony Hadley, Hall & Oates, Don Henley, Whitney Houston, David Hungate, James Ingram, Jermaine Jackson, Michael Jackson, Al Jarreau, Elton John, Quincy Jones, Marc Jordan, Chaka Kahn, Cheryl Ladd, Greg Lake, Michael Landau, Kenny Loggings, Los Lobotomys, Cheryl Lynn, Melissa Manchester, Manhattan Transfer, Richard Marx, Paul McCartney, Michael McDonald, Meat Loaf, Joni Mitchell, Randy Newman, Olivia Newton-John, Stevie Nicks, Billy Preston, Lionel Richie, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross, Leo Sayer, Boz Scaggs, Jon Stevens, Rod Stewarts, Barbra Streisand, Donna Summer, Bernie Taupin, Tavares, Van Halen, Dione Warwick, Roger Waters, Fee Waybill, Jimmy Webb, Deniece Williams, Joseph Williams, and many many more.

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David Frank Paich
keyboards, synthesizer, piano and vocals
Birth date: June 25  1954
Birth place: Los Angeles - California - USA
Nickname: Heavy D
Parents: Marty & Huddie Paich
Wife: Lorraine
Children: Elizabeth (Pika)
 
David is a TOTO member from the beginning in 1977
 
As session musician David played on a lot of soundtracks and on albums of the followings artists: Bryan Adams, Angel, Patti Austin, Russ Ballard, George Benson, Colin Blunstone, Jackson Browne, Glen Campbell, Kim Carnes, Cecilio & Capano, Ray Charles, Cher, Chicago, Joe Cocker, Alice Cooper, Lisa Dalbello, Neil Diamond, Doobie Brothers, Les Dudek, Yvonne Elliman, Emotions, Linda Evans, Foreigner, David Foster, Aretha Franklin, Michael Franks, David Garfield, Adrian Gurvitz, Heart, Don Henley, Julio Iglesias, James Ingram, Isley Brother, Michael Jackson, Elton John, Quincy Jones, Steve Luakther, Cheryl Lynn, Melanie, Randy Newman, Pablo Cruise, Dolly Parton, Pink, Pointer Sisters, Billy Preston, Righteous Brothers, Diana Ross, Richie Sambora, Leo sayer, Boz Scaggs, Tom Scott, Seals & Crofts, Feargal Sharkey, Sonny & Cher, Dusty Springfield, Steeley Dan, Rod Stewart, Barbra Streisand, Donna Summer, 10CC, Tina Turner, USA For Africa, Sarah Vaughan, Jimmy Webb, Joseph Williams and many many more.

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Michael (Mike) Joseph Porcaro
bass, cello (drums & percussion)
Birth date: May 29  1955
Birth place: Hartford - Connecticut - USA
Nicknames: Groove Master, Mr. Time
Parents: Joe & Eileen Porcaro
Brothers: Jeffrey, Steve
Sister: Joleen
Wife: Cheryl
Children: Brianne, Samuel & Jeffrey
 
Mike is a TOTO member since 1982 when he replaced David Hungate
 
As session musician Mike played on a lot of soundtracks and on albums of the followings artists:
Peter Allen, America, Lisa Bade, The Beauties, Ann Bertucci, Karen Blake, Terence Boylan, John Brannen, Robert Carlos,  Shaun Cassidy, Cher, Allan Clarke, Ricardo Cocciante, Jerry Corbetta, Cristian, Christopher Cross, Burton Cummings, Lisa Dal Bello, Randy Edelman, Yvonne Elliman, John Farrar, Dan Fogelberg, Aretha Franklin, David Garfield, Marcia Hines, Jim Horn, Julio Iglesias, Jefferson Airplane, Marc Jordan, Naoko Nawai, Junichi Kawauchi, Ray Kennedy, Nobuteru Maeda, Manhattan Transfer, Ricky Martin, Country Joe McDonald, Michael McDonald, Stevie Nicks, Pablo Cruise, Simon Phillips, Pointer Sisters, Radioactive, Santana, Bozz Scaggs, Donna Summer, Joe Walsh, Dionne Warwick, David Williams, Deniece Williams, Joseph Williams and many many more.

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Simon Phillips
drums and percussion
Birth date: February 6  1957
Birth place: London - England
Nickname: Donkey Knob
Parents: Sid & ... Phillips
Wife: Carola
 
Simon is a TOTO member since 1992 after the death of Jeff Porcaro
 
Simon made the following solo albums: Protocol (1988), Force Majeure (1992), Symbiosis (1995), Another Lifetime (1997), Out Of The Blue (1999) and with Jeff Babko Vantage Point (2000).
 
