JOSEPH WILLIAMS (TOTO) (full english version)

Today I introduce you to the vocal legend Joseph
Williams, who was and is again the main frontman of one
of the biggest US rock bands of the last 40 years: We're talking
about TOTO. We know hits like “Stop Loving You”
or “Pamela” or of course “I'll Be Over You” out of his mouth -
and since the reunion in 2010 he has also enchanted lots of other
band classics with his buttery soft voice. After an intense last
world tour, TOTO was planned to call it finally
quits. The Classic Lineup had been reduced further and further
due to health restrictions and tragedies. But his bandmate
Steve Lukather, whom we will hear in the next
episode, and Joseph just wanted to add another round, and they
both have set up a new, completely renewed TOTO band that wants
to march off right after the end of this pandemic.


In the meantime, Williams and guitarist Lukather have both worked
on solo records and have also contributed to each other's album.
Two records that pick up the essence of the TOTO
sound, but couldn't be more different.


 While Luke's album was recorded live and roughly with
musician friends including Ringo Starr, Joe takes us on a perfect
sound journey full of warm vocal harmonies and opens our ears to
a great widescreen sound in Cinemascope.


 The apple didn't fall far from the tree here, as he is the
son of the legendary film music composer John
Williams, to whom we owe the music of Star Wars and
Harry Potter as well as the soundtracks of Steven Spielberg's
greatest films, among other things. I'm sure you got these
melodies right away. On the other hand, Joseph also included his
two grown daughters on this album called “Denizen Tenant”. Die
album is available also here: https://amzn.to/2NCwPG8


I caught Joseph Williams at his workplace in the home studio and
wish you a entertaining time while listening to our conversation.


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