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
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.
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.
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!
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 🙇
Remember kids it's not a contest. But Tower power is the origin of precisely orchestrated masterfully executed high-powered psychedelic era power funk. They were powerful influences on people like Jerry Hay who wrote ALL of Michael Jackson's horn parts. And let me tell you there's nothing more exciting than a live band that is truly on fire. And no one burned hotter than Tower of power has for over 50 years. Unbelievable.
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.
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.
Yes. When Bruce Conti joined the band on their third album after they signed with Columbia. He co-wrote some songs as well. He was thrown out later on due to alleged heroin use. Rejoined in the 2000's for an anniversary tour. Passed a few years back due to leukemia.
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.
It pained me to hear that David Garibaldi retired from the band recently as he tired of constantly touring. So now there's only two originals left. Emilio Castillo and Steven Kupka.
❤ 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 !
Oh boy! The music these guys made literally seeped deep into my soul. If you don't come alive from the inside out while listening to Tower of Power, you just might not be human.
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.
No.. we didn’t know .. loving it and expecting it.. only thinking now, how lucky.. how unbelievably lucky.. we were. Still are, mind, still listening, still loving it. Not minding too much how old I am, not with the music that was our’s. Still is.. Liz Davies from Aus
tell it on the mountain brother,or sister for all to hear,it truly was a magical time to live,it wasn't perfect,but it was the best in my lifetime,am 70,I don't now if youngsters now days think like that now?
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..
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!!!
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!
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.
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.
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!! ♥
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!
THE BEST BAND IN THE LAND ........ AND LENNY ....... THEIR BEST LEAD SINGER ......... AND THEY HAVE HAD SOME TERRIFIC ONES ........ LARRY BRAGG ......... for sure
It's amaxing how many great bands there were back then. Each with their own distinctive sound. From this hardcore funk to the Moody Blues. With Deep Purple, Eagles, Ten Years After, ELP, and everyone else. All different but all great musicians. Compare that to the "all sounds the same" manufactured music of today.
these guys were so tight , so soulful , so unique - I'm eternally grateful and blessed to have seen these guys live in the Bay Area on many occasions..brilliant time for music and such timeless songwriting..bravo
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.
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 !
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!
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.
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.
I used to see TOP at least twice a year for a very, very long time. San Mateo and Pleasanton. Also at the S.J. Jazz festival and other venues. Friends asked me why I wasn't tired of them. WHAT? I do miss the falling to one knee when singing "You're still a young man". But I'm their age and I understand.
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.
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.
Only 9 years old at this time and loved TOP. I would stay up to watch them on Don Kirchners Rock Concert and Midnight Special. I loved that sax player. Oh man he was a dancing fool !!
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.
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
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.
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 😎🤩👍
I'M 81 YEARS AGO AND STILL JAMMIN' WITH ONE OF THE BADDEST RHYTHM AND BLUES INTEGRATED BAND KNOWN TO MAN OR WOMAN! I'M A FORMER RHYTHM AND BLUES TRUMPET PLAYER. THIS DUDE PLAYIN' THAT TRUMPET WITH TOWER OF POWER CAN BLOW THAT HORN! YEAH 👍 MAN OR WOMAN, HE'S UNPARALLELED! AS ALWAYS GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS TAKE CARE AND STAY SAFE AND STAY STRONG IN THE FAITH AND IN THE FAITHFUL! ✌️ PEACE TO ALL WHO READ MY COMMENT! RIGHT 👍 ON! RIGHT 👍 ON! I'M OUTTA' HERE 4 NOW CROCODILE 🐊🎆🎇🕊️✌️😄❤️😁! RHYTHM AND BLUES THE ONLY WAY TO GO! LISTENING TO THEM NOW AND I'M SURE NOUGH' GETTIN' DOWN! 🎉
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. 👍😀👏
These guys have been crash with me for a long, long time! Chicago, blood sweat and tears- can’t hold a candle to the Tower! I have had the good fortune to see them on a few occasions and that horn section will pin you to the walls❤❤ 2:48
'While you're striving to find the right road, there's one thing you should know. What's hip today might become passe." There is a lot of hidden depth in those lyrics.