As session musician Simon played on a few soundtracks and on albums of the followings artists:
Jon Anderson, Asia, Jeff Beck, Michael Berger, Big Country, Big Jim Sullivan Band, Colin Blunstone, Gary Boyle, Duncan Browne, Jack Bruce, Camel, Corrs, Roger Daltrey, Brian Eno, Far Corporation, Peter Gabriel, David Garfield, Art Garfunkel, Dana Gillespie, Gordon Giltrap, Roger Glover, Albert Hamond, Murray Head, Mick Jagger, Judas Priest, Nik Kershaw, Los Lobotomys, Steve Lukather, Madness, Phil Manzanera, Bernie Marsden, Richard Marx, Gary Moore, Mr. Big, Nazareth, Mike Oldfield, Robert Palmer, Ph.D., The Pretenders, Chris Rainbow, Peter Richter, Roxy Music, Ray Russel, Mike Rutherford, Joe Satriani, Michael Schenker, Tears For Fears, 10CC, Pete Townshend, Bonnie Tyler, Midge Ure, Whitesnake, The Who and many many more.

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Robert (Bobby) Troy Kimball
vocals
Birth date: March 29  1947
Birth place: Vinton - Louisiana - USA
Parents: Floyd & Ruby Kimball
Daughter: Allison
Girlfriend: Jasmin Gabay
 
Bobby was a TOTO member from the beginning in 1977 till 1984, in 1989 and he is back again since 1998
 
Bobby made the following solo albums: Rise Up (1994), All I Ever Needed (2000) and with the Frankfurt Rock Orchestra the live album The Hits Of TOTO.
 
As session singer Bobby participated on albums of the followings artists:
Norton Buffalo, Steve Cropper, Lisa Dal Bello, Randy Edelmann, Far Corporation, Steve Harley, Al Jarreau, Tom Jones, Jack Logan, Cheryl Lynn, Man Doki, Richard Marx, Elliot Murphy, Diana Ross, Leo Sayer, Barbra Streisand, Fee Waybill, Joseph Williams, Edgar Winter and a few more.

Greg Phillinganes
keyboards and vocals
Birth date: ???
Birth place: Detroit
Nickname: ???
Parents: ???
Wife: ???
Children: ???
 
Greg is a TOTO member from May 2005.
 
Before he became an official bandmember he replaced David Paich to the most concerts since the summer of 2003, due to family circumstances of David. With Greg is TOTO a band with 6 memebers again, like it in the old days was with Steve Porcaro.
 
In the mid 70's has Greg's talents discovered by Stevie Wonder who asked for his Wonderlove band, which he joined from 1976 to 1981. He also worked a lot with Quincy Jones, who introduced him by Micheal Jackson. In the last 30 years he has become one the the leading keyboard session players. Before he joined TOTO, he toured with some of worlds biggest artists: Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Paul McCartney, George Benson and Lionel Richie.
 
Greg made the following solo albums: Significant Gains (1981) & Pulse (1985).
 
As session musician Greg participated on albums of the followings artists:
Christina Aguilera, Patti Austin, Babyface, Anita Baker, George Benson, Michael Bolton, Boyz II Men, Toni Braxton, Garth Brooks, Mariah Carey, The Carpenters, Karen Carpenter, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, Natalie Cole, Phil Collins, Faith Evans, Donald Fagen, Roberta Flack, Aretha Franklin, Kenny G Dru Hill, Whitney Houston, Julio Iglesias, James Ingram, The Isley Brothers, The Jacksons, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, Al Jarreau, Elton John, Quincy Jones, Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle, Kenny Loggins, Cheryl Lynn, Manhattan Transfer, Richard Marx. Michael McDonald, Willie Nelson, Randy Newman, Stevie Nicks, The Pointer Sisters, Lionel Richie, Diana Ross, Richie Sambora, Shanice, Paul Simon, Barbra Streisand, Donna Summer, Tavares, The Temptations, TLC, Usher, Luther Vandross, Narada Michael Walden, Deniece Williams, Naessa Williams & Stevie Wonder.
 
and on the following soundtracks:
Color Purple (1985), Over The Top (1987), Working Girl (1989), Waiting to Exhale (1995), Barb Wir (1996), Soul Food (1997), Hav Plenty (1998), Prince of Egypt (1998), Pleasantville (1998), Simon Birch (1998), Anna and the King (1999), Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001), Dirty Dancing - Havanna Nights (2004).

