Toto are a rare example of top session musicians successfully giving up their
day jobs to form their own band. They were all well-known studio musicians,
playing on albums by the likes of Steely Dan, Seals and Crofts, Boz Scaggs and
Sonny and Cher - keyboard player David Paich having co-written Boz Scaggs' Silk
Degrees album. Toto released their self-titled debut album in 1977 and it was an
instant success on the back of hit single Hold The Line, impressing with their
outstanding musicianship and their mastery of a variety of styles, from jazz to
progressive rock. Subsequent, mor...