{"id":29935,"date":"2025-10-03T05:30:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T09:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=29935"},"modified":"2025-08-20T11:49:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T15:49:35","slug":"music-blurbs-vol-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/03\/music-blurbs-vol-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Blurbs Vol. 15"},"content":{"rendered":"

Toto<\/b>
\nFew bands have covered the wide stylistic range of Toto; fewer still have found commercial success doing so. Formed in 1977 by a coterie of top session players, Toto has made music that has variously \u2013 and accurately \u2013 been described as progressive rock, pop, soft rock, hard rock and even jazz fusion. Multiple Grammy award winner, Toto has sold over 50 million records worldwide. The band\u2019s early lineup of the Porcaro brothers Jeff (drums) and Steve (keyboards) plus David Paich (more keys), singer Bobby Kimball and guitarist Steve Lukather all played on the band\u2019s first four albums. Between 1978 and 1988, Toto placed fifteen of their songs on U.S. singles charts; \u201cHold the Line,\u201d \u201c99,\u201d \u201cI Won\u2019t Hold you Back\u201d and \u201cRosanna\u201d were all Top Ten, and \u201c1982\u2019s \u201cAfrica was #1, and a worldwide smash. The band members have long had a lucrative and creatively successful sideline playing on other artists\u2019 records, including sessions for Michael Jackson (\u201cBeat It\u201d) and The Tubes (\u201cTalk To Ya Later\u201d).
\nClint Black<\/b>
\nClint Black is a country superstar. Though he spent nearly a decade toiling as a songwriter and performer before landing a record deal in 1987, his career took off like a shot from there. Black has since won a Grammy, an American Music Award, three TNN Music Awards, five Academy of Country Music Awards and four CMA Awards. To date he has placed more than 30 singles on Billboard<\/i>\u2019s Country chart, including a staggering 13 songs taking the number one position. He\u2019s made successful forays into film and television as well, but Black\u2019s primary focus remains songwriting and making music. While he stepped away from the business for several years, Black returned in 2013. He released On Purpose<\/i> in 2015, and followed it up in 2020 with his 12th<\/sup> studio album, Out of Sane<\/i>. His current run of headlining dates \u2013 dubbed the Back on the Blacktop Tour \u2013 takes him all over the U.S. from the heartland to date in major markets.
\nBilly Idol<\/b>
\nIn mid 1970s London, a community of like-minded individuals exerted influence on the city\u2019s music and fashion. Dubbed the Bromley Contingent, that group became a regular fixture at gigs by pioneering punk group Sex Pistols. The Contingent included a number of future stars, Billy Idol among them. Idol first came to fame leading Generation X, and then as an artist under his own name. During the MTV era, Idol\u2019s distinctive look and sound caught the viewing public\u2019s attention\u2019 he scored major hits with \u201cDancing With Myself\u201d from his Generation X days), \u201cWhite Wedding,\u201d \u201cRebel Yell\u201d and other tracks. He\u2019s also a three-time Grammy nominee. While his biggest successes came between 1982 and 1990, Idol has remained busy as a touring and recording artist. His latest release, 2025\u2019s Dream Into It <\/i>charted in the Top 5 in three countries, and its release coincided with Idol\u2019s nomination to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
\nHot Tuna<\/b>
\nHot Tuna began as a side project in 1969 when guitarist Jorma Kaukonen and bassist Jack Casady were still members of another legendary group, Jefferson Airplane. Designed as a vehicle for their more blues-oriented compositions, Hot Tuna released their self-titled debut album in 1970; a live set, it captured the band as a trio (with harmonica player Will Scarlett) and was well- received by critics and fans alike, reading No. 30 on Billboard<\/i>\u2019s album chart. The group has always been a loose and malleable aggregation, but Kaukonen and Casady have always been the group\u2019s omnipresent core. Hot Tuna has recorded and performed as both a highly-charge, powerful blues-rock band and as a stripped-down, acoustic group, sometimes with only the two mainstays. The band\u2019s most recent studio outing is 2011\u2019s Steady As She Goes<\/i>; since that time, Hot Tuna has focused primarily on live performances. A 2019 archival set documents a 1969 show in Santa Rosa, California. Today, Kaukonen (age 84) and Casady (81) remain as fiery as ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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