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Steve Lukather & Friends
"Santamental"
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In June 2002 Lukather started the recordings for a solo album with jazz-rock style covers of classic and brand new Xmas songs, (re)arranged by Luke himself and Jeff Babko. The album (almost entirely instrumental) also will contain two new songs as a surprise gift. One of the special guests on the album, entitled "Santamental" is Eddie Van Halen. Lukather in July, "Ed and I have been friends for 24 years or so. I got him out of seclusion to come rip on one of the Xmas tunes." Van Halen joins Lukather on a rendition of the standard "Joy To The World" that Lukather tells will sound a bit different than what most people are used to, "I did a version of "Joy To The World" that sounds like it's "Hot For Teacher" or "Space Boogie". It's that tempo, that groove, and we re-arranged the voicings around the melody. Me and him go back and forth on some solos. "Santamental" sounds like a Big Band based on Weather Report, Frank Zappa and Van Halen." Destined to become a classic, the album is specially packaged in an 4-panel Digipak.
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03:07 |
Joy To The World
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Instrumental
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06:58 |
Greensleeves
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Instrumental
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02:19 |
Jingle Bells
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Vocal
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04:42 |
Carol Of The Bells
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Instrumental
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04:09 |
Broken Heart For Christmas
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Vocal
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04:55 |
Angels We Have Heard On High
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Instrumental
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04:05 |
Winter Wonderland
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Vocal
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05:19 |
Look Out For Angels
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Vocal
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04:33 |
Silent Night
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Instrumental
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02:16 |
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting)
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Instrumental
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Steve Lukather |
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Guitars, Vocals, Background Vocals, Arrangements, Production |
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Trevor Lukather |
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Guitar Power Chords on "Carol Of The Bells" |
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Eddie Van Halen |
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Guitar (2nd & 4th Solo on "Joy To The World" |
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Slash |
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Guitar on "Broken Heart For Christmas" |
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Steve Vai |
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Guitar on "Carol Of The Bells" (3rd Solo) |
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Mike Landau |
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Guitar on "Look Out For Angels (1st Solo) |
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Edgar Winter |
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Sax, Vocals and Sax on "Winter Wonderland" |
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Jeff Babko |
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Keyboards, Trombone, Organ, Rhodes-Hammond, Synthesizer, Horns, Vocals, Background Vocals, Arrangements |
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John Pierce |
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Bass |
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Scott Hamilton |
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Sax, Background Vocals |
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Walt Fowler |
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Trumpet |
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George Shelby |
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Sax |
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Greg Bissonette |
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Drums, Trumpet |
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Lenny Castro |
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Percussion, Background Vocals |
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Simon Phillips |
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Tambourine on "Joy To The World" |
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Elliot Scheiner |
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Production |
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Larry Carlton |
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Arrangement on "The Christmas Song" |
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Sammy Davis, Jr. |
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Sampled Vocals on "Jingle Bells" |
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Bob Babko |
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Background Vocals |
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Chris Castro |
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Background Vocals |
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Ben Osgood |
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Background Vocals |
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Vol. 17, No. 2: Feb.-Mar. 2012
