In the late 70s Jeff and Mike Porcaro would play on Friday night at Dontes in North Hollywierd with Larry Carlton and Greg Mathisen. The room was half full and these guys would cut loose and it was a dream. Jeff played an unmiked kit and they would open with a burning 20 minute version of Room 335. LC commented often about how he looked forward to jamming with the boys after a tough week of paying jingles and man he was so good. It was a phenomenal opportunity and was some of the greatest hours of my life. Eat your heart out. RIP Porcaro Bros.
Would be wonderful to hear Jeff, Mike, Larry and Greg together in a small club. At least I heard Jeff and Mike with Toto twice in concert. Also Larry a couple of times with his own band. Great memories! After one gig I told Larry, that I just had listened to one of his records with Jeff. He got quite sentimental, smiled and said "good old times". 🥰😉
As with so many artists who leave us way too early....we all sit and wonder....what more...could they ve given us? What other amazing music and impacts, cold they have provided. With Jeff gone...we all got robbed of greatness. there will NEVER be...another Jeff Porcaro. Rest in peace to Mike, Jeff, and their father Joe.
2016 and I still miss these Porcaro brothers. Jeff was the reason that I started drumming. But the influens of these 2 men wil go on for years. They where true musicians!
Wow. I love you both so much. Im also a Northeast Italian with two brothers one named Mike. Both are drummers. I’ll never accept the loss of Jeff Porcaro and now you, Mike. Life is a fing shame.
A very compassionate and sincere person..A wicked musician..groove on Mike...You and Jeff together again....Heaven has a hell of a rhythm section...RIP
Such a Classy and AMAZING guy!!!! The Porcaro family must have been Heaven Sent....they all seem to be so caring and kind hearted!!!! Take care Mike!!!! RIP Jeff...
Mike, sending you get well wishes from Canada. I hope for a miracle and that you may be well again. Please know you are held in high regard and people, like myself, believe in the power of non local prayer. Hugs.
We will always miss Jeff, and we will never, and I mean never forget this tremendous soul and his incredible magic behind a drum kit -JEFF PORCARO-THE BEST DRUMMER EVER
do you think Steve Porcaro will do a documentary reflecting on Mike? the stars i mean the greatest musciaians we have lost over the decades will always be shine bright up in the big sky and our love doesnt end here it lives forever on the wings of time
That brings tears to my eyes, though I have seen it before...so sad that Mike is sick now too. The Porcaros are such an amazingly talented family, and I pray God will bless each one of them.
man this makes me soo sad... such a sweet soul... all the porcaros, but to know the struggles that hes going through right now, it just breaks my heart, especially when he says lifes a shame... however if anyone would be able to handle this with courage it would be mike porcaro. the best. the best. the best. thickest deepest groove ever.
The first time I heard Toto I fell in love with them, that was 25 years ago, and I feel their music is better everytime I listened to them. Porcaro was an excellent drummer...
Oui c'est vrai. J espère que médicalement il a été bien accompagné. Bien triste destin pour un homme do t j ai été follement amoureuse dans les année 80. Il était incroyablement beau et doux..😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
I never met Jeff but I admire his work immensely. I had met Mike on two occasions and he was just such a fine gentleman and musician. Jeff was quoted as saying Mike was the best drummer in the family so I just wish we could have watched him in action. I read a story where David won a bet that Mike would know a drum technique that Simon didn't know. It turned out to be a French roll, which Mike defined and demonstrated.
@@HJ-fb8rl Mike was very cool and quiet. When the rest of the band came out to greet fans in the back stage party, Mike would chill with his wife in the bus, then come out for a quick hello. We sat with his wife during the concert and she spoke with us like she knew us for 20 years. When I greeted Mike and we discussed family, I'm of Italian descent as well, he was thrilled at how common our homes and traditions were. Then I told him I played along with Mr. Porcaro's Instructional Tape, and demonstrated how Mr. P. counted down, Mike kissed me on the cheek. He was truly all about family, which could be said about all the Toto members I personally met. At another concert around 2007, Mike was walking around the venue after the concert (Mandalay Bay) holding his son Jeff. He invited my brother and me up to the hotel party, but we had another engagement. We met many times after than and it was always the same, soft-spoken Mike who would thank us for attending their concerts. God Bless Mike, Jeff, Miles, and Pop Porcaro.
