Vito SanFilippo with TOP

[NickBass81]

I mean....Tower Of Power = Rocco Prestia, no doubt about it...Rocco is just awesome and one of my biggest influences...but recently I've bought a couple of TOP albums ("Back On The Streets " and "Dinosaur Tracks") without Rocco..the music is pretty good (even if not great as their funkier/soul albums, here is more funk/disco oriented), but the guy who plays bass, Vito SanFilippo, is just ridicoulous...one of the grooviest players I've ever heard, both with fingerstyle and slapping...and what a tone!! (Jazz Bass, I'm quite sure..)
I remember him also on a Joe Cocker album....does anybody else know/love Vito?

[DWBass]

He's rocking a Marcus Miller 5 string in this shot!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG6N0-0O20g
http://cgi.ebay.com/1982-VITO-SAN-FI...ayphotohosting

[Bobbo 77"]

Originally Posted by NickBass81

I mean....Tower Of Power = Rocco Prestia, no doubt about it...Rocco is just awesome and one of my biggest influences...but recently I've bought a couple of TOP albums ("Back On The Streets " and "Dinosaur Tracks") without Rocco..the music is pretty good (even if not great as their funkier/soul albums, here is more funk/disco oriented), but the guy who plays bass, Vito SanFilippo, is just ridicoulous...one of the grooviest players I've ever heard, both with fingerstyle and slapping...and what a tone!! (Jazz Bass, I'm quite sure..)
I remember him also on a Joe Cocker album....does anybody else know/love Vito?

NickBass, check Vito out on "Tower of Power Direct" from Sheffield Labs. It's a 1981 release, and Vito's playin' is Slammin'!

[NickBass81]

Originally Posted by DWBass

He's rocking a Marcus Miller 5 string in this shot!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG6N0-0O20g
http://cgi.ebay.com/1982-VITO-SAN-FI...ayphotohosting

Awesome! Where was this pic taken? The drummer seems to be John Robinson..
Thanks Bobbo 77, I'm gonna reach for this album, it must be a blast!!

[DWBass]

The drummer is Larry DeGennaro.

[jerry]

Originally Posted by Bobbo 77"

NickBass, check Vito out on "Tower of Power Direct" from Sheffield Labs. It's a 1981 release, and Vito's playin' is Slammin'!

+1, I really dug his playing on that CD!