Anyone who slept on Lenny Williams, Tower of Power and this song must have been sleeping under a rock. They were AMAZING. I am still listening to them in 2023. BRAVO!!!

It was about this time (73) that I saw TOP opening for Rod Stewart. What a show that was. Poor Rod, that was a tough act to follow

Remembering Brass Player Mic Gillette (May 7, 1951 - January 17, 2016) [05/07/2020]

This is like James Brown's backup band on steroids. Can you imagine being in a small club hearing this? I'd be breathless! Kudos to the cameramen for excellent angles at just the right times -- unlike some of the crap you see on DVDs nowadays of live performances -- shots of drummer's feet while the guitarist solos, audience pans while the singer's peaking...

the era of the two Lennies, this is the tightest line-up ever!

T O P were & are RUFF TUFF & hard to BLUFF _/) & they're STILL ALL YOUNG MEN in spirit & musically for sure over 50 years later_/)

Lenny Williams the best vocalist ever in this band!

AWESOME!!!!!! Brings back so much memories. . . TOWER of POWER, WAR, EWF, OHIO PLAYERS, COMMODORES, AVERAGE WHITE BAND . . . . when music was music and all was "HIP"!!!!!! :) DAMN. . the music of the 70s . . . .. was definitely hip :)

Tower Power was one of the greatest bands in the 70s and today. They should have had more recognition. I love these guys they are bad!!!

Almost 50 years and they're STILL tearing shit up!!! baddest horns on the planet!!!!!

Saw TOP live. I can tell you no one could out dance LENNY PICKETT. He was absolutely amazing as well as his sax playing.

This is Tru Funk, The Grit. Chester Thompson, Garrabaldi is the funkiest Drummer of all time. Roco, what can I say? Bass Player of the Year more than once. Everyone uses the Horn Section. From Santana to Hornsby. School Trained Lenny Williams. Willie Fulton on Guitar. Outstanding. Even Rick Stevens. Real Music.

I used to see these guys at a dive called the On Broadway in Oakland in 71-72, monday nights for a ONE DOLLAR cover! Rick Stevens had just joined as the singer, Skip Mesquite was lead tenor, they were killer then now, it was heaven to see them up close in a small club. Now I can't even stay up that late!

I was amazed to see that the Lenny Pickett from Saturday Night Live, is the same Lenny Pickett in TOP.

This was and is the greatest BAND every to assemble. Every member of this particular set is genius.

The tower of power one of the best diverse groups of the 70s with a great horn section and a great brother named Lenny Williams on lead vocalist Lenny is Arkansas boy and he can say what is hip

The Great Lenny Williams with the Great Tower of Power!

Great music in the East Bay in the 70's; Tower of Power,Sly Stone, Pete, Coke & Sheila Escovedo, Pride and Joy, Lydia Pense and Cold Blood. All playing in small clubs. The East Bay music scene was every bit as good as San Francisco's and way funkier

U N B E L I E V B L E !!! Absolutely the greatest "horn band" of all time. What a killer bunch of musicians. They were so awesome with Lenny Williams as lead vocalist. I mean, some of the other singers kept the torch burning, but no one could hang with Lenny.

This was the best rhythm section: Chester Thompson (organ), Rocco Prestia (bass), David Garibaldi (drums), and Bruce Conte (guitar)!

No matter how many times I hear this song done by Tower of Power, I get chills everytime I listen to them do this song.

Ladies and Gentlemen from Oakland, California please welcome The Tower of Power.... up next Graham Central Station, Sly & The Family Stone, Pete Escovedo, The Pointer Sisters.... Whats you ideal concert up to 6 acts

OMG thats the line-up I remember as a kid! Picket on the sax, Rocco and David, Chester, Mic, Greg, Doc, and Lenny!! Lady's and gentlemen, that's what funk is all about!

Today, they sound just as good 34 years later! No joke! If you haven't experienced T.O.P live - you need to. Happy Silver Anniversary T.O.P!

Great rythm section and horns and keys and vocals --- all working together. This is a band!

One of the greatest bands of all time !!!!!!

Just saw TOP tonight in Monterey...13-Jan-2022. Still trying figure out What Is Hip...after all these years. Great band then...great band now.

Chester Thompson on Hammond B-3...WOW!!!!

damn right !!! this is real musicianship at its best !!! this is what real funk is all about !!!

I never knew Lenny Pickett danced around so much! WOW! This is, in my opinion, the best Tower of Power lineup ever. (Still, I'm glad TOP is still up and strong making great music.)

