1. Steven Maxwell Porcaro was born on September 2,1957 and is an American keyboardist, songwriter, singer, and film music composer, known as one of the founding members of the rock band Toto and the last surviving Porcaro brother ; as the songwriter of "Human Nature" by Michael Jackson and songs by Toto; and as the composer of the music for TV series Justified.
Steve Porcaro has won three Grammys, including Record of the Year for "Rosanna" and Album of the Year for Toto IV, and three nominations.
Steve Porcaro was a member of Chris Squire's short-lived band, The Chris Squire Experiment, in 1992.
Just like his brothers Jeff and Mike, Steve Porcaro started out as a drummer under the tutelage of his father Joe Porcaro, before taking up piano.
Steve Porcaro's touring career began playing with Gary Wright on his 1976 tour in support of his album, The Dream Weaver.
Steve Porcaro wrote or co-wrote at least one song on each of Toto's first six albums, with the exception of Isolation.
Steve Porcaro's two older brothers Mike and Jeff were Toto's bassist and drummer as well as session musicians while his father Joe was a prolific session percussionist.
Steve Porcaro left Toto in 1987 after the Fahrenheit tour in order to pursue a more full-time songwriting and composing career.
However, Steve Porcaro did accompany them on their The Seventh One world tour in 1988.
In 2024 Steve Porcaro sold the rights to all his music to the Jackson estate and publisher Primary Wave.
Steve Porcaro composes music for film and television, including the FX television show Justified, among others.
Steve Porcaro returned to play with Toto at live performances since 2010, when they decided to reform the band and tour in Europe to support Mike Steve Porcaro.
Steve Porcaro released his first ever solo album on June 10,2016.
Steve Porcaro played a huge variety of synthesizers on Toto albums.
Steve Porcaro was known to use various Yamaha synthesizers, including the CS-80, GS1, DX1, and DX7, as well as others such as the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, Minimoog Model D, Polyfusion Modular, E-mu Emulator, Roland Jupiter-8, Oberheim Xpander, and Dynacord Add-one.
Steve Porcaro used various keyboards during live performances with the band such as the Wurlitzer 200A in 1979 and Yamaha CP-70 in 1980, sometimes used for covering the piano parts when David Paich was playing organ or a synthesizer.
Steve Porcaro is a user of Arturia products, and has spoken highly of their synthesizer software, including a demonstration video of the CS-80 V software.
Steve Porcaro's first daughter, Heather Janine Porcaro, was born on June 8,1978.
Steve Porcaro was the child of Porcaro and Jeanette Mellin, a woman whom Steve had met on tour in 1977.
Steve Porcaro was married to model Pam Ross from 1998 to 2008.
Steve Porcaro collaborated with his daughter Heather Porcaro on her debut album, The Heartstring Symphony, released in 2009.