AUDIO: Steve Porcaro from Toto

It seems like you can’t go anywhere without hearing Toto’s “Africa” these days.  Since alt-rock outfit Weezer covered the Toto classic at behest of a teenage fan on Twitter, the cover took off, making it the band’s first top 100 hit about a decade.

 

Weezer brought out Steve Porcaro himself to play his keyboard solo on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” recently in fact:

That’s not all the Africa covers though, as Ultimate Classic Rock tallied 40 (!) others in a recent post by the blog.

 

To talk “Africa” fever, the “yacht rock” resurgence, and the band’s own 40 year anniversary, Morning Bull caught up with founding member Steve Porcaro on Monday morning.

 

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Steve Porcaro talks 40 years of Toto on 97 Rock

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