HUMOR
All Toto members have a good sense of humor.
Paul Jamieson remembers a trick Jeff Porcaro pulled on Scott Page:
"I remember one time in Japan, we were all in Jeff's room at 3:00 in the
morning. Jeff decided he wanted to mess with somebody. So we took the roomlist and picked out Scott Page, the saxophone
player. It was Jeff, Lukather, [tour manager] Chris Littleton, and me. We went to Scott's room, and Jeff knocked on the door.
We were at the sides of the door where Scott couldn't see us. Scott said, 'Who is it?' Jeff said, 'It's me, help me. I'm messed up.'
Scott opened the door, and we grabbed him.
All he had on was a towel. We pulled him out of the room, stole his towel, and
closed the door behind him. As we turned and ran down the hall, we saw Page, face to the door of
his room, screaming, 'Hang up, hang up.' He had been talking to his wife long distance. He
had to go down to the lobby nude to get the bellman to let him in." (taken from an article in
Modern Drummer, december 1992).
During the 1992 "Kingdom of desire" concert in Rotterdam (Holland), David Paich wore a sort of dress portraying a frivolous woman and a basket of fruit. His legendary words at the microphone were: "Do you like my fruits ?". For a photo of that moment, see the inside of the "Absolutely Live" album.
Simon Phillips was named "Lord Phillips" during the
1995/1996 "Tambu" tour. The band gave him a robe and
a crown which he wore very gracefully when the band played the
English anthem.
The crew around Toto likes to fool around as well. The "Tambu"
show involved video-screens as well, showing video-clips mixed
with live-video of the band and the audience. At the last concert
of 1995 in Antwerp at the City Theatre Toto was surprised with a video-compilation
the crew made during the tour. The compilation featured several
bloopers of band members and some manipulation of images, like
Jenny Douglas being dressed up in leather and the band laying
at her feet.