Tower Of Power - What is hip? & Knock yourself out 1973

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  • @BillFEILHAUER-bu7go
    @BillFEILHAUER-bu7go 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    This is musical royalty. No one comes close to tower of power .I saw this exact lineup in Cincinnati in 73 , besides having all their albums, autographed, I had them autograph my shirt that is framed in my living room to this day. I've never missed a show within driving distance . Roccos bass strings, Garibaldis drumsticks, you name it. We are down to 2 original members, doc and mimi. Their getting up in years but still kicking butt.the 90 to 94 lineup was great for the times as the guys were climbing back for the hell of addiction. After Larry Braggs left, Rocco died and David Garibaldi hung it up I get the feeling our time with them is coming to a close . God bless the hardest working band that ever existed

    • @gregoryturner6586
      @gregoryturner6586 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I was there at the Kool Music Festival, I became a true fan that night.:-):-)

  • @georgejordan5611
    @georgejordan5611 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +120

    RIP Francis Rocco Prestia..one of the best funk bass players EVER!!!

    • @charlesbrazell2136
      @charlesbrazell2136 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      He was a genius-that bass line was so unique! 12-9-23.

    • @pudgydaddy
      @pudgydaddy 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      And sadly got no camera time here

    • @zombi3907
      @zombi3907 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      His spiritual successor is a guy named Joe Dart. If you don't know, check out Vulfpeck.

    • @jplew138
      @jplew138 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Rocco played sequencer lines before sequencers EXISTED.

    • @Gerard-yt3dz
      @Gerard-yt3dz 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ROCCO!!!!!!

  • @nachtstrom
    @nachtstrom 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +146

    Even with TOP TIER Bands of today like Snarky Puppy i still have to say: nothing, yes NOTHING beats this era of Tower of Power. This brass section... they are so precise they could cut trough glass 🙇

    • @jdjk7
      @jdjk7 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      i mean... you're comparing funk with jazz fusion, so yeah, it's gonna be different.

    • @georgesheffield1580
      @georgesheffield1580 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Tower is still around and still very powerful and has played in Denton where Snarkey Puppy started .

    • @nachtstrom
      @nachtstrom 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      was just mentioning the "sharpness" of the brass @@jdjk7

    • @darrenmoffitt7248
      @darrenmoffitt7248 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I was there! To see them live! You can't compare!

    • @Raymond-zz5pi
      @Raymond-zz5pi 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yes staccato notes executed so precisely, they sound like one instrument.

  • @paradoxward2533
    @paradoxward2533 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

    OMG....I was a 12 year old kid when I first saw this very clip on Rock Concert late one Saturday night. Now I am senior citizen remembering how cool this was..... god help me!

    • @johngarin8290
      @johngarin8290 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      B4+ after Bandstand we had GTK, depending on distance from a big city &Only in B&W in Aus😊Hip-71 #music express

  • @paulnicolosi4792
    @paulnicolosi4792 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    This band at this point in time, was unbeatable. In the realm of funk and soul, unsurpassed…

  • @scopius2
    @scopius2 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +73

    It makes me happy to see 207 comments. That means at least 207 people know how great Tower of Power was. It gives me faith in the human race, that so many still recognize greatness.

    • @babezillafrankenstein2282
      @babezillafrankenstein2282 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same, dude. Same ❤

    • @IMCcanTWEESTED
      @IMCcanTWEESTED 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Probably all 207 are people in their late 60s early 70s like the times TOP was at their best. I was too young to see the their show at San Diego's "Funky Quarters" in 1972. But that didn't stop me from leaning up against a brick planter out front on the sidewalk, listening to the whole show. The guy at the door had mercy on me when I asked if he could please leave the door open so I could hear. He smiled and said the boss just asked him to open the doors because the AC was struggling to cool down the hot crowd. By far, their best performance. And I've seen them five times over their 56 year career.

    • @JohnSteele-ln4vy
      @JohnSteele-ln4vy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      count me in 255

    • @glennrobbins5225
      @glennrobbins5225 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      TOP was the funking (not a misspell) best EVER. Saw them many, many times in the 70s and 80s.

    • @johngarin8290
      @johngarin8290 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks to good Drs,luck & old school experience well travelled training. I think we're luckiest gen, Onya Cob,Jackie's thing

  • @342rockinrandy3
    @342rockinrandy3 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    You know you’re funky when you can make the people who can’t dance dance. LOVE T.O.P. and have for 50 years!!!!!

