Toto "Little Wing" Steve Lukather on Jeff Beck's Strat at the Hollywood Bowl! 09/01/24

[@indigofruit8710]

From a guitar point of view, best Little Wing cover I've heard, and Ive heard a lot.

[@detroitfunk313]

Luke is a beast

[@jorgsydekum3729]

EVH was asked once by a reporter , "how it feels to be the best guitarist on earth" , to which he replied "Idon´t know , ask Steve Lukather"....so many respect says it all.

[@billnelson5279]

Its a common misquote used about different guitar players. Started with hendrix on the dick cavett show being asked that. But they were really good friends, and Eddie did say "He’s a studio guy. He started out playing on so many people’s records that he could play any style you wanted. He just amazes me at what a chameleon he can beIt’s almost hard to tell who’s really him. I guess it’s probably all of them, everything he’s ever been exposed to is who he is. He’s kind of a player’s player, a musician’s musician. I’m more of a straightforward rock & roll guitarist, blessed to be in a kick-ass rock band,” @jorgsydekum3729

[@Arturo-sm1tb]

Unfreakingbelievable. With the passing of Beck, Luke is the greatest legacy player on the planet, best living rock guitarist still going from 45 years ago.

[@michaelblankenau6598]

Let’s not go overboard .

[@tommyduris3044]

Guitar tone to die for, feel out of this world and technique.. monster! and not to forget… what a voice!!!! 💪🤘🤘🤘🙏 no words!

[@the_shadow_realm5110]

Steve got all the juice out of that guitar that he could. He squeezed every drop of tone outta that thang.

[@kirkhepburnmiddleagedwhiteguy]

Wow. Steve Lukather on Jeff Beck's Strat - a nexus of legend, myth and magic, exquisitely crafted by the hands of a master musician.

[@alanmiller2250]

Wow. I even heard a note that sounded like Prince. It was phenomenal how good that Strat sounded and how good Steve L. Played. That was unbelievable. A true emotion I was struck by the power of those notes. What a touching and great screaming lead trubute. Jeff's guitar and Steve = played like one.

[@peppino1961]

Lukather is a master. He can play any kind of style of music with such ease.

[@henrygeorge4876]

Not good at all

[@williammacquarrie8586]

I once told him that I pray to him at night. It's almost unfair that someone can be that.much every musical force.

[@dr.buzzvonjellar8862]

That was heartbreakingly beautiful. Thank you to Jimi for giving us such beautiful song. It’s alive and well.

[@michaelbrickley2443]

Eric covered it on Layla because he thought it was the most beautiful song he’d ever heard. I liked the way they did it. Differently

[@johnlane9743]

Whoa - Steve - one of the few renditions that have captured the heart, soul and Zen of this song and Jimi. Nicely done - Rock On !

[@henrygeorge4876]

Bum

[@PremiumUserUltra]

​@henrygeorge4876 why?

[@DarioPincione]

@@henrygeorge4876 let's hear your masterpieces.

[@mikerinaldi3471]

@@henrygeorge4876This guy is a musician. Far from a bum.

[@adman3752]

Always knew Steve was a guitar god, but was pleasantly surprised by his voice. Awesome musician

[@henrygeorge4876]

Nowhere a guitar God

[@ronshawver6880]

@@henrygeorge4876 I take it you're not a musician, and furthermore no nothing about music.

[@64siskat96]

@@henrygeorge4876You're right he is THE guitar god.

[@bonedragon7665]

Steve’s voice was all over Toto’s work. Rosanna’s vocals start with him before Timball comes in for the higher parts. Then he’s singing on the harmonies. He’s also not a half bad bass player either.

[@ralex3697]

Steve is still so amazing. Definitely a master. His vibrato is so spot on.

[@henrygeorge4876]

No

[@BelchevKalin]

@@henrygeorge4876 troll

[@joeprincipe6678]

Luke is a legend! Such incredible touch!

[@dhldt1021]

Steve is too good, the playing is flawless and the mighty pedal board and Bogner rig is next level power.

[@mrstratocaster]

Its good to see steve using a fender and playing all time favorite song... Amazing steve 🎉

[@frankieg40]

This dude! Men! His sound is so melodic! So much soul to it!!!!!

[@shkyrbty]

I love Luke's singing and playing! Great performance! A treasure. Thank you for the upload!!!!

[@Kestrel-zc1du]

great !!! thanks Luke !!! RIP Jimi and Jeff, have spectacular jams in Heaven!!!

[@SammyParson]

Thank you for sharing. Good to see Steve paying tribute to the absolute Master. RIP Jeff

[@NisseOhlsen]

sorry for being a dick: He simply doesn't have the necessary emotional depth to p(l)ay tribute to neither Jimi nor Jeff.