@@drumsport Mercide votre retour et tellement heureuse de vous lire. Avez vous continuer à voir Mike l'orque il était malade ? Comment était il ? Avez-vous des nouvelles de sa femme et de ses enfants ? Que font ils aujourd'hui ? Grande peine j'ai pour lui et de sa maladie. Il ne m éritait pascette fin tragique. Comment le groupe a vécu son décès ? Je vous écris depuis PARIS. Merci vraiment de me répondre. Respect à vous . Pensées fortes à Mike.
@@HJ-fb8rl When Mike became ill, only family and very close friends were by his side. I lived on the other side of the country and really only saw Mike at concerts, but he knew my brothers and I as we had been to almost 30 concerts. And I had seen them in Sweden and Norway, so they knew we loved their musicianship and family values.
@@drumsport Jevous remercie de m avoir répondu. J'ai beaucoup de peine de la triste destinée qu il a eue. Je les aient vu 2 fois en concert en France, j'ai gardé précieusement des photos prises ensemble. Mike paraissait très timide et réservé mais très gentil. Je me trompe ? Durant les années déjà maladie, le reste du groupe l ont ils soutenu et reste en contact ? Je vous écris depuis PARIS.
Bracia Porcaro to jedna wielka rodzina muzyków rockowych , którzy współpracowali z grupą Toto i innymi wokalistami i gwiazdami przy realizacji różnych płyt .
Thank you Mike for those words. I did not know or ever meet Jeff, but as a drummer myself I felt him and hear him in my playing. And I miss him too. P.S. Sorry I didn't know you were dead to. Will never mine.
@ShadowAngel Unfortunate and senseless, but true. One amazing percussionist. RIP Jeff. And I've never met a greater gentleman than Mike. What a gem! RIP Mike.
@@zimjun7 And there’s a promise of a resurrection. While we’re alive we should appreciate our lives and that of others. Life while we have it is a gift.
Difficult to understand Mike because of the music, which is too loud (of course great though). Is it possible to publish this interview without music in the background? Please please ... 🥰
That's a myth. There is an interview with their dad Joe on RUclips and he makes it quite clear that Jeff had the talent on the drums. Don Henley and Ringo Star used Jeff in the studio and they are no slouches.
Mark Job, I’m familiar with Jeff’s session work. Will you link that interview? I found that quote from Jeff in several places, including Mike’s wiki page, an interview with Jeff from a drummer, and a few other sites. It doesn’t go into specifics, and Jeff may have said it in that self deprecating way he had. It seems like he meant teenaged (or child) Mike, but again, he didn’t specify, and since they’re print, not video, we don’t hear his tone of voice. TIA
@alboy88 - I wish I could say that he will but unfortunately the Disease he has, ALS (Lou Gehrigs Disease) is a dreadful Muscle Wasting Disease of which there is yet no cure. However, the search for one goes on and I do hope there is success in finding one. It is terminal but sufferers of this, such as Stephen Hawking (look him up) have gone on to live long lives in spite of it. Mike can no longer play Bass now, but I'd say its always in his Heart and Soul, so he'll always be a Bassist.
I loved you Jeff...working with you was so amazing....your second engineer....Chris Hunter...Sound City....
If there was one Bassist I would love to have played with...Its would be this wonderful man.
Love you Mike.......
Me too
@Tomi Igo Probably you mean Leland Sklar. 😉 Wonderful bass-player, indeed. One of a kind, as Mike.
It's really sad to see the grief in his eyes...hope they have great time in heaven
Now they're both jamming together in heaven :)
Or maybe they're just dead.
@@hugo54758 Or maybe you're just a disrespectful prick.
@@TA-to7kt Good comeback
@@TA-to7kt snowflake
@@muzicalmastermind6163 Not a comeback at all. Just a comment to someone showing disrespect, Capernicus!
In the late 70s Jeff and Mike Porcaro would play on Friday night at Dontes in North Hollywierd with Larry Carlton and Greg Mathisen. The room was half full and these guys would cut loose and it was a dream. Jeff played an unmiked kit and they would open with a burning 20 minute version of Room 335. LC commented often about how he looked forward to jamming with the boys after a tough week of paying jingles and man he was so good. It was a phenomenal opportunity and was some of the greatest hours of my life. Eat your heart out. RIP Porcaro Bros.
