Actual humans.. Playing actual instruments with all their hearts and souls. In a band where they have done the hard work of becoming one. And believe me, that’s very very hard work. It’s what it’s all about… The musical experience. It cannot be synthesized. It is never perfect and it’s different every single time. And you can feel it right now. It’s in your bones.
This one's for Rocco rest in peace Rocco on the one my man .your playing still lives on one of the funkiest bass players to come out the early 70s And onwards.
We first saw TOP in Cleveland Ohio at the Agora when they just released East Bay grease. No one knew that there were maybe 20 people in the audience. The next time they came back to Cleveland you couldn't get into the club. One of the greatest groups of all time and should be in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. They are real musicians and have "Soul with a capital S."
Lenny Pickett was all of 23 years old when this was filmed. The amazing thing is that he was mostly self-taught yet somehow developed the ability to play in the altissimo range better than most players with dozens of years more experience. The guy was a true saxophone master.
It was August 1977 at the Seattle Memorial Stadium. I got to see he ticket was $8 bucks I got to see Heart, Foreigner, Tower of Power, Stephen Bishop and Prism. Towere of Power stole the show........
The Horns section of Tower of Power is, as far as I'm concerned, is the Greatest of any Era ,ever since a teenager in Fiji during the 70's i ain't never heard a Horn Section no way near consistently as good as them🌴🇫🇯😎👍