Veteran actor Rob Lowe used a recent episode of his podcast to reflect on how he almost embarked on a music career thanks to Toto.
Lowe made the claim during a discussion with fellow journalist, author and podcaster Bill Simmons as part of the latest episode of SiriusXM’s “Literally!” With Rob Lowe. During their conversation, the pair switched their focus to the world of ’80s music and an earlier documentary, Yacht Rock: A Documentary, for which Simmons was executive producer.
“That’s another thing about yacht rock,” Simmons said, highlighting the somewhat negative attitude toward the genre in recent years. “These songs were literally some of the biggest songs of the year. Grammy-winning songs.
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“[The Doobie Brothers’]’Minute by Minute’ won a Grammy, Christopher Cross won four Grammys. Toto lost big at the Grammys. I think there was some backlash from the Grammys. They were like, ‘Who are these people?’
Lowe responded to Simmons’ claims about Toto’s success at the 1983 Grammy Awards (they won six awards for the success of Toto IV and lead single “Rosanna”) and how he himself treated the Los Angeles rockers. I remembered this and objected.
“I’ve got one for you. There was a moment in the ’80s when I used too much Bolivian marching powder and I was just a lunatic,” Lowe recalled. “And there came a point in a young actor’s career when he was too old to play the roles he had always played, but too young to play the roles he would live with for the rest of his life. ”Life is truly amazing. And you can kind of feel it.
“As you can see from this talk and other events, I love music, so it occurred to me that maybe I should think more about music, so I created a demo with Toto.”
“Wow, this is one of the reasons you’re the most interesting man in the world,” Simmons replied. “You were partying with the Showtime Lakers when they were winning the title in a magic shot scenario. Who wasn’t involved in LA in the ’80s?”
“Probably no one else, because I was also very serious about having fun,” Lowe added.
Lower hasn’t talked in detail about the song, and he doesn’t know what happened to the demo he recorded with Toto, or if there’s any possibility of a release, ideally the future of the yacht rock documentary. It is unclear whether it may be released as a sequel.
