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Cory Wong wears shades and performs with his blue Strat live in Italy, 2025, and is lit from behind by a white stage light.

Cory Wong on how to arrange guitar and keyboards

By Cory Wong published

The funkmeister puts Direct Flyte under the microscope to deliver a masterclass in arrangement. It's funk, sure, but there's some operatic influence in there, too, because that's just how Wong rolls

Artist Lessons
Tower of Power [L-R: Greg Adams (trumpet), Mic Gillette (trumpet), Stephen Kupka/Doc/The Doctor (sax), Emilio Castillo (sax), David Bartlett (drums), Lenny Picket (sax), Francis Prestia/Rocco (bass), Lenny Williams (vocals), Bruce Conte (guitar), Chester Thompson (keyboards)] performs on Soul Train episode 126, aired 2/1/1975

The magic of Rocco Prestia’s bassline on Tower of Power’s Only So Much Oil in the Ground

By Chris Jisi published

How to play Rocco Prestia’s classic Tower of Power bassline

Bassists
Francis Rocco Prestia performing with Tower of Power at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on May 1, 2008

Legendary Tower of Power bassist Rocco Prestia dies aged 69

By Richard Bienstock published

The fingerstyle funk master was one of the most influential bassists of the past 50 years

Bassists