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:
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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