This Band ain't no Joke !! The Horn Section Legendary 🎶🎺🎷 🔥 this band has been together they are still on tour celebrating 50 years ! Would like to see them inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 😍
The three of you have such great smiles. The 70s were full of musical diversity. My husband and I have a shoebox full of concert tix stubs. At least 1 or 2 concerts a month from the 70"s to present day. My husband passed 5 years ago so I don't go too much anymore. It was such a great time
So sorry about your husband. I too have a shoebox full of all my concert tickets. The 70s were the best decade to grow up in, musically and otherwise. I have seen many legendary musicians and very thankful to have seen them. Much love to you.
Sorry for your lost. Hope you will another Concert Buddy to enjoy ToP in concert FAN of ToP!! Had the privilege of being in.a recording session with the horn section Davis Garibaldi (normal ToP drummer who worked with Rocco on Da Funk on The Bottom) was a BAD BOY!! Rocco is ROCCO!!!!! Glad these Boys are still playing today
I grew up in the Bay Area, my parents were huge Tower fans and my uncle, a musician, knew the band well. I grew up on this music. Thanks for taking me back to what was a very funky childhood!
@@willasacco9898 They are! And, I've gone a couple times. I couldn't get tickets for this weekend's shows however. The shows this weekend were sold out before the pandemic when they had to cancel last year. The Spinners are also still going, and still put on fabulous shows also! 💃🕺
Rocco Prestia was one of the greatest bass players ever. RIP. Check out a more recent live performance of them, maybe "Knock Yourself Out" or "We Came to Play."
OMG... As if your channel couldn't get better!!! Love watching Jamal, love watching the brothers together. I wish you'd throw a family BBQ and invite your YT peeps. I would actually deal with the crazy people on planes for that cookout!!! ❤️😁👍🏼🎼🎶🎼❤️
Rocco Presta the bass player was driving that bus. I remember going to his house in Hayward and driving over the bridge to watch their show at the Circle Star theater in San Mateo. They always put on a great show.
thanks Jamal, reading your comments made me realize how many people my age are still listen this music after 50+yrs. God bless you n your listeners. i thought i was by myself.
You are the very Best! I also Love you’re family. I love when you go on excursions. You are open minded and understand that we are all from different Generations. Tower of Power was so amazing. They have so many other amazing songs. It was Pure Funk back then! Thank You for being a Good Human Being. You have the gift.
I saw them back in the early 70s and they were so...much...fun! The 70s were fun and the energy was so different from today. I wish I had a time machine!
After being a fan since the 70's, I finally got to see them live at the Columbus (OH) Rib & Jazz Festival in 2016. Then after the concert I found I was staying in the same hotel as the band. I got to share an elevator with Mimi and the Funky Doctor. They were very nice, shook my hand and we had a brief conversation.
Jamel, I love watching you and your brothers react together. I got to see TOP Live in 1972. They were playing in a coffe house/night club called Funky Quarters in San Diego. The lead singer then was an amazing man named Rick Stevens, who sadly went on to live most of his life in a penitentiary. They were magic that night, their first hit song was just getting air play. I saw them about 6 months later at the San Diego Sports Arena. TOPs alumni roster is huge. They are the very best of what they do. "Your Still a Young Man" "At the Nightclub" and "Bump City" are three favorites from early on.
I've been waiting for someone to show some love to Tower of Power! My mother has been a big fan for as long as I've been alive and we were fortunate enough to catch them live once on a vacation. Definitely need to dive a bit further into them and enjoy some classics. #LoveAndPeace #AndPower.
i was listening to top just 2 days ago. iam 69yrs.n seen them in clubs,concerts, n followed them from day 1.Santana&top sound grabbed n why i bought 1st set drums 1970.n conga s n went down that road (rabbit hole?)50+ yrs.i play top's albums (vinyl) for physical therapy now thats fan loyalty. people ask where'd you get that music! tell em its east bay grease (oakland) that whole album (cd)should get u hooked. squib cakes
So many incredible Tower of Power songs. Check out “Down to the Nightclub”, “Knock Yourself Out”, “So I Got to Groove”, “Soul With a Capital S”, “As Surely As I Stand Here” (I could go on and on with this list)
J man! Thanks for bringing the music to the people. Some people would not know what to search for. Your channel helps them find the good stuff they probably would have missed.
