Hello Drummers! Please join me in remebering the legendary and incredible Jeff Porcaro today. Born on April 1, 1954, Jeff impacted the world of drumming and music with his incredible grooves and style, making a name for himself playing with artists like Toto, Steely Dan, Nik Kershaw, Boz Scaggs and Michael Jackson just to name a few. Jeff got his first professional gig at age 17 playing in Sonny & Cher's touring band and became famously known for his half-time shuffle groove on Toto's hit "Rosan

Remembering Jeff Porcaro whowould have been his 62 April 1st, but we wanted to add him to our Throwback Thursday posts, since he made such a mark in music history, Here he is explaining the half time shuffle beat he uses on the Toto song, "Rosanna." While already an established studio player in the 1970s, he came to prominence in the United States as the drummer on the Steely Dan album Katy Lied. AllMusic has characterized him as "arguably the most highly regarded studio drummer in rock from the

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