David Garibaldi: History of Tower of Power

We opened up the Vic Firth video vault to dig this gem up for you. Enjoy! David Garibaldi talks about the humble beginnings of the one and only Tower of Power!

[@popal7408]

RIP Rocco. You were one of my inspirations. Dave and Rocco were the BEST

[@austinteutsch]

David is one of the greatest tight drummers of all time. I saw TOP backing CCR in S.A. Texas 1972 and they blew me away. I ran out and bought the BUMP CITY album and I've seen them 3 more times in 40 years. These guys do their homework and if you're starting a horn band, these are your heroes. Maybe BS&T thrown in for good measure.

[@mybadtexas]

Probably the second band I ever saw live. And that was in 1977, Their sound was so tight.

[@lgndnhswnmnd]

Thanks for this post! Grateful for KZbin!

[@agm6095]

"East Bay Grease", I still have that LP. I remember playing "Sparkling In The Sand" in my 69 Mustang while cruising downtown San Jose. Those were the days.

[@carlhawks2915]

Sparkling in the Sand is a great song. Too bad most people have never heard of it.

[@cgdmusicman09]

The east bay grease version of the song faded out at the end but the version on the '76 live and living color album ends in a beautiful harmony!

[@chillywillie6283]

I love these music history lessons.

[@lencampa9049]

Digging on that 1st record EAST BAY GREASE and to the day. excellent debut record that one got me hooked on top the arrangements of the horns and the rhythm section bass. drums.vocals 👍 enjoy hearing these stories from the beginnings and members telling them. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@gmorton916]

Absolutely love T.O.P

[@tommyrivera2003]

God bless the Tower of Power...✌️

[@dottiemathews6853]

wow! this makes great music trivia!! "What big horned band was named "The Motowns" before they changed their name?

[@woody95124]

very good interview...one of the best I have seen...How do you get the other parts?I tried the website ...couldn't find it....love to see the other parts....thnx...Faithfull tower fan!

[@VicFirthCompany]

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[@cliffadelman]

Love you bro

[@robertdowler5073]

The Jam Master

[@kaneo67]

i cant find the full interview on vic firth site

[@razorrob73]

Nice! :D

[@rustammansurov8198]

Where are parts 2-4 of the interview I wonder? they can't be found on the site

[@mezdrums]

DG ♥️

[@WhereThereDude]

no sound???

[@andrewgillis8572]

@dadduorp loaded - as in, stoned and drunk

[@dadduorp]

What does he say at 3:38? "When we started making money, we started getting ____."

[@Han-Solo459]

''Loaded''

[@arnoldbedak5738]

Loaded

[@susankennedy5739]

"... we started getting loaded." (Taking drugs)

[@whitewolf9893]

Loaded= drugs and alcohol...who cares, that's when they make the best music duh

[@justiceisnow3162]

@@whitewolf9893 right .. except you give yourself over to Satan too ..

[@howey1217]

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[@alanroberts7916]

David Garbaldi confirms my suspicions that many bands were destroyed by success that enabled them to consume large quantities of substances not really meant for people. Too bad cause the music took a beating. It lost respect.