You all are having just too much fun here. I had the good fortune to catch this band in a little club in Redding, CA about 1981. I can tell you the audience was jumping way more than the folks at this venue.
Jamel, I love your videos where it's just you but I think these videos you are doing with your brothers are even better, you guys have great vibe together.
Been diggin' these cats since '72. I'm partial to Lenny Williams on vocals ('73-'74), but they put on a helluva show regardless of players. Seen them live from '74 through '14, and they never disappoint.
Oh my heavens...Our mamma came in the day we got this 45 and just stared at us and said "and my mamma thought Chuck Berry was atrocious". She should have realized it was coming...the best of funk still rocks my turntable!
On the mic stand boxing... totally different style, but reminded me of Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip. One of his many antics was having a boxing match with the mic stand while the band played, and sometimes losing.
I love duing the drum solo all of you bobbing your heads in the same way, and then realizing I'm doing it too. I have the album version of this on vinyl. Picked it up at a random thrift store for like $3!
Excellent reaction! T.O.P. are legends and deservedly so. Their horns create a "wall of sound" like no other, and when it comes to the funk they're either at or very near the top (pardon the pun). Be sure to react to my favorite of theirs, "Soul Vaccination." Simply amazing.
He looks like Prince and Mick Jagger's lovechild. And, then Quintel said, "He looks like our Dad." Dayum, fellas, you've got some real funky music royalty in your blood. 😄
Jamal have you ever seen Tower of Power live before? They are still at it all these years later. I first saw them in 1992, but I just saw them live in the summer and they are still incredible. Check them out!!!
I cant remember if youve reacted to The Blues Brothers yet...but if you havent...you NEED to! And a lot of the intrument section of this band is in the movie!
THIS is hip!! A pleasure to watch this with you and your bros, J, cheers! ;>D Could also be asking what is smart? What is just? What is in the best interests of the most people, humans? Of the planet we call home? What is? What needs to be done, and acknowledged as needing doing?
So many TOP songs to check out, Diwn to the Nightclub, You're Stiil a Young Man for their slower side, or Will I Ever Find A Love. Soul Vaccination and Drop It In The Slot
Jamel, they will be on tour, you should make it a must to see them live!! I was with them celebrating their 40th anniversary on a Jazz cruise, they were special guests. It was amazing, what a party it was!!! I really would like for you to see this other gem this track “Boys from the Bay” talk about horns!!! So be aware they were not only saxses, also trumpets!
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Love that this one is making the rounds, check out the studio cut at some point, it's hits different and it's super tight for having that many people.
That was fun!!! I don’t remember theses guys!!!!
Every one of those guys is a spectacular musician, and the song features one of the greatest bass parts ever recorded.
Rocco!
16th notes plated to perfection; never rushed, and never lagging behind; AND, unbelievably fast- they sped up the tempo for this performance
R.I.P. Rocco. Simply the best ever.
This Band ain't no Joke !! The Horn Section Legendary 🎶🎺🎷 🔥 this band has been together they are still on tour celebrating 50 years ! Would like to see them inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 😍
The three of you have such great smiles. The 70s were full of musical diversity. My husband and I have a shoebox full of concert tix stubs. At least 1 or 2 concerts a month from the 70"s to present day. My husband passed 5 years ago so I don't go too much anymore. It was such a great time
What a wonderful story! I’m so sorry you lost your concert buddy. I’m glad you have a box full of beautiful memories. 💞
So sorry about your husband. I too have a shoebox full of all my concert tickets. The 70s were the best decade to grow up in, musically and otherwise. I have seen many legendary musicians and very thankful to have seen them. Much love to you.
Sorry he passed, but glad you had all those good times.
Sorry for your lost. Hope you will another Concert Buddy to enjoy ToP in concert
FAN of ToP!!
