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Francis 'Rocco' Prestia (born 7 Mar 1951) is the bass
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
 player for "Tower of Power
Tower of Power

Tower of Power is a 10-member horn-based Soul music band from Oakland, California, California....
," the famed Oakland
Oakland, California

Oakland , founded in 1852, is the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Alameda County, California. Oakland is approximately 8 miles east of San Francisco and the cities are separated by San Francisco Bay....
-based horn band.

His "pulsing" sixteenth notes along with David Garibaldi
David Garibaldi

David Garibaldi is the drummer for Oakland-based funk/Soul music Band Tower of Power. He began playing drums in childhood while living near San Francisco, California....
's funky drumming style formed the rhythm section that drove the band's trademark funky groove underneath the horn section
Horn section

In music, a horn section refers to two separate groups of musicians. In can refer to the musicians in a symphony orchestra who play Horn . In modern music, it can also refer to a small group of wind instrumentalists who augment a band....
 on all of their early 1970s albums. He is a master of finger-style funk
Funk

Funk is an United States Music genre that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, soul jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music....
.

Rocco's signature sound is produced largely by using a left-hand muting technique whereby fingers 1 and 2 fret the chosen note while the other fingers of that hand rest lightly on the same string 'choking' its full sustain.






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Francis 'Rocco' Prestia (born 7 Mar 1951) is the bass
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
 player for "Tower of Power
Tower of Power

Tower of Power is a 10-member horn-based Soul music band from Oakland, California, California....
," the famed Oakland
Oakland, California

Oakland , founded in 1852, is the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Alameda County, California. Oakland is approximately 8 miles east of San Francisco and the cities are separated by San Francisco Bay....
-based horn band.

His "pulsing" sixteenth notes along with David Garibaldi
David Garibaldi

David Garibaldi is the drummer for Oakland-based funk/Soul music Band Tower of Power. He began playing drums in childhood while living near San Francisco, California....
's funky drumming style formed the rhythm section that drove the band's trademark funky groove underneath the horn section
Horn section

In music, a horn section refers to two separate groups of musicians. In can refer to the musicians in a symphony orchestra who play Horn . In modern music, it can also refer to a small group of wind instrumentalists who augment a band....
 on all of their early 1970s albums. He is a master of finger-style funk
Funk

Funk is an United States Music genre that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, soul jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music....
.

Rocco's signature sound is produced largely by using a left-hand muting technique whereby fingers 1 and 2 fret the chosen note while the other fingers of that hand rest lightly on the same string 'choking' its full sustain. This allows for a more vigorous right-hand plucking attack without losing control of the string's resonance. The sound produced is fiercely drum-like and percussive, yet without distortion, with the pitch remaining clear and accurate.

Until recently, it was on most occasions two Fender Precision Bass
Fender Precision Bass

The Fender Precision Bass is an bass guitar, and was the first widely-available model of the instrument. It was designed by Leo Fender and brought to market in 1951....
es, an American Deluxe
Fender American Deluxe Series

The Fender American Deluxe Series is a line of high-end electric guitars and basses introduced by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation in 1998 and upgraded in 2004....
 with a bridge humbucking J
Fender Jazz Bass

The Jazz Bass was the second model of electric bass guitar created by Leo Fender. The bass is distinct from the Fender Precision Bass in that its tone is brighter and richer in the midrange with less emphasis on the Harmonic series ....
 pickup and a shortlived signature model featuring a reverse split-coil pickup and a 2-band active EQ
EQ

EQ may mean:* Earthquake, or a seism* E?a de Queiroz, realistic and critical portuguese writer* Embarq , a local exchange carrier in the United States...
. For a short period around 1991 Rocco Prestia played a custom-made Fernandes
Fernandes Guitars

Fernandes is a guitar and guitar accessory manufacturer. Their brand of guitars carry the same name. Fernandes originated in Japan in 1969 building flamenco guitars....
 bass, but he now tours and records with a signature 4-string Conklin bass built on his own specifications, a Dakota Red 1963 Fender Precision Bass
Fender Precision Bass

The Fender Precision Bass is an bass guitar, and was the first widely-available model of the instrument. It was designed by Leo Fender and brought to market in 1951....
 and a G&L
G&L

G&L is a guitar design and production company founded by Leo Fender, George Fullerton, and Dale Hyatt in the late 1970s. Fender sold Fender Musical Instruments Corporation in 1965....
 L-2000.

He has a solo album too, entitled 'Everybody on the Bus!', released in 1999.

Rocco and his band, Tower of Power, played several times with the Latin singer Luis Miguel, providing his songs with a powerful and funky sound they never had .

He underwent a successful liver transplant surgery in 2002.