He just announced his retirement last week. Hall of Fame drummer.

Tanner Boyle I’d be losing my mind

Man, you SO got that right.....maybe they are performing this too early in the morning...

Grooving seems to be a long time ago for most people there, that's if they ever did or felt the need to.

I happened to catch this on TV, and I was losing my mind wishing I was there!!!!!! Love TOP

Not sure these folks even know what it is to be hip epic era in left coast funk

Many new members over the year

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The audience doesn't know "What is hip?". They do know what a hip replacement is!

AND they keep showing no one there!

Yes but camera didn't take Adolfos solo

I'd have to agree, Adolfo sounded great.

Rocco was not playing on this one.

RIP Francis Rocco Prestia!

Garibaldi may have helped a little.

Ever hear of a little combo from the same town going by the name Sly and the Family Stone? Check them out, they’re pretty good, too.

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That's because you are a bigot

@@mrjazzhole8024 - Pointing out the obvious makes him a bigot? sO THAT MAKES YOU....??

It's not just this clip, either. I saw an old clip of them doing this in the 1970s, and not once did the camera shoot Rocco.

…and not one close up of one of the best funk drummers on wheels, David Garibaldi!

They ALWAYS do! Unlike other bands / groups, they don't need, or use - gimmicky studio tricks - what they record - is what you hear live. And In Living Color. Pardon the pun :) :)

Not to worry. It's now 5 years later and I know it when I see it. And this group is Hip! Just as Hip as they were when I first found these guys during my youth.

That's a sad group of rhythm deprived white people.

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Black people help the white people!!

Yup ... black or white or brown doesn't matter...if someone claps to this tune like they're clapping after a birthday cake is cut , then they dont' know "What is Hip"...

Tasty trumpet solo being played, camera is on the trumpet player NOT playing the solo, just accents. :D

Exactly! I was even starting to wonder if this was shot with bass/drums as a backing track (after the train accident) because the camera never shows them and the stage is so tiny!

AndyPanda9 I looked again; you can see a bass player at 0:30 and the drummer at 1:27, but can’t see who they are. Cannot imagine TOP working to a bass and drum track, particularly on this tune.

No Rocco. Maybe he was boycotting Fox. And the camera operator was too thick to figure out which of the 2 trumpet players was blowing the solo...even after a sound check and run-thru. Unless Fox doesn't do run-thrus.

Yeah.....voting for corporate sponsored neo cons like the Dems do, is really where it's at.

synth on a plinth Don't think Rocco's health is too good now.

He has health issues, Liver. He's still the "Local" bass player and for new recordings but he can't tour with the band anymore.

@@pedrobossio5440 That's true. Didn't he get a liver transplant a few years back?

@@synthonaplinth5980 Yea, he did, still going.

Good coverage for top though

Where else would Led Zeppelin or AcDc be at these days? Their average age has to be 85. Aren't half of them dead already?

Doy Rayburn Agreed.

EXACTLY what I was thinking !!!!

Of course not :) But gotta hand it to dude on bass - He's driving that train better than any sub yet! Very close "Rocco Feel".

The bassman sound great but he had not the percusive touch of Rocco.

No. They are one of he few bands that do not do that

@@tptvox It was silly of me to think that, but the drums and bass are crammed into a corner in back and the camera never points at them -- When I couldn't spot the bass and drums (at first) I had wondered if this was after the accident where bassist (Marc) and drummer (David) were hit by a train running across the street to Yoshi's.

How so?

@@geezerbill Because he's a bigot.

Rocco was in Newark, yesterday. However, he's had on and off health problems the last few years....!

Go to 1:15 you can see the bass player on the far right side of the screen.

Well....it IS Faux News - The most non melanated media company in the business.....

@@warrenmorphis4208 Exactly Warren! heh

We get it, you're anti-white

@@mrjazzhole8024 yawn... I'm Irish. I would suggest some nice Lawrence Welk videos to calm your aching soul. I'm anti-bland.

@@ClarenceHW It is what it is. You're just here to make a racist comment. Wondering where the videos are of YOU playing in your world famous band in national television without any of those horrible blonde people.

It’s Tower of Power!

Lol

Don't feel too bad - I did too in 1972....and I'm Black!! :) :)

Yes. Tower of Power validating Fox News is "good" for the band....

We hip

OOPsy Daisy, I can drive Myself crazy! The few times I've talked with Garabaldi, he has admitted to rushing.

I don't blame 'em - Playing to zombies would make me wanna hurry and get it over with too !!! W T H ??