Jaco

[frankencow150]

Oh my god,that is so mean.Does anybody know why this guy did it?Was he jealous of Jaco's skills?Thats very sad.That must be the most painful way to go.

 

[RHCFlea]

Originally posted by drmike
ugh, Jaco, yawn. Great, harmonics, and he used it as a lead instrument. Well done mate, i mean he did a lot for bassplaying but i mean, come on. Did he really really make a huge difference to any other bass players? Who is totally influenced by one player alone. I know im not, but then thats all my own opinion

AND YOU CALL YOURSELF A BASSPLAYER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No one is totally influenced by one player alone. You could use that to say Hendrix didn't do much for guitar. Or Jesus for christianity. Not every Christian is influenced by jesus alone. So he's still the big guy in christianity.


Try to play Donna Lee.
And then try to write even 1 song of that caliber.
And perform it every night.
Then you can try to tell me Jaco wasn't great. I still won't believe you.

 

[KeithPas]

I believe that Jaco was in a club and was acting erratically and the bouncer (the guy that killed him) took him outside and in the process of removing him from the club he got carried away and he beat him to death.

 

[Brad Johnson]

Originally posted by JimK

...and the man could play a ballad like no one's business! How many ballads has Rocco ever played?

"You're Still a Young Man"... which is basically Rocco at 1/2 speed. There are a lot more TOP ballads. I go way back with these guys

The fact that someone his age, back then, from the beginning could even keep up with Dave Garibaldi and Chester Thompson, amazes the heck out of me.

 

[RHCFlea]

Originally posted by beachgeddy
. . . anyway, you gotta admire the guy's humility!

Yeah he was real humilious

Or is it humilitant

 

[RHCFlea]

no i got it it's humile

or humiliable

 

[JimK]

Frankencow-
Do yerself a flavour & have Santa bring you a copy of Bill Milkowski's Jaco bio...about $20 @Invalid Link Removed(even comes with a cd).

Brad-
Thanks, I just knew you'd set me straight!
I musta skipped over those early TOP ballads!
Rocco & his solid time 1/16ths + Garibaldi's bending of time was indeed a happenin' thing...

 

[cassanova]

Originally posted by Brad Johnson


"You're Still a Young Man"... which is basically Rocco at 1/2 speed. There are a lot more TOP ballads. I go way back with these guys

The fact that someone his age, back then, from the beginning could even keep up with Dave Garibaldi and Chester Thompson, amazes the heck out of me.

Ive only got one Tower of Power Cd, I think Its just called TOP, its from 1993, it has Soul With A Capital S, It All Comes Back, The Educated Bump, and alot more.

What other TOP cd's can you recommend Brad, Ive been trying to learn 16th note finger style like Rocco does, and Id like to buy another cd of thiers.

 

[tucker]

I heard, well actually read and was told that Jaco had schizophrenia. Thats when you have like altered and/or split personalities ( i think), correct me if im wrong. He went crazy and some guy beat him outside a bar.

 

[Aaron]

Jaco's 50th Birthday is comming up on the 1st.

 

[cjazz50]

I think I heard that Jaco was suicidal and went around picking fights with the biggest, meanest looking guys he could find.

 

[VoodooChile]

a schitzo, contrary to popular belief, is not someone with multiple personallities. in reality, a schitzo is someone who thinks that they are perfectly sane but that everyone else is insane.

 

[frankencow150]

jaco had schizophrenia?wow,i didnt know that.well im gettin the self titled cd for x-mas(i heard it was the best).

 

[VoodooChile]

wow, i just notice i have 3 more posts and i'll be at 500.

 

[Brad Johnson]

Originally posted by cassanova



Ive only got one Tower of Power Cd, I think Its just called TOP, its from 1993, it has Soul With A Capital S, It All Comes Back, The Educated Bump, and alot more.

What other TOP cd's can you recommend Brad, Ive been trying to learn 16th note finger style like Rocco does, and Id like to buy another cd of thiers.

My favorite TOP stuff is still the early years, especially with Lenny Williams on vocals.

"Tower of Power" has "What is Hip?" and "So Very Hard to Go", probably their biggest ballad.

You also have "Bump City", "In the Slot", "Back to Oakland" (check out the drum/organ w/bass pedals breakdown in "Squib Cakes") and "Urban Renewal".


That should keep you busy. Nobody could pump like TOP back in the day. Nobody. The great thing about the older ones is hearing the cuts that aren't played to death.

 

[JimK]

I gotta dig through my collection...I really need to hear "Squib Cakes" again!

Cassy-
There was a Bass Instruction book out there called Lessons With The Greats(I think)...an entire chapter is devoted to Rocco Prestia.
At first, I would suggest a finger-per-fret stretch with the fretting hand & only play/mute on ONE string...so, say your fretting had is from C#-D-D#-E; with the plucking hand, attempt a steady, staccato stream of even/straight 1/16th notes-

/EEEE-C#C#C#C#-DDDD-D#D#D#D#/
Then start muting some as you feel it-

/EExx-C#xC#C#-xDDD-xxxD#/
...on & on. And bring the other strings into play as you get comfortable.

Basically, park yourself in front of the tube on any given Sunday during the NFL season(that way, you see, you can kill two birds with one stone...practicing some bass while witnessing the carnage upon your fantasy football team!).

 

[Brad Johnson]

Lonnie Plaxico has a pretty cool take on "Squib Cake" on one of his CDs.

"Waking Up Hip Street", IIRC has another Garibaldi/ Thompson breakdown.

TOP was one of my favorite groups when I was growing up (can you tell?)

 

[Angus]

Originally posted by RHCFlea
Try to play Donna Lee.
And then try to write even 1 song of that caliber.
And perform it every night.
Then you can try to tell me Jaco wasn't great. I still won't believe you.

Jaco must not be as good as Jaco, because he didn't write it.

 

[babaseen]

it's Jaco's birthday

who loves ya

 

[narud]

heres my useless bit of tower of power info. my dad worked as a prison guard here in california in the 70's and 80's and while on duty noticed a familiar face serving up food. it was rick stevens, the singer on bump city. my dad, being a big tower of power fan, noticed who he was. if i remember the story right, it turns out he got himself there by shooting some guy over some drugs.

i can always tell the real t.o.p. fans because they dont skip past the ballads.