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IF YOU COULD ASK ROCCO PRESTIA ANYTHING, WHAT WOULD YOU ASK?


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[quote name='england smith' timestamp='1378055609' post='2195225']
TOP might not be in need of a Bassist, but the have been on the hunt for a new lead singer.
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But I wouldn't be asking TOP if they might be needing one, I'd be asking Rocco if I could do it instead of him! :D

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"[color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]Francis "Rocco" Prestia has built one of the pillars which support the modern [/size][/font][/color][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_bass"]electric bass[/url][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3]. He is a master of [/size][/font][/color][i]fingerstyle funk[/i][color=#000000][font=sans-serif][size=3], a technique that he interprets in a very personal way. Prestia lightly mutes the strings with his left hand to get a percussive sound with the pitch remaining clear and accurate. That characteristic sound, in combination with a highly inventive melodic approach to bass lines makes Prestia's sound unmistakable.[/size][/font][/color][color=#000000][font=sans-serif]
[size=3]With [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Jamerson"]James Jamerson[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Clarke"]Stanley Clarke[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Jackson_(musician)"]Anthony Jackson[/url] and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonso_Johnson"]Alphonso Johnson[/url], "Rocco" Prestia belongs to the generation of bassists that, a few years before, made possible the great revolution on the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_bass"]electric bass[/url] that [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaco_Pastorius"]Jaco Pastorius[/url] entailed with his innovations on mid-1970s. The influence of Prestia over the great bassist, that Jaco recognized openly, is clear on classic [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Power"]Tower of Power[/url] tracks as the 1973 hit "What is Hip". On the other hand, Rocco cites [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Jamerson"]James Jamerson[/url] and the different musicians who worked for [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown"]James Brown[/url](particularly [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootsy_Collins"]Bootsy Collins[/url]) as his main influences.[/size][size=2]"[/size][/font][/color]
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If you don't know who he is check out tower of power (the band he plays for) [/font][/color]
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[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcL23m9QuaM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcL23m9QuaM[/url][/font][/color]

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[quote name='england smith' timestamp='1378056251' post='2195248']
I am a business owner that soptlights different artists. I was given the opportunity to interview Rocco, and I
decided that his fans and fellow musicians should ask the questions.
My website is www.spajuves.com
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[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I think the "Who are you" question was for Rocco Prestia, not for you!![/font][/color]

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We did a funk gig in York years ago to raise money for your recovery from serious illness. In fact, the monthly funk night was called Bump City.

We didn't raise much, but I hopefully it was enough for a hospital room for another night and maybe some grapes and Lucozade with the change.

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