The Best Damn Band ever to come out of the US. I remember going crazy hearing them at "My Father's Place" in Roslyn, N.Y. They were completely incredible beyond that actually. They got me through the Dip Shit Disco 70's Now I listen to them at least three times a week. The absolute Ultimate.

i freaking can finally play the intro to squib cakes on the drums. and im pumped

@phustercluck9782

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. I'm a guitar player but it was totally worth learning!

played in a group that opened for TOP in Seattle, 1973. was kidding my band group that they were going to get smoked except for me, who played keyboards. TOP never had a keyboard player...until that gig. Chester Thompson, the original organist (B3 Hammond) debuted that evening. I got smoked!!! this is when TOP incorporated a keyboardist into their group. the rest is history!!! the best horn based group ever!!!

The best funky band on the world!!!

David Garibaldi is still a master. I remember playing along with this tune to the original vinyl and trying to copy all his licks.

I could listen to Garibaldi and Prestia all day.

@joseperez8695

8 жыл бұрын

+Jeffrey Vincent yes

@wysiwyg2489

7 жыл бұрын

The women and the rhythm section first

@holdencaustic

6 жыл бұрын

Jeffrey Vincent absolutely

@woodythames2553

5 жыл бұрын

Amen, my brother.

@andrewgood3657

4 жыл бұрын

I could to

Absolutely killer! Everyone in T.O.P is exceptional on their instrument, and a few have no equal.

Gotta love The Funky Doctor Doc Kupta. Every concert I go to, TOP only sounds better and better. This band continues to stand the test of time.

Trumpet solo was Jesse McGuire, who didn't stay with the group long. He's based in Phoenix, plays national anthems at their sports teams sometimes. MASSIVE, evocative sound, yet still creative enough to solo, as we heard. Really like this guy.

@lf4317

6 жыл бұрын

Dave Shelles thanks for the info!

@nstachel1

4 жыл бұрын

Me too!

Jessie McGuire and the flamethrower Love it......

Still the original guitar reigns supreme. Stood the test of time.

haha, @ 5:28 Emilio Castillio to the camera man: "I'm not playing, go film the other sax player, idiot!" This is so tight. It gets better every time I hear it. Garibaldi is the absolute funkmaster, and that keyboard solo was like he pressed the "demo" button. Best band ever!

funkorgasAMORICAL ! IF ever i loose faith ,in the funk , i turn to these guys amen !

Every solo in this song is spectacular!

David's solo: PERFECT!!!

@henryferguson2772

4 жыл бұрын

David can write everything he plays

One of the sexiest sax solos ever!

@nstachel1

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you John!

A concert on this level is heavy work. Wow!

Go David go! You are the best

j'adore il sont fantastiques garibaldi c'est le meilleur.merci pour ton petit mot bonne continuation.

TOP's best number. The best horn section ever! Coming to San Diego Jan 4th.

Agree with what you guys said about Norbert (sax). Wow. I get chills every time I hear his solo. Nick Milo isn't too shabby on the keys, either.

@nstachel1

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you John!

@Dunkaroos248

3 жыл бұрын

@@nstachel1 really great playing man

Tight! Nice jammin'. I saw them in 2012 and loved every minute.

Nothing sounds like a real B3

MY MIND HAS BEEN BLOWN

This jam ROCKS!!

for all you Garibaldi fans (drummers), his famous seven-a-diddles at 5:01. awesome.

I have to thank my cousin for introducing me to TOP in the early 1970s. Saw them live and was hooked.

Dave Garabaldi is an incredible drummer ... Soo musical and dynamic.

Awesome...simply awesome. Video and sound quality are top notch. Thank you for uploading this fine video. T.O.P. RULES!!!

unbeaten sax solo by norbert stachel. hands down for this guy!!!

Love this stuff!

La suma de talentos da como resultado la unidad, y esa unidad es la que transmite el arte

always needs more bari sax from Doc. Go Doc!!!!

still listen2022🇯🇵❤

thank you very much sir! (;

I met Garibaldi after finishing his book and we e mailed a lot really cool guy all guys from U.of Maine saw him at the Drum Shop Portland Maine

Going to see them in Oslo this tuesday, so freakin' exited!:D

great great great

Yeah!

Spittin fire!!

thee amazing Nick Milo...

the woman in the front row hit by the spit bubbles from the Trumpet @ 3:41 is 😍

A pure classic

whoa that trumpet solo was on fire, literally

super banda...Dancing days....

...ohhhh I forgot about T of P. How I miss this level of MUSIC!

Great thing about their brand of funk is that they dont dress up to express their music. they let their music do their thing and it works !!!

