Post by petrolino on Oct 2, 2020 15:32:07 GMT
Bassist Rocco Prestia, purveyor of the "Oakland Stroke", has died at the age of 69. Prestia was a member of Tower Of Power.
He's remembered at Louder : Rocco Prestia (1951 - 2020)
Thanks for the music, Mr. Prestia ... heaven got a brand new groove ...
“When people listened to Tower of Power it was always Rocco that they walked away talking about and he had a major impact on the music world.
Frank was a very sweet kid with really cool hair when we first met in junior high school and we actually brought him into our band because of his hair; he was a horrible guitar player. My father had hired a teacher named Terry Saunders to teach us one song a week and the first thing Terry said to Frank was, ‘You need to play the bass!!!’ How right he was!!!”
Frank was a very sweet kid with really cool hair when we first met in junior high school and we actually brought him into our band because of his hair; he was a horrible guitar player. My father had hired a teacher named Terry Saunders to teach us one song a week and the first thing Terry said to Frank was, ‘You need to play the bass!!!’ How right he was!!!”
- Emilio Castillo, CBS (Bay Area)
Tower Of Power perform 'Squib Cakes'
Rocco Prestia on FingerStyleFunk
Alessandra Scaravilli performs 'What Is Hip'
'Soul Vaccination' - Tower Of Power
Rocco Prestia - Rest in Eternal Pece