This is the REAL TOP ! Lenny Williams was their BEST vocalist !

Bad ass tune! Rocco Prestia's bass line is dope! One of Jaco's big influences. This band is still one of the funkiest band ever. Garibaldi funk is real!

if you can listen to this and sit still your soul is truly dead.

bloody hell guys...got this on vinyl from 73....what a band...made my new year to see this....Happy New Year to everyone!!!!

Grew up listening to my dad jamming TofP . Taking my mom to a concert tomorrow. Introducing my son to them now ❤

Great tune, great musicians!

Didn't know this song was this old. These musicians are totally badass. Rocco is easily one of my favorite bassists.

I just saw TOP last night, and they're still tighter than a clenched fist, i can say that much. Even though i think only 3 of the original members are left, they're just as good as back in the day. They blew me away.

Our High School Jazz Band is playing this song and it's GREAT.

this was wihtout a doubt one of my favorite songs of my high school days... My first concert was Tower of Power and Herbie Hancock at the El Cortez in San Diego.... The experience shaped my decision to be in the industry.....

The tower is overdosing on talent. Each individual is so damn awesome. It's truly one of the greatest bands ever. Late 60's early 70's can only be described as WHAT IS HIP💗🎵

Lenny WIlliams WAS the voice of TOP it has been a struggle since to recapture his dominance

This Tower Of Power lineup was my favorite, straight Fire!!!!!!!

What can I say , these dudes are the tightest band ever to hit the stage. Lenny great vocal lead. So much talent in one group. Never ever to be duplicated. Dr. Doo Wop

u can not move forward. unless u know where YOUR REAL MUSIC CAME FROM. STUDY, LEARN LISTEN! then LOVE IT,MAKE IT & then SHARE IT. go back 30yrs. 40, 50,60yrs.. See where real music came from. you might really enjoy it. U HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE.

I heard this song for the first time yesterday in my Jazz Band class in college and I love it! I'm going to try to sing this. Wish me luck!

We used to do What is Hip in a ten piece horn band I was in. (I played guitar) Getting close to this level of tightness was a struggle and a pleasure. They're so good, and they make it look so easy.....WOW

wow, you hear the bass drop at 2:20 lenny rocks the crowd? SPLENDID..

Bruce Conte, Rocco P, Lenny williams, Lenny Pickett, Chester T. and the rest....the REAL TOP! Thanx 4 posting

Great dancin party sounds ! We luved TowerofPower back in the eariy 70's. They played everywhere in No.Cali. Hip, yes it is......

Best Band ever.

Lenny Williams on vocals, David Garibaldi on Drums, and Chester Thompson on organ.... This is my favorite TOP lineup!

I saw them in Kansas City, MO in summer 1974 at the Kool Jazz Festival at Royals Stadium. Had thousands in the aisles bumpin' to Squib Cakes...AWESOME!!!

Tower of Power are the quintessential masters of funk/soul. It's so rare when you can get all these really ultra-talented musicians together on the same stage like this. When you go to local bars, the "original" bands and singer/songwriters usually display a very minimal amount of talent, just enough so that their non-musician friends really think they're something special. It kind of sucks that we are trapped in this American Idol culture where people tote a guitar on stage and stop playing their G, C and D chords 1/3 of the way through their song...and nobody cares. The standards in pop music couldn't get any lower.

I love playing this song in pep band at my school. im always able to blow my brains out on it. it sounds so awesome!

These cats have been around since the late sixties. Originally know nas The Motowns. Used to see them every six months at the Memorial Auditorium in Sacramento. NOBODY does East Bay Funk better than T.O.P.!!!

This is Funkier in the first 15 seconds than anything I've heard in thirty years. Mum believable :''''))))

Lenny Braggs has been the vocalist for the past ten years. If you want to hear how good a vocalist he is, find Tower of Power National Anthem - one of the best renditions you'll ever hear. Yeah Rick had that great raspy sound, but my favorite is still Lenny Williams.

I was in the USC Trojan Marching Band and we played with these guys in the 1974 Rose Bowl game. What a great time we had, especially during preparations.

Thank god for funky music!

classic top line-up the most underated band ever. killer horn section. great find thx.

just heard these guys at bbking blues lounge and it was the concert of a lifetime

My very first concert I attended, was Tower of Power. I love you guy's .

You could NOT get Mick Gillett to dress but that bone and trumpet! This lineup is on a MISSION!

