Watching these makes me really proud of my dad 😃 LP turns my ears on, Dave garibaldi has 4 separate brains, and roger is a monster on that Hammond. Great version, though the whole song is always a jam session no matter what lol
I would love to know what the Funky Doctor listens to. Like I'd love to know what made up that brilliant musical mind. You should be proud!! TOP is the best ticket in town!
Bro, your dad has inspired millions with his music. I interviewed Lenny one day for a web Zine I was working for and he told me how your dad came up with some of the most beautiful lyrics ever. I always thought he was one of the most underrated songwriters ever. You should be very proud.
THIS VERSION BELONGS IN EVERY EMERGENCY ROOM IN THE WORLD.... IF A PATIENT CAN’T WAKE UP WITH THIS ON. ESPECIALLY AT THE END OF THE SONG. ... THERE IS NO HOPE !!!!
My god man... I swear every time I hear Lenny Pickett my day just gets instantaneously awesome. These guys were jammin before he got up there but damn... so good. The stratospheric altissimo circular breathing is so impressive too...
Was having some difficulty getting out of bed today due to pain. Woke up, dear friend had sent me this, and it funked me out of bed with a Crooked smile on my face. F**k the pain, I can do this. Thank you Tower.
He's just perfectly listenable in these context. Other guys can do what he technically does- but they don't move me like LP does- every time. Even his more obscure, artsy, independent stuff.
It's past 3AM, I should wake up for work in 4 hours, I've only just started playing the xaphoon, and now I want a *tenor* sax. Great. Thank you Lenny Pickett. And my goodness, that was from another planet.
If someone had never watched and listened to a TOP performance this video is a great one to show them. Definitely the best Funky Horn band on the planet. They have been performing since 1968. Only the very best of the best musicians in the TOP line up over the years.
Such great memories of dancing to this band live. Being on the dance committee in '73, we asked TOP to come to Sactown to play our high school dance. We were shocked when they said 'YES'! I felt proud. Having such a respected band come to our little school, but these cats love to play. Final song was Your Still A Young Man, and I grabbed the arm of a girl I had a huge crush on and said let's dance. She was 2 years older, and the girlfriend of the football hero, but, I got to dance with her. I hear that song now and for just a little while I'm right back there, in her arms. Thanks TOP. You're the BEST! The best thing to come out of Oakland
Been digging TOP since 1973 . There’s nothing better as far as true in the pocket soul music. The best. This is the tightest version I’ve seen or heard.
Wow...LP was just on fire. On the 1970's live album he was so bad ass, but this was even better 50 years later! So awesome. Love this band. One of my best friends used to play drums for them. What a rush. Thanks for posting.
This is THE best and TIGHTEST version of this song that I've ever heard or seen the band do! Larry (the baddest man in the land), Roger burnin' up that B-3, DG driving the machine, Rocco killin' it, Iron Mike and Adolfo tighter than a clenched fist, Doc boom poppin' that Bari, and then Lenny Pickett coming up on stage to finish things off?!?! WOW!
It had to be NYC. That's the only place I could imagine seeing Lenny sit in with them in a club. I wonder, do they make a point of never playing NYC on Saturdays, so Lenny might be available? Because, of course, he's usually very busy on Saturday nights.
If I am not mistaken,this show was filmed at the Village Underground, across from the Blue Note, in NYC. If it is, I was there with 7 other friends. This was back in 2003. It was a private gig that I was fortunate enough to get invited to! The band was on fire with Lenny Pickett blowing everyone there away! By the way, Will Lee was sitting a few feet from me!
Could you hear Doc on bari?!! Iron Mike on bone! Adolfo on lead trumpet!! Tom on tenor! Larry Braggs -the most fun vocals in TOP history! The rest of the group gets praised all the time!! Fantastic!!
I remember reading somewhere where a symphony conductor said something like "you never have to ask the horns to play louder". :) This is smoking hot. Funk at its finest.
