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Porcaro did play on several tracks over the years and if I recall correctly all of Katy Lied but he was never a "member" of the group original or otherwise. Just another studio guy. Not sure if that's what you meant but your statement sort of implied that.

That's what I meant - Porcaro was, more or less, their default drummer after Jim Hodder departed, but so many session guys came through, particularly guitarists and drummers, it is difficult to keep up with them. Porcaro played most of the drums on Pretzel Logic, Katy Lied - has no credits on The Royal Scam or Aja, then is back for some tracks on Gaucho.

FM was about the time Porcaro formed Toto with his brothers, Lukather, and David Paich. (That cat played a lot of drums during a short 38-year life, too, BTW).

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Posted by nm1230

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Posted on 5/27/15 at 9:41 am to Ace Midnight

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Porcaro played most of the drums on Pretzel Logic, Katy Lied - has no credits on The Royal Scam or Aja, then is back for some tracks on Gaucho.

Yeah, it's possible he cut tracks for some of those records but his takes never made the records. I honestly don't know the answer to that. I know he's on a track or two off of "The Nightfly".

I knew a guy once (who was pretty connected in the music industry) that claimed he had heard a whole cassette of the album Aja with alternate takes that Steve Gadd had played on. The only take that made the actual record was of course "Aja". The Classic Albums episode on the making of Aja gives a lot of insight on how they worked by that point. It's on youtube I think.

Porcaro was a freak of nature and was playing on master sessions in LA when he was 17 years old. He was the alpha in a very, very musically talented family.

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