  • @bak-mariterry5180
    @bak-mariterry5180 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    David and Rocco holding it all together ❤

  • @Alexandra_acount3
    @Alexandra_acount3 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Went to HS with Dave Garibaldi every time TOP played Frenchies in Hayward we were there, what a super group.

  • @SimirJohnson
    @SimirJohnson 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

    One of the best live bands around, even 50 years later. So glad Ive had the opportunity to see TOP many times.

    • @taylorfusion
      @taylorfusion 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How long were those gigs, usually?

    • @SimirJohnson
      @SimirJohnson 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@taylorfusion Every time Ive seen them they’ve gone a solid 90-minutes. No break, and no meet-and-greet afterwards. These guys play their butts off.

    • @taylorfusion
      @taylorfusion 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@SimirJohnson very cool. LP gave me a lesson in his Greenwich Village apartment closet back in the day. Then gave me a few bucks to make my cab to the airport back home. Great dude

  • @mxfxdlg
    @mxfxdlg 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Oh my lord! This is the lineup I was raised on. Lenny is the absolute voice of TOP. And Rocco is the soul! Love these guys. Any new musicians that are introduced to this will do well in their musical growth. This is the real stuff.

    • @IMCcanTWEESTED
      @IMCcanTWEESTED 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Still love to see Lenny Pickett blowin' on SNL as music director. And he can still do that crazy-legs dance of his. Damn...makes me realize how old I must be.

    • @kathleenmancle8450
      @kathleenmancle8450 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So very glad to have experienced this. TOP is simply unsurpassed funk!

  • @tgirard123
    @tgirard123 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    You know that's Lenny Picket playing Sax with the fro. He's the sax player and music director for the SNL Band. Such a monster player!!!!

    • @fretfix1
      @fretfix1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wait! What!? I did not know that...

    • @jplew138
      @jplew138 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@fretfix1- Lenny wrote and played the closing "SNL" theme song.

    • @hayfordfrempong6369
      @hayfordfrempong6369 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lenny Pickett is one of my favorites Tenor Saxophone Players

  • @gmoneygeffects
    @gmoneygeffects 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The best lineup of T O P

  • @garyrodriguez8414
    @garyrodriguez8414 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I always loved that big band sound especialy with that jazz/soul influence.. They are truley all talented musicians in their own right pulling together in that syncopated style, not an easy thing to perform, takes true talent!

  • @tomcooper6108
    @tomcooper6108 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Live and no filler! Just great musicians!!

  • @arachnipope
    @arachnipope 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Tower of Power is greatest funk band in the entire world !

  • @Kevthkid
    @Kevthkid 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Rocco my dear friend was one of the greatest soul bassist ever. Along the lines of Jamerson

  • @user-mv2gh4me1q
    @user-mv2gh4me1q 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Need to be in R&R Hall of Fame Immediately. Seen them probably 15-20 times. Best horns in the business since 1968.

  • @victorstevenson8261
    @victorstevenson8261 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Rocco lived right around the corner from me in Fremont...when the band would practice they made sure the garage door was shut. Made know difference we still heard them play..

  • @arrjee9474
    @arrjee9474 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    WOWWWW … it’s now 50 years ago! Unbelievable!! The best of their time!! I first saw them I was 15 years old and my jaw was on the ground!! Damn this was some good times!!!

    • @IMCcanTWEESTED
      @IMCcanTWEESTED 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My older bro turned me onto TOP in 1970. His traveling 6-piece showband needed to work out several Tower of Power hits and the band really got off on playing those tunes. The band's tenor sax player was an altissimo guy just like Lenny Pickett and their band gained quite a bit of popularity as a TOP cover band. My brother (drummer) perfected Garibaldi's Oakland Stroke groove and the B3 player doubled on trumpet to fill out the 3-piece horn section. The bass player also rocked Rocco Prestia's remarkable staccato style. He even looked like him.I was a huge fan of Tower of Power. All my friends who were Zepplin Heds, asked me why I was so hung up on "N!@@er music." I told them I was raised on XERB. Wolfman Jack soul music out of L.A. broadcast to So Cal and West AZ out of Baja. Wooo!

