Denizen Tenant Joseph Williams

• 1 Never Saw You Coming 05:19
• 2 Liberty Man 04:28
• 3 Denizen Tenant 03:25
• 4 Wilma Fingadoux 03:43
• 5 Black Dahlia (feat. David Paich) 04:33
• 6 Don't Give Up (feat. Hannah Ruick) 05:51
• 7 The Dream 03:42
• 8 Remember Her (feat. Steve Lukather) 04:44
• 9 No Lessons 03:47
• 10 Mistress Winter's Jump 03:31
• 11 If I Fell (feat. Steve Lukather) 02:32
• 12 World Broken 04:41
• Total Runtime 50:16

Info for Denizen Tenant

Steve Lukather aka "Luke" and Joseph Williams will release individual solo albums on February 26, 2021 via The Players Club / Mascot Label Group. Both artists have made significant contributions to the other’s album.

The musicians and singers on Joseph Williams' new record Denizen Tenant reads like a who’s who of players that have been in the artist’s life over the past four decades. Amongst these contributors are band-mates from Toto David Paich and Steve Lukather. Simon Phillips, Leland Sklar, Lenny Castro, Nathan East, all of whom enjoyed tenures in Toto are also featured players on the album.

Denizen Tenant features a dozen new recordings. Amongst these are a cover of The Beatles "If I Fell," which Williams cites as the one specific song that taught him about the power of harmonies and vocal arrangements. On Peter Gabriel's "Don’t Give Up," a very special guest performance is featured in his daughter Hannah laying down a vocal track. Across the recorded repertoire, there is a consistent presence of performances by guitarists Steve Lukather and Mike Landau alongside percussionist Lenny Castro.

Joseph Williams, vocals, piano, synthesizer, bass & drums
David Paich, keyboards & Hammond B3
Steve Lukather, guitar & vocals
Michael Landau, guitar
Leland Sklar, bass
Nathan East, bass
Lenny Castro, percussion
Simon Phillips, Schlagzeug
Hannah Williams, vocals
Barbara Gruska, drums & percussion
Jay Gruska, piano & keyboards
Oscar Bugarin, guitar
Steven Overton, bass & guitar
Steve Tavaglione, trumpet
Jeff Babko, Hammond B3 & Fender Rhodes

Joseph Williams
At age fifteen, Williams began his career as a radio and television commercial singer. Joseph also achieved success as a television and film composer in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. He fronted Toto as a lead vocalist from 1986 to 1988, and was featured on the albums Fahrenheit (1986) and The Seventh One (1988). He also appeared on the 2006 release Falling in Between, sharing lead vocals with Luke on “Bottom of Your Soul.” In 2010 he returned to the band, becoming front man and lead vocalist, a tenure that continues through today. He has released ten solo albums, and is an Emmy Award nominated film composer. His career as a session vocalist has placed his voice indelibly in pop culture through the dozens of performances in the medium of film, amongst which is his role as the adult Simba on The Lion King. Williams voice is featured on “Hakuna Matata” alongside “Can You Feel The Love Tonight.” He is the son of film composer John Williams and actress Barbera Ruick.

This album contains no booklet.