LEE RITENOUR
This jazz legend is one of Steve Lukather's influences:Rit's an old pal of mine, and he saved my ass one time (laughs)! When I was about 19, one of the first records I ever did was with him, and he befriended me. One time, I showed up late for a session, and there was a room full of session musicians - strings, horns, the whole deal. They were just about ready to count off when I came in. I sat down quickly and pulled out my guitar; I had Guitar Part #2, but when I looked at the sheet music, it was a ****in' piano part in D-flat, and there were no chord symbols anywhere! I looked over at Lee, and I must have looked like I'd seen a ghost - you could probably have shoved a piece of coal up my ass and gotten back a diamond! Lee grabs my chart and gives me his, which had things on it like 24 bars passive, a few fills, nothing. And he nailed my original part. He made me look great." (Vintage Guitar, november 2000)
" Luke plays with Ritenour his album "Feel the night" (1979) and on the "Lee Ritenour and Friends" (1980) album and DVD, collaborating on "Asa" and ""Cause We've Ended as Lovers".