Former TOTO members

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Jeffrey (Jeff) Thomas Porcaro
drums and percussion
Jeff is born on 01-04-1954 and he died on 05-08-1992. He was a TOTO member since the beginning in 1977 till his death. Jeff played on the albums: TOTO, Hydra, Turn Back, TOTO IV, Dune, Isolation, Fahrenheit, The Seventh One, Past To Present, Kingdom Of Desire and TOTO XX.
Before TOTO Jeff was for a few years a bandmember of Steely Dan. As session musician Jeff played on albums of: Paul Anka, Patti Austin, Bee Gees, Rory Block, Colin Blunstone, Michael Bolton, Brothers Johnson, Jackson Browne, Larry Carlton, Eric Carmen, Peter Cetera, Ray Charles, Cher, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, Randy Crawford, Dire Straits, Donald Fagan, Four Tops, Aretha Franklin, Randy Goodrum, Hall and Oates, Don Henley, Engelbert Humperdinck, David Hungate, Julio Iglesias, Michael Jackson, Al Jarreau, Elton John, Los Lobotomys, Steve Lukather, Madonna, Manhattan Transfer, Richard Marx, Paul McCartney, Michael McDonald, Randy Newman, Robert Palmer, Dolly Parton, Pink Floyd, Pointer Sisters, Bonnie Riatt, Lionel Richie, Diana Ross, Leo Sayer, Boz Scaggs, Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand, Deniece Williams, Joseph Williams, Paul Young ... and many many more.

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Steven Maxwell Porcaro (Yada)
keyboards, electronics and vocals
Steve is born on 02-09-1957. He was a TOTO member from the beginning in 1977 till 1987 when he left the band for his solo career. Although he left the band officially he worked as a additional musician on the new albums of TOTO. As bandmember he played on the albums: TOTO, Hydra, Turn Back, TOTO IV, Dune, Isolation, Fahrenheit, Past To Present and TOTO XX. After he left the band he did also some session work on all TOTO's studio albums. 
In 1998 he joined TOTO again for a few concerts on their TOTO XX Reunion Tour.
Together with his brother Mike as the Porcaro Brothers they made a single: Young At Heart.
As session musician Steve played on a lot of soundtracks and on albums of: Christina Aguilera, Albert Herb, Brothers Johnson, Ray Charles, Cher, Chicago, Alice Cooper, DeBarge, Celine Dion, Earth Wind & Fire, Aretha Franklin, Fergie Frederiksen, Hall and Oates, Don Henley, Julio Iglesias, James Ingram, Isley Brothers, Michael Jackson, Al Jarreau, Elton John, Quincy Jones, Chaka Khan, Cheryl Lynn, Bette Midler, Lionel Richie, Diana Ross, Leo Sayer, Boz Scaggs, Donna Summer, USA For Africa, Joseph Williams, Yes ... and many many more.

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David Hungate
bass and accoustic guitar
David is born on 05-08-1948. He was a TOTO member from the beginning till 1982 when he left the band for family reasons. He played on the albums: TOTO, Hydra, Turn Back, TOTO IV, Past To Present and TOTO XX.
David made a solo album: Souvenir (1990).
As session musician David played on albums of: Bryan Adams, Chet Atkins, Bellamy Brothers, Colin Blunstone, Cher, Joe Cocker, Alice Cooper, Neil Diamond, Donovan, Richard Fagan, Amy Grant, Engelbert Humperdinck, David Hungate, Buddy Hyatt, Cheryl Lynn, Mavericks, Bette Midler, Olivia Newton-John, Dolly Parton, Pointer Sisters, Billy Preston, Righteous Brothers, Kenny Rogers, Linda Ronstadt, Diana Ross, Leo Sayer, Boz Scaggs, Steely Dan, Barbra Streisand, Deniece Williams ... and many many more. 

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Dennis Fergie Frederiksen
vocals
Fergie is born on 25-05-1951. He was a TOTO member since 1984 when he replaced Bobby Kimball. Due to problems with his voice he left the band after the Isolation tour in 1985. He played on the album Isolation.
Together with Ricky Phillips he made an selftitled album: Frederiksen/Phillips (1995) and he made a solo album: Equilibrium (1999).
As a session musician Fergie played on a few soundtracks, and on albums of: Village People, Joseph Williams ... and a few more.

