The above book is a companion piece to the career-spanning Toto box set:

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I'd read this.

In anticipation of the book's publication on Tuesday, the pre-order price has been reduced by nearly $9, down to $17.10:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1642930776/?tag=imwan-20

You gotta love the title.

Had a chance to read this. Have to say that Luke doesn't pull any punches. He goes into detail about his behavior (or, misbehavior) and the collapse of his two marriages. We get a better idea about the problems with Bobby Kimball and (first time out) Joseph Williams. I must say that this is a compelling bio and the shock of finding out his youngest child is autistic shows how this affects many families. A strong recommend!

Lukather's memoir is currently on sale at Amazon USA -- $11.92 (54% off):

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1642930776/?tag=imwan-20

I could have sworn that IP (Pete) posted his thoughts on this book here.

He posted his thoughts about the book in the Toto box set thread:

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Thanks.

I tried listening to the audiobook, narrated by Lukather himself, but eventually gave up. Some celebrities should realize that they may be good at what they do, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're good at narrating. Bear in mind that I'm Brazilian, but I think even native speakers may have a hard time understanding what he says at times. I had a similar problem with Roger Daltrey, who sounds like he's drooling all the time while he speaks. Some musicians have done excellent jobs narrating their own autobiographies: Carole King, Paul Stanley, John Fogerty, Carly Simon (I could do without the occasional background music, though), Guy Pratt, Phil Collins, Elton John ("Love is the Cure"). even Pete Townshend, with his nasal voice. But Steve Lukather was a disappointment. I'll give it another try some time later. I've decided to listen to Jimmy Webb's autobiography instead, which is also narrated by the author.

Even Steven Tyler's autobio was read by a voice actor. However, the voice actor they got (I don't remember his name) got Tyler's rhythms and prose perfectly. Tyler was very scattershot and stream of consciousness in his writing -- it wasn't linear.

I've heard a few Beatles-related audiobooks where the narrator does a perfect impersonation of John, Paul, George and Ringo. I think "Tune In" is one of them.

The guy who read Mick Fleetwood's autobio sounds so much like him that I forget it's not actually Mick.

I liked the book quite a bit, although I thought the chapters that preceded Toto's formation were pretty bland. I was surprised to read of his involvement with some artists that I really like but that I had no idea (or didn't remember) that he had worked with, such as Stevie Nicks, Cher and Olivia Newton-John (whose new autobiography I read immediately prior to this). Pleased that he writes favorably of all three.