Tower of Power - Down to the nightclub/So very hard to go

[glasman857]

Love that trumpet solo

[TJGUITAR59]

TODOS LOS CANTANTES DE TOWER HAN SIDO EXELENTES SIN ESCEPCION NO HAY NINGUNO MALO TODOS APORTARON SU TALENTO Y APARTE EL PAQUETE QUE DEJARON EL GRITON DE RUFUS MILLER . RICK STEVENS. NO ES CUALQUIER COSA SOLO UN GRAN CANTANTE PUEDE SUPLIR A OTRO GRAN CANTANTE. THANK'S

[rico717cal]

yes thats Marc from the East bay. He take Lenny Picketts place when he left and stayed until he went to Kenny Logins band.

[maxwellswan]

Is that Marc Russo from the Yellowjackets playing lead tenor?

[DEEJAYRIG]

read all the responses, ....

[DEEJAYRIG]

cod3x001 you're ignorant and stupid, because you know the moment they go on the road of public sharing they are subject to opinion and criticism. I love tower of power, and hope they can find better talent.

[DEEJAYRIG]

great vocals but drummer sucks

[c0d3x001]

@DEEJAYRIG it's not garibaldi, but saying he sucks is just ignorant and stupid. bet you can't play better than him

[m4marcel]

miss Garibaldi, something's missing in the drumming

[Xenobia10]

@m4marcel lmao o shit thats funny as hell

[newsmanbluesman]

Guitar player wrong for band - hey. it's willie fulton, the original guitar player. how can he be wrong, when he's on social lubrication still a young man nightclub etc - and good enough for steve cropper not to pick his axe and overdub for Bump City - i hope i've never been an idiot in the youtube comments section - because it sure seems easy-like this take that Jeffries/Filippo don't cut it. Just stop. If you saw this band, heard board tape morning after that we did, you'd cringe in shame

[gangtwanger]

The drummer totally-loses the groove on the 2nd song 'cause he's standing. His drum-kits all-wrong for this (either that or it's his hands). And how can you play Tower Of Power songs with a Strat? He's not the only guy to do it either - I think the guy who was playing for them in '91 had some kind of Super-Strat sort of thing. Bruce Conte played those old songs with a '57 Les Paul gold-top, which is about as far away from a Stratocaster as you can get. I really-miss the lineup from the 3rd album

[sigsegv11]

@gangtwanger He doesn't lose the groove because he's standing, he loses the groove because he's not David Garibaldi.

[gangtwanger]

Unfortunately, this was probably the all-time low-point for the band. Rocco's gone, Emilio looks terrible, the guitarist is all-wrong for the band, and....... Jeez, I don't even recognize half these guys. Drummer needs to hit that beat harder during the 2nd verse. Watch the Soul Train performance. THAT's the way you do this song. I like that version the most. It's a bit more-raw than the single (I wish they put that song on "Live And In Living Color" - It really-should have been a double-album).

[66misael]

thats kick ass bro.

[rickhigh100]

i was raised in richmond ca, one day i was siting on a fire hydren talfin to one of my homies we must of ben 13 or 14 years old and this early model volkswagon (69) pulls up and this brother reaches his hand out the window and says check this out and hands us two 45 records and says well be comming out soon look for us. we siad cool and i looked at the record and it said tower of power bump city. we didnt have to look to hard for them

[gangtwanger]

@rickhigh100 Damn, I hope you still have those 45's. That's a great story. I wish it was mine ('cause I'm an audiophile addicted to vinyl records).

[THEclimberclimber]

これは珍しい～

Garibaldiは空席期間長かったから、しょうがないとして­Roccoもいないのは

逆にレア？

むしろこんな状態でもバンド活動を辞めなかったEmilioのド­根性に拍手!!

いつだって全力で音楽をEnjoyする姿勢に涙。。。

苦境を乗り越えて今がある。感動の記録ですね～。

[LonelyPker]

Where's Rocco? And Dave? It's not the same.

[Benifull]

Still sounds good on my 8track!

[womb0womb0]

Cocaine.

[blaquegyrl12]

Grew up on Tower of Power!

[MrVerncoleman]

pieces of a dream were SICK! 454!

[MrVerncoleman]

IM WATCHING it right now and the other band was called revelry! might have spelled ther name wrong but they were funky as hell!

[MrVerncoleman]

this was shown on u.s.a. network back in 83! irecorded it and still have it. pieces of a dream were also there. there was also another band.soon as i play it i will tell you but all i know is that hole show was the BOMB!

[bfnputz]

Wasn't the singer Theo's friend Cockroach on The Cosby Show?

[EMANNER1]

i dont know if larry braggs was the best, but, i certanly enjoyed watching him in the mid 80s strut his stuff. he was good. the thing i liked about him the most is a line he once aid during a show, how he use to cut class to go and watch these guys play, after all, they WERE the sound of the SF bay area. lucky, some people get to realize their dreams.

[lopezmiguelo]

What's the name of this Bass Player. Good Bass Sound and execution

[Perryvision]

Mr. Braggs is, and has been, the best lead vocalist the Tower has ever had. Who, in the helll, are these guys?

[opti2007]

ummm it's tower of power :|

[EMANNER1]

@opti2007 PARDON MY STUPIDNESS, NOT LARRY BRAGGS, BUT RATHER, MICHAEL JEFFRIES. LOL JUST SAY NO! JUST SAY NO! JUST SAY NO!

WRONG REFERENCE BELOW

[ronfowlermusic]

@Perryvision you're entitled to your opinion, but I think most TOP fans would choose Lenny Williams as the best vocalist, or Rick Stevens - and those two are the voices on all the hits. Michael Jeffries - the singer in this video - was certainly one of the better ones, though, and stayed with the band longer than most, roughly 1978 through 1983. He just had the bad luck of coming aboard when they were on a downward swing.

[Freddro2005]

Polo da don samples 1:06 for fergie london bridge

[ettsn]

Hmm. No Rocco, no Garibaldi. Hardly seems like TOP to me. Still jammin, but missing something...

[EddieLandsberg]

Wow - - THE CHESTNUT CABARET.... I used to see TOP in the Tom Bowes era... it was so cool... if you got their early you could stand right under the horns... place would pack be backed -- kinda like a large restaurant without seats (well except along the walls) but when TOP came out the energy was so over the top. To be honest, even though the band is 100x better than ever now than ever, I kinda miss being able to see them at clubs like that (minus the vomiting and next day hangover.)

[DavidLouis]

He's name's Michael Jeffries how sang on the albums "We Came To Play" and "Back To The Street". To my opinion, Lenny Willams & him are the best singer TOP had so far.

[lilwill954]

Fergie- London Bridge

[jshelo]

2:54 - 2:59 looks like Chris Cornell.

[gabrielpatricknava]

Well, Little Richard's son.

[burntoast]

Does anyone think the lead singer looks like Little Richard...?

[steevojackass]

ya know...i see what you're gettin at there! haha

[dertrommler54]

Ummmmm...........No. Not even close. Are you one of those people who think all lead singers look alike ? He looks a lot more like Michael Jackson before the mutant make-over.

[burntoast]

Yeah, I'm definitely one of those people, asshole. I'll tell you what, you stop being such a fucking smart ass, and I won't tear you a fucking new one.

[dertrommler54]

Please don't hurt, me Ah-nold. I didn't mean it. I was just commenting on something a clueless shut it said because his mommy told him it's "be nice to minorities" week. Since people who know anything about music are a minority, consider this your best bet for an apology. And put that hand lotion away before mommy asks uncomfortable questions.

[greenysfleetwoodmac]

fuck prestia isnt playing!!! but great eitherway

[DmitriMironov]

This is a fucking 1972 or so.

Damn. They great! YOU Are my IDOLS.

No words, no words! Seperb music, and musicians!

The most fun, ispireble and aducational style to play along with, and to listen.

Sorry For My English :)

[zebop]

1983

[Macaholic]

Dude their clothes are SO early 80's.

[dertrommler54]

Wow...since this is 1983, that's really hard to understand. Clothes from the '80s ? What a shock !

[Macaholic]

This, I know. I'm not dissing them just noting how humorous it is. You know, to look back and laugh. Trust me, I had a Don Johnson "Miami Vice" padded-shoulder blazer of my own back then, but these fashions are not as timeless as, say, John Coltrane in a suit circa 1961.

[dertrommler54]

how in the name of Ralph Macchio in Karate Kid II can you say that ? We said the same things about those polyester jump suits in the 70s and ... oh wait. Those were flakey as hell, too. BTW...TOP has gone through every black singer since Sam Cooke. This guy is totally forgettable. Lenny Williams set the standard and they never got on track afterwards, IMHO

[clightner]

Larry Braggs is awesome...current singer

[Macaholic]

Plus... I was responding to DmitriMironov who thought it was in 1972.

[thenewfbi2009]

Tower of Power/Cold Blood on January 10, 2009 at The Old Fox Theater in Redwood City, California! I'll be there! Woo Hoo!! Driving up from SoCal!

[ttukumoe]

man....these guys were funkin it up bad back in these days...now their sound has gone more...i don't know, main stream.They even have basically the same rhythm section today. There's just something about this TOP era that had groove and meaning.

[rclemente21]

Is that Michael Jeffries in the red Jpnse shirt?

[zebop]

Yep, that's him.

[rclemente21]

Thanx!

[saintlythe1]

Brilliant Job On Posting this, those horn lines send funk down my spine. Check Out the guy at 2:33, thats the reason TOP are so loved.

[Easygoingbass]

Too Smooth!!

[laquita1946]

I recently discovered that Michael Jeffries was once the lead singer of a local Bay Area group called The Two Things In One, back in the early 70's. Michael performed the vocals on all of their singles Together Forever, Overdose, & Silly Song. There was also a rare never before released recording by the same group. The name of the singles are Choirs In My Teardrops & Let's Get It Together, produced by ROCK-WAY RECORDS back in 1970.

[1arrya]

bell is definitely smaller but the overall horn tubing is flugel for sure. Maybe its just an older horn. Going to the Fresno CA fair on Oct 8th, AWB and TOP, Gonna be good.

[1arrya]

flugel.

[ramsuz]

thought so too.. But the bell looks too small doesn't it?

[ramsuz]

can't see from that angle, but is the solo at 4.30 played on a flugel horn or a cornet?

[yabaicho]

rocco forever!!!

[superchan1903]

Where is Rocco?? Aint T.O.P without Rocco IMO.

[ParnvoL]

Such an underrated band. Awesome

[Tattered]

This is tight, but where is Rocco and Garibaldi????

[bitzky77]

MY FAV FUNK/SOUL BAND EVER!

BUMP CITY!

[kuualoha2008]

I lived in the bay area...I saw them more than once...when this album came out...also, I've seen them in southern Califonria...many times. Huey Luis had one of the horn players in his concern..just saw him in a concert...

[canoesong]

That was me dancing on the tables at The Orphanage. Bump, bump, bump... BUMP CITY!! LOL Man, we had some great times, didn't we? Pass the margaritas.

[maxibabe]

mullet-a-rama

[bigtwnvin]

Every musician change bring something new. TOP will always be a Soul Band with the best players. Love it

[jadesystem]

East Bay's finest in the San Francisco bay area. One of the hippest funkiest bands around. They've been around since the very beginning since the Haigh-Ashbury Free Love days. Lenny Williams is finally free and

now packs-em in with fantastic vocals.

Long live the East Bay Grease !!

[musicjusticecongress]

great bands back in the day/Tower-EWF-AWB-chigago-bloo­d sweet and tears,santana, AND NOW LADYS AND GENTLEMAN.AFTER YEARS OF SHIT MUSIC[SCOTT BROOKLYN @ R U V O L A T I O N S CHK EM OUT ON MYSPACE MUSIC. GREAT SOUND

[randyreal6]

this newer verion of the old group sounds like a wedding band check out the band circa 1973 not this watered down version.

[Bobby61557]

I saw TOP last night this their 40th anniversary year and thye were the best ever Sacto Calif Radfdison Hotel Poor Doc looking OLD

[arnisvingben]

The first min. is extremely funky.... The rest I could do without

[leitongo1313]

michael jackson the vocals xd cool xD

good band good song awesome

[tashoney]

oh wow!!...you can see the whole audience is so riveted and soaking up every minute of it...

[julmin217]

i placed a reaction here last week letting tbcass know that this bassplayer right here

is one of the most grooviest bassplayer in the

world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

why did it not get posted????!!!!!

[geegeeox]

TOP is not the same without the Voice Lenny Williams!! Still like em tho. Bring back LENNY!!

[swerve19]

agreed, Lenny was the best.

[mrsoulsang]

Wow! This is the best singer I have ever heard in my life! What ever happened to this guy?

[mrthundaboots]

I think Micheal Jeffries is still singing around Oakland.

[tbcass]

TOP without Rocco Prestia Just doesn't cut it.

[stillanoldman]

Rocco and Garibaldi are what drives the music. That is for sure!

[wonkavella]

wow the bass player had major jaw jack.good versions of these songs though

[MrBilde]

Awesome! keep'em coming! :D

[streetsurvivor77]

why do people stereo type white people as havin no soul......?all these old clips are quite a contradiction!

[DryOatmeal42]

Wow! Thanks for posting this! Do you have the whole show?