GOODBYE TOTO BASSIST MIKE PORCARO KILLED BY THE SLA AT 59

It 'died in Los Angeles at the age' of 59 years Mike
Porcaro, the historic bassist Toto. Porcaro from 2007 was ill with ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which prevented him from playing for three years and forced him into a
wheelchair.

The news of the death occurred Friday 'and' was given by his brother Steve, keyboardist of the prolific rock band with flashes American pop that has sold 35 million albums,
dominating the music scene in the 80s.
  The brothers Porcaro, Steve, Mike and Jeff, the latter died in 1992, were the founders of the group Toto in the late '70s.
 Mike, a bass virtuoso, had come to be part of it only in 1982, after the departure of
original bassist David Hungate and when they were already 'out songs of great success as "Africa", "Roxanne" and "Hold the line". Mike I sign 'discs Isolation (1984), F (1986), Mindfields (1998) and Through the Looking Glass (2002). The band was dissolved in 2008, just after the illness of Mike, but has now made a new album, "Toto XIV", due out March 24 that will be 'promoted with a European tour that will start' in May.

Followed by a tour that will also Italy in July with dates in Milan, Rome and Taormina.

fonte:AGI

GOODBYE TOTO BASSIST MIKE PORCARO KILLED BY THE SLA AT 59

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