Had the privilege of being in.a recording session with the horn section
Davis Garibaldi (normal ToP drummer who worked with Rocco on Da Funk on The Bottom) was a BAD BOY!!
Rocco is ROCCO!!!!!
Glad these Boys are still playing today
I grew up in the Bay Area, my parents were huge Tower fans and my uncle, a musician, knew the band well. I grew up on this music. Thanks for taking me back to what was a very funky childhood!
Heeeyyy... Same. East Bay kid. Grew up on my dad's ToP records and my brother and I became some funky musicians lol.. nothing like this band.
I was living in the Bay Area too at the time that this song came out.
I have loved this song for almost 50 years! SO TASTY!
RIP Rocco, a tremendous loss. One of the great bass players.
They sell out every time they come to Seattle (they're gonna be here TONIGHT)! The best night out ever, really! EVERYBODY loves these guys! 💖💖💖💖💖
Wow -They are still together ‼️
@@willasacco9898 They are! And, I've gone a couple times. I couldn't get tickets for this weekend's shows however. The shows this weekend were sold out before the pandemic when they had to cancel last year. The Spinners are also still going, and still put on fabulous shows also! 💃🕺
@@toocutepuppies6535 If the ever come to the NY metro area I have to try to get tickets👍
Rocco Prestia was one of the greatest bass players ever. RIP. Check out a more recent live performance of them, maybe "Knock Yourself Out" or "We Came to Play."
OMG... As if your channel couldn't get better!!! Love watching Jamal, love watching the brothers together. I wish you'd throw a family BBQ and invite your YT peeps. I would actually deal with the crazy people on planes for that cookout!!! ❤️😁👍🏼🎼🎶🎼❤️
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It would totally be worth it🤟
It would totally be worth it🤟
I graduated in 77, damn I miss those times. I wish we had kept on the way the 70s were headed, we'd be so much better off today.
Rocco Presta the bass player was driving that bus. I remember going to his house in Hayward and driving over the bridge to watch their show at the Circle Star theater in San Mateo. They always put on a great show.
I was at that show. 😄
thanks Jamal, reading your comments made me realize how many people my age are still listen this music
after 50+yrs. God bless you n your listeners. i thought i was by myself.
Love the horns in this and other music from the 70s. Thoroughly enjoyed this reaction.
Thank you! My first concert in 1969- I was 12 and they were great 🤩
Those horns and woodwinds! Everyone here is off the charts talent wise, such a tight tight tight band! What a freakin groove!
Just nasty nasty licks everywhere!!!
Been going to see these guys since 1972. TOP4EVER!! 💙💙💙
SOUL VACCINATION ,,,,,,studio version should be next ,,,,TOWER OF POWER
thats the vax Everybody need Now!
So that’s where Blues Brothers got the “ crazy feet” moves! That movie has many soul greats in it, Griffin Bros!
The sax player in tux and tails is now the musical director on Saturday Night Live.
That Saxophone Player doing that wild dance is Lenny Pickett, the SNL band leader and famous Sax sound for 40 years on Saturday Night Live. Legend.
You are the very Best! I also Love you’re family. I love when you go on excursions. You are open minded and understand that we are all from different Generations. Tower of Power was so amazing. They have so many other amazing songs. It was Pure Funk back then! Thank You for being a Good Human Being. You have the gift.
I saw them back in the early 70s and they were so...much...fun! The 70s were fun and the energy was so different from today. I wish I had a time machine!
After being a fan since the 70's, I finally got to see them live at the Columbus (OH) Rib & Jazz Festival in 2016. Then after the concert I found I was staying in the same hotel as the band. I got to share an elevator with Mimi and the Funky Doctor. They were very nice, shook my hand and we had a brief conversation.
The band was so tight!!!!! Those horns, if you look at the original Blues Brothers movie, a few of those guys were in it!!! The bass player as well
When that white guy with the fro was dancing in circles didn't it look like what Jake and Elwood did? Not sure when, I cant picture at this hour😴😴
SNL’s sax player is from TOP.