Wow, you have been really Lucky to see them in the 70's!!
Would be wonderful to hear Jeff, Mike, Larry and Greg together in a small club. At least I heard Jeff and Mike with Toto twice in concert. Also Larry a couple of times with his own band. Great memories! After one gig I told Larry, that I just had listened to one of his records with Jeff. He got quite sentimental, smiled and said "good old times". 🥰😉
Being a professional acoustic drummer for many moons Jeff Porcaro will always be my favorite drummer.
RIP Mike you will always be loved and missed like Jeff. Hope you two are rocking it up there
Well, if being dead, ceasing to exist, if that is " rockin' up there", then yeah, they totally be rockin' up there.
As with so many artists who leave us way too early....we all sit and wonder....what more...could they ve given us? What other amazing music and impacts, cold they have provided. With Jeff gone...we all got robbed of greatness. there will NEVER be...another Jeff Porcaro. Rest in peace to Mike, Jeff, and their father Joe.
2016 and I still miss these Porcaro brothers.
Jeff was the reason that I started drumming. But the influens of these 2 men wil go on for years. They where true musicians!
I love TOTO and Porcaro Bros
Roel Jette
Wow. I love you both so much. Im also a Northeast Italian with two brothers one named Mike. Both are drummers. I’ll never accept the loss of Jeff Porcaro and now you, Mike. Life is a fing shame.
Que j aime votre commentaire à la mémoire de ces 2 frères au triste destin. Vraiment injuste.😢😢😢😢😢😢
I wish Mike all the best on his painful state.. we all love you!
That comment is from January 10th 2015, he passed away in March same year. RIP Mike
I'll Never forget you Mike Porcaro. RIP.
RIP MIKE PORCARO
A very compassionate and sincere person..A wicked musician..groove on Mike...You and Jeff together again....Heaven has a hell of a rhythm section...RIP
God bless the Porcaro brothers for the grooves and the songs.
RIP Mike...
Such a Classy and AMAZING guy!!!! The Porcaro family must have been Heaven Sent....they all seem to be so caring and kind hearted!!!! Take care Mike!!!! RIP Jeff...
Mike, sending you get well wishes from Canada. I hope for a miracle and that you may be well again. Please know you are held in high regard and people, like myself, believe in the power of non local prayer. Hugs.
the porcaro brothers is the back bone of toto and steve lukather and the other members is the driving force
Not only the greatest drummer but one of the all time greatest musicians ever. Love and respect god bless his soul
Essa banda toto é sensacional demais já ouvi muito
Mike You are right; Life is a Shame sometimes.......We love You!!
But they did enjoy life and family.
God Bless Mike Porcaro
He was a human being like us all.
He will be missed.
And Simon Phillips is an excellent drummer.
Whaaaaaaaaaaaat?
Jesus, not a lot of tears here.
We will always miss Jeff, and we will never, and I mean never forget this tremendous soul and his incredible magic behind a drum kit -JEFF PORCARO-THE BEST DRUMMER EVER
Love Mike was a humble soul n talented bass player... Jeff was in a class of his own... Miss these icons
mike your a pure soul
sir mike, i hope i can still see you perform on stage! gobless... love yah!
He is unable to and he's getting worse but trying some alternative treatments.
Fred Adams :'(
Rest In Peace Mike :(
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKE!!! a great person and a great musician.....
Jeff is very likeable and down to earth in that instructional video he did. I find that video very interesting and useful.
Brilliant drummer and person. 🙏
May God bless both these wonderful people and musicians ❤️❤️
For sure Mike and Jeff are having a great feeling of how many lives touched with their talent and music they delivered...
I sorely miss them
Love you Mike ! And all of those incredible Porcaro's .... what a great beautiful family
do you think Steve Porcaro will do a documentary reflecting on Mike? the stars i mean the greatest musciaians we have lost over the decades will always be shine bright up in the big sky and our love doesnt end here it lives forever on the wings of time
I still think so
You have left us and we are all very sad. Good to know you are with Jeff somewhere. You will not be forgotten Mike. R.I.P.
Never saw Toto live but I saw many bands in the late 70s cover them in Baltimore. RIP
RIP Mike Porcaro (May 29, 1955 - March 15, 2015)
Kinda reminds me of what Barry Gibb went through. Losing loved ones especially brothers is hard. May they all RIP 🙏.