Made me feel as if I still had my platforms!

that bass is crazy

I saw Tower in this incarnation, as a Bay Area native, I have been digging them since 1969. How great to see this, it takes me back to those early days, and thank God they have David Garibaldi back on the drums for the last few years. Tower still rules the horn bands.

A little reminder to y'all, this is a very rare clip for another reason... In the back is the one and ONLY Brent Byars on congas. He passed away at a young age and in respect, the Tower has NEVER EVER filled his slot. Brent will always be the one, the only conga player for the hottest dam* band to EVER grace a stage!!!

I saw TOP in a very small club in Huntington Beach in 1982. I thought the horn section of the band was literally going to blow us out of the place. It was GREAT!!!!!!

ONE OF THE BEST HORN SECTIONS EVER, RIGHT IN LINE WITH CHICAGO, BRASS CONSTRUCTION, EARTH,WIND, FIRE.

I saw these guys in concert at a Jazz Festival last February and wow they were absolutely and Positively Amazing I even got an autograped T shirt from the Bass player Wow!

I just saw TOP last night at House of Blues in Atlantic City. This makes three times that I have seen them this year and Larry Braggs is by far the best vocalist that they have had. He truly puts heart and soul in to EVERYTHING that he sings. LIDRUM4U - enjoy the show in NYC and if you get a chance, please tell Dave G that Gene Krupa's great nephew says hello sinc ehe didn' tcome out for meet and greet after last night's performance!

Ain’t nothing but a Party, ya’ll.

God bless Mic and thank you for your extremely artistic talent that brought us all together. Wish you were still here to help mend. You are now with the best in God's orchestra!

Saw them in Charlotte on 4/18/09. Worth the drive from Tpa Bay area, the OTHER Bay Area! Fla. It was Fabulous. New CD a real departure-they do mostly Soul classics and have guest stars. Joss Stone is such a phenom. Buy it.

How can 5 sentient beings NOT LIKE this magic?

Lenny Williams is the lead singer! Lenny Pickett is on tenor sax with the dancing feet! He is the musical director for Saturday Night Live and has been for years! Legends

Greg Adams did the arranging for the horns most of the time - great stuph, all of it. And, what a great show still today!

HAVE BEEN A TOP FAN SINCE EAST BAY GREASE, HAVE SEEN MANY TIMES AT TOAD'S PLACE, NEW HAVEN, CT.

I only saw TOP two or three times, spending all the money I had to see them whenever they happened to appear in California wherever I happened to be, including the East Bay Area, of course!

TOP is King of Funk! Nothing tops this band!

The band was at its zenith. They still cook today, but this lineup was legendary...

I was there...greatest band EVER!!!!!

Yes … they were at their best with Lenny Williams singing

Not to take anything from the bands of today but I feel cheated when I dont hear iive what I heard on the record, these men deliver the truth and that is why I still havve love for them!

Saw them last weekend in Philly at a FREE concert...They were jamming hard....

musicianship! talent! you witness it here, gang.

Dance, Lenny, dance.

The organ player is Chester Thompson. This is the original group. Going to see them live tomorrow night at the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis. A bucket list event for my two sons.

This is when real music was made!

All those great musicians from the 40's @50's gave their children talent and freedom to express themselves musically the same way swing and bebop took flight. when will we challenge our musical community that way again?

I had to pay $2.00 in San Diego to see that lineup. Rick and Skip were so cool. Don't forget how fortunate you were to see Brent Byars on congas!!!

LENNY ... best voice ever for T.O.P. period.

Bad ASS song. Favorite Funk song & group of my generation.

Lenny Williams will always be the best

Wie immer sehr gut.

TIMELESS! Jazz with a touch of FUNK!

Saw the Back to Oakland Tour in '74 -- concert finale featured huge CA freeway sign with title while band was finishing up What is Hip. Great band -- Lenny Williams the best vocalist -- gave them that high vocal they needed!

I saw this group in Columbus, Ohio at the Agora on High Street located across from the Ohio State University School of Law. My ticket number was 0001. Lenny Williams had just left the group. For those who do not know, the album titled "Tower of Power was the 3rd album. The 1st was titled East Bay Grease." The 2nd album was titled "Bump City." Rick Stevens was the lead singer. The song that basically introduced them to the American public was "You're Still A Young Man."

last night I met one of the guitarists for T.O.P. Jeff Tamelier, and he ROCKED on the guitar! and i told him nice job after he played. lol seriously. no joke