Everybody on the Bus

Everybody on the Bus Artist: Rocco Prestia
Label: Lightyear
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 085365430723
EAN: 0085365430723
ASIN: B00000HY72


Release Date: 1999-01-19

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Tracks:

  1. Solid Like The Rock
  2. Express Yourself
  3. Double Identity
  4. Don't Play Around
  5. Space For Bass
  6. Baby Don't Go
  7. (You Don't ) Mean No Harm
  8. Everybody On The Bus
  9. Don't Need No Changes
  10. I'm So Glad
  11. I Got The Sauce

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars THE Real Deal.......2004-10-11

This is an awesome CD. Rocco Prestia, best known as the originator of "Fingerstyle Funk" bass as played by himself in the funkiest band around, Tower Of Power, has surrounded himself with fine & funky cohorts to really throw it down. Highlights include Brent Carter, Bill & Tamara Champlin, and Frank Biner on vocals, Chester Thompson on B-3 organ, Brandon Fields on sax, and many more.

If you like Tower Of Power, or Cold Blood, Earth Wind & Fire, and other great R&B / Soul / Funk groups, you will like this. It's all excellent!

4 out of 5 stars Pretty good - A Little Off..........2001-09-08

This album is made up of a bunch of pretty good songs with amazing bass playing. The lead singers scream a tad too much in the beginning of the album, and aren't as tasteful about as TOP's Tom Bowes and Hubert Tubbs were. Not many horn parts in it, and when there are it isn't very strong or tasteful. Of course these are all the negative parts about it, but you still have to listen to it with a different ear. If you are looking for a real funky album TOP style, I would recommend TOP's In The Slot, or other good albums instead, but it is still a pretty nice album.

dandaman

4 out of 5 stars Not your regular bass player album........2000-05-23

You're probably thinking to yourself that this, in the tradition of bass player albums, is an exercise in musical self-gratification (to use a more polite phrase). Not so.

The man himself, credited for holding down the bottom end for acclaimed Soul/Funk band Tower of Power delivers what he has been doing best for the past 25 years. His signature style of 16th note muted fingerstyle funk is the driving force for all the songs on the album without once taking a solo.

With fellow TOP regulars Jeff Tamelier on guitar, David Garibaldi and Herman Mathews on drums, Nick Milo on Keyboards and Brandon Fields on Sax, don't expect this outing to deviate too much from the regular TOP formula of dishing up middle-of-the-road-funk, except with less prominent horns. Not to say that this isn't a musically proficient production, but rather the funk element comes off almost too clean and digitized rather than earthy inspired.

Still, the album is a good listen, especially for those familiar with the Bay Area Soul sound of the 70s. Recommended tracks are: Solid like the Rock, the remake of Express Yourself, and Don't need No Changes. In all, a good backdrop for showcasing the bass legend, credited for being an influence by no less than Jaco Pastorius.

5 out of 5 stars Outstanding...10 stars!.......1999-11-27

Very impressive bass work and compositions. A must have for T.O.P. fans

5 out of 5 stars Hot!.......1999-03-27

Typical driving Tower Of Power. Nice variety of singers adds a new dimension to this distinctive sound. Track 2, "Express yourself" starts with a blaring guitar solo that's in your face.

I've had the cd 2 weeks and I still haven't found any tracks I don't like.

This is a great album.

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