“Guys would come up and tell me, ‘I can play such-and-such a Tower of Power song note-for-note.’ But who cares?” The magic of Rocco Prestia’s bassline on Tower of Power’s Only So Much Oil in the Ground

“Guys would come up and tell me, ‘I can play such-and-such a Tower of Power song note-for-note.’ But who cares?” The magic of Rocco Prestia’s bassline on Tower of Power’s Only So Much Oil in the Ground

“Steal and include,” the late Rocco Prestia worried in the November 2008 concern of Bass Playerkeeping in mind that copping another bass gamer’s technique is a workout best utilized for fine-tuning your own design. “Guys in some cases show up and inform me, ‘I can play such-and-such a Tower Of Power tune note for note.’ Who cares? If you can’t play it like you, it ain’t worth absolutely nothing.”

From his starting perch as Tower Of Power’s propulsive bassist, Francis ‘Rocco’ Prestia assisted innovate fingerstyle funk and redefine the idea of groove on such pocket anthems as What Is Hip? Soul Vaccinationand Squib Cakes.

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