Steve Lukather is a legend in the guitar community, obviously he is best known for being the guitarist in American rock band Toto founded in 1977 and although they broke up in 2008 they reformed in 2010 for a tour of Europe and a live DVD recorded in Denmark will be released in 2011. That is a pretty epic career in itself but Steve Lukather is just as well known, at least by guitarists, for his session work playing on records such as Michael Jackon’s “Beat It” and “Human Nature”, Olivia Newton-John’s “Physical”, Lionel Richie, George Benson… the list goes on and on. Steve also sang backing vocals on three new songs on Van Halen’s “The Best Of Both Worlds” compilation.

As well as Steve’s work with Toto and session work he has also release five solo albums over the years Lukather (1989), Candyman (1994), Luke (1997), Santamental (2003), and Ever Changing Times (2008). “All’s Well That End’s Well” is his sixth solo record and features Steve on vocal duty as well as guitar for this record with help from Fee Waybill, Joseph Williams and Bernard Fowler who contribute backing vocals. Steve’s son Trevor also plays guitar on the album too although I’m not sure which tracks.

I’ll be honest I’m not a fan of Toto although I’ll admit they have created some classic songs over the years, the music on this album has a similar AOR kind of sound to it but with a heavy edge to it too. The guitar tones are amazing on this record, as you can imagine from someone like Steve Lukather and there are some great rock riffs such as the main riff in the opening track “Darkness In My World“. There are also bluesy riffs on a song that you can hear throughout the video above called “Flash In The Pan” which is my favourite track on the album and has a mixture of southern rock mixed with Hendrix, very funky, very fun song with beautiful guitar tones. Another track with a similar feel is “Brodie’s“, which has the same funky, blues rock vibe and the closing track “Tumescent” is the only instrumental on the album and has a jazz/rock fusion kind of sound and is another of my favourite tracks with some amazing guitar playing. Steve Lukather is a tone God, every guitar on this record sits perfectly in each track and the solo tones are G.A.S. inducing!

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