Lukather is a well rounded player, his style is so deep that l think this lesson deserves a Part 2. He is also well known for his clean funky rhythms and chords. Thank you so much for this lesson, for share your knowledge with us. Keep the good work 👍

I've seen Lukather a few times-on the Kingdom of Desire tour as a kid in Germany, with Toto at the House of Blues on Sunset in the late 90s, which was amazing. I saw him with Los Lobotomys promoting the "Candyman" album at the Alligator Lounge in Santa Monica. It was a last minute venue change after the Roxbury shut down, so it was way too many people in a teeny tiny dive bar, and they brought their full rig. It was amazing! And lastly, I saw him support Judith Owen at her annual Christmas singalong at the Largo-just her on piano, Steve, and then Lee Sklar on bass. That was the most recent show, but also the most impressive to me, because he wasn't shreddy, He just was such a super impressive tasteful support to the whole sound. Really gorgeous playing! Shockingly, I can find no video of it anywhere. Anyway, I always love your breakdowns! Thank you!

Luke is a living legend. But that guitar at the beginning... Wow. Instant crush.

Ohhh yeah... We need more Luke in our lives!! Thanks man!

I am a huge fan of LUKATHER Bro ... He's a rich variety skills

Thanks again for another great lesson. Lukes vibrato was ahead of its time. Everyone sounds like that now but when I heard the outro solo for Rosanna the first time I was blown away.

I, for one, love anyone mouthing off about how awesome Steve Lukather is. His career is as insane as his ability, but that's as it should be. And I would have killed to have seen a show from the Kingdom of Desire tour. Lucky you! Great video, thanks.

Luke licks are always welcome. He's got such a diverse pallet of licks.

I love that jazzy lick - I'm gonna steal that one for sure!

Lukather is a master

I really enjoy these kind of videos and always learn a lot to expand my guitar vocabulary thanks for your work and effort man ! And this first bend-grab technique i remember dealing with that when I learned the mama I'm coming home from Ozzy, zakk is using this and I was like how the hell is he doing it cause back then there was no KZfaq to look for tutorials and I had to figure it out just by hearing it and it took me a while to come to that Idea and try this kind of technique and it was a big revelation for me when I finally figured it out !

I've watches several of your videos. I really appreciate your calm, inciteful approach to instruction. Well done.

Lukather is simply a great musician !! His work with ToTo was amazing !! Great video !!

I bought Toto's first album in '78 and I've been a big Lukather fan ever since. I've followed his solo career as well is digging into his studio resume. I saw them Toto most recently on the Toto XIV tour. They were amazing! The musicianship of these guys is remarkable.

Bad ass lesson.

Lukather is a freak of nature! Just amazing

Thank you so much ! Great !

Tabs make everything better

Great video! Lick # 1: 4:17 Lick # 2: 5:50 Lick # 3: 7:16

Would love to see more Lukather licks vids from you! This is the best one on KZfaq.

Another great breakdown! Luke is overlooked by others because he wasn’t in a cool band. Luke is a virtuoso! Love that he lets fans play at sound checks. I have never seen ToTo, but just added them to my bucket list. Thanks for the tab too!

Awesome! Luke rules. That 2nd lick is sick!

Thanks for covering Luke DB! I’m sure most don’t realize how much we hear his playing everyday in his vast session work (not to mention tether Toto hits). Radio, over store PA’s-wherever popular music is played!

I loved the stuff that he did with Los Lobotomys (especially Candyman). They wrote some killer stuff.

These licks are great, fun to play them...Thx

Great lesson! Great ear! Great playing! Thank you 🙏.

Just wanted to mention that Toto are touring the US again this year, for anyone wanting to catch Luke in action. The dates are up now. Dates are also up for Ringo and His Allstarrs Band, which Luke has been a member of for the last 7 years. That tour starts on the first of next month. I have seen both shows in Australia, don't miss them. And Luke does have a MusicMan signature guitar, the latest I think is the LIII, which receives rave reviews too.

Impressiv lesson, thanks a lot.