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Joseph Williams
vocals
Joseph is born on 01-06-1960 in Santa Monica - California - USA. He is the son of the famous Hollywood composer John Williams and singer/actress Barbara Ruick. Joseph was a TOTO member since 1986 when he replaced Fergie Frederiksen. He left the band after The Seventh One tour in 1988, due to problems with his voice that wasn't able to perform live night after night. He played on the TOTO albums Fahrenheit, The Seventh One, Past To Present and TOTO XX. In 1998 he joined TOTO again for a few concerts on their TOTO XX Reunion Tour.
Joseph made 4 solo albums: Joseph Williams (1981), I Am Alive (1996), 3 (1997) and Vertigo (2003). In 1997 he did the vocals on the Porcaro Brother's (Mike & Steve) single Young At Heart.

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Jean-Michel Byron
vocals
Byron is born in South-Africa. He was a TOTO member in 1990, only because of the record company wanted it. He didn't fit at all in a band like TOTO and after the Planet Earth Tour in 1990 he left the band. He played on only 4 songs of the TOTO album Past To Present. He made a solo album: Byron (1991).

Additional members

Joe Porcaro
percussion, xylophone, tympani, marimbas and vibes
Joe is the father of the brothers Jeffrey, Michael and Steve Porcaro. He played as session musician on the following TOTO albums: TOTO, Turn Back, TOTO IV, Isolation, Fahrenheit, The Seventh One, Past To Present and Kingdom Of Desire.

Marty Paich
orchestral arrangements
Marty is the farther of David Paich. He played as session musician on the following TOTO albums: TOTO, TOTO IV, Dune, Isolation, The Seventh One, Past To Present and TOTO XX.

Lenny Castro
percussion, congas, timbales and tambourine
Lenny played as session musician on the following TOTO albums: TOTO, TOTO IV, Isolation, Fahrenheit, The Seventh One, Past To Present, Kingdom Of Desire, Tambu, Mindfields and Through The Looking Glass.
Lenny joined TOTO on the following world tours: TOTO World Tour (1979), Turn Back World Tour (1981), TOTO IV World Tour (1982), Isolation World Tour (1985) & Fahrenheit World Tour (1986-1987).

Tom Kelly
guitar and backing vocals
Tom joined TOTO on their TOTO World Tour (1979).

Keith Landry
guitar and backing vocals
Keith joined TOTO on their Hydra World Tour (1980).

John Smith
horns, tenor sax and backing vocals
John joined TOTO on their Turn Back World Tour (1981) & TOTO IV World Tour (1982).

Timothy B. Schmith
backing vocals
Timothy joined TOTO on their Turn Back World Tour (1981) & TOTO IV World Tour (1982).

James Newton Howard
keyboards
James joined TOTO on their TOTO IV World Tour (1982).

Paulette Brown
backing vocals
Paulette joined TOTO on their Isolation World Tour (1985) & Fahrenheit World Tour (1986-1987).

Scotty Page
sax, guitar, flute and backing vocals
Scotty joined TOTO on their Isolation World Tour (1985). 

Warren Ham
sax, flute, harmonica and backing vocals
Warren joined TOTO on their Fahrenheit World Tour (1986-1987) & The Seventh One World Tour (1988).

Ralph Rickert
horns and backing vocals
Ralph joined TOTO on their Fahrenheit World Tour (1986-1987).

Luis Conté
percussion
Luis joined TOTO on The Seventh One World Tour (1988).

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Jenny Douglas-McRae
(backing) vocals
Jenny joined TOTO on their following world tours: Planet Earth World Tour (1990-1991), Summer Festival Tour (1991), Kingdom Of Desire World Tour (1992-1993), Night Of The Proms Tour (1994) & Tambu World Tour (1995-1996).
As a session singer she also participated on TOTO's Tambu album.
 

Chris Trujillo
percussion
Chris joined TOTO on their following World Tours: Planet Earth World Tour (1990-1991), Summer Festival Tour (1991) & Kingdom Of Desire World Tour (1992-1993).

Jackie McGhee
(backing) vocals
Jackie joined TOTO on their Planet Earth World Tour (1990-1991) & Summer Festival Tour (1991).

John Jessel (JJ)
keyboards and backing vocals
JJ joined TOTO on their following world tours: Summer Festival Tour (1991), Tambu World Tour (1996), Mindfields Reunion World Tour (1999-2000), 25th Anniversary World Tour (2002-2004).