Nice sound....

Tightest hornsection on planet earth. The attack is unreal

What impresses me most about Jesse's solo is that he didn't go all Arturo Sandoval (who I love) and be a show off with his range in the upper register of the horn. Though the flame effect is still a nice touch

Back To Oakland - Awesome band & album! ;)

awesome trumpet solo

MASTERPIECE!!! ;)

💜🤘🏾

6:19 to 7:08, fuckin' orgasmic SAX, holly shit men this man is awesome, Tower of power For Ever!!!

siiiiiiiick

Norbert! You're a Beast!

@nstachel1

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lee!

@TiqueO6

3 жыл бұрын

@@nstachel1 Hi Norbert! Rob Holland here bro! (Loved the 'gypsy' scales in the solo!)

Splendid! (And let's here it for party shirts!)

It is really the TOP Tower OF Power !!! :D

Bloody awesome! What a tune!! What a band!!! ('part from the toss guitar solo recently unpacked from planet wank at about 1:40ish)

Damn it.... I still have ways to go to catch up with them.

6:33 is so awesome.

All I can say is GOAT Greatest Of All Time, 3:05 on FIRE !!!!

That Bari is as good as it gets

@ww1664 Emilio is one of the band leaders. He sings some songs, but as a tenor player he is a 'section player', i.e., he plays in the written ensemble parts of the horn section (an important function in any band) but rarely solos.

:F I ever get the chance of the Performance with the Tower of the Power is with the thanks and the lessons of the #pantherkungfu for the 55th@2021

Fuckin' amazing this is just fuckin' great music!!!!

@MusiqueLeTeddyZ "embouchure", the combination of facial muscles lips and teeth that connect the player to the instrument. It is a french term derived from the word 'bouche' (mouth), as in 'ferme la bouche' (shut your mouth).

good shit!!!!

Hey, hey, hey Steve!

man, that trumpet player loves himself!

This group is can really funky stuff...Incredible....

i thought you meant metaphorially then i watched it and there was an actual flame! haha

lol in the 2:31to the 2:49 in the same note on trompete without stop to breath !

SUPERBNESS!!!!!!!

@bskkid4eva I don't know. but somewhere in these comments is the name of the DVD where you can find out, or check the TOP website.

go david!

We were just in Cancun at the Iberostar and at the Galaxy club they kept playing this on the video with no sound in the back ground. So I had to look up was Squib Cakes was. What this has to do with the whole Star Wars theme I will never know. lol.

@MegaPascal31 OMG SO DO I!!!

Tower of Power - Pocketful of Soul

i ve got the dvd :P

Jessie McGuire: a living legend!

@Ijustsubscribe101

4 жыл бұрын

BORN TO BE A TRUMPET PLAYER. NO, ANOINTED TO BE A TRUMPET PLAYER !!!! !

yeah we missed the funky stumming of bruce Conti and Whirlwind on the hammond organ of Chester Thompson

@SaxyDan54 k wel i really cant explain the fireball at 3:05 cept there being a fire mechanism on the mic. And the "paper" u see is the mic attached to the trumpet, it looks a bit blurred vibrating from his sound.

4:30 So good!

The Funky Doc is at it again! =D

I love how Dave Garibaldi looks some some kids grumpy dad.. "shut up and eat your paradiddles!"

Solid bari sax.

Man, Jessie tore it up!!

David Garibaldi, Steve Gadd, Dave Weckl... the only guys who can get that sorta sound from yamaha drumss!

the fucking trumpet shoots fire

How great is that guy on the baritone sax

@woodygould

4 жыл бұрын

THAT, Sir, is the good Doctor...

@TiqueO6

3 жыл бұрын

And The Funky Doctor!

I didn't know Gigantor could play trumpet...wow...he;s like Rosie Greer and Tyson put together

Is there a video of this I can buy, or a CD? I MUST HAVE!!!

"Squib Cakes" was a term that funk trumpeter Mic Gillette (Tower of Power etc..) used to describe the backsides of lovely ladies. Learn something new everyday!!

agreed

Holy shit! I just realizes but i have the same bari as the doc! :P

@damontoney How about Ellington's great sax section that played together for 27 or more years: Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope, Jimmy Hamilton, Paul Gonsalves and Harry Carney (who got in nearly 50 years with the band starting in the late '20's)? Go listen to "The Great Paris Concert" on Atlantic Records to hear their sublime ensemble playing

For a second i thought it was Frank Gambale haha. Rocco Prestia is a monster

Dear lord... Politzer absolutely destroys these changes. Wowza.