That brings tears to my eyes, though I have seen it before...so sad that Mike is sick now too. The Porcaros are such an amazingly talented family, and I pray God will bless each one of them.
man this makes me soo sad... such a sweet soul... all the porcaros, but to know the struggles that hes going through right now, it just breaks my heart, especially when he says lifes a shame... however if anyone would be able to handle this with courage it would be mike porcaro. the best. the best. the best. thickest deepest groove ever.
The first time I heard Toto I fell in love with them, that was 25 years ago, and I feel their music is better everytime I listened to them. Porcaro was an excellent drummer...
Truly beautiful family, seen Mike play three times... Groovemeister, and then some! Get well x
LOVE YA, MIKEY!!!
At least Jeff's death was quick. Mike wasn't so fortunate. ALS is one of the worst diseases a person can get.
Steve is the only brother left
Oui c'est vrai. J espère que médicalement il a été bien accompagné. Bien triste destin pour un homme do t j ai été follement amoureuse dans les année 80. Il était incroyablement beau et doux..😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
R.I.P Porcaro brothers!
I never met Jeff but I admire his work immensely. I had met Mike on two occasions and he was just such a fine gentleman and musician. Jeff was quoted as saying Mike was the best drummer in the family so I just wish we could have watched him in action. I read a story where David won a bet that Mike would know a drum technique that Simon didn't know. It turned out to be a French roll, which Mike defined and demonstrated.
Parlez moi de lui. Il paraît qu il était très humble et une très belle personne. Dites moi en plus....
@@HJ-fb8rl Mike was very cool and quiet. When the rest of the band came out to greet fans in the back stage party, Mike would chill with his wife in the bus, then come out for a quick hello. We sat with his wife during the concert and she spoke with us like she knew us for 20 years. When I greeted Mike and we discussed family, I'm of Italian descent as well, he was thrilled at how common our homes and traditions were. Then I told him I played along with Mr. Porcaro's Instructional Tape, and demonstrated how Mr. P. counted down, Mike kissed me on the cheek. He was truly all about family, which could be said about all the Toto members I personally met. At another concert around 2007, Mike was walking around the venue after the concert (Mandalay Bay) holding his son Jeff. He invited my brother and me up to the hotel party, but we had another engagement. We met many times after than and it was always the same, soft-spoken Mike who would thank us for attending their concerts. God Bless Mike, Jeff, Miles, and Pop Porcaro.
@@drumsport Mercide votre retour et tellement heureuse de vous lire. Avez vous continuer à voir Mike l'orque il était malade ? Comment était il ? Avez-vous des nouvelles de sa femme et de ses enfants ? Que font ils aujourd'hui ? Grande peine j'ai pour lui et de sa maladie. Il ne m éritait pascette fin tragique. Comment le groupe a vécu son décès ? Je vous écris depuis PARIS. Merci vraiment de me répondre. Respect à vous . Pensées fortes à Mike.
@@HJ-fb8rl When Mike became ill, only family and very close friends were by his side. I lived on the other side of the country and really only saw Mike at concerts, but he knew my brothers and I as we had been to almost 30 concerts. And I had seen them in Sweden and Norway, so they knew we loved their musicianship and family values.
@@drumsport Jevous remercie de m avoir répondu. J'ai beaucoup de peine de la triste destinée qu il a eue. Je les aient vu 2 fois en concert en France, j'ai gardé précieusement des photos prises ensemble. Mike paraissait très timide et réservé mais très gentil. Je me trompe ? Durant les années déjà maladie, le reste du groupe l ont ils soutenu et reste en contact ? Je vous écris depuis PARIS.
I'm sure they're playing the baddest grooves in heaven right now.
I'm not
I was with Joe Porcaro the day after Jeff passed at PIT. Joe is such a great person and we idolized Jeff. Feel his absence to this day!
Mike and Jeff, together again :::
Bracia Porcaro to jedna wielka rodzina muzyków rockowych , którzy współpracowali z grupą Toto i innymi wokalistami i gwiazdami przy realizacji różnych płyt .
Mike's death won't let us face the losing war against ALS, we are winning!
mike and jeff porcaro maybe crying while seeing luke still play their TOTO song
Ya, just heartbreaking to say the least. Such a shame ~ as good as life can be - it can sure have it's down side some days. Love you Toto.
