Official - Lucious and his band rock hard!!

[Ricman]

Friday night saw me and a good mate head to the "Robin2" venue to see our guru and mentor Steve Lukather on his Ever Changing Times tour.

Great little venue, seemingly in the middle of nowhere, but just the right size to see everything, and big enough to get a good atmosphere.

And well, what can I say? A great gig, Luke and the boys absolutley played their arses off for 2 1/2 hours. Highlights were "Tell you what you want from me" and "Stab in the Back" (which turned into a jam session!) from the new album, "Live for today" from Turnback, "Party in Simons Pants" and a great closer "Shine on you Crazy Diamond" Really!!

Lots of Balls on display, the Koa Luke sounded great, really cut through, Ricky Z broke out an AL BFR and Carlitos gave the 25th an airing.

After the set, afew dozen people hung around and had a beer, then the band came out and had a drink whilst Luke did some meet and greets. It was the first time I'd met him in person, having followed him for over 20 years, and it was a thrill to meet one of your guitar heroes. It was an honour!!

So a great night. If you're not into Luke I can only urge you to buy the new CD and check him out live. Awesome.

Here are some pics courtesy of my mate Nick - the first one will only make sense if you were there!

 

[Headstock]

Thanks for sharing the photos and your experience - sounds like a great time!

 

[TNT]

Ric, fantastic pics, thanks so much for posting them!! Oh yeah, the "first one" makes sense!

". . . . . it's not unusual to be loved by anyone. . . . . ."

 

[banjoplayer]

Thanks for sharing, I´ll see him on 23rd

 

[Brand X]

The Tom Jones pic was hysterical....even better was the guy about 4 from the front who was the absolute double of Steve, down to clothes, earings etc.....

The house lights are on and Steve is talking...he looks down and goes ''Holy **** - it's me! How ya doin' bro!?'

Funny as f$%k!

 

[Mikey]

Wow,
whoever this Mr. Lukather is, he seems to be the coolest guy in business!

 

[Craiguitar]

Great show, loved it.
I was stood right behind the "luke-a-like" dude. Hilarious when Luke spotted him.

Met luke after the show and he was gracious as ever.

 

[lenny]

Looks like a nice Small venue?......I didnt realize he played the smaller clubs anymore ...VERY COOL !!

 

[dwells]

What is that color???

WHAT IS THIS LUKE MODEL??

I WANT ONE

 

[Big Poppa]

koa bfr

 

[dwells]

thanks big poppa i shall have me one of those soon !!!!

 

[Brand X]

...I had a q about his black sparkle Luke....I assume the front pickup was 50% single coil and 50% sustainer as there was no pole-pieces below the G, B and E........but there was a sustainer being used......any one?

Cheers,


Brand X

 

[Ricman]

I think the pole pieces are there, but he's played it so much they are covered in the plastic from the pickup casing which has "spread" as he picks over it. The last Toto DVD shows it really well.

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

The current version of the Fernandes Sustainer has a single pole piece under the E B strings, and separate pole pieces under the G D A E strings. The pole pieces now look like rails. Maybe he is using the new neck coil?

 

[kbaim]

Ok...what exactly is he doing in the last one with your nipple?

 

[Ricman]

Life on the road - the man's gotta get his kicks where he can!!

 

[Smellybum]

CAPTION COMPETITIONS


1. - Oh god it's one of those annoying Knuckleheads, Sterling warned me about those freaks!

I suppose I'd better laugh at his jokes, otherwise he'll ask for a free guitar!

All good - thanks for sharing looks like it was a killer night.

 

[Ricman]

Haha - good stuff. The question is, what was I doing to Luke in the 2nd pic to make him pull a face like that?!!??

 

[rmh925]

Does anybody know what Luke thinks about this guitar?...Would like to know how he compares it to his standard and BFR mable top models.

 

[Mikey]

Haha - good stuff. The question is, what was I doing to Luke in the 2nd pic to make him pull a face like that?!!??

Maybe pulling his finger???