TOTO Shares Story of Classic 70s Hit Hold The Line | PREMIUM | Professor of Rock

Purchasing the Vinyl, Supports the Artists and our ChannelToto IV T Shirt – https://amzn.to/2YG8WQKToto – https://amzn.to/2NBOY3cHydra – https://amzn.to/2BUDAN9Stream the Music! https://bit.ly/TotoBandPageBecome a Patron – http://bit.ly/ProfessorofRockVIPFanHelp out the Channel by purchasing your albums through our links! As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you, thank you for your support.Click here for Premium Content: https://bit.ly/SignUpForPremiumContenthttps://bit.ly/Facebook_Professor_of_Rockhttps://bit.ly/Instagram_Professor_of_Rock#Toto #HoldTheLine #70sThe story of top 5 70s hit Hold the Line from Toto band members Steve Lukather and David Paich. Legendary drummer Jeff Porcaro said of the song ‘Hold the Line’ was a perfect example of what people will describe as your heavy metal chord guitar licks, your great triplet A-notes on the piano, your ‘Sly’-hot-fun-in-the-summertime groove, all mismatched together with a boy from New Orleans singing… and it really crossed over a lot of lines.” Porcaro was of course talking about the incredible lead vocal of Bobby Kimball. Here”s Luke and Paich with the story. Hey music junkies Professor of Rock always her to celebrate the greatest artists and songs of all time If you are passionate about all things music you’ll want to subscribe to this channel so you don’t miss an episode of our daily content .. I’m honored to bring you another story from two of my favorites Steve Lukather and David Paich from multi platinum band Toto and the story behind their first hit “Hold the Line” which went to #5 in late 78 early 79. Legendary drummerJeff Porcaro said of the song ‘Hold the Line’ was a perfect example of what people will describe as your heavy metal chord guitar licks, your great triplet A-notes on the piano, your ‘Sly’-hot-fun-in-the-summertime groove, all mismatched together with a boy from New Orleans singing… and it really crossed over a lot of lines. Porcaro was of course talking about the incredible lead vocal of Bobby Kimball. Heres Luke and Paich with the story: Thank you for watching. Leave us a comment about Toto , Hold the Line and it’s impact. I love that It was inspired by Sly and Family Stone’s classic Hot Fun In the Summertime and then Hold the Line in turn inspired Jefereson Starship’s rocker Jane. You can hear the song in our curated playlist below, also get Toto’s classic albums on vinyl as well as Totot merch in our link in the description If you like our content subscribe to our channel to see more. We will have plenty more features of the hours of interviews we’ve done with members of Toto in our premium content with you can sign up for below . Support us on Patreon to Help us keep the music alive, until next time three chords and the truth, my friends