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
I was there at the Kool Music Festival, I became a true fan that night.:-):-)
I agree ... only 2 left ... but what great music and memories!!
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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.
Same, dude. Same ❤
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.
count me in 255
TOP was the funking (not a misspell) best EVER. Saw them many, many times in the 70s and 80s.
Thanks to good Drs,luck & old school experience well travelled training. I think we're luckiest gen, Onya Cob,Jackie's thing
This band at this point in time, was unbeatable. In the realm of funk and soul, unsurpassed…
Definitely.
RIP Francis Rocco Prestia..one of the best funk bass players EVER!!!
He was a genius-that bass line was so unique! 12-9-23.
And sadly got no camera time here
His spiritual successor is a guy named Joe Dart. If you don't know, check out Vulfpeck.
Rocco played sequencer lines before sequencers EXISTED.
ROCCO!!!!!!
At this time 70's there was a lot of good music , played by real musicians . No computers , no auto tune , nothing fake these Cats were on fire !
The atomic clock in Greenwich is calibrated by this rhythm section..❤
Perfect!!!
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!
B4+ after Bandstand we had GTK, depending on distance from a big city &Only in B&W in Aus😊Hip-71 #music express
I was 10, this tune, is when I discovered what a horn section is all about....Seawind... KC and the Sunshine Band.
I'm right there with you!! My 45th reunion is in two weeks,,,, bunch of old people will show up...
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 🙇
i mean... you're comparing funk with jazz fusion, so yeah, it's gonna be different.
Tower is still around and still very powerful and has played in Denton where Snarkey Puppy started .
was just mentioning the "sharpness" of the brass @@jdjk7
I was there! To see them live! You can't compare!
Yes staccato notes executed so precisely, they sound like one instrument.
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!!!!!
Bravo!!!!🎉
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David Garibaldi one of the best drummers ever
Remember kids it's not a contest. But Tower power is the origin of precisely orchestrated masterfully executed high-powered psychedelic era power funk. They were powerful influences on people like Jerry Hay who wrote ALL of Michael Jackson's horn parts. And let me tell you there's nothing more exciting than a live band that is truly on fire. And no one burned hotter than Tower of power has for over 50 years. Unbelievable.
This is why I still listen to this MUSIC TODAY THAT'S WHAT IS HIP NOT TODAY'S BULL SHIT
Amen brother
Preach!
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.
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.
So very glad to have experienced this. TOP is simply unsurpassed funk!
Need to be in R&R Hall of Fame Immediately. Seen them probably 15-20 times. Best horns in the business since 1968.
One of the best live bands around, even 50 years later. So glad Ive had the opportunity to see TOP many times.
@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.
The best lineup of T O P
Yes. When Bruce Conti joined the band on their third album after they signed with Columbia. He co-wrote some songs as well. He was thrown out later on due to alleged heroin use. Rejoined in the 2000's for an anniversary tour. Passed a few years back due to leukemia.
One of the greatest funk jazz rock bands in history. No one comes close. Dynamite
I graduated high school in 1974 and these guys ruled 💯
76 here
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.
Lenny Williams has been on sat night live for 20 years. 17 when he joined t o p
@@BillFEILHAUER-bu7go *Lenny Pickett
David and Rocco holding it all together ❤
It pained me to hear that David Garibaldi retired from the band recently as he tired of constantly touring. So now there's only two originals left. Emilio Castillo and Steven Kupka.
❤ 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 !
TOWER OF POWER ! Simply knocked The Sparks Out Your Ass ! 😎🤘🏽
Oh boy! The music these guys made literally seeped deep into my soul. If you don't come alive from the inside out while listening to Tower of Power, you just might not be human.
This band still rocks today. RIP Rocco. RIP Mick Gillette. RIP Bruce Conte. You all brought it every performance.
The best of the best of all the rest TOP
Definitely. I was fortunate to see this lineup many times. RIP, Brent Byars, Bruce Conte, Mic Gillette and of course Rocco.
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.
Man, I miss the '70's so much. The best rock, country and R&B. I especially miss '70's Motown. Magical times. We didn't know how good we had it.
