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David Garibaldi OFF THE RECORD 10 Authentic Drum Transcriptions by the Legendary Tower of Power Drummer Compiled by David Garibaldi Produced by Alfred Music P.O. Box 10003 Van Nuys, CA 91410-0003 alfred.com Printed in USA. No part of this book shall be reproduced, arranged, adapted, recorded, publicly performed, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without written permission from the publisher. In order to comply with copyright laws, please apply for such written permission and/or license by contacting the publisher at alfred.com/permissions. ISBN-10: 1-4706-3713-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-4706-3713-2 2 Table of Contents Foreword. 3 About the Author . 4 Drum Legend . 5 Development of the Two Sound Levels . 5 East Bay Grease . 6 Knock Yourself Out . 8 Bump City . 18 Down to the Nightclub. 19 Tower of Power . 22 Soul Vaccination. 23 What Is Hip? . 30 Back to Oakland. 37 Can’t You See (You Doin’ Me Wrong) . 39 Don’t Change Horses (In the Middle of a Stream) . 43 Squib Cakes . 50 In the Slot. 64 On the Serious Side. 65 Vuela Por Noche. 68 Drop It in the Slot . 71 Acknowledgements . 76 6 East Bay Grease Released November 1970 | Recorded at Mercury Recording Studios (San Francisco, California) East Bay Grease was Tower of Power’s first recording, and was released on Bill Graham’s Fillmore Records. In late 1969, the band won a contest at the Fillmore West in San Francisco at the Tuesday jam/audition night called “Sounds of the City.” The prize was a record deal. The producer, David Rubinson, told the band they had six months for the guitarist and drummer to improve or they would have to be replaced. This put the band in a very difficult situation: they had all begun playing together as teenagers and were very close, and the drummer was the leader’s brother. They had formed a band even before they knew how to play. Tower of Power founder, Emilio Castillo, and Rocco have been playing together since they were 15 years old . a very deep relationship. One night as I was playing at the On Broadway in Oakland, California, two of Tower of Power’s horn players, Mic Gillette and Skip Mesquite, came by the club to sit in. On a break, they mentioned that they might have to make a drummer change, and asked if I’d be interested in checking the band out. I went to see them at Keystone Korner in San Francisco, and once I heard them I knew before they did that I’d be in it. Eventually I met Emilio Castillo, the leader, who also had come into the On Broadway to sit in. He liked what he heard and invited me to come to a rehearsal and play with the band. Once we got together, it was pretty evident to everyone that I would fit . a great day for me. My first official day was July 23, 1970. We began playing shows, and things began to happen very quickly. In September, we began recording at Mercury Studios on Mission Street in San Francisco. In November, East Bay Grease was released. Everything changed for us at that moment. We were working like mad everywhere, and had our regular gig at the On Broadway in Oakland. We also did our first national tour, but it wasn’t very successful. Eventually, I met Doug Clifford, the drummer with Creedence Clearwater Revival, one of the biggest pop groups in music at that time. I had started giving him drum lessons at his house, and one day he asked me if Tower of Power would be interested in going on tour with them. This was a tremendous break for us—we did many shows with them and began to get exposure nationally. On the tour, no one cared about us, and we would often play with the lights on as people were filing in to see Creedence. 8 KNOCK�YOURSELF�OUT -�2�- East�Bay�Grease�Version Words and Music by EMILIO CASTILLO and 0:39 STEPHEN KUPKA �=�106 ⁄ x x x x x x x x x x 3 œ e œ x x x œ e e x e e e œx e Y œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 17 x œœœœ œ œ e eœ œ œ e eœ e eœ œ œ e e œ eeœ œ œ eeœ e eœ œ œ ee 1 0:43 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x e e œ e œ x œ œ œ e e e e e œ e x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ e e e e 19 œ e e œ œ œ e œ e œ e œ œ e œ e e œ œ œ e œ e e œ œ œ e 3 0:48 0:53 21 5 Drums�&�Lead�Vocal 0:57 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x e e œ e œ œ œ œ e e e e e x e x x x x œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ e e œ e œ œ e œ œ œ œ e 25 œ œ œ x 7 LRlRLRLl 3 3 3 3 3 0:20 1:02 ÿ x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x e e œ e œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ e e œ e e e e œ œ e e œ e œ e e œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 27 lrlRLRLRLRLRLRL 9 1:07 ¤ 0:24 Y x X x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x œ e e œ e œ œ ex e œ e œ œ e œ e e e œ œ e e e e œ œ e œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 29 x 11 x 1:12 0:29 Y x x Y x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x œx x e x e œx x x œx e x e x e œx x e e e œ e e e e œ œ e e e e œ œ e œ œ œ e œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ e œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 31 x 13 1:16 0:34 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Y x x x x x x x x e e œ e e e e œ œ œ œ œ e œ e e œ e œ œ e e œ e œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 15 33 © 1970 (Renewed) ARIKAT MUSIC and STEPHEN KUPKA SONGS All Rights Administered by BOB-A-LEW SONG (ASCAP) All Rights Reserved Used by Permission Knock Yourself Out - 1.
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