Now this is the TOP I Remember seeing them in 71 in Hartford I was 5 ft in front of David and They Blew my Socks off my First time hearing them I ran out Bought their alnbum And Lenny Picket did his dance just Fuckin AWESOME I still have chills up my spine The greatest Funk Horn band ever
NOW THAT BLEW OFF THE HINGES OFF THE DOOR I'VE BEEN JAMMING TO TOWER OF POWER EVER SINCE I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL BACK IN 1974 THANKS TO MY OLDER BROTHER THAT PLAYED WITH SOME LOCAL BANDS HERE IN FRESNO CALI AS WELL AS COLD BLOOD " WITH
I guess life on the road for nine years was enough for Lenny. Show me a musician that LOVES being on the road, and I'll show you a guy that loves getting stray tail instead of his regular "thang". Wiki says Lenny left TOP in '83, but I could swear I saw Pickett play the TOP gig in '85 at San Diego's Catamaran Club on Mission Bay. It probably was in '83. I smoked a lot of weed back then and my recall is pretty sketchy.
Talk about building a solo, everyone take a lesson. There is no heavier pocket anywhere!!!!! L.P. WOW and the rest of this GREAT, GREAT BAND. Jimmy Strassburg
hey graham ....these guys have been making me feel good and smile since 1971 ........ saw them live at the cleveland agora ...........thanks for the upload jesse ........ january 4 2023 ...
All I know is TOP actually changes the molecular structure of the world in which they are playing every time they perform. No one does it like the GREATEST SHOW BAND OF THE GREATEST ASSEMBLY OF GIFTED, HARD WORKING MUSICIANS ON THE PLANET. NO ONE CAN COMPETE WITH THE CONTINUED GREATNESS OF WHAT EMILIO AND DOC STARTED OVER 50 YEARS AGO!!! IF YOU’VE NEVER SEEN THEM LIVE, PLEASE DO BEFORE YOU MEET YOUR MAKER. YOU WILL BE ASKED, “…And did you ever see the greatest band I ever assembled, Tower of Power?” You really don’t wanna say, “No”.
The baddest thing in get down here in the real world of swinging soul rates with the best of the best the Oakland founded power ever to hit the music world the bartone sax is a kicker
You know, I always am amazed at how high some players can reach, especially with brass and saxophone. To me, for them to reach the written 7th octave, maybe the 8th octave is mind-boggling. But in this case, Lenny Pickett reaches the written 9th octave (think at least 12 ledger lines above the treble staff), it's astounding. To me, it seems almost impossible how they can get that high. But then again, you find ones that are legendary.
Best R&B player, maybe - though Lenny would probably tell you just how much he'd picked up from King Curtis and other old-timers, and how he mostly just plays it slicker and more technical. But when it comes to jazz, there's plenty of guys who could burn on changes that would completely lose him.
That solo from the eight-minute mark to the 12-minute mark: Four minutes of altissimo bliss! I was there that night and when LP finished the solo, the audience couldn't believe that he still had his famous dance moves up his sleeve. It was also nice seeing Rocco live after missing him in NYC due to his health issues for almost ten years (RIP Rocco)!
Super professional video ! Audio, excellent……camera work, perfect……. editing, first class ! It doesn’t hurt to have the funkiest band in all the land at their tightest !
Watching these makes me really proud of my dad 😃 LP turns my ears on, Dave garibaldi has 4 separate brains, and roger is a monster on that Hammond. Great version, though the whole song is always a jam session no matter what lol
Graham! Your dad is the funkiest dad ever!
Your pops is a legend man.
Here's some great photos of your Dad.. www.jimlawrence.net/TOP1976/TOP1976.html
I would love to know what the Funky Doctor listens to. Like I'd love to know what made up that brilliant musical mind. You should be proud!! TOP is the best ticket in town!
Bro, your dad has inspired millions with his music. I interviewed Lenny one day for a web Zine I was working for and he told me how your dad came up with some of the most beautiful lyrics ever. I always thought he was one of the most underrated songwriters ever. You should be very proud.
Such a joy to see Rocco having such a great time, miss him so much!
THIS VERSION BELONGS IN EVERY EMERGENCY ROOM IN THE WORLD.... IF A PATIENT CAN’T WAKE UP WITH THIS ON. ESPECIALLY AT THE END OF THE SONG. ... THERE IS NO HOPE !!!!
Play it in the morgue and you’ll have cadavers dancing
One of the greatest comments on TH-cam ever!! And so true!!
Lenny Pickett is a sax monster!
My god man... I swear every time I hear Lenny Pickett my day just gets instantaneously awesome. These guys were jammin before he got up there but damn... so good. The stratospheric altissimo circular breathing is so impressive too...
Was having some difficulty getting out of bed today due to pain. Woke up, dear friend had sent me this, and it funked me out of bed with a Crooked smile on my face. F**k the pain, I can do this. Thank you Tower.
