Jeff Porcaro & Schaffer It's never too late

In 1978 swedish guitarist Janne Schaffer teamed up with Jeff Porcaro + Joe Mike & Steve to produce some funky tracks for his solo album Earmeal. Jeff Porcaro drums Janne guitar Joe percussion Mike bass J:son Lindh/Robinsson keyboard. This track has been sampled frequently by rap and hip hop groups like Lady of Rage, KRS-1. Jeff and Mike had at the time of this recording started the production of their own group TOTO. Joe is the dad of Jeff and Mike.
Album info: http://www.progg.se/band.asp?ID=586&skiva=2211
This track is on the CD Överblick available in:
Sverige: http://www.cdon.com/main.phtml?prod=400909&navroot=902&page=product
Norge: http://www.cdon.com/main.phtml?prod=400909&navroot=904&page=product
EU: http://www.cdon.com
Track samples: http://musikshop.gp.se/Magellan/pages/main.jsp?storeId=14450&pageId=colle...
Homepage: http://www.janneschaffer.se
More Toto vids: http://www.youtube.com/user/funk76
Video design: SadLookinMoon & funk76

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[southernrockdrummer]

Jeff was one of the most original and talented drummers to come along in a very long time. He was always self-effacing about his abilities, saying his timing always used to suck. I wish my timing sucked HALF AS BADLY as his did. He is sorely missed, the drumming world is a lot worse off without him.

[robariens]

Brilliant stuff... RIP Jeff, still missed 4 ever : (

[2020TYBO]

..LIKE A THROTTLE

[cadoey]

@Burqua12 Joe is a percussionist ,father of Jeff ,Steve and Mike Porcaro...

[voderick]

@robariens

He was just a drummer boy.

Janne.S is/was the star more here. DON´T 4get.......

[ruffd777]

@ obamasucks2011

I ll give you that rap hasnt been on the leading edge of musicianship but, try to write 16 bars of words that not only rhyme but tell a story and make since. Oh and ride along a bed of music.

[MrCherryJuice]

This was post-'Blow by Blow' and 'Wired', when so many guitarists wanted to 'do a Jeff Beck'. Schaffer is a wonderful player and has done some great stuff over the years. Too bad he's been hiding away in his homeland of Sweden for so many years. Hearing this again means I'll need to go dig out my Schaffer vinyls... It would've been nice if Schaffer was part of the Boz Scaggs band when Jeff was in there... he would've been a great fit, as this tune suggests.

[rg2027x]

Everything Jeff plays just grooves & fits the tune perfectly. Pure natural genius. Very heavy on so many levels

[murdok620]

@knikanderrr what abba track did jeff porcaro play in?

[knikanderrr]

@sweetfly66 nope, that was Ola Brunkert, another session drummer who IMO had a similar sense of drumming that made songs sound good, just as Jeff. Ola unfortunately also died a few years ago... :(

[sweetfly66]

@knikanderrr .... did Jeff play on all the ABBA hits ? I always suspected that was him but I never knew for sure .