Tower Of Power - Knock Yourself Out - Live And In Living Color (1976)
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- Опубліковано 31 жов 2012
- Once again an amazing set by Tower Of Power Live in Sacramento, CA 1976. Checkout the one and only (LP) Lenny Pickett and (CT) Chester Thompson's amazing solo's on the 23 minute rendition of "Knock Yourself Out". This is one of 5 songs from the album so search "tower of power live and in living color".
Vocals - Hubert Tubbs
lenny pickets solo must be one of the best solos youll hear any instrument , been listening to this since 1976 , stands alone really
did u listen before then
Yes I reckon that long solo held together + all the rest , top solo of anyone , not that it's good to compare
It was a phenomenal solo. The tuxedo with the top hat was a little over the top. And the dance! I get dizzy every time I relive it in my mind!
Lenny was, and is one of the Greatest Saxophone players on the Planet.
The Coletran licks he works in as he funks out are just amazing and then the overtones at the end are just ridiculously technically difficult.
Saw Tower Of Power at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas in the early 1970s. After that concert I went out and purchased every Tower Of Power album I could find.
lets not forget the master of funk, David Garibaldi, one of the most technically proficient drummers on earth !!!!!!
If you don't listen to this loud, and you're sitting still, there is something wrong with you
Brian Cavanaugh, my wife would slap me silly if she knew how loud I listen to this track in my car!!! 😆😅🤣😂🤪😎
@@Superflak My neighbors yell...
TURN IT DOWN !..... But I keep turning the volume knobb the other way .
🤣🤣🤣
One of the greatest Tenor solos EVER taken!!! EPIC!! LOVE the Pickett!!
Lenny is a beast. A monster. A beastly beast.
............and playing what is BASICALLY a "bisbigliando" for 1 & 1/2 minutes straight between 8:55 - 10:23............(8^O
Just Enuf and just too much.
EVER!!!!!
@@rickgraham786 That solo was nine minutes of bliss!
why is this STILL so damn good?
That Ct foot...
He got out of politics.
Yup them feet blew my mInd, I never forgot them moments
My parents helped organize this concert back in 76'. I've never stopped listening to Tower of Power. I never will.
Lucky!
Belisa Hennington, pretty cool. My mom bought me this album for Christmas along with other amazing albums around 1995. Timeless sounds. Great live album. Get the Soul Vaccination Live album released in 1998. Great energy like this. Garibaldi just rejoined and had so much to offer after being away for so long. Seen them several times. Seeing them again in March this year in a small place so the room will be shakin'! They've still got it!
Will you marry me? ;^)
I was there Da 4th row kid style. Age #21
@@robertdowler8105 I was there, Sacramento Auditorium. age 19. Lenny's solo. Greg, and Chester's feet on them pedals. Holy Moly !!!! They was on Fire
Rest In Peace Bruce... August 8, 2021
Jimi Hendrix and Bruce Conte are the only reasons I picked up a guitar in the first place. Miss You Already...
LP and his unique style.
After 14:00 CT in another dimension and the wah wah beyond 🎵
So many great comments, so much love for the greatest r&b, jazziest,funkiest group ever.EVER!!!
Saw Lenny doin' this solo Live in Seattle - full white tux, dancing on stage while He was doin' this solo! Over the top!
Lead vocal by Hubert Tubbs. Talented singer that had some success in European markets, but sadly never really broke out very big. His tracks with TOP were very good.
I am glad to find all of you guys here!!!!!! We all have something in common We like and recognized the best band with the tightest Brass Section Ever!!!! Long Lives Tower of Power!!!!!!
Truly one of my all time favorite SAX Solos ever!
Outstanding when LP does his solo it sounds like he is playing 2 or 3 different horns amazing . He plays a long solo (LP) Lenny Pickett, Long Playing. TOP has always my favorite band.
This was TOP at their best!!! This tune elevated my musicallity in my senior year in high school1976. Unforgettable!
One of the greatest live cuts ever.
I totally agree!
Owned the LP, wore the album out. Lenny Picket, circular breathing. Amazing! Chester Thompson on Hammond B3. Amazing!
I was raised in Boyle Heights , California. Born 1958 BC, (before computers).
+El Rey CT was BC too so NP bruh
burned through 2 copies of the LP.
This here is one reason why the '70s is the best era for music!!!
I was born and raised in Sacramento, and I remember when they came. East Bay Funk is among the world's finest and always will be!
Now this is what you call a jam session!
What is the best soul group - TOP, from Mac.
I miss the original members of TOP.
I first got turned on to TOP at Salem Oregon - Armory.
Lets never forget Chester Thomson
tower of power they are they're own category!
that's right better known as C.T.
The greatest!!!
I absolutely love TOP...and watching CT play, he is the best.
Nobody plays the bass with their feet like CT.
