<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar Player in Steve-lukather ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/tag/steve-lukather Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:46:14 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “If they want to do it justice, they should finish it up as a great instrumental nod to Eddie.” As singer Paul Rodgers rejects Van Halen album offer, bassist Michael Anthony says the music should remain as it is ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/new-van-halen-album-paul-rodgers-and-michael-anthony PLUcmEbgrrremhVmUTUHwM Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:46:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ “These recordings were going to be the next Van Halen record.” Alex Van Halen on the new Van Halen album and Steve Lukather’s role in it ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/alex-van-halen-steve-lukather-album-update BqgYkhULucxgvoTn7LMj97 Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:51:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We’ve known him for a long time. He was one of the true best friends.” Alex Van Halen says he and Steve Lukather will work on a new album ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/alex-van-halen-says-he-and-steve-lukather-will-work-on-a-new-album YLFrcMyNcm8Gx2rLsQBH55 Fri, 02 Jan 2026 15:08:06 +0000 Fri, 02 Jan 2026 15:39:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He said, ‘You have something that these other guys here don’t.’” Jimmy Page says this separated Steve Lukather from his peers ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/steve-lukather-on-his-one-meeting-with-jimmy-page LL3TaQ5LcvWNpVhTHEugrZ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:51:53 +0000 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 00:02:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I avoided it like the plague, but you have to understand it and feel it to be a complete player.” Martin Barre neglected one important aspect of guitar playing for years until another famous guitarist helped him see the light ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/martin-barre-onsteve-lukather-and-rhythm-guitar bkdBSfiZuUML4ftrqGuJCV Wed, 09 Apr 2025 12:33:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I think there is a huge misunderstanding." Steve Lukather clarifies his role in the new project to rescue unheard Eddie Van Halen recordings from the vault ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/steve-lukather-clarifies-role-in-new-van-halen-project RuyNVe8Q5ttk32XrPMtNFC Sun, 16 Mar 2025 23:27:26 +0000 Sun, 16 Mar 2025 23:34:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ "No one can do this with me as well as he can.” Alex Van Halen enlists Steve Lukather to help create a new Van Halen album from Eddie Van Halen's demos ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/alex-van-halen-steve-lukather-van-halen-album V8xvCXFNBSjzv5RZQvzvVS Thu, 13 Mar 2025 16:33:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “What's magical is when you can feel the quarter note... That's where the drama is.” Al Di Meola reveals his indispensable tool for rhythm guitar playing — and it doesn’t involve your hands ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/al-di-meola-rhythm-guitar-playing dcLyvvWWddA8Zm32DEVrdA Wed, 12 Mar 2025 12:43:44 +0000 Wed, 12 Mar 2025 17:37:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Pink Floyd had to borrow our instruments so they could play the show." With more than 5,000 recordings with ABBA and other acts to his name, he may be the most-heard guitar virtuoso you've never heard of ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/janne-schaffer-sweden-session-guitarist qDai73Zk7EmBhTSR7zs7A3 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 15:02:00 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:19:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It was just appraised for… let's just say a whole lot of money. I don't want to take this thing around!” Steve Lukather reveals the best electric guitar he owns and the one he’ll never play ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/steve-lukather-names-his-best-electric-guitar vZLBLv6ypVXUhWuKnhujgd Thu, 28 Nov 2024 15:59:23 +0000 Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:57:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ "When you look at his 18-page discography, the enormous impact he and his guitar have had on the world of music becomes clear." Learn these 10 techniques that made Steve Lukather a legendary studio ace ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/lessons/steve-lukather-top-10-techniques 8PauQz9kRsG6YHifdTiVp3 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:59:29 +0000 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 15:04:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’ve got something special to do tonight”: Watch Steve Lukather cover Jimi Hendrix’s Little Wing, with Jeff Beck's white Strat ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/steve-lukather-hendrix-little-wing-jeff-beck-strat 6Udsg5RQtmeHusrNyXANyn Fri, 06 Sep 2024 15:18:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Workshops, impromptu collaboration and mentorship in an intimate and relaxed environment”: George Benson to head up a star-studded guitar event with Steve Lukather, Cory Wong and Tommy Emmanuel ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/george-benson-breezin-with-the-stars-2025 82KmYkDyRpLFtrMLZ63pm6 Wed, 19 Jun 2024 14:22:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I looked at Lee – all the color had left my skin... They start counting off the tune, he sees the panic in my face, and reaches over and switches charts on me. He gave me the easy part”: That time Lee Ritenour bailed Steve Lukather out at a session ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/steve-lukather-lee-ritenour-session UeUhKw6wi88BiTG8uf4TpY Tue, 04 Jun 2024 15:44:05 +0000 Tue, 04 Jun 2024 20:39:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Eddie Van Halen, Steve Lukather & Billy Sheehan cover Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and The Beatles at a 1996 ALS Benefit Concert for Jason Becker ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/watch-evh-steve-lukather-cover-the-classics urF3YYWsmiMY2hguvcryUK Thu, 16 Nov 2023 18:03:01 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:10:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ Steve Lukather: "I realized it was okay to play a bad note when I saw Larry Carlton six years ago. He broke his E string, and everybody was like 'Oh, no.' Then he took his clippers and clipped off the B and G strings and played a killer solo!" ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/steve-lukather-larry-carlton-1984 EjfagZKondTKSEY72rnghh Tue, 14 Nov 2023 21:06:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I Once Did a Solo on a David Crosby Record Without Ever Hearing the Song": Steve Lukather Reveals His Most Shocking Studio Sessions ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/steve-lukather-studio-session-guitarist-tubes-michael-jackson-thriller-david-crosby-lionel-richie eAZaMk3eVdbQLPkWDeLpSA Wed, 16 Aug 2023 14:05:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I See It as a Bridge Between My Solo Music and Toto Music”: Check out Steve Lukather’s New “Someone” Visualizer From His Forthcoming Album, ‘Bridges’ ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/steve-lukather-bridges-someone YJPJGGBmhH36NovEnZ88WZ Fri, 26 May 2023 10:18:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “My Goal Was Simply Longevity – to Have a Long Career – Not to Become Famous”: Steve Lukather Looks Back on His Extraordinary Life as a Guitarist ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/my-goal-was-simply-longevity-to-have-a-long-career-not-to-become-famous-steve-lukather-looks-back-on-his-extraordinary-life-as-a-guitarist YugpqLeVvsHCLdD8yswAzX Tue, 18 Apr 2023 15:08:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’ve Been Paid to Play Rhythm Guitar 90 Per Cent of the Time”: Steve Lukather Reveals the Truth About Session Work ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/steve-lukather-rhythm-guitar fC9xzXwpMwmQ74YDCBx6me Mon, 17 Apr 2023 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “One of the Greatest Times of My Life”: Steve Lukather Recalls Six Magical Weeks in the Studio With Jeff Beck ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/steve-lukather-jeff-beck eYvXdfZEenD23JuH4ffDH8 Wed, 29 Mar 2023 15:10:55 +0000 Thu, 30 Mar 2023 06:57:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jeff’s Playing Hit Me Hard”: Steve Lukather Gives His Take on Jeff Beck’s Life, Legacy and Music in Our Latest ‘No Guitar Is Safe’ Podcast ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/jeffs-playing-hit-me-hard-steve-lukather-gives-his-take-on-jeff-becks-life-legacy-and-music-in-our-latest-no-guitar-is-safe-podcast tEwbAjqiFvj2ARY7LtkhTG Wed, 15 Feb 2023 16:35:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ "He brought the elements of expression that a voice has: sliding, bending and the best vibrato anyone had heard in 1966. Guitar was NOT built to do that!" What Jimi Hendrix means to me – by some of the world's greatest guitar players ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/what-hendrix-meant-to-me-by-some-of-the-worlds-greatest-guitar-players fyE6t4TctNUumvQMBShjXM Thu, 24 Nov 2022 18:44:39 +0000 Mon, 27 Nov 2023 19:26:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Virtuosity on the Guitar Comes in Many Forms”: We Go Behind the Scenes of the Inaugural G3 Tour with Dream Team Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/virtuosity-on-the-guitar-comes-in-many-forms-we-go-behind-the-scenes-of-the-inaugural-g3-tour-with-dream-team-joe-satriani-steve-vai-and-eric-johnson pfPA6zLr6eN7dJQzyP9VU4 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 11:44:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ “People Don't Buy a Guitar Solo. They Buy a Song”: Steve Lukather Talks Soloing, Songwriting and Success ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/people-dont-buy-a-guitar-solo-they-buy-a-song-steve-lukather-talks-soloing-songwriting-and-success dW4QBkV4mrCG22NM9o75in Thu, 03 Mar 2022 18:19:56 +0000 Fri, 04 Mar 2022 20:36:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Johnny Winter’s Rowdy Rendition of the Rolling Stones' “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/watch-johnny-winters-rowdy-rendition-of-the-rolling-stones-jumpin-jack-flash Y3nTiKpC5n4AoYznCNE6Sm Wed, 23 Feb 2022 18:12:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ Listen to Edgar Winter’s New Single "Mean Town Blues" Featuring Joe Bonamassa ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/listen-to-edgar-winters-new-single-mean-town-blues-featuring-joe-bonamassa