Steve Lukather releases new album “Transition” on January 21st

Mascot Label Group will release the highly anticipated seventh solo album “Transition” by guitarist, vocalist, composer/producer/arranger, Steve Lukather, on Monday 21st January 2013.

 One of the original founding members of the multi-million selling rock band TOTO, Lukather will showcase his innate feel for rock and jazz guitar music, along with his impeccable song writing talents. Transition showcases extraordinary guitar playing performed across some of the most heartfelt songs of Steve’s career.

Transition strikes a perfect balance of style, power and
imagination as Lukather takes risks and faces challenges in ways most
other players can’t fathom.
Over
the previous decade a series of trials including divorce, the death of
his mother and business hassles had dampened his joy in music making —
a passion that drove Lukather to excel since seeing the Beatles on the
Ed Sullivan as a seven-year-old growing up in San Fernando Valley.
Today the guitar guru is happy, healthy and strongly reconnected to his muse, and the lushly expressive Transition, his second Mascot album, finds him at a creative peak.
“Transition is a turning point for the album and a turning
point for me,” Lukather explains. “As we were writing the songs, I was
thinking about everything I’ve seen — all the people I’ve lost in my
life, the great and the difficult experiences I’ve had, and how
ultimately it was time to get it together and embrace things for what
they are.  We’ve only got one life to live so we should make the most
of it.”

Following the release of the new album, Lukather will embark on an
extensive European tour that will take in two UK concerts at London’s
Islington o2 Academy (March 29) and Bilston’s Robin 2 (March 30).
Pre-order Transition album and merchandise here – http://stevelukather.mlgmerch.com.
In addition to his work with TOTO, Lukather is a 5-time Grammy
winner who has played on 2000+ albums with some of the biggest stars
and legends in music including Elton John, Paul McCartney, Roger
Waters, Miles Davis, Alice Cooper, George Benson and Rod Stewart. 
He also played guitar on Michael Jackson’s multi-million selling
milestone album ‘Thriller’, and is a member of Ringo Starr’s All-Starr
Band (2012-2013), and has also toured with Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and
John Petrucci in G3 2012.

Steve Lukather: “Transition” Official Biography