Any bass players / Tower of Power fans in here?

[Aberforth's Goat]

If so, I have a plea:

Bass legend Rocco Prestia - the four-stringer with the incredible old, new
und forever R&B band Tower of Power - very recently underwent surgery for a
life-saving liver transplant. He has gigantic medical bills and his fan base
is trying to help raise $300,000 to cover costs.

Rocco may not be as famous in the general public as John Entwhistle (another
famous bass player who died last week), but among bass enthusiasts and
people who love the kind of music that hovers in that undefinable sweet-spot
between jazz, rock, funk and blues, he's an icon. If there's anyone else
around with a spot for that sweet soul music ToP has spent the last 30+
years making, please skip on over to

http://www.francisroccoprestia.com

and leave a donation (by paypal).

BTW, yes, it's for real. I don't usually do stuff like this, but Rocco's
bass playing revolutionized my musical life the same way HP revolutionized
my reading life. Perhaps more so - in HP's case HPfGU probably had at least
as much to do with it all as Mr. Potter himself. Rocco, on the other hand,
did it all by himself.

Baaaaaa!

Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray)
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"Of course, I'm not entirely sure he can read, so that may
not have been bravery...."