Chords for Drummer Simon Phillips on Why He Left Toto, Do They Still Talk?

Here's part one of our conversation with my favorite drummer of all time, Simon Phillips.
I'm John Bowden from Rock History Music.
_ Well, 21 years later, why did you leave?
Did you need to do your own stuff?
Because all of a sudden you produce all this great protocol stuff.
I mean, that's_
Yeah.
Well, by [F] 2007, 2008, we were in trouble _ on a personal level.
And _ Mike had contracted ALS.
He was no longer with us.
Paige was no longer with us.
[Fm] This was not the band I joined.
From Luke's point [A] of view, and I totally understand it, he's looking around the stage, [Gm] I don't
[Eb] recognize these [Gbm] people.
This is not the band I formed [Bb] with or joined, actually.
I remember the press release he released.
I remember that note, that long note he released after that tour.
Yeah.
[Fm] And we were not_
Well, basically Luke and I, by then, were running the band.
But we were disagreeing on many areas.
As you do when [Gm] you've been in a band, it's more not about the music, it's about the politics
and about the business.
And we were just not [N] agreeing on it.
We were working much too much for me.
I wanted to do_
I had production to do, recordings to do, and [Dm] all the traveling was really tough on
me [Db] at that time.
_ [F] So [Gm] I was just_
So he decided, I want to leave the band.
I mean, that's what he did.
But we basically [F] had a break, and I knew it wasn't over.
But when it got back together, it _ didn't feel right at all.
_ _ [Ab] And the whole [N] dynamics of the band had changed.
And I just felt, this is not the band I'm in anymore.
So I did it.
We did it for a couple of years.
I said, that's fine.
If we go out for three weeks here, three weeks there.
But then it started getting longer and longer.
And I _ went_
And I just felt it's run its course.
And I think_
And Luke and I had kind of parted ways, really.
So I just felt that was it.
You don't talk to them anymore, right?
_ Oh, absolutely.
Yeah, Luke and I chat.
Yeah.
We get on fine.
And when he released his book, I was on tour in Europe.
I was touring with Bill Evans.
[E] We did our project.
And [Bb] _ I downloaded [N] the book, and I was reading it in the front seat of the band as we were
traveling, and texting Luke after reading certain paragraphs.
And _ it was really cool.
I mean, _ [Gm] he_
I thought [Abm] I'd get a lot more flack than he did.
So I think we've [N] always loved each other.
We've always had a great respect for each other. _
Unfortunately, this is what bands do once you get over 40.
[Bb] But _ _ fine now.
I mean, we get on great.
[Gm] And maybe down the line we'll do [F] something.
I don't know.
But at least we can talk to each other.
Page, we get on great.
There's never a problem with Page. _
But if you think [Bm] about it, [N] I mean, Joseph Williams, obviously I wasn't in the band when he joined.
I just worked on his record, actually.
Was I right?
Yeah.
Because through Shem, I haven't talked to Joe.
I've always wanted to talk to Joe.
He's one of my favorite vocalists.
But through Shem Von Schreck, I said, Shem, can you talk to Joe?
I got to talk to Joe.
And he says, well, he's doing an album right now.
So do you know the timeline for that album?
No.
OK.
Anyway, go on.
So you just worked on it?
Yeah.
I just played a track about a month ago.
Yeah.
Beautiful, beautiful track.
Yeah.
Great.
He's writing some great music.
So I think he wrote that with David Page.
So no, no, we get on fine.
It's great.
But if you think about it, it's really only Luke and Page of the band that I joined.
_ So, you know, so [G] but no, [E] we get on fine.
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I'm John Boden from Rock History [A] Music.
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