  • @Kimberly-pf4iy
    @Kimberly-pf4iy ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Tower of Power is so extremely talented. Their horn section is fabulous. These guys have to be THE best in the world. Hats off to Lenny and the rest of Tower of Power. You guys rock!! ♥

    • @petersonlafollette3521
      @petersonlafollette3521 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      The tower was VERY hip in those days- evidenced by the dancing horn section.

    • @kwgib
      @kwgib 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@petersonlafollette3521 And whattabout that OakTown Fashion Sense?

    • @petersonlafollette3521
      @petersonlafollette3521 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@kwgib And they got their soul and funk on- way on...

    • @kwgib
      @kwgib 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@petersonlafollette3521 Despite impending Collapse of Western so called Civilization, even YuToo knows What's Hip or Not. Praise dat Poo Ole' Lord,.

  • @ed2929
    @ed2929 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    This is the Tower of Power I know with Lenny Williams. I was very fortunate to work during a lot of concerts in the 70’s to see a lot of these groups. My very first show I worked was Jethro Tull, which I learned was the bands name not the guy playing the flute.

    • @jimdep6542
      @jimdep6542 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same here. The late 60's and early 70's was an incredible time to be in the SF Bay Area and going to concerts every month.

  • @callmelegendawight8298
    @callmelegendawight8298 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    That horn section was epic, Mic, Emilio, Lenny, Greg and Doc.

  • @gabekarp3008
    @gabekarp3008 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    And Chester Thompson, the Great.

  • @jefferybatts8005
    @jefferybatts8005 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Saw these guys along with the Allman Brothers at the Orange Bowl sometime back in the early 70's. Every member of TOP is an incredible musician.
    No chopped steak with these cats, only filet mignon ! They were the best !!!! Sadly, I don't hear anything out there that remotely comes close to the TOP. I'm afraid todays rap artists couldn't tell you the difference between a major and a minor chord is their life was on the line. RIP good misic.

  • @tbluesboye
    @tbluesboye 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The Mighty Tower of Power! Great tracks!

  • @unclemikey808
    @unclemikey808 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I went to HS w Greg Adams… he was running the school band… good times… cuz really, after all…. What is Hip🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

  • @jerryferko8309
    @jerryferko8309 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    THE BEST BAND IN THE LAND ........ AND LENNY ....... THEIR BEST LEAD SINGER ......... AND THEY HAVE HAD SOME TERRIFIC ONES ........ LARRY BRAGG ......... for sure

  • @dyrldouglas2087
    @dyrldouglas2087 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One of the greatest funk bands of the 70's, so many cuts & this guy was their best lead singer, Lenny Wms.

  • @markborges3056
    @markborges3056 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The 70s, we really started something, TOP inspires so many bands today.

  • @charleswinokoor6023
    @charleswinokoor6023 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Rock Concert TV show.
    Saw them summer of ‘73 open for Santana @ Providence (R. I.) Civic Center.
    Couldn’t believe how tight and funky they were.
    LP on tenor and whirling dervish dance steps knocked me out.
    Pre-rap real music.

    • @victorvernon2507
      @victorvernon2507 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Puts a dervish to shame. Truly, Tight as F.

    • @skipmessier765
      @skipmessier765 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Was at the same show and they were just amazing ! Thought it was great when the horn section was rocking’ on stage and went out into the audience without missing a note. Killer band !

    • @321snoot
      @321snoot 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I saw them two years earlier at the RI Auditorium opening a show for Bo Diddley (up 2nd) and Creedence as the headliner. That 13 year old kid from Warwick was mesmerized! Boy, those were the days when it seemed like a big-time band came to town every couple of weeks - and $5 a ticket for the best seats in the house!

    • @alcambrola2834
      @alcambrola2834 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was at that show too. Saw Chicago 2 nights later there with Terry Kath. What a weekend.

    • @TheRoafer
      @TheRoafer 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Because Carlos Santana really enjoyed listening to Chester Thompson over the years, he invited him to play in his band.
      Chester toured all over the world with both bands.

  • @petergeorgemusic
    @petergeorgemusic 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Smokin’ TOP bringin the funk to the 21st century and beyond👍

  • @leobell3502
    @leobell3502 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    TOP was on fire for that performance. I heard someone in the audience yell, "Somebody call the Fire Dept. Tower Of Power is about to burn the joint down."
    Le😎
    San Francisco, Califusa

  • @ME-wx5dg
    @ME-wx5dg 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I was a 16 yr old white boy from a hick town in Yorkshire who bought this album. This and the Ohio Players set mi musical life up. The good groove never fails.