Jamel, I love watching you and your brothers react together. I got to see TOP Live in 1972. They were playing in a coffe house/night club called Funky Quarters in San Diego. The lead singer then was an amazing man named Rick Stevens, who sadly went on to live most of his life in a penitentiary. They were magic that night, their first hit song was just getting air play. I saw them about 6 months later at the San Diego Sports Arena. TOPs alumni roster is huge. They are the very best of what they do. "Your Still a Young Man" "At the Nightclub" and "Bump City" are three favorites from early on.
One of the very best concerts I ever saw was the Neville Brothers with Tower Of Power horns New Years Eve in San Francisco at The Warfield.
The sax player doing all the dancing is Lenny Pickett is now the leader of the SNL band,
It's Lenny Pickett...
@@dickash1003 Correct, now the leader of the SNL band, thanks.
Fantastic live video from this exciting band!
The late great Rocco Prestia blitzing the litmus test for Bassists
These guys have been around for 50 years. They have the best horns you will ever see and hear!
The dancing sax player is the musical director on Saturday Night Live.
I saw them in concert in the Bay Area. And yep, they were that good.
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I've been waiting for someone to show some love to Tower of Power! My mother has been a big fan for as long as I've been alive and we were fortunate enough to catch them live once on a vacation. Definitely need to dive a bit further into them and enjoy some classics. #LoveAndPeace #AndPower.
Energy beyond energy with those instruments and that funky lead singer. You guys added to the ambiance. Cheers from Canada
Love love love TOP it's Soul with a Capital "S"
i was listening to top just 2 days ago. iam 69yrs.n seen them in clubs,concerts, n followed them from day 1.Santana&top sound grabbed n why i bought 1st set drums 1970.n conga s n went down that road (rabbit hole?)50+ yrs.i play top's albums (vinyl) for physical therapy
now thats fan loyalty.
people ask where'd you get that music! tell em its east bay grease (oakland) that whole album (cd)should get u hooked. squib cakes
What they are saying is what’s hip today will not be hip in the future. So be real. ❤ Thanks for sharing ❤ Love you guys 👌🏾❤️
So many incredible Tower of Power songs. Check out “Down to the Nightclub”, “Knock Yourself Out”, “So I Got to Groove”, “Soul With a Capital S”, “As Surely As I Stand Here” (I could go on and on with this list)
J man! Thanks for bringing the music to the people. Some people would not know what to search for. Your channel helps them find the good stuff they probably would have missed.
You all are having just too much fun here. I had the good fortune to catch this band in a little club in Redding, CA about 1981. I can tell you the audience was jumping way more than the folks at this venue.
FUNKTIFIED! So glad you were able to find a better quality video than the one I shared with you. So fun to watch with your brothers. Thanks....
Jamel, I love your videos where it's just you but I think these videos you are doing with your brothers are even better, you guys have great vibe together.
Classic, the tower of power horn section was famous.
Good stuff Big J. Another baddest jam in the land.
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LOVE THE SAN FRANSISCO HORN BANDS!!! MY BANDMATE USED TO LOOK AT US AND SAY LET'S MAKE IT SO FONKY THEY CAN SMELL IT!!!!
So Very Hard To Go was the first song I ever heard by these guys and it has a really great horn section to it.
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They was based out of Oakland, playing all over the East Bay for years... so many more songs from TOP to do
Been diggin' these cats since '72. I'm partial to Lenny Williams on vocals ('73-'74), but they put on a helluva show regardless of players. Seen them live from '74 through '14, and they never disappoint.
One of the most awesome bands ever!
My roommate named her wifi Tower of Power, so when you click on available connections, that what it says. 🤣😎
You gotta introduce your brothers to three dog night's try a little tenderness ✌️
Those dissonant chords at 7:07 leading to the final breakdown are epic.
Saw Tower of Power, Steve Miller and Journey in 2014. 🤘🤘
You must do “You’re Still A Young Man!” Also, they are still performing, 53 years and counting!