Fred White
(backing) vocals
Fred joined TOTO on their Summer Festival Tour (1991).

Denny Dias
guitars
Denny joined TOTO on their Summer Festival Tour (1991).

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John James
(backing) vocals
John joined TOTO on their Kingdom Of Desire World Tour (1992-1993), Night Of The Proms Tour (1994) & Tambu World Tour (1995-1996).
As a session singer he also participated on TOTO's Tambu album.
 
 
 
 

Donna McDaniels
(backing) vocals
Donna joined TOTO on their Kingdom Of Desire World Tour (1992-1993).

Gregg Bissonette
drums
Gregg replaced Simon in the first leg of the Tambu tour (1995), because Simon had some problems with his back.
Steve Lukather asked him also to play on his solo albums "Luke", "Santamental" and on the Lukather / Carlton tour & album "No Substitutions". He also played with David Lee Roth, Joe Satriani, Stevie Nicks, Steve Vai and jazz giant Maynard Ferguson.  Gregg has released two solo albums: "Siblings", featuring Steve Lukather on guitar and "Submarine".

Sofia Bender
(backing) vocals
Sofia joined TOTO on their Tambu World Tour (1996) when she replaced Jenny Douglas-McRae who was getting a baby on that time.

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Tony Spinner
guitars and (backing) vocals
In 1999 TOTO approached Tony to join them on the Reunion / Mindfields tour for backing vocals and rhythm guitar.  He did such a good job that they also asked him for the 25th Anniversary tour in 2002-2003, where he also did the lead vocals for "Stop Loving You".

Buddy Hyatt
backing vocals and percussion
Buddy joined TOTO on their Reunion Mindfields World Tour (1999-2000).

Jeff Babko
keyboards
Jeff replaced David at the summer tour of the Livefields Tour (2000), due to health problems of David.

Greg Phillinganes
keyboards and vocals
Greg replaced David during the summer tour of the The 25Th Anniversary World Tour (july & august 2003) and at almost the whole Night Of The Proms Tour (2003), due to family circumstances of David.
Greg worked earlier with Eric Clapton and he also played on Ilse DeLange's album "Clean Up".

Jon Farriss
drums
Jon replaced Simon for a few Night Of The Proms concerts in Belgium in october 2003, due to an illness of Simon. Jon is the drummer of INXS who are also performing on the Night Of The Proms.
 
 
 

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Ricky Lawson
drums
Ricky replaced Simon on the most of the Night Of The Proms concerts in Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany from october till december 2003, due to an illness of Simon. Ricky worked earlier with Steely Dan, Michael Jackson, Phil Collins, Lionel Richie & The Yellow Jackets.

The following persons also played as session musicians on one of more TOTO albums:
Jon Anderson, Patti Austin, Clint Black, Michael Boddicker, Alex Brown, Paulette Brown, Luis Conte, Paulinho da Costa, Mike Cotten, Lisa Dalbello, Miles Davis, Nokhanya Dlamini, Kevin Dorsey, John Elefante, Brandon Fields, Chuck Findley, Michael Fisher, Walt Fowler, Steven George, Jim Giddens, Gary Grant, Gary Grany, Ellis Hall, Don Henley, Gary Herbig, Jerry Hey, Jim Horn, Mark Hudson, James Ingram,  Philip Ingram, Tippa Irie, Davey Johnstone, Steve Jordan, Tom Kelly, Jim Keltner, David Lindley, Roger Linn (Rai Neesh), Charlie Loper,  Stan Lynch, Cheryl Lynn, Sibongile Maktathe, Arnold McCuller, Michael McDonald, Jackie McGhee, Don Menza, Monet, Gene Morford, Margaret Motsage, Andy Narrel, Ricky Nelson, James Newton Howard, Nigel Ollson, Richard Page, James Pankow, Bill Payne, Phil Perry, Nomhlahla Radebe, Bill Reichenbach, Angel Rogers, Linda Ronstadt, David Sanborn, Tom Scott, Sid Sharp, Mike Sherwood, William Sherwood, Jon Smith, Timothy B. Smith, Phil Soussan, Chris Thompson, C.J. Vanston, Gift Villakazi, Victory Villakazi, Tony Walthes, Fred White, Larry Williams, Bobby Womack, The London Symphony Orchestra and the Martin Ford Orchestra.
  
 

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