AWESOOOOME!!!!!! God bless you! I hope you’re well!
At 12:30 Rocco looks like he's already in Heaven. RIP Rocco
Could be hard to miss anybody more than we miss him! Thank you Rocco for all the joy and inspiration!
Pickett is INCREDIABLE!
One of the best ever.
He's just perfectly listenable in these context.
Other guys can do what he technically does- but they don't move me like LP does- every time.
Even his more obscure, artsy, independent stuff.
@@mikerudick54 Yeah Mike, he joined Tower when he was like 18! Super Soulful & a legend!
I fell off the edge of my seat when Lenny hit those altissimo. Awesome solo!
LP can squeeze every drop out of that horn until it cries for mercy!
Tower of Power best singers where Rick Steven's and Lenny Williams .Lenny Williams is from my Alma Mater Fremont high school in OAKTOWN
It's past 3AM, I should wake up for work in 4 hours, I've only just started playing the xaphoon, and now I want a *tenor* sax. Great. Thank you Lenny Pickett. And my goodness, that was from another planet.
If someone had never watched and listened to a TOP performance this video is a great one to show them. Definitely the best Funky Horn band on the planet. They have been performing since 1968. Only the very best of the best musicians in the TOP line up over the years.
There is no one on tenor saxophone for Tower of Power than the original and still the best Lenny Pickett simply LP!!
SKIP MESQUITE...was the Original, original Lead tenor sax player...ck out the 1st album!!😊😊
Tom is gooooood really good. They have different playing style.
These two trumpet players are two of my favs in ToP
It's Greg Adams and Lee Thornburg for me.
Lenny Pickett can wail on that tenor. And he can STILL do the Pickett Dance!!
He hits notes higher than a friggin flute. And perfectly in tune. Incredible.
@@mikerudick54 Higher than a piccolo too! 11:41
I sadly know Rocco is gone, but you most are here ‼️ Rejoice you are ALL ARE HERE‼️ JESUS IS LORD ‼️
This was great and I can tell they were really having fun. I think that's the first time I've ever seen Rocco smile like that while performing.
That’s right right at about 12:25 I noticed that too, such a joy to see him having so much fun, will never stop missing him!
Me too ….. unfortunately.
Yeah I noticed that too. They were really having fun. I think they knew something really special happened that night and they felt the joy.
Such great memories of dancing to this band live. Being on the dance committee in '73, we asked TOP to come to Sactown to play our high school dance. We were shocked when they said 'YES'! I felt proud. Having such a respected band come to our little school, but these cats love to play. Final song was Your Still A Young Man, and I grabbed the arm of a girl I had a huge crush on and said let's dance. She was 2 years older, and the girlfriend of the football hero, but, I got to dance with her. I hear that song now and for just a little while I'm right back there, in her arms. Thanks TOP. You're the BEST! The best thing to come out of Oakland
Tears in my eyes when I hear Rocco. Every time.
Been digging TOP since 1973 . There’s nothing better as far as true in the pocket soul music. The best. This is the tightest version I’ve seen or heard.
50+ years of the best funk-soul R&B inspired music money can buy! Gotta love you some TOP! Period.
RIP Rocco. David, our thoughts and prayers are with you...
Dave & Rocco always knock it out and to have LP show up............too awesome to handle sitting down!!!!!!!!!!!
dave and rocco ....from the beginning .......
Wow...LP was just on fire. On the 1970's live album he was so bad ass, but this was even better 50 years later! So awesome. Love this band. One of my best friends used to play drums for them. What a rush. Thanks for posting.
This is THE best and TIGHTEST version of this song that I've ever heard or seen the band do! Larry (the baddest man in the land), Roger burnin' up that B-3, DG driving the machine, Rocco killin' it, Iron Mike and Adolfo tighter than a clenched fist, Doc boom poppin' that Bari, and then Lenny Pickett coming up on stage to finish things off?!?! WOW!
Patrick Gleeson... Listen to the version on "live and in living color" 25 minutes long. Incredible solos by Lenny Picket and Chester Thompson
Agree
Tightest I ever heard the horns on this song. Amazing
@@danielortega3647 And that was recorded around 1974-75!
Lenny P still got the goods!! And T.O.P. Was TIGHT that night!!
Lenny Pickett...Insane! The best on earth!!!
What every sax player should look up to!!!!!!!!!!!!