Thank you Mike for those words. I did not know or ever meet Jeff, but as a drummer myself I felt him and hear him in my playing. And I miss him too.
P.S. Sorry I didn't know you were dead to. Will never mine.
This kills me inside...
The curse of the healthy..we outlive everyone
RIP :-(
WHAT KIND OF LOOSER would not like this ?
RIP Jeff and God Bless TOTO!!!!
why the porcaro's? what did they do wrong? I hope steve p stays well.
They didn't do anything wrong.
'time and unforeseen occurrences befall us all."
@ShadowAngel true, but ALS is unstoppable.
@ShadowAngel Unfortunate and senseless, but true. One amazing percussionist. RIP Jeff. And I've never met a greater gentleman than Mike. What a gem! RIP Mike.
@@zimjun7 And there’s a promise of a resurrection. While we’re alive we should appreciate our lives and that of others. Life while we have it is a gift.
Such good people and heaven-sent musicians. Brings tears to my eyes...Jeff, God bless him, is gone, but Mike is HERE TO STAY
Mike per me era il più meraviglioso fra i tre fratelli. E non parlo di bravura
Coollest bassist in the world.
When do you arrange an interview of someone by putting drums solo on it...?
mike man you r the coolist guy i bet jeff was just as cool as you. my prayers go out to you man. you got a good heart
May they both RIP.
❤
Difficult to understand Mike because of the music, which is too loud (of course great though). Is it possible to publish this interview without music in the background? Please please ... 🥰
Oh yeah God be with these brothers
I love Toto
R.I.P Mike and Jeff
Rip mike your now jammin together
+loyalman692ndaccount i hope jeff has got drum kit out and mike has got his bass out heaven is gonna get louder now
life is a shame that's what i always believe.
How can Anybody who really watched this possibly give a thumbs down?
Mike..Jeff..Jeffs son Miles..and Joe Porcaro all in heaven now
@@markjob7736 joe porcaro died in July of this year..do your homework
very sad to see this now considering mike is in poor health. life is a shame! god bless Jeff and Mike!
I read an interview with Jeff, where he said that Mike was a better drummer than Jeff was. Does anyone have videos of Mike on drums?
That's a myth. There is an interview with their dad Joe on RUclips and he makes it quite clear that Jeff had the talent on the drums.
Don Henley and Ringo Star used Jeff in the studio and they are no slouches.
Mark Job,
I’m familiar with Jeff’s session work. Will you link that interview? I found that quote from Jeff in several places, including Mike’s wiki page, an interview with Jeff from a drummer, and a few other sites. It doesn’t go into specifics, and Jeff may have said it in that self deprecating way he had. It seems like he meant teenaged (or child) Mike, but again, he didn’t specify, and since they’re print, not video, we don’t hear his tone of voice. TIA
@@beachgirl4583 Look under Joe Porcaro interview- Session Panel.
Sorry I can't provide the link I have a smart phone lol
@@beachgirl4583 And you are correct concerning Jeff's humility and praise of others. He was one hell of a man.
great bass player! his bass part on rosanna (refrain) is as amazing as the drum groove by jeff.really hope he lives long!
I feel like crying.
The Porcaro brothers RIP
god bless you
Rest In Peace, Mike! At least you can see Jeff now, but we can't see you mor Jeff...;(
Mikey we miss ya rip mike and jeff
now we can reflect on jeff and mike who are jamming together up in the big sky.
fan de Toto best porcaro
why do widows always get in the way?
The hell you talking about
the best
mike sounds like michael douglas...
R.I.P Jeff, sorry mike
This is so sad.
eir must be some great music in the afterlife
RIP
Yeah, as a matter of fact, I think he does! Ha!
lol
@alboy88 - I wish I could say that he will but unfortunately the Disease he has, ALS (Lou Gehrigs Disease) is a dreadful Muscle Wasting Disease of which there is yet no cure. However, the search for one goes on and I do hope there is success in finding one. It is terminal but sufferers of this, such as Stephen Hawking (look him up) have gone on to live long lives in spite of it. Mike can no longer play Bass now, but I'd say its always in his Heart and Soul, so he'll always be a Bassist.
RIP Mike.