  • @gordoh7634
    @gordoh7634 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    To everyone who loves this video. Go see this band soon. They're not going to be around much longer. God love them. I'll be seeing them this Saturday 12/10 and I can't wait. It will be so much fun. They have a Christmas thing going on, so we'll stand by to be amazed.

    • @alcambrola2834
      @alcambrola2834 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Since you wrote this, singer Mike Jerel is gone and they have a new guy Jordan John. They're getting up there.

  • @michaelmmofo
    @michaelmmofo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Mr. Greg Adam's on trumpet went to westmoor hs. same as me...wowwee

  • @DomingoAquino-vq5uy
    @DomingoAquino-vq5uy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The best of the best of all the rest TOP

    • @alcambrola2834
      @alcambrola2834 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Definitely. I was fortunate to see this lineup many times. RIP, Brent Byars, Bruce Conte, Mic Gillette and of course Rocco.

  • @user-pw7wj7hh9r
    @user-pw7wj7hh9r 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    OK. This is real funk music with a driving beat. Tower of Power was TIGHT!

  • @soulone22
    @soulone22 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Elain Benes is in the House!!! Laying down the small kicks with the thumbs up. George and Jerry know what I'm talking about.

  • @beigenegress2979
    @beigenegress2979 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    My dad had this album 💿 and played this constantly back in the day! 🎉
    Still sounds great 50 yrs later!

  • @neilmcanally8464
    @neilmcanally8464 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Classic TOP. They were the horn section for Little Feat's Waiting For Columbus, absolutely made the album.

  • @normwinkler9566
    @normwinkler9566 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The First, The Only, The Original, The Utmost Best in the World... T.O.P. ... Saw them many times during this period in Sacramento and San Francisco Bay Area...Only 3 original members left...RUN to see them while you still can!

  • @AMFUNKII
    @AMFUNKII ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The very best, Tower of Power ladies and gentleman!

  • @brianl9579
    @brianl9579 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    That one dude in the audience dancing his ASS off! Awesome

    • @jimdep6542
      @jimdep6542 หลายเดือนก่อน

      except for the people who sat behind him

  • @allen6924
    @allen6924 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    What a great band and excellent performance. We had some great music in the 70's

    • @kevincrozier8625
      @kevincrozier8625 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yepper. I am 64 and still live in the 70's. Lol. Never been a decade like the 70's where everyone had their own sound. You knew who was who right off the bat.

    • @robertcurrie5140
      @robertcurrie5140 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      70's definitely the best decade for quality music.

  • @tedhudgines8802
    @tedhudgines8802 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    ❤ One the Funkiest! Tight bands of all times . They Kicked Down color barrier,s ! And Slapped the Funk out of anyone that challenged the Funky Oakland soulful sound ! Long Live TOWER OF POWER !

    • @tedhudgines8802
      @tedhudgines8802 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      TOWER OF POWER ! Simply knocked The Sparks Out Your Ass ! 😎🤘🏽

  • @alanabond007
    @alanabond007 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Awesome! 15:11-15:22 😂 they are cool. I love Lenny Williams

  • @drew-shourd
    @drew-shourd 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    50 years later and STILL awesome!!!

  • @sapelesteve
    @sapelesteve 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    TOP is one of my favorite all time bands! Saw them once in concert a long time ago & they were totally incredible! RIP Rocco

  • @stevebarnes9345
    @stevebarnes9345 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This was groundbreaking and we all knew when we first heard this band this was instant history!

  • @johnnykR9
    @johnnykR9 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Saw these guys in Boston in the mid 70’s. It was one of the best shows I ever saw👌

  • @doorswhofan
    @doorswhofan 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Wow. The very essence of the era captured right here in all of its glory. Outstanding. Far out. 🙂

  • @Exjewatlarge
    @Exjewatlarge 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The 2 Lenny years were utterly ridiculous. For people who heard/watched this as it aired, did you know what you were hearing? Greg Adams is still the king of that long, slow gliss. Much love to Mimi and Doc, you have made many people’s lives better and richer for your contribution.

  • @kcerezo4539
    @kcerezo4539 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Soooooo Cooooool! My No.1 favorite band ever!!!