qd7NHNWy4ck5jubX7D6qoE Fri, 18 Feb 2022 18:51:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When the Air Becomes Electric, That's the Right Sound”: Howard Alexander Dumble’s 1985 ‘Guitar Player’ Interview in Full ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/when-the-air-becomes-electric-thats-the-right-sound-howard-alexander-dumbles-1985-guitar-player-interview-in-full b9YDZP3U9GVXkYaLu7dNcQ Tue, 18 Jan 2022 18:41:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The Key to Finding Who You Are is to Compose”: Lee Ritenour Reveals His Top Five Career-Defining Tracks ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/the-key-to-finding-who-you-are-is-to-compose-lee-ritenour-reveals-his-top-five-career-defining-tracks kgZcdBrtsSFDjEotfSSnSW Fri, 14 Jan 2022 14:51:01 +0000 Tue, 13 Sep 2022 15:01:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ Johnny Winter Tribute ‘Brother Johnny’ Features Collaborations with Ringo Starr, Joe Bonamassa, Billy Gibbons and Many More ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/johnny-winter-tribute-brother-johnny-features-collaborations-with-ringo-starr-joe-bonamassa-billy-gibbons-and-many-more G2yWGSAn2vdfkfNteKwq9G Tue, 11 Jan 2022 12:19:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When You Were Around David, the Process of Recording Wasn’t Weird Compared to the Rest of the Stuff Going On”: Earl Slick Talks David Bowie and John Lennon ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/when-you-were-around-david-the-process-of-recording-wasnt-weird-compared-to-the-rest-of-the-stuff-going-on-earl-slick-talks-david-bowie-and-john-lennon arDjwTJWxwZaRqkjbUX4g9 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 18:04:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Steve Lukather Shred The Beatles ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/watch-steve-lukather-shred-the-beatles XSrqgrKWUNvjyfqbw7U2x Thu, 21 Oct 2021 12:06:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ringo Starr’s New EP 'Change the World' Now Available to Pre-Order ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/ringo-starrs-new-ep-change-the-world-now-available-to-pre-order FKoGfbAHVsgP7mh46QbUu7 Fri, 13 Aug 2021 13:48:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Five Guitar Commandments of Luke ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/the-five-guitar-commandments-of-luke Mo4aYJ3APYiNPiRx57BWFg Fri, 23 Jul 2021 15:15:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ Steve Lukather: It Bothered Eddie Van Halen that Guitarists "Turned the Guitar Into More of a Sport" in His Wake ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/steve-lukather-it-bothered-eddie-van-halen-that-guitarists-turned-the-guitar-into-more-of-a-sport-in-his-wake KaWTHcZsTmf7vTh66CPYX6 Mon, 07 Jun 2021 14:18:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ Metallica, Steve Vai, Sammy Hagar, Steve Lukather-Signed Kiesel JB24 to Be Auctioned in Jason Becker Fundraiser ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/metallica-steve-vai-sammy-hagar-steve-lukather-signed-kiesel-jb24-to-be-auctioned-in-jason-becker-fundraiser LYrJV4EHkMAShn2WcCrKEf Thu, 20 May 2021 20:30:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ Steve Lukather's 12-Tone Secrets ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/lessons/steve-lukathers-12-tone-secrets YLkba6aksFvK7wPyJMNGDR Mon, 29 Mar 2021 15:14:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ Steve Lukather Remembers His Friend, Eddie Van Halen ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/steve-lukather-remembers-his-friend-eddie-van-halen xboyZAHXLAPbkEPVaEmzNc Wed, 23 Dec 2020 16:47:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ Steve Lukather: Using Tabs is Akin to "Playing Guitar Hero" ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/steve-lukather-using-tabs-is-akin-to-playing-guitar-hero 5ocsYuwXzANEKvegWh69rG Tue, 01 Dec 2020 17:53:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ Steve Lukather Talks His New Solo Album, Reforming Toto and Going Viral at Age 63 ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/steve-lukather-talks-his-new-solo-album-reforming-toto-and-going-viral-at-age-63 PyQsMLEhUaGgkHEDQQuwcc Fri, 20 Nov 2020 16:19:04 +0000 Fri, 20 Nov 2020 19:02:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ernie Ball Music Man Luke III HH Review ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/reviews/ernie-ball-music-man-luke-iii-hh-review zgugKATdPzeRjgywkAGG2f Tue, 03 Nov 2020 14:16:33 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ Steve Lukather’s Most Terrifying Session: “It Was a Humbling Experience” ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/steve-lukather-most-terrifying-session-it-was-a-humbling-experience QaAxy7xfmVvZbSaM9URgLU Wed, 21 Oct 2020 16:21:29 +0000 Wed, 21 Oct 2020 20:06:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ Steve Lukather Reveals New Song Run to Me, Featuring Ringo Starr ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/steve-lukather-reveals-new-song-run-to-me-featuring-ringo-starr p4TKwV3FxDs6CLRQ4eEgfY Fri, 21 Aug 2020 10:00:17 +0000 Fri, 21 Aug 2020 13:57:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ Neighbors Making Too Much Noise? Get Your Revenge, Steve Lukather-Style ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/neighbors-making-too-much-noise-get-your-revenge-steve-lukather-style 4grNbV4UkRtdf4fUUFgCS4 Wed, 12 Aug 2020 17:56:45 +0000