S15E858: Steve Porcaro
Rock Solid
Pat Francis
4.6 • 559 Ratings
🗓️ 13 November 2025
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Pat welcomes synth wizard and founding member of Toto, Steve Porcaro, to the "Zoom Room" to promote his new solo album "The Very Day."
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Steve Porcaro, and you're listening to the Rock Solid podcast. |
| 0:04.4 | Make me a deal in, make it good for me. |
| 0:17.8 | I won't get full of myself. |
| 0:19.7 | I can't afford to be. This is small town music. This is big |
| 0:24.0 | town music. He's ahead of his time, you know, but he can't use it. If only he could prove it. |
| 0:31.5 | Well, tomorrow's just a song away, a song away, a song away. Hey, everybody. Welcome to Rock Solid, the comedy podcast for all things music, both new and |
| 0:43.2 | classic. |
| 0:44.1 | I'm Pat Francis, and joining me in the Zoom room to promote the release of his first new studio |
| 0:49.7 | album in nine years called The Very Day. |
| 0:53.8 | Please welcome Grammy-winning keyboardist and founding member of the band Toto, Mr. Steve Porcaro. |
| 1:01.5 | Hey, Steve. |
| 1:02.7 | Hey, how's it going? |
| 1:04.0 | I'm doing good. |
| 1:05.4 | Steve, I'm currently in rainy North Carolina. |
| 1:08.2 | Where are you right now? |
| 1:09.9 | I'm in sunny Southern California. And believe me, |
| 1:15.7 | I'm honestly jealous of you. I love it when it rains. Well, I lived in Los Angeles for 30 years. |
| 1:24.1 | My wife and I just relocated here this past January. And it is kind of cool. |
| 1:29.3 | The seasons are kind of cool. It's, um, it's, I'm not saying that the LA weather is not perfect, |
| 1:34.8 | but it is neat to see the seasons. So absolutely. That's where we're at. Steve, born and raised in |
| 1:41.4 | Southern California. No, I was born in Connecticut. |
| 1:45.0 | Born in Hartford, Connecticut. |
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