[@meytecc8601]

@@NisseOhlsen You have disqualified yourself from having any meaningful conversation about rock music. I wouldn't say that makes you a dick, you're just in over your head.

[@joansanchez6711]

Tiene y le sobra.es un guitarrista muy versatil.escuchalo en solitario.al igual ke en toto🤟🍻🎸​@@NisseOhlsen

[@m1nn1s]

@@NisseOhlsen Stille og rolligt, Niels.. 🧙🏼‍♂️☮️💖

[@m1nn1s]

@@joansanchez6711 muy bien, muchas gracias Señor! ... 🌹💖😍🌟🧙🏼‍♂️☮️

[@richarddewilde9244]

I had the good fortune to see Beck twice, Chicago & Detroit.Steve does that Strat proud.

[@c.alejo8846]

oh my! Such a sweet rendition. The maestro Lukather.

[@henrygeorge4876]

He's sorry

[@mellotronin54]

Luke always my hero. Done so many great guitar parts and this another.

[@Greg-rd8qr]

1 of the best! Lukather!!! Great player! Great tone! Fantastic stories! Love Luke.

[@spencerdawson6536]

Little Wing is a ‘Test Piece’ to see if guitarist’s can both capture the spirit of the original while simultaneously making it their own. No one, not even SRV, played it better than Jimi. For a 2 min 30 sec piece of guitar music it’s the most insurmountable mountain to climb. Lukather does a fantastic job of breathing power and passion into this classic.

[@collinjamesguitar]

Not so hot take: SRV’s was way more powerful than Jimi’s. Jimi’s was Starry Night. Stevie’s was the Sistine Chapel

[@hecanseeme8210]

Yeah I don’t get this veneration of Jimi. He was innovative and a great showman, but he wasn’t even the best player of his time. Anyone who has picked up the instrument should be able to tell that SRV could play circles around Jimi. Personally I think Jimmy Page could as well. But it’s an opinion, it doesn’t mean anything. Your Sistine Chappell quip was apt.

[@DesertScorpionKSA]

I like Lukather's version of Little Wing. His fingering also looks easier than the original. I agree Jimi's version is the best and SRV's version is excellent.

[@MagicHu]

@@hecanseeme8210guess where srv got his licks and inspiration from….most great musicians from that era have been surpassed,,,no Steve ray song has been played more times by other muso then,,,,voodo Chile…

[@Splentaur]

I love SRV and thought his version was superior when I was a child, then I played for many more years and learned to hear. "More notes" doesn't equal "better". Much of it was a wankfest that doesn't really play to the song. It's great and all, but not superior... just different. Much of what the original conveyed was lost in trying to prove how much wanking could be done, IMO.

[@rodriguez63]

Very tasteful & respectful performance...fantastic

[@markosaarela3537]

Luca is sooooo goood in these songs.. i mean he's like wine, just gets better with age. No hassle, no rush, no ego...just goes with the feeling and what a performance !

[@RobertFairweatherLuvMachine]

Open jam at the Hollywood Bowl. Sweet. Nice post.

[@ChefJamesRusk]

Wow! So glad you were able to see this show..Thank you for sharing Leland!!🌹🪷🌹🪷🥰🌹🪷🌹🪷🎶🙏🖕🖕🖕🖕👍

[@themayor3263]

2:58 Luke throws in his own style and its jaw dropping. So tasteful. I remember trying to learn the guitar solo to Rosanna in high school. I got it but its still hard to play...Luke will always be one of my all-time favs!

[@alanmiller2250]

Over one minute of one of the best sounding guitars and leads in rock. That almost had a note that sounded like Prince too. That was an incredible solo. Thank you very inspiring.

[@bechtoea]

Been said in other comments but honestly, unless one is really into music, they would casually say "wow, that old guy isn't half bad" not knowing that it's not hyperbole to say he's overall a top 10, or perhaps a top 5 guitarist. Sure, there are others that specialize in their genre, but when you can sit this guy down and say "give me this" and this can be anything, and he can play it at the highest level, that's just insane.

[@marcboland6492]

I would say comfortably outside top 15 , with no disrespect to Steve Whatsoever , we've just been lucky enough to have some absolutely unfathomably great guitarists

[@jogabonito5027]

​@marcboland6492 That's your subjective opinion. For me he is comfortably in the top 5 when looking at everything he has contributed to music as a studio musician and with Toto.

[@bechtoea]

@@jogabonito5027 I didn't reply to @marcboland6492 because it was bloody obvious he had no clue what he was talking about.