God, wasn't it FUN. My grands can't comprehend that we danced EVERY SINGLE NIGHT
No.. we didn’t know .. loving it and expecting it.. only thinking now, how lucky.. how unbelievably lucky.. we were. Still are, mind, still listening, still loving it. Not minding too much how old I am, not with the music that was our’s. Still is.. Liz Davies from Aus
Yes, real music, no computers, no cellphones, people still talked to each other face to face.
tell it on the mountain brother,or sister for all to hear,it truly was a magical time to live,it wasn't perfect,but it was the best in my lifetime,am 70,I don't now if youngsters now days think like that now?
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..
To hear these guys playing in a garage... damn. Neighborhood treat.
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!!!
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!
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.
Tower of Power is greatest funk band in the entire world !
Remember hearing this as a child in the middle of the night on a transistor radio. Shines just as brightly now as then.
That horn section was epic, Mic, Emilio, Lenny, Greg and Doc.
The Mighty Tower of Power! Great tracks!
I saw TOP at an outdoor concert in Buffalo, NY. in the early 70s. Stunningly funky!
I went to HS w Greg Adams… he was running the school band… good times… cuz really, after all…. What is Hip🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
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.
saw them chi-town 70's 2024 still da best!
Live and no filler! Just great musicians!!
And the mixing was top notch.
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!! ♥
The tower was VERY hip in those days- evidenced by the dancing horn section.
@@petersonlafollette3521 And whattabout that OakTown Fashion Sense?
@@kwgib And they got their soul and funk on- way on...
@@petersonlafollette3521 Despite impending Collapse of Western so called Civilization, even YuToo knows What's Hip or Not. Praise dat Poo Ole' Lord,.
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!
This was groundbreaking and we all knew when we first heard this band this was instant history!
And Chester Thompson, the Great.
OK. This is real funk music with a driving beat. Tower of Power was TIGHT!
Saw this show when it aired with my brother-boy were we stoked! Have seen them many times live since then-greatest horn section in the world 😊😊😊😊
Burning funk .I love them all and especially Chester Thompson organist.Great funk and Jazz player. I also saw them live 3 times.
Went to HS with Dave Garibaldi every time TOP played Frenchies in Hayward we were there, what a super group.
nothing is better than '70's funk.
This is a true definition of what music is.
My dad had this album 💿 and played this constantly back in the day! 🎉
Still sounds great 50 yrs later!
True soul and funk. Good luck finding anything like that these days.
THE BEST BAND IN THE LAND ........ AND LENNY ....... THEIR BEST LEAD SINGER ......... AND THEY HAVE HAD SOME TERRIFIC ONES ........ LARRY BRAGG ......... for sure
It's amaxing how many great bands there were back then. Each with their own distinctive sound. From this hardcore funk to the Moody Blues. With Deep Purple, Eagles, Ten Years After, ELP, and everyone else. All different but all great musicians. Compare that to the "all sounds the same" manufactured music of today.
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!!!!
Wait! What!? I did not know that...
@@fretfix1- Lenny wrote and played the closing "SNL" theme song.
Lenny Pickett is one of my favorites Tenor Saxophone Players
The Lenny dance.......❤
@@jplew138you’ mean the Waltz In A
these guys were so tight , so soulful , so unique - I'm eternally grateful and blessed to have seen these guys live in the Bay Area on many occasions..brilliant time for music and such timeless songwriting..bravo
50 years later and STILL awesome!!!
Just like us.
Smokin’ TOP bringin the funk to the 21st century and beyond👍
One of the greatest funk bands of the 70's, so many cuts & this guy was their best lead singer, Lenny Wms.
I was two years old lol. Love this band been listening to tower all my life!
The incomparable Lenny Williams. ToP is Lenny, that tight rhythm section, and the Horns!!
What is Hip, indeed. So Very Hard To Go.
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.
Puts a dervish to shame. Truly, Tight as F.
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 !
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!
I was at that show too. Saw Chicago 2 nights later there with Terry Kath. What a weekend.
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.
Saw these guys in Boston in the mid 70’s. It was one of the best shows I ever saw👌
Wow. The very essence of the era captured right here in all of its glory. Outstanding. Far out. 🙂
Mr. Greg Adam's on trumpet went to westmoor hs. same as me...wowwee
Classic TOP. They were the horn section for Little Feat's Waiting For Columbus, absolutely made the album.