LP made this lineup so special… along with DG, Rocco, Mimi, and the Doc
I love this & listen to it daily. You cannot tell me this is not David dancing before the Lord‼️
Iron Mike- hands-down the best lead trumpet they ever had💥🔥🎺
This is the Oakland Zone CD release party at the Village Underground in NYC on May 5, 2003. What a memorable and unforgettable night!
It had to be NYC. That's the only place I could imagine seeing Lenny sit in with them in a club. I wonder, do they make a point of never playing NYC on Saturdays, so Lenny might be available? Because, of course, he's usually very busy on Saturday nights.
Burcbje - I was there with you my friend. Hope life is treating you well.
Jason
Man From the Past
If I am not mistaken,this show was filmed at the Village Underground, across from the Blue Note, in NYC. If it is, I was there with 7 other friends. This was back in 2003. It was a private gig that I was fortunate enough to get invited to! The band was on fire with Lenny Pickett blowing everyone there away! By the way, Will Lee was sitting a few feet from me!
La Bar Bat
No, doc is there, mistake not lbb
Could you hear Doc on bari?!! Iron Mike on bone! Adolfo on lead trumpet!! Tom on tenor! Larry Braggs -the most fun vocals in TOP history! The rest of the group gets praised all the time!! Fantastic!!
Adolfo and Mike B. Doc, Tom, Emilo-then Pickett?!! Larry Braggs- his phrasing and improv-great stuff!!
I KNOW THEM FOR OVER 50 PLUS YEARS 💕💕💕😊😊😊
Most drummers solos have me wishing they had stopped earlier. DG's leave you begging for more!
I've probably watched this video a thousand times myself. Can't get enough of the TOWER!
I remember reading somewhere where a symphony conductor said something like "you never have to ask the horns to play louder". :) This is smoking hot. Funk at its finest.
Tightest version of this track. They were on fire my God!! And Lenny is just a monster/beast.
Now this is the TOP I Remember seeing them in 71 in Hartford I was 5 ft in front of David and They Blew my Socks off my First time hearing them I ran out Bought their alnbum And Lenny Picket did his dance just Fuckin AWESOME I still have chills up my spine The greatest Funk Horn band ever
Who the HELL could give this a thumbs down?
DEEZ BOYZ JUST ROCKED THE FREAKIN HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOW THAT BLEW OFF THE HINGES OFF THE DOOR I'VE BEEN JAMMING TO TOWER OF POWER EVER SINCE I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL BACK IN 1974 THANKS TO MY OLDER BROTHER THAT PLAYED WITH SOME LOCAL BANDS HERE IN FRESNO CALI AS WELL AS COLD BLOOD " WITH
COLD BLOOD IS NO JOKE !
LYDIA PENCE.... WOW !
Emilios so happy with Lenny sitting in!
LOVE that sax and that crazy dance! - timeless. I wish LP was still with TOP. SNL has to be a great gig.
I guess life on the road for nine years was enough for Lenny. Show me a musician that LOVES being on the road, and I'll show you a guy that loves getting stray tail instead of his regular "thang". Wiki says Lenny left TOP in '83, but I could swear I saw Pickett play the TOP gig in '85 at San Diego's Catamaran Club on Mission Bay. It probably was in '83. I smoked a lot of weed back then and my recall is pretty sketchy.
36 years on SNL and has NEVER missed a show.
What gets me is how Doc just kind of Dominates the stage, without really doing much.
Live, these guys move me to tears!
TOP still the bomb they are tight go on with your bad self Tower Of Power still kicking Much butt rock it out TOP oh yeahhhj
These guys were on fire that night, The best ever!
Talk about building a solo, everyone take a lesson. There is no heavier pocket anywhere!!!!! L.P. WOW and the rest of this GREAT, GREAT BAND. Jimmy Strassburg
What a drummer...!!!
Rocco"s STACOTTO BASS playing makes Tower of Power.
DG the master of the groove.
He is the locomotive the drives the TOP train.
Dave's a BEAST!!
One of their best live performances. DG is on really on point. Well hell yeah, of course!
Good thing this was the last song, anything after this would have been anticlimactic. Fantastic.
hey graham ....these guys have been making me feel good and smile since 1971 ........ saw them live at the cleveland agora ...........thanks for the upload jesse ........ january 4 2023 ...
Awesome videos Cathe and Alex! Bravo!!
I Still Love Lenny P!