  • @cpcattin
    @cpcattin 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    All those boys were in their 20’s

  • @jones1351
    @jones1351 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The incomparable Lenny Williams. ToP is Lenny, that tight rhythm section, and the Horns!!
    What is Hip, indeed. So Very Hard To Go.

  • @philipashbourn1538
    @philipashbourn1538 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Part of the package Warner Bros UK tour in 1974 at the Manchester Free Trade Hall sell out - the best rock gig I ever went to. As a jazz fan I was always attracted to rock/funk bands with horns.

  • @songwriting101
    @songwriting101 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    True soul and funk. Good luck finding anything like that these days.

  • @genedouglas6445
    @genedouglas6445 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    saw them chi-town 70's 2024 still da best!

  • @kennethjones8309
    @kennethjones8309 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    My favorite band studio musician awesome tight rhythm and horns professionals 😊

  • @Mrtellitlikeitis
    @Mrtellitlikeitis 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Seen them in the 70s. Fantastic then and now. Music endures. Not the music of today if thats what i call it

  • @GeeThevenin
    @GeeThevenin 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    With Don kirschners rock concert and midnight special vying for acts it was a great time to catch acts live on tv. Remember this show and others, papa John creech, frampton, tearing it up.

  • @user-bx2hm2py5i
    @user-bx2hm2py5i 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Love this band very much ❤️❤️

  • @stocktonrails9279
    @stocktonrails9279 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    TOP actually played during one of our rallies in high school back in the early ‘70s. They only did 4-5 songs from East Bay Grease… but they were awesome and I remember that performance to this day. 👍😀👏

  • @swimszoots
    @swimszoots 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Soooo great!!

  • @congapilon
    @congapilon 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I was two years old lol. Love this band been listening to tower all my life!

  • @wendym.7648
    @wendym.7648 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I’d go back in a heartbeat. 🧡🧡🧡

  • @JohnA000
    @JohnA000 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Always loved this band since the beginning.

  • @ray8304
    @ray8304 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is just un-f--ingbelievable!! I was 9 years old when this was on late night tv and my mom used to say this was the best music she ever heard. All you have to do is look at the audience reaction and that pretty much sums it up!! RIGHT ON T.O.P 😎🤩👍

  • @Ronald-hx6zn
    @Ronald-hx6zn 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Good memories!😊

  • @gup8175
    @gup8175 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Classic! Thanks for this past blast !

  • @martinjackson9477
    @martinjackson9477 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The best ensemble ever !!!

  • @robertbooth3699
    @robertbooth3699 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    What criminal put a Lowe's ad in the middle of this blissful jam?

  • @nitrile2000
    @nitrile2000 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Live they sound tighter than everyone else recorded and engineered.

  • @jet357
    @jet357 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    55 years and still at it. There was years where , the Stones, Santana, Elton John all took a break....not TOP....the hardest working band that ever was.

  • @cjpuhala5929
    @cjpuhala5929 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Not even a question. THE best Funk/Soul band that ever existed!! Sophistifunk…..

    • @petersonlafollette3521
      @petersonlafollette3521 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So hip they come around again- "I still be diggin' on James Brown."

  • @randy3907
    @randy3907 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Saw these guys live in 1973, Tower Theatre, Upper Darby Pa...........Excellent!

  • @ruslannunez4449
    @ruslannunez4449 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Just OMG.😊

  • @lgndnhswnmnd
    @lgndnhswnmnd ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks for this post! Grateful for TH-cam!

  • @kayciecarryl3366
    @kayciecarryl3366 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Great band, great song, excellent live version ❤❤❤

  • @Dave-bo8ry
    @Dave-bo8ry 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Young Emilio looking like Dave Grohl's long-lost brother.

  • @Kentavious444
    @Kentavious444 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I used to go to Don Kirshner's rock concerts at the Long Beach Arena. Unfortunately didn't see this one. The tickets were free but you didn't know who was playing until you were seated. Saw some great bands there though!

  • @callmelegendawight8298
    @callmelegendawight8298 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I wish I was still a young man.

    • @alcambrola2834
      @alcambrola2834 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Same here. 69 next month. I've seen ToP nearly 100 times and to me this was the best lineup.

    • @ricksoto1025
      @ricksoto1025 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Me too! But only smarter than I was at the time.

    • @alcambrola2834
      @alcambrola2834 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ricksoto1025 Took the words out of my mouth!