[@chiefline7084]

After seeing Steve play I gat the sense my guitar is laughing hysterically at my playing ability

[@roscius6204]

Mine are in another room. I think it would be to distressing for them.

[@stevewhiteley9249]

Awesome. My favourite has always been SRV but this gives it a run for its money.

[@davidgidman7561]

Not even close. Steve is a fantastic guitarist and a funny man but close to SRV, Not a chance.

[@tressinar]

Thank you soooooooo much for sharing with us❤❤❤❤❤ my guitar hero

[@svenhansen2714]

Awesome!!!! Unfortunately i couldn’t be there!!!

[@ashbournejunction573]

The master, playing the other masters strat. Absolute legends. Some moments are special and lead to transcendence.❤❤ thanks Luke

[@Scott.Powell]

Gave me goosebumps!, A true master, so glad to have met you in person at G3 Wellington NZ.

[@DavyoInVegas]

Great cover of Little Wing by the amazing Lukather. And a great reminder of how absolutely amazing Hendrix was. I met Steve briefly once and he was very cool and nice.

[@Cleofizoid]

...with a throwback to Clapton's rendition in the outro...

[@robertfries108]

Liking those bogners. Sound amazing

[@yrmthr]

Too crunchy for the tune tho? Let that Strat sing

[@tikighoul]

Thank you sooo much for posting this! A mega highlight of the show last night! I truly appreciate you!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@kurtmax]

Excellent. Especially the vocal arrangement also.

[@francescomennella1541]

Great Luke🤟 Masterpiece song and great exucution!!

[@pekkalaaksonen8384]

Awesome, beautiful and on both singing and playing - wow! ❤

[@tennwilcox8663]

Fan-f**kig-tastic!!! Thank you Steve 😂

[@zounds13]

Holy cow, that was beautiful!

[@michaelmiranda59]

Wow! That sounded great Steve!

[@MyWordPressGuy]

Cool....I miss Jeff. Back in the early 00's, I got to spend some time with Steve Lukather chatting in a bar with some mutual friends after NAMM. Soon thereafter, we went to see him at the Belly Up and he played...to this date...the most impressive Little Wing I've ever heard!

[@einsjacob]

Lukather never ceases to amaze. What an incredibly gift musician.

[@mikesandell]

Wow, just wow! Thank you Steve!

[@MNGuitars]

love how they quoted Claptons/Derek and the Dominos version at the end there

[@roscius6204]

I was going comment, Thought I'd go see if anyone else noticed...👍👍

[@MNGuitars]

@@roscius6204 😎

[@joelcaraujo]

This guy is a monster! How it's possible? Amazing job

[@J_Drix]

it's so awesome seeing Luke rockin a strat. What a tribute to two legends of rock

[@salvatoredamico2670]

I was There !!!! Freakin Amazing!!!! ❤❤❤❤😂

[@jogabonito5027]

The fact that Luke can play any Genre at the highest level makes him the GOAT!!

[@ssiowi]

Thank-you! 100% Steve + 100% Reinhold (Bogner) = 100% Jeff + 100% Jimi.

[@johnspenle2691]

Petit accrochage à la fin de steve mais ça passe😢. Bel hommage, émouvant. 🙏❤️ Peace and love from France

[@SuperFredIsa]

ça fait même du bien de voir Luke faire un pain..... ça le rend. humain ;), puis il le fait passer crème

[@johnandersen9219]

Very well done! 👏 Great 👍

[@spyderlogan4992]

A heartfelt, soulful, close enough for jazz, rendition of the classic Hendrix song. Pretty damn good, Steve.

[@peterlanghammer9628]

Legend! ❤

[@BeachJazzMusic]

So great!

[@Clayton-t5i]

just killin' it like he always does. Thanks "Lukey"

[@Dar1234567ren]

Fantastic!!!!!!!! ❤

[@jasonbates2687]

Luke is an incredible musician but to me Jeff Beck was right up there with Hendrix as far as innovation goes on electric guitar.

[@michaelbiggs7129]

Possibly one of the best ever covers of this song..

[@jan-kjetiljess503]

I remember hearing Clapton's rendition of Little Wing when I was barely twelve or so. For years since I thought it had to be the best cover by anyone ever of a Hendrix tune but having recently paid more attention to the likes of Beck, Roth, Vaughan and now Lukather I'm no longer so sure. Clapton's version still haunts me but there are so many incredible tributes.

[@brian91145]

Like! Great touch!

[@sunshinesteve2820]

Simply incredible!