In 2006 I went to the Bean town Jazz Festival. The Berklee students had a Tower of Power ensemble. It pleased and surprised me at the same time.
Soooooo Cooooool! My No.1 favorite band ever!!!
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.
I used to see TOP at least twice a year for a very, very long time. San Mateo and Pleasanton. Also at the S.J. Jazz festival and other venues. Friends asked me why I wasn't tired of them. WHAT? I do miss the falling to one knee when singing "You're still a young man". But I'm their age and I understand.
The 70s, we really started something, TOP inspires so many bands today.
One of the gems of the 70s era. These guys are so good
The very best, Tower of Power ladies and gentleman!
Seen them in the 70s. Fantastic then and now. Music endures. Not the music of today if thats what i call it
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.
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.
What a great band and excellent performance. We had some great music in the 70's
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.
70's definitely the best decade for quality music.
TOP is one of my favorite all time bands! Saw them once in concert a long time ago & they were totally incredible! RIP Rocco
Only 9 years old at this time and loved TOP. I would stay up to watch them on Don Kirchners Rock Concert and Midnight Special. I loved that sax player. Oh man he was a dancing fool !!
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.
Since you wrote this, singer Mike Jerel is gone and they have a new guy Jordan John. They're getting up there.
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
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.
Rocco my dear friend was one of the greatest soul bassist ever. Along the lines of Jamerson
He is well missed.
Awesome! 15:11-15:22 😂 they are cool. I love Lenny Williams
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 😎🤩👍
Saw these guys live in 1973, Tower Theatre, Upper Darby Pa...........Excellent!
Elain Benes is in the House!!! Laying down the small kicks with the thumbs up. George and Jerry know what I'm talking about.
The biggest thrill of my life was joining a TOP / AWB cover group in Chicago in '77. This set just brings it all back . . .!!
Thanks for this post! Grateful for TH-cam!
That one dude in the audience dancing his ASS off! Awesome
except for the people who sat behind him
I'M 81 YEARS AGO AND STILL JAMMIN' WITH ONE OF THE BADDEST RHYTHM AND BLUES INTEGRATED BAND KNOWN TO MAN OR WOMAN! I'M A FORMER RHYTHM AND BLUES TRUMPET PLAYER. THIS DUDE PLAYIN' THAT TRUMPET WITH TOWER OF POWER CAN BLOW THAT HORN! YEAH 👍 MAN OR WOMAN, HE'S UNPARALLELED! AS ALWAYS GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS TAKE CARE AND STAY SAFE AND STAY STRONG IN THE FAITH AND IN THE FAITHFUL! ✌️ PEACE TO ALL WHO READ MY COMMENT! RIGHT 👍 ON! RIGHT 👍 ON! I'M OUTTA' HERE 4 NOW CROCODILE 🐊🎆🎇🕊️✌️😄❤️😁! RHYTHM AND BLUES THE ONLY WAY TO GO! LISTENING TO THEM NOW AND I'M SURE NOUGH' GETTIN' DOWN! 🎉
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..
My favorite band studio musician awesome tight rhythm and horns professionals 😊
From an era when musicianship counted.
One of the most Bad A** Funk tunes back then. Still gets me going. And don't forget The Oakland Stroke!!!!!
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. 👍😀👏
Classic! Thanks for this past blast !
I saw them at Winterland in the Haight, in ‘67. I’m seeing them again for the umpteenth time end of the month. Love me some of that funk
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Damn, I saw these guys in Berkeley in 1973. Unforgettable! The best!!
These guys have been crash with me for a long, long time! Chicago, blood sweat and tears- can’t hold a candle to the Tower! I have had the good fortune to see them on a few occasions and that horn section will pin you to the walls❤❤ 2:48
Love this band very much ❤️❤️
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?
The subtitle of this clip is “Tower of Power with Dave Garibaldi” but not a single shot of him?
'While you're striving to find the right road,
there's one thing you should know.
What's hip today
might become passe."
There is a lot of hidden depth in those lyrics.