# Tower of Power bassist Rocco Prestia has died at the age of 69 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [October 1, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tower-of-power-bassist-rocco-prestia-has-died-at-the-age-of-69/921977 "2020-10-01T16:49:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tower-of-power-bassist-rocco-prestia-has-died-at-the-age-of-69/921977/1 "2020-10-01T16:49:28Z")
damn… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9C1B-EbBSUw/hqdefault.jpg "Tower of Power - Boys From The Bay") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C1B-EbBSUw) ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tower-of-power-bassist-rocco-prestia-has-died-at-the-age-of-69/921977/2 "2020-10-01T17:51:54Z")
Damn. Gonna miss him. I’m honestly surprised he lasted this long with his past health problems. I got to meet him once. Super nice guy. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tower-of-power-bassist-rocco-prestia-has-died-at-the-age-of-69/921977/3 "2020-10-01T18:02:30Z")
That’s terrible! He was some bass player, and the way he locked in with the drummer was amazing. His fast staccato style was pretty unique. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qjOsEBBf7Sw/hqdefault.jpg "Tower Of Power - Funk The Dumb Stuff") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjOsEBBf7Sw)