This was called a studio shark but also the co -founder of the Toto group: Jeff Porcaro. And It is a stupid accident that has deprived the musical world of one of its most talented drummers, an incredible musician passionate and hyperely Party prematurely. He was in full weaning and died intoxicated in his garden …
He founded Toto in 1978 with his brother Steve and hired David Paich and Steve Lukather, other studio sharks. But Jeff Porcaro, considered one of the best drummers of his time also has a long CV like the arm in terms of collaborations, including 35,000 recording sessions for, among others, Roy Orbison, say Straits, Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Madonna and even Céline Dion.
He will also be the basis of one of Toto’s biggest success or rather, according to legend, his story with Rosanna Arquette. A song that is also proof of the genius of Jeff Porcaro which incorporates a 2 -stroke shuffle. A movement that will then be called the “Rosanna Shuffle”, even if John Bonham had already opened the way to this level.
