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Steve Porcaro
Background information
Birth name	Steven Maxwell Porcaro
Born	2 September 1957 (1957-09-02) (age 52)
Origin	Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Occupations	Keyboardist and composer
Instruments	Keyboards
Associated acts	Toto

Steven Maxwell "Steve" Porcaro (born September 2, 1957, Hartford, Connecticut) is an American keyboardist and composer, who was an original member of the rock/pop band Toto.

Porcaro wrote the song "Takin' It Back" for Toto's first album, and the song was released as a single together with the hit, "Hold The Line". He also wrote "It's A Feeling" for Toto IV and "Lea" for Fahrenheit. He left Toto in 1986 after the Fahrenheit album in order to pursue a more full-time songwriting and composing career. Porcaro composed the music for the song "Human Nature" from Michael Jackson's album Thriller. Porcaro also played with Gary Wright during his tour in 1977, supporting the latter's The Dream Weaver album.

However, Porcaro has continued working with Toto in various supporting capacities, assisting with keyboards, drum looping, synthesizers and arranging/composing. He has also done session musician work for many other acts, including Yes (on Union) and Jefferson Airplane (on their self-titled 1989 reunion album). Porcaro was also a member of Chris Squire's short lived band, The Chris Squire Experiment, in 1992.

His brother, Mike Porcaro, is Toto's bass player. In addition Steve's late brother, Jeff Porcaro, was Toto's co-founder and drummer from 1977 until his death on August 5, 1992.

Porcaro is currently working on film scores such as the one for Montana Sky, and is credited as an additional keyboardist on Toto's Falling in Between (2006). Steve Porcaro collaborated with his daughter Heather Porcaro on her debut album, the Heartstring Symphony - released in 2009.

[edit] External links

• Official Toto website
• (French) TOTO-Hydrasolation — Le site Web des Fans de TOTO
• [http://www.theheartstringsymphony.com/ Heather Porcaro official site - Steve Porcaro keyboards

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