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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, I got Joseph Williams for you. Wonderful Joseph, Jon
was clean and Tim Terra.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
And albody Joseph. You guys, welcome to the show.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
Sir.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
It's an honor to have you on.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Well, thanks, I appreciate you having me this morning.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
Toto. This is Joseph Williams, lead singer, longtime lead singer
for Toto. You kick off your tour July fifteenth at
Bethel Woods, which isn't far from here, and then the
second night you're in our neighborhood at Spack on July sixteenth.
Is all the Russ kicked off? You guys ready to.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
Go the rust? Yeah? No, we know. We did have
a little bit of time off, but everybody kind of
keeps busy during that you know, off period. So we're we're,
you know, we're raring to go, warmed up and raring
to go.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
What do you do in that off period? Because I
know your business card doesn't just say Joe Toto, hont it?
You must do other stuff? Right?
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Well? I do?
Speaker 3 (00:48):
I mean?
Speaker 1 (00:48):
These days, to be honest with you, I'm basically spending
most of my time with grandchildren or sitting there and
hanging out watching ball games with my ninety four year
old dad. Wow, you know that kind of thing. I
didn't move, you know, into a new house during this
last break, so I've been actually pretty busy. But in
terms of you know, music and that kind of thing.
(01:11):
I've worked with working working with a few friends on
some projects. Uh, namely Dennis Atlas, who's in our band,
incredible singer and keyboard player. I've been working with him,
you know, put trying to promote his his solo album,
that kind of thing, and doing some live streams and stuff.
But we're always busy.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
It's a Joseph Williams, longtime lead singer for Tone, referenced
his dad. His dad is the world famous composer John Williams.
I saw him not too not too long or tangle would.
But how many times have you walked into your dad's
house and Steven Spielberg's been there?
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Well, when I was a kid and living there, it
was it was pretty often. It was at least you know,
four or five times, you know, every seven or eight months,
something like that. I guess whenever they were doing a
lot together, you know, back in the day. They still are.
I mean, you know, my dad is is still completely
one hundred percent and in his in his cognitive ability
(02:08):
and all that stuff. He just wrote the score for
Disclosure Day came out, you know, a couple of weeks ago.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
We wanted to ask you, did you see it? We
both saw Joseph I did.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
I went as soon as it came out. I was.
I was rare and to see it.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
So when you are watching, like you know, Indiana Jones
or Star Wars or whatever, and you hear the song,
do you think of your father? You think of the movie?
What do you think of?
Speaker 1 (02:32):
Well, I can't help but think of my father. I
mean grow, you know obviously, growing up with him, and
watching him work, and listening to him work, and going
to his his orchestra sessions, you know, throughout my childhood
and all that stuff. I really got to know his
particular style and his uh you know, and his his
melodies and harmonies and everything that he that he's able
(02:54):
to do. So so I the first thing that hits
me obviously is the music, because I recognize that it's him.
I usually have to go back a couple of times
and watch each movie for different looking, you know, for
different things. The first run through, when I'm watching a movie.
I'm usually probably concentrating on the filmmaking and of course
the musical score. So I got to go back and
(03:16):
just sort of let go and let the film wash
over me as a as a piece on its own.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
I don't know what it is, but Albany absolutely loves you.
It was years ago, like maybe six years ago whatever.
You came here with two other bands, you played the
you played MVP Arena, and the reviews for the total
portion of that show were incredible, awesome. You guys really
do bring it.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Joseph, well, thanks, I appreciate it. You know, we take
it very seriously these days. I mean, having said that,
we always have a lot of fun, and we love
being on stage and playing together. Everybody loves each other
on our stage. And you've got such amazing musicians in
the band, and you know, I'm so privileged to also
have great singers, you know, to work with in this thing.
(04:00):
And it's always a lot of fun, and we've got
the songs that are good that will get you out there.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
What's it. What's it like you spending time with Christopher Cross, Well.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Christy's been He's been a friend for I don't know
thirty almost forty years something. So yeah, well, you know,
I've known him forever. And Luke, you know, Lukes and
Page and all those guys played on some of his
early albums. And he's a dear friend and a great,
great guy, so easy to hang with and to travel with.
And his crew is fantastic. A show is amazing. Uh.
(04:31):
He's one of the most underrated guitar players out there,
so I think people, you know, have a little surprise
coming to them if they didn't think of him as
a as a guitar player. It's a great show, and
he's just so easy to work with out there. We
we love doing it.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
I ready smuggled drugs back in the day. You must
know that story, right, Christopher Cross.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
I heard such things, you know. Uh, you know, we.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Think we are a guy right think of Laura.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Yeah, I mean we we all kind of took a
few more chances back in those days, I have to admit.