  • @scotthares
    @scotthares 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That is crisp! I hear a little funk - on the one!

  • @ThetaMediaGroup
    @ThetaMediaGroup 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I hardly ever rant but the heart of this song is the bass and drums. No camera coverage of FRP or DG. Lots of lead guitar shots. Audience shots?

    • @t.seank.529
      @t.seank.529 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The subtitle of this clip is “Tower of Power with Dave Garibaldi” but not a single shot of him?

  • @lynneglazer2154
    @lynneglazer2154 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A classmate with connections got them to play at our Sacramento high school gym. 72? Unforgettable and hooked for life.

    • @marimbadearco
      @marimbadearco 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      you all were soooooo lucky!

  • @fishfinder4
    @fishfinder4 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I was 16yo just graduated high school, and was introduced to TOP. To this day I still listen to their music. On of my all time favorite groups..

  • @wilgreenstreet
    @wilgreenstreet 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Incredible group!

  • @robertcummings1096
    @robertcummings1096 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Once you get funk in your mind its permanent 👍

  • @claudecat
    @claudecat ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Brilliant performance! This iteration of ToP was as good as it got. Hard to imagine anything funkier. People notice the horns but really it's the drums/bass/organ that was the secret. That and a great vocalist... People weren't smart enough to get this stuff back then, not enough of 'em at least. James Brown started it. These guys and maybe the Meters took it to levels of funkiness not heard since.

    • @jansenrobingonzales4264
      @jansenrobingonzales4264 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Kef
      😊jrvg
      Jej

    • @jansenrobingonzales4264
      @jansenrobingonzales4264 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ef

    • @richardelliott8352
      @richardelliott8352 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      you are right, the horns get all the attention, for good reason, but consider also the uniqueness of the guitar counter and lead melodies, another essential element of the band's sound

    • @claudecat
      @claudecat 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@richardelliott8352 Yep, one of the more unique guitarists of that or any era. Like Santana, immediately recognizable. How all the parts fit together is the magic of musicianship. They were all great at that.

    • @petersonlafollette3521
      @petersonlafollette3521 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      This and the many cuts like down to the nightclub was proof of hip

  • @begotten59
    @begotten59 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow!!! Tower of Power 🥇🥇🥇🎤🎤🎤🎼🎼🎼🎹🎹🎹🥁🥁🥁🎸🎸🎸🎸🎺🎺🎺🎷🎷🎷🪘🪘🪘☕️☕️☕️

  • @DiscoMood
    @DiscoMood 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This band still rocks today. RIP Rocco. RIP Mick Gillette. RIP Bruce Conte. You all brought it every performance.

  • @empowerman1
    @empowerman1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Got a lot of their inspiration and riffs from Funkedelic, also in vein of Steely Dan, Ohio Players, Osibisa, Lakeside, Sly and the Family Stone..Mandrill, Bohanan.. great rhythm and groove band!

  • @allgoo1990
    @allgoo1990 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Funk.
    The best America has to offer.

  • @stvsmith1791
    @stvsmith1791 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Horns not as loud as those pants 😂 what a wonderful time the 70's were.

    • @kwgib
      @kwgib 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Who's Trippin' that's just OakTown Stylin'.

    • @kwgib
      @kwgib 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Actually, Frank sent them. Zappa's Plaids that was. But whatever yur sense of kits, cats, sacks, pants n' plaids_all, yur gonna meet some Uber Righteous TOP on the way to St. Ives !!!

  • @JDubbs1965
    @JDubbs1965 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    RIP Mick Gillette ❤

    • @dickash1003
      @dickash1003 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Amen - Mic could hit the high notes on the trumpet, then 30 seconds later (in the same song) he'd pick up his trombone and rock the bass clef!!

  • @salcipres8556
    @salcipres8556 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Simply Legends.

  • @carlritchie7139
    @carlritchie7139 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One of the best and from the past. The Rainbow Ballroom, Fresno, CA 1973 TOP at their assume.

  • @user-gd4hv3ww8y
    @user-gd4hv3ww8y 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What a great group

  • @DM-mg6qh
    @DM-mg6qh 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    They are the best. That is the carnation of Tower of Power that I grew up with . They used to play with Cold Blood. If I remember correctly Skip Mesquite played with Cold Blood then with Tower Of power the same night.... They are the best....