Steve Lukather's "Santamental" (an encore presentation)

Twelve Songs of Christmas by Alex Rawls

Oct 16, 202543:05Music

I've been out of town this week, and when I thought of an episode from the archives to revisit, this one from 2021 with guitar hero Steve Lukather came immediately to mind. It's useful to remember that this was the secon...

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