But yeah, of course I've heard that story.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Joseph Williams Laura very important. Again.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
By the way, Toto at Spack July sixteenth with Christopher
Cross and the Romantics. I have to mention this because
it was such a blockbuster movie you're the adult singing voice.
You're the adult Simba singing voice in nineteen ninety four
his lion king, right, Joseph.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
That's right, that is true.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
So did I that guy?
Speaker 1 (05:31):
Sorry, I'm the hakuna matata. You know it means don't
worries for all the rest of your day. He's that part.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
And so you you saying, because what Matthew Broderck couldn't No,
you know, and back.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Matthew Roderick was great. I mean he's he's a great
stage performer, and he's got a great voice. And back
in those days, for you know, the guys at Disney
and the directors and producers of the film, I just
wanted to try a little bit more of a pop
kind of a feel as opposed to I think maybe uh,
you know Matthew's voice a little more sort of Broadway
(06:08):
theater kind of thing. So that that was really it.
And then I mean kuna matata thing is sort of
happens when the when the lion the cub is morphing
into an adult. And the part uh and kuna matata
that I was singing was kind of out of the
range of the actual adult Simba, So that that that
(06:28):
I think was one of the reasons also, But I
think really they were just kind of looking for a
more pop thing, and you know these days, they wouldn't
do that. They were just cast whoever does the does
the part itself with all of the singing as well.
But so lucky for me, they they were looking for
a pop thing.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
I mean, that's that's a pretty big role right to date.
Do you want of your bigger ones?
Speaker 1 (06:48):
Oh yeah, I mean the big surprise for me was
that these songs that I performed in the movie were
included on the soundtrack album, and we had no idea
that it was going to be the hit that it was.
But one side was was the performances from the movie
and the other side was all Elton John singing his
versions of the same song. So it's basically an Elton
(07:09):
John album and you know, sold like, you know, twenty
million copies or something something crazy.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
It'd be very rude and just say his little generational
wealth in the Williams family right now, no question about it.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
But he didn't know it, doesn't he didn't work.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
No, but you busted your balls. Absolutely well done, bravo.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
Oh thanks, that's a great This was.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
A great interview. You're fun to talk to and we're
going to look forward to your tour, kicking it off
at Bethel Woods and then the sixteenth over in Saratoga.
Thanks Joseph, oh, thank you.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
Come on, come on out and see us. We'd love
to see it.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Take care, it's Quinny Cantara picks one on six
Hey, I got Joseph Williams for you. Wonderful Joseph, Jon
was clean and Tim Terra.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
And albody Joseph. You guys, welcome to the show.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
Sir.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
It's an honor to have you on.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Well, thanks, I appreciate you having me this morning.
Speaker 3 (00:12):
Toto. This is Joseph Williams, lead singer, longtime lead singer
for Toto. You kick off your tour July fifteenth at
Bethel Woods, which isn't far from here, and then the
second night you're in our neighborhood at Spack on July sixteenth.
Is all the Russ kicked off? You guys ready to.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
Go the rust? Yeah? No, we know. We did have
a little bit of time off, but everybody kind of
keeps busy during that you know, off period. So we're we're,
you know, we're raring to go, warmed up and raring
to go.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
What do you do in that off period? Because I
know your business card doesn't just say Joe Toto, hont it?
You must do other stuff? Right?
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Well? I do?
Speaker 3 (00:48):
I mean?
Speaker 1 (00:48):
These days, to be honest with you, I'm basically spending
most of my time with grandchildren or sitting there and
hanging out watching ball games with my ninety four year
old dad. Wow, you know that kind of thing. I
didn't move, you know, into a new house during this
last break, so I've been actually pretty busy. But in
terms of you know, music and that kind of thing.
(01:11):
I've worked with working working with a few friends on
some projects. Uh, namely Dennis Atlas, who's in our band,
incredible singer and keyboard player. I've been working with him,
you know, put trying to promote his his solo album,
that kind of thing, and doing some live streams and stuff.
But we're always busy.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
It's a Joseph Williams, longtime lead singer for Tone, referenced
his dad. His dad is the world famous composer John Williams.
I saw him not too not too long or tangle would.
But how many times have you walked into your dad's
house and Steven Spielberg's been there?
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Well, when I was a kid and living there, it
was it was pretty often. It was at least you know,
four or five times, you know, every seven or eight months,
something like that. I guess whenever they were doing a
lot together, you know, back in the day. They still are.
I mean, you know, my dad is is still completely
one hundred percent and in his in his cognitive ability
(02:08):
and all that stuff. He just wrote the score for
Disclosure Day came out, you know, a couple of weeks ago.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
We wanted to ask you, did you see it? We
both saw Joseph I did.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
I went as soon as it came out. I was.
I was rare and to see it.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
So when you are watching, like you know, Indiana Jones
or Star Wars or whatever, and you hear the song,
do you think of your father? You think of the movie?
What do you think of?
Speaker 1 (02:32):
Well, I can't help but think of my father. I
mean grow, you know obviously, growing up with him, and
watching him work, and listening to him work, and going
to his his orchestra sessions, you know, throughout my childhood
and all that stuff. I really got to know his
particular style and his uh you know, and his his
melodies and harmonies and everything that he that he's able
(02:54):
to do. So so I the first thing that hits
me obviously is the music, because I recognize that it's him.
I usually have to go back a couple of times
and watch each movie for different looking, you know, for
different things. The first run through, when I'm watching a movie.
I'm usually probably concentrating on the filmmaking and of course
the musical score. So I got to go back and
(03:16):
just sort of let go and let the film wash
over me as a as a piece on its own.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
I don't know what it is, but Albany absolutely loves you.
It was years ago, like maybe six years ago whatever.
You came here with two other bands, you played the
you played MVP Arena, and the reviews for the total
portion of that show were incredible, awesome. You guys really
do bring it.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Joseph, well, thanks, I appreciate it. You know, we take
it very seriously these days. I mean, having said that,
we always have a lot of fun, and we love
being on stage and playing together. Everybody loves each other
on our stage. And you've got such amazing musicians in
the band, and you know, I'm so privileged to also
have great singers, you know, to work with in this thing.
(04:00):
And it's always a lot of fun, and we've got
the songs that are good that will get you out there.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
What's it. What's it like you spending time with Christopher Cross, Well.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Christy's been He's been a friend for I don't know
thirty almost forty years something. So yeah, well, you know,
I've known him forever. And Luke, you know, Lukes and
Page and all those guys played on some of his
early albums. And he's a dear friend and a great,
great guy, so easy to hang with and to travel with.
And his crew is fantastic. A show is amazing. Uh.
(04:31):
He's one of the most underrated guitar players out there,
so I think people, you know, have a little surprise
coming to them if they didn't think of him as
a as a guitar player. It's a great show, and
he's just so easy to work with out there. We
we love doing it.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
I ready smuggled drugs back in the day. You must
know that story, right, Christopher Cross.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
I heard such things, you know. Uh, you know, we.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Think we are a guy right think of Laura.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Yeah, I mean we we all kind of took a
few more chances back in those days, I have to admit.
But yeah, of course I've heard that story.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Joseph Williams Laura very important. Again.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
By the way, Toto at Spack July sixteenth with Christopher
Cross and the Romantics. I have to mention this because
it was such a blockbuster movie you're the adult singing voice.
You're the adult Simba singing voice in nineteen ninety four
his lion king, right, Joseph.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
That's right, that is true.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
So did I that guy?
Speaker 1 (05:31):
Sorry, I'm the hakuna matata. You know it means don't
worries for all the rest of your day. He's that part.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
And so you you saying, because what Matthew Broderck couldn't No,
you know, and back.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Matthew Roderick was great. I mean he's he's a great
stage performer, and he's got a great voice. And back
in those days, for you know, the guys at Disney
and the directors and producers of the film, I just
wanted to try a little bit more of a pop
kind of a feel as opposed to I think maybe uh,
you know Matthew's voice a little more sort of Broadway
(06:08):
theater kind of thing. So that that was really it.
And then I mean kuna matata thing is sort of
happens when the when the lion the cub is morphing
into an adult. And the part uh and kuna matata
that I was singing was kind of out of the
range of the actual adult Simba, So that that that
(06:28):
I think was one of the reasons also, But I
think really they were just kind of looking for a
more pop thing, and you know these days, they wouldn't
do that. They were just cast whoever does the does
the part itself with all of the singing as well.
But so lucky for me, they they were looking for
a pop thing.
Speaker 3 (06:44):
I mean, that's that's a pretty big role right to date.
Do you want of your bigger ones?
Speaker 1 (06:48):
Oh yeah, I mean the big surprise for me was
that these songs that I performed in the movie were
included on the soundtrack album, and we had no idea
that it was going to be the hit that it was.
But one side was was the performances from the movie
and the other side was all Elton John singing his
versions of the same song. So it's basically an Elton
(07:09):
John album and you know, sold like, you know, twenty
million copies or something something crazy.
Speaker 2 (07:15):
It'd be very rude and just say his little generational
wealth in the Williams family right now, no question about it.
Speaker 3 (07:22):
But he didn't know it, doesn't he didn't work.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
No, but you busted your balls. Absolutely well done, bravo.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
Oh thanks, that's a great This was.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
A great interview. You're fun to talk to and we're
going to look forward to your tour, kicking it off
at Bethel Woods and then the sixteenth over in Saratoga.
Thanks Joseph, oh, thank you.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
Come on, come on out and see us. We'd love
to see it.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Take care, it's Quinny Cantara picks one on six
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