Simon Phillips (born 6 February 1957) is an English jazz fusion and rock drummer, songwriter, and record producer, based in the United States. He worked with rock bands during the 1970s and 1980s, and was the drummer for the band Toto from 1992 to 2014. Phillips worked as a session drummer for Phil Manzanera’s 801, Jeff Beck, Big Country, Gary Moore, Michael Schenker, Bernie Marsden, Jon Lord, Nik Kershaw, Mike Oldfield, Judas Priest, Mike Rutherford, Tears for Fears, 10cc, the Chemical Brothers, Pete Townshend, and the Who. He was the drummer for the Who during the band’s American reunion tour in 1989. Phillips began to play professionally at the age of twelve in a Dixieland band led by his father, Sid Phillips, for four years. After his father’s death, he started playing pop and rock and found work in a production of the musical Jesus Christ Superstar. He worked as a session musician for cast members, and this led to other session work. Beginning in the 1970s, he worked with Jeff Beck, Gil Evans, Stanley Clarke, Peter Gabriel, Pete Townshend, and Frank Zappa; he was the drummer in the Phil Manzanera and Brian Eno supergroup 801 on their 1976 album 801 Live.
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Live. Sydney 2013
Smoke ‘n’ Mirrors
Virgil Donati Super Fusion Band Live the Baked Potato
MD Fest 2008
Harlem Nights
Cosmos
Force Majeure
Streetwise
Don’t Step In It
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