39 years of fun and fantastic funk .... i love it so much
45 yrs ago I was 13 yrs old living in a group home in Aurora Ontario and my favourite 'staff', Leigh turned me onto this and I played the sht out of it. Both Leigh and this Band made me want to be the best version of me I could ever be. Best. Band. Ever.
Lenny Pickett, circular breathing, Amazing!
Amazing solos from Lenny and Chester!!!!
R.I.P. Rocco. :(
One of the most is that it your the most The erryy sounds of keys bleed into the extravagant boom of expression in funk n style , waka waka waka wak oh come on down let’s hit this again n again pure perfection n Classic TOP , and don’t you forget it
Take a deep breath at 8:40, exhale at 10:40. Screaming Sax to end a solo like that. L.P.
+Ephraim Guyton - circular breathing there...
........and the longest "Bisbigliando" ever recorded on to any audio form........(8^O
It actually got funky when CT switched to the CLAVINET....--then goes bass pedal to the metal...B3....I’m just these guys are from my SF bay.....after CT ascends and makes it rain...ROCCO PICKS it right up....LORDY
This entire album is stellar! My favorite of all time. Perfect ending on Knock Yourself Out. I know two people that were there and am forever jealous.
Saw them in1977 @ UC Irvine Ca.
The Bay area boyz put on great show...
This song was funky and tight...
Thank you Freddy for taking me and driving me there in your powder blue ford van...
What is Hip?
ToP forever!!
Aloha Kimo
Never heard this before. Amazing! thank you.
Nothing better than oldschool
Now.... That is music..... Not some over synthesized computer generated shit that they call music today..... Thanks
Such a amazing song .
The sax is a masterpiece.
One tight band ,I've seen them more times than I can remember
Pickett is simply a FREAK!!! Love it!!!
Love this album one of their best and so says DG as well. Some monster solos here from both Lenny and Chester. I so love this band my favorite what so ever got almost all albums.
My favorite song on my favorite album. Live and in living color.They are my favs for dancing yah! Been listening going to concerts since 1975.
Lenny Pickett is a tenor sax WIZARD!!🔥🔥🔥
Saw TOP 3 times, last time I saw them at the , near Seattle in a bar restaurant - great night, before that PLU in Parkland WA.
Unbefuckinglieveable. Lenny you are a freak and an inspiration.
"unfunkingbelieveable" you mean
i got out Marine Corp in1970, saw these guys in Seattle a few times, then met my lost 2 brothers bout 2o yrs ago went to Sacramento see youngest brother he called me in Vegas told me that TOP WAS PLAYING at fair grounds hus wife's bank help put together, got to go back stage take group picture with them, even though i bever met my brothers growing up amazingly we all had love for this group, seen them couple times at JAZZ ALLY in Seattle, i live in Vegas, si when they come here I'm there
wow hell of a thang
Lenny is incredible!
Long Live The FUNK!!!
THE FUNK!!! Rocco Prestia for President!
Marc VW V.P. 2020.
Jerry Manuel for Speaker of the House.
true American STYLE MUSIC!!!!!!! oh how I miss this!!!!!!
PHENOMENAL !!!
Being from Oakland, and SF I grew up listening to these guys, they are the shit!
My dad brought me here just got off the phone with him he is a sax man himself love the guy always a great time 🤌🏾🙏🏽❤️🎷💯
Y’all don’t realize how hard it is to breathe like that into a saxophone like that for that long and not pass out and that’s ok 🎷
so much fun, these guys...in '73 we got them to play our high school (CB) in sac...i think we paid them $175! got to dance the last song (you're still a young man) with a girl 2 years older than me. she was my total crush and simply an unforgettable dance, woman, AND band. i will always associate these cats with groove, funk, fun, and that magical romance. keep on truckin T.O.P.
you go lenny you are the man
Now.... That is REAL music.....
My first ToP record......... holy and it sounds still fresh to me!
I had this on 8-Track.... The sax solo was 2 channels long!!!!!
There never was or will be anything as perfect in modern music as this group.Absolute control and incredible artistry...Oh what has happened to sounds like this.
I swear every time I listen to this version I flip out. Between Lenny Picket's insane solo, Chester Thompson's insane B3 Hammond solo, and let's not forget that solo Mic Gillette (R.I.P) did with playing that high end solo on the trumpet and then switching to his Superbone Trombone which was amazing and insane. Going from. A Jet Tone mouthpiece over to a trombone mouthpiece was incredible. I saw Mic do that at a concert in Hartford. CT. This band is in a league of its own. All the band members are special.
Man back in the days! this was the shit!
still today 2020 and beyond.....6/13/20
REAL HORNS,
Awesome band ... the real deal .. Oak Town baby
Lenny pickets tenor Saxaphone solo… 1:43 mins -10:23 mins … 8.8 minute horn solo…
They were certainly not joking when they said “Knock yourself out “
Could it ever get any better ?
