Our dear "Rocco" passed away last night, peacefully with his family by his side at a hospice in Las Vegas. Some of us were blessed to have a few parting words with him over the last few days and for that I'm so grateful. Many people know that I always called him Frank because his name was Frank Hueton back in 1965. Frank was a very sweet kid with really cool hair when we first met in junior high school and we actually brought him into our band because of his hair; he was a horrible guitar player. My father had hired a teacher named Terry Saunders to teach us one song a week and the first thing Terry said to Frank was, "You need to play the bass!!!" How right he was!!! As a bass player he was totally unique and as a person he was one of a kind. He fought a long fight over the last 20 years and now he's with the Lord and heaven is his home. I'll miss him dearly but I know that he's now at peace and I look forward to seeing him there. To say that Francis Rocco Prestia was a huge part of the Tower of Power sound is a gross understatement. When people listened to Tower of Power it was always Rocco that they walked away talking about and he had a major impact on the music world. - Emilio Castillo, Bandleader for Tower of Power
彼の名は、一般的にあまり有名ではなかったