00:45 oakland stroke 02:35 can’t you see (you doin’ me wrong) 04:45 space for bass 10:50 you don’t mean no harm 16:55 oakland stroke (groove) 19:15 Man from the past (ride-out) 20:40 what is hip 24:55 you strike my main nerve 31:18 soul vaccination 33:10 impro jam 39:24 squib cakes
@FunkyMonk6 Rocco was, is and always will be a frickin' legend... He had a soft heart with a pretend grumpy exterior... He was always so kind to my mom, all the way to the end. They both left this world within months of each other. At one point his eyes got so bad that he couldn't drive. I would pick him up to see my mom... Then he would offer to buy lunch. But he had to put up with my silly antics of making funny videos. Somewhere I've got a video of us in the car and I panned to him and my phone put a mouse filter on his face! Ha ha! He endured the torture because he knew I did it out of pure love. Now they are together, probably enjoying music in heaven... 🎶
Great stories. Thanks for that. My Mom and Rocco were real close...she was his daughter. Different Rocco. This one was a Fedele from Italy. What a bass player yours was. Mine had an Oakland dairy farm during the depression and my aunt helped deliver hks milk as a kid. Farms...in Oakland? yep..near the Estuary. Im sure this one was with T.O.P. during East Bay Grease days? What a great band. I had all rheir records.
So great, thanks for sharing! Love that Rocco and Dave are nailing the forms of everything, and Lenny is clearly not reading his charts and messing the form up on a lot of em haha! Love this era of Dave's playing and getting to hear both of them front and center.
Granpa Rocco from Calsbria played guitar. So do I... since 64 after hatching in Oakland on Pill Hill 52. Grew up one East Bay Greade nd still gettn funky! What a tight group o funktsas!
So great to hear some TOP hits in a "jazz combo" setting. It really makes @davidgaribaldi and @francisroccoprestia parts really shine. Rocco seems like such a cool dude.
Totally agree. I'm a lifelong funkateer, and when I'm occasionally asked why ToP isn't among my favorite funk bands, I simply say it's because of the songs. They were/are absolutely world-class musicians, but most of the songs aren't very memorable.
@@speedlite01 Like I said, _most_ songs. But even those two aren't particularly memorable in that they don't have a singable hook (this is reflected by their low chart position). To my ear, their hookiest melody was "You're Still A Young Man", but they only have one song that ever cracked the top 20 ("So Very Hard To Go"). Memorable melodies just weren't their thing, and that's ok because their grooves were great ("Down To The Nightclub" is my favorite).