Damn good lesson!!! Wow man, such great ideas to touch on! Thanks so much for your work David! Lukather IS an underrated legend to the “shred” crowd but he is such a creative genius. 🤘🏻😃

Another great leson. thank you

Hey man, great tutorial, great picks of cool and inspiring licks from my all time hero. Your even telling his stuff better than he did on his very old star licks video :) And I share your experiance with the response of liking or even being a fan of Toto. Some people just don't get it. Toto is still in its current setup a great rockin'' band. I saw them on 4 different tours and they nailed it everytime, except from Kimbals performance on the Mindfields tour. Please continue of giving us such cool tutorials!

Isolation album kicks ass....

Cool stuff

It’s basically Toto playing the Thriller album.

Lukather surprised me. I remember when his instruction video came out. I think it was Star Licks. It kind of bummed me out because he was so good and he wasn't even a metal player. Haha! Great video, man.

First off I wanted to say I really in joy your videos and there content. Your laid back and not over the top or obnoxious you rely on your ability not foolishness. The only thing I would say is your mic seems to pickup a lot of you striking the strings and less of your amp. As fare suggestions lesson I’d like to suggest covering licks from season player and producer Dan Warner. Dan has every bit the resume of Steve Lukather he is also a multi Grammy award winning musician also a Emmy winner which is unusual for a musician. Unfortunately we just lost Dan earlier this month at the age of 49. If you research him I think you’ll see what a great and versatile player he was and it would be a great tribute to legacy.

An old bandmate of mine described them as "Steely Dan crossed with Def Leppard." Toto had some really fantastic work. Some of their tunes are too poppy for my taste, but when they were on, they were ON. And Luke's playing is ALWAYS good.

Just found your channel. Good stuff!

Thanks, warren demartini has wide hand stretched licks that Jake E lee borrowed to look out for in his live concerts with RATT

Grat👌🏼

Yeah...luke!...you rock man!

Love it!

Lukather is a badass

Luke is playing his signature Music Man guitar with four on two pins on the head stock in that clip, not that Strat copy.

The E9 #11 is used in Harlem Nocturne .

Man those are some choice tasty killer Luke licks. Please consider adding Mike Landau to your 'to do' list.

Love your channel, David. I’m a guitar teacher and recommend you to many students. Have you considered a Jeff Beck lick lesson for those of us, like yourself, who don’t have a whammy bar on our strat? I’m experimenting with bending to emulate some of his sounds, and would love to hear your take on it. Thank you for the amazing content!

1:20 Steve Stevens pointed out that Steve Lukather would join Van Halen onstage (when they played LA) and that was a very rare thing: VH generally didn't do that

Stranger in Town !!

The KOD tour was special. Luke was in prime form vocally at that time.

Luke is a god and Toto are one of the greatest bands of all time

Hey dave how about some mick bolton

Thinking of doing a Theme video on RATT warren demartini licks? There is new uploaded youtube concerts of RATT live 1988-1990 to watch warren demartini licks.

Nice tone what pickups are in that strat?

If you want to hear the greatest unknown solo he's ever done, go listen to the song, "Limelight" on Peter Cetera's solo album. He just rips, without mercy.

Are there something with the tuning i forget,,is it a half sem down?

Which fuzz pedal or overdrive do you use for this tutorial?

Dave, where are those Luke video clips from??? I've never seen those and I've seen a lot.

How about a John Sykes video?

You didn't do the xmas lick at the end

Truly honest friendly critique. WAYYY too much talking. Get to the lesson faster and you'll see your number of subscribers climb. Great player, great lessons 😊

Maybe later than 2007?? That Luke does not look to have EMG's in it.

Surprised Luke doesn't put an evolving trove of guitar - related content behind a pay wall and make some serious cash. Don't think the dude has ever had a mailing list.

dude how much do you babble wooooooowwwwweeeeee

Too much talk. Get to the licks.

You talk this Jimi Hendrix bend much harder than it is..... For me so easy and IT is NOT anything DEATH METAL 😠

That was another boring from you 😠