Saw them live around 75ish in L.A. Love this band. Love you and your brothers! ❤👍
When I listen to Tower of Power my neighbors do too!
Oh my heavens...Our mamma came in the day we got this 45 and just stared at us and said "and my mamma thought Chuck Berry was atrocious".
She should have realized it was coming...the best of funk still rocks my turntable!
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On the mic stand boxing... totally different style, but reminded me of Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip. One of his many antics was having a boxing match with the mic stand while the band played, and sometimes losing.
Showing that funk is timeless
This is but ONE of T.O.P.s Looooong list of slapping tunes that have been bouncing around my skull since 1974
AND SHOWS TO GO YA!!
Powah!! A Towah of Powah!
What is hip? Those legends, right there. That's what hip is.
love that ToP banner behind them, "Right In The Pocket"!
Love ToP! Thanks!
I love duing the drum solo all of you bobbing your heads in the same way, and then realizing I'm doing it too. I have the album version of this on vinyl. Picked it up at a random thrift store for like $3!
Admit TOP in The HOF !! 60 yrs. and still Jammin' !!
T.O.P are Certainly one of the most underrated bands from the genre
Excellent reaction! T.O.P. are legends and deservedly so. Their horns create a "wall of sound" like no other, and when it comes to the funk they're either at or very near the top (pardon the pun).
Be sure to react to my favorite of theirs, "Soul Vaccination." Simply amazing.
If you enjoyed this check out Little Feat live with the Tower of power horn section
From my old stomping grounds, Tower of Power! Please also do "Sparkling in the Sand" and "You're Still a Young Man." Thanks guys!
He looks like Prince and Mick Jagger's lovechild. And, then Quintel said, "He looks like our Dad." Dayum, fellas, you've got some real funky music royalty in your blood. 😄
such a great video! thanks for posting
Love the horns in this band! They were awesome. Funktify is right!
I saw Tower of Power many years ago. They ripped the roof off.
Jamal have you ever seen Tower of Power live before? They are still at it all these years later. I first saw them in 1992, but I just saw them live in the summer and they are still incredible. Check them out!!!
I like the dude in the horn section wearing a cape … I’d say that takes guts but THIS was the 70’s!
That dude looked like his feet were on fire, and his ass was catchin'...:o)
What an epic song! I love to watch these old clips they take me back to my youth. Another great tune is soul vaccination. See you Griffin bros soon.
You guys need to do Tower of Power’s “Diggin on James Brown”!🔥🔥🔥
I cant remember if youve reacted to The Blues Brothers yet...but if you havent...you NEED to! And a lot of the intrument section of this band is in the movie!
Saw this is list. The best of East Bay Grease!
THIS is hip!! A pleasure to watch this with you and your bros, J, cheers! ;>D
Could also be asking what is smart? What is just? What is in the best interests of the most people, humans? Of the planet we call home? What is? What needs to be done, and acknowledged as needing doing?
70s funk was so pure and hasn't been done since. You have to play some Parliament-funkadelic. George Clinton and Bootsie Collins are crazy good.
So many TOP songs to check out, Diwn to the Nightclub, You're Stiil a Young Man for their slower side, or Will I Ever Find A Love. Soul Vaccination and Drop It In The Slot
T.O.P Horn Section is legendary. I've been to several of there shows and there the only ones where everyone is dancing
That was GREAT!
love the brothers episodes...❤️🔥
Long time fan of the O Town band. Never heard it played that fast
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TOP, Oakland California
The three of you are the best! Lol
Jamel! You never told us that Stiff Griff used to sing with Tower Of Power back in the day! ✊😆
one of the driving of the San Fransisco horn bands, of you ain't on yo feet, turn your hearing aid up,lmao
Jamel, they will be on tour, you should make it a must to see them live!! I was with them celebrating their 40th anniversary on a Jazz cruise, they were special guests. It was amazing, what a party it was!!! I really would like for you to see this other gem this track “Boys from the Bay” talk about horns!!! So be aware they were not only saxses, also trumpets!
The Drew Carey Show did a really cool video on this song.