[@SoFloDamien]

Epic rendition. My favorite

[@hectorGomez-y6j]

Probably the most under appreciated musician on earth.

[@bluesdriver6354]

Not in my house!

[@gilbertocolafabio9916]

Sottovalutato da chi? Eddy van halen alla domanda chi è il miglior chitarrista del mondo rispose chiedetelo a steve lukather

[@dwmichaels]

I dunno, man. Dude's been a hero to me for decades :D I guess it just depends on where you are as to how much you see/hear him. Steve & Toto have been legends for decades in some parts of the world.

[@bechtoea]

@@dwmichaels He's got a ridiculous number of studio credits, so even those that say they never heard of him or don't listen or like Toto, they have heard him. They just don't know they've heard him

[@skidrowe68]

Only to those that don’t know of him!

[@pascaljeanne8002]

steve is call "mister big feeling " man good!

[@elenbrandt290]

Lukather is a beast... a wonderful beast!

[@davechronister4029]

Wow! Incredible!

[@Za7a7aZ]

So much respect for Luke Stevekather ...Once, a lifetime ago Jeff invited Steve to help produce the project "who else!". Among some other talented musicians Jennifer Batten and Jan Hammer joint the fun..Unfortunately Jeff asked Steve to resign from the project because Jeff questioned Steves objectivity when it came to the melodies and other licks Jeff produced. He said that Steve was very enthusiastic and would have done anything to make the project a succes. Jeff was afraid that Steve would agree with every musical proposal he made and the record would be like having the vegetables but not the meat. This decision to let Steve go was very respectful discussed and Steve was compensated for his time spent. They remained friends ever since..

[@vaportrails7943]

4:41 legit Hendrix licks 👍 Steve knows this stuff inside and out.

[@LJG63]

Wow, I love his tone, & his guitar playing ain't too shaby either. Thanks for sharing.

[@PatternRecognitionMusic]

Great rendition, hints of some of my favorite interpretations. I like the little nod to Eric for the outro...

[@donnrutherford7059]

A great song with Steve's magic

[@jeromewagschal9485]

He should play Fender strats more often...I understand the appeal of EMG's but a strat with non-active pickups just sounds more amazing in his hands... As for playing Jeff Beck's strat I already saw Billy Gibbons playing the same strat so is it a tribute thing where every famous player gets to use it live and then passes it on to the next guy/girl ? Great rendition of a classic...and he's a great singer too...

[@mno555]

I believe Luke uses passive pickups since 2012

[@fs7572]

i wish all the active haters would try them for a while…

[@janvondrak1641]

Wonderful rendition! Sorry I couldn’t be there… I heard it was a hell of a night.

[@alchemysticgoldmind4164]

Brilliant

[@Deliquescentinsight]

Whoa, slight glitch near the end, even the best can get lost on the infinite fingerboard...superb playing and singing old boy.

[@bobbye.h.m4037]

Jeff Beck's Strat😍

[@precbsfender]

Jimi would of loved this..brilliantly done.

[@peterpigna9505]

Lukater number one

[@guitarshopfolkestone885]

Magic!!

[@hectorGomez-y6j]

Just finished his book, read it.

[@weschilton]

HELL yes!!!!!!

[@williamsjeff9048]

この曲を演ってる所を観ると、聞くと、スティーブがジミヘン小僧だった事が良く判りますね。 スティーブは、一番好きなギタリストです。d(^^)

[@kimcowherd5361]

Just the best...

[@erwanmoreau6357]

The GOAT

[@crazyferret9409]

Thank you so fuckin' much for sharing this! I was dying to see it!!

[@Boogs5150]

Great to see Luke playing a Strat!

[@coolcat23]

3:44 How does the pitch descent? He doesn't seem to moving any of his fingers accordingly? Is he just slowly releasing a bend?

[@Xstractor]

I'm pretty sure he is doing a neck bend, hugging the guitar with his right lower arm, while pushing the neck forwards with the left hand.

[@64siskat96]

he is slowly releasing a bended note, thus descending the pitch

[@The_Alex_Murphy]

He's bending the neck itself

[@817michael]

Love the upsidedown headstock

[@donmccann2885]

Sick !! Goes to show how Leo and team got the strat right in 1954.

[@loverman7989]

Steve, great tone, great playing. You should play a Stratocaster from now on.

[@tidepoolbay]

Nice Work! WooF!!🐶🐶

[@mr.snicker-doodles7081]

Dang, THAT was juicy..

[@dholliday7700]

Brilliant. Does Beck and Hendrix right. Really talented man.

[@DAVEBLISS2007]

Lovely playing by Luke.

[@DaveWaters-qd9bn]

Great player.