All I know is TOP actually changes the molecular structure of the world in which they are playing every time they perform. No one does it like the GREATEST SHOW BAND OF THE GREATEST ASSEMBLY OF GIFTED, HARD WORKING MUSICIANS ON THE PLANET. NO ONE CAN COMPETE WITH THE CONTINUED GREATNESS OF WHAT EMILIO AND DOC STARTED OVER 50 YEARS AGO!!! IF YOU’VE NEVER SEEN THEM LIVE, PLEASE DO BEFORE YOU MEET YOUR MAKER. YOU WILL BE ASKED, “…And did you ever see the greatest band I ever assembled, Tower of Power?” You really don’t wanna say, “No”.
Amazing as always! Great to see Lenny sit in with them
The most fun you can have with your clothes on.
Fantastic, just amazing.
When only the BEST will do - TOP!!!!!!!
My home boys from OAKTOWN. I had the pleasure of working on Emilios Mercedes in trade school
Larry Braggs. Nuf said. Best TOP singer ever.
naw that would REALLY have to go to Lenny Williams although Larry Braggs is very good too!!
OMG across the board!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Killer Version!
The baddest thing in get down here in the real world of swinging soul rates with the best of the best the Oakland founded power ever to hit the music world the bartone sax is a kicker
WHEW !! THE ONE AND ONLY ... TOP !!
You know, I always am amazed at how high some players can reach, especially with brass and saxophone. To me, for them to reach the written 7th octave, maybe the 8th octave is mind-boggling. But in this case, Lenny Pickett reaches the written 9th octave (think at least 12 ledger lines above the treble staff), it's astounding. To me, it seems almost impossible how they can get that high. But then again, you find ones that are legendary.
I seen TOP play this in 73 and DOC would be knocking himself out dancing.
Супер-коллектив, на все времена....
TOP knocks me out!!
La banda es de las mejores en los últimos 50 años y el solo de Lenny Pickett es descomunal !
Holy manoly. Where is the rest of this performance? What a sax solo! Still the best dancer, too. Better than a pair of paddles, indeed.
one of the best of this tune!
Lenny Picket.. The best tenor player EVER!
without breathin.......lenny pickett!!!
Best R&B player, maybe - though Lenny would probably tell you just how much he'd picked up from King Curtis and other old-timers, and how he mostly just plays it slicker and more technical. But when it comes to jazz, there's plenty of guys who could burn on changes that would completely lose him.
GROVER WASHINGTON Jr would go freaktiod on it or SONNY ROLLINS,Pete Christlieb to name a few!!
sjcurry57 Brecker? James Carter?
That solo from the eight-minute mark to the 12-minute mark: Four minutes of altissimo bliss! I was there that night and when LP finished the solo, the audience couldn't believe that he still had his famous dance moves up his sleeve. It was also nice seeing Rocco live after missing him in NYC due to his health issues for almost ten years (RIP Rocco)!
Super professional video ! Audio, excellent……camera work, perfect……. editing, first class ! It doesn’t hurt to have the funkiest band in all the land at their tightest !
Man, this was a sick jam and LP was riding the pocket in style. Very few, if any cats can match that!!
These guys never disappoint...My kind of groovin all day long.
@9:15 gets me every time. Got me doing my shoulder dance.
SERIOUS JOYFUL JAM‼️😬TOP i Have loved you from the beginning ‼️ KEEP ON KEEPING ON‼️
Great solo by Lenny Pickett sitting in!
11:20 higher, and higher, and higher. Up to a triple altissimo E!
300% energetic music! Awesome band!
please upload the rest of this amazing show!!
Lenny being Lenny. 🎷
El mejor Solo De Tenor de todos los tiempos con notas sobre agudas
Can you imagine trying to follow this act?
There will never be another ROCCO!
Wow!
Thanks, Lenny. I need a new iPhone, now. Screen cracked in my face.
Cant believe what I just heard from LP, that was not real, was it?
Awesome performance!
Sweet fancy Moses !
Something great arrives again today!
TOP is numero uno!
GOOD GOT-DAYUM LENNY PLEASE, MY FUNKY SOUL CANT TAKE IT NO MORE!!!
Lenny out here playing a solo for dogs
So Good.:)
wow...Lenny did "THE" dance..
Lenny Pickett man. Insane.
Think , YOU TOWER OF POWER, VERY, VERY, VERY MUCH, - BEAUTIFUL, NICE!!!
There’s nothing like T.O.P.