Rocco Prestia

Francis Rocco Prestia ( born March 7, 1951 in Sonora, California) is an American musician.

Prestia grew up in Fremont (south of Oakland ). He is best known as the bassist primarily through its membership of the Soul & Funk band " Tower of Power ", in which he plays the electric bass since 1968. In 1977 he left the band due to drug problems and returned back to 1984 Tower Of Power. In 1999 his remains the only solo album " Everybody On The Bus " was released.

He is considered the prototypical finger radio player and is called as a role model of countless electric bassists (eg Jaco Pastorius ). Typical of his style are the driving, heavily syncopated 16th-note bass lines. Through pronounced Left -hand muting the percussive nature of his playing style is supported.

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