That’s why Tower of Power is always THE TOP BAND ever ….!!!! FULL STOP 🛑…
Yep, my first love ❤️
Awesome band,I saw them do this live in 77.LP !
Amazing. it that really CT playing the bass pedals during his solo??. Wow!
turns out yes it is! i was able to speak to CT after one of his shows at the SF Jazz Center. he said there are no lies during his solo, and the bass lines are all his - a combo of left hand and foot pedals. CT is a musical genius!
SICK!
Really, Really, Really Good Avantgarde And Jazz Music!
most people will not understand
Hubert Tubbs on the top!
Hes LP.. Hes Lenny Pickett!
I concur 🤗
I was going to Cal in the early-mid 70s and LP would play for spare change on Sproul Plaza. I had no idea who he was at the time but he would always draw a big crowd. He could hold a note for at least two minutes, which was impressive. This solo is even more so!
Lenny...the man
hubbert tubbs oooyeah
Vid of this would be awesome.
Perhaps the greatest sax solo ever and you mean to tell me no one had a fuckin camera in the crowd????? Jesus Christ!!!!!!
T.O.P, bad ma ma jamma's
Mi banda favorita de niño yeah
Damn best solo Lenny ever played!
Thanks for this post! Grateful for UA-cam!
OoOoOoO That would be beyond awesome as well! Sometimes *only* the original will do; there are so many live versions of "Knock Yourself Out," but this is "The version my ears wanted." These are the EXACT Lenny Pickett and Chester Thompson solos I wanted to hear. Some tasty imports are a yummy idea as well! YESSSS
best horns ever!!!
them chicago,brass construction,the j b's just to name a few
totattly awesome!
Funk! Like it was ment to be!
the bay area put out some very sophisticated funk and r&b groups.
very yes
What else needs to said except DAMMMMM!
GOD BLESS YOU GOD BLESS YOU GOD BLESS YOU GOD BLESS YOU GOD BLESS YOU !!!!! THANK YOU FOR BEING THE FIRST TO POST THIS!!! OMG I FEEL LIKE IT'S CHRISTMAS! THANK YOU, YOU BEAUTIFUL SOUL!!!! I CAN DIE HAPPY NOW!!!!! GOD BLESS YOU! CAN I DRINK YOUR BATHWATER? DO YOUR DISHES? LOL THANK YOU --- MAN, YOU ROCK *ALMOST* AS WELL AS ToP!!!!!! WHOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO! #EAR_ORGASM XD
No se 9lviden de Greg Afams ecelente tromprtaM
No se olvden de Greg Adamas excelente trompeta
Music History 🎶
still in 2018 and beyond.......9/1
So badass
Sacramento all day
dayum!
unfrickin believlable...pickets talent
Those of you who are coming here from "Top 10 saxophone solos in pop and rock"...............
Listen to Lenny Pickett on the STUDIO version of Squib Cakes as well. It might be somewhere over here ----->>> ----->>> ----->>> ----->>>>>>>>
love top
That baritone sex!!! The Doctor!!!
...Oh what did this do to an innocent young man.?.?.? Where did all that time go.???.Let's do it all again..
Hubert tubbs was the Best front man the group had ..my opinion.baddest band in the country.
though I guess it doesn't really matter now- they still perform live and are relevant- but the lack of a steady front man back then (along with more hit singles like "So Very Hard To Go" ) curtailed their chances of long term success.
The new guy ain't bad!
@@rayjr62 I've said that for years. The revolving door of singers. That's why TOP has always been road warriors. Playing 200 plus dates on the road for years. They have never been radio favorites, or big album sellers. Its the loyal fans who appreciate the skill, and great shows by a big 11 piece band, that have kept this music going. A lot of people do not realize, from the late 1970s, through most of the 1980s, TOP had no record deal. It was hit the Road, or don't eat. It's why I alway tried to show support, and try to go see them.
@@smitskee
There are basically 3 eras of TOP singers, IMO-
Lenny Williams
Hubert Tubbs
Larry Braggs
No disrespect to any others who filled in!
@@paularnold90 TOP finally got a record deal again around 1990, because of the demos with Tom Bowes. Album "Monster On A Leash." I like the guys you mentioned, along with Tom. Tom was there 7 years. Hubert Tubbs, was there a year or less. Lenny left in late 1974. I saw TOP in the spring of 1975, expecting Lenny on the "Urban Renewal" Tour, but it was Hubert. He was great. Less than a year later when I went to see the "In the Slot Tour," Hubert was gone.
Rocco is busting that bass,oh yeah real fuck'n musicians playing THEIR own instruments not sampling someone else music
P U R E FUNK.....
Lenny Pickett! I took tenor lessons from his mentor
Yep, wheels wilson, Berkeley Bert. What a Great Person.