One of the hits from the Toto’s 1978 debut album, “Georgy Porgy” is still a fan favorite on the road. It’s gone through many adaptations over the years, usually including a jazzy, improvisational solo on both keyboards and guitar.
Jeff Porcaro recalls developing the groove for “Georgy Porgy:”
"Georgy Porgy" is imitating all the Maurice and Freddie White Stuff; it's imitating Paul Humphrey heavily; it's imitating Earl Palmer very heavily. When it comes to that groove, my biggest influences were Paul Humphrey, Ed Geene, Earl Palmer, and the godfather of that 16th-note groove, James Gadsen. That "Georgie Porgie" groove I owe to them.
It's the groove on “Lowdown," just a different lift of it maybe, a different tempo. I stole all those grooves from those guys, but I may lay the beat just a little bit differently, depending on the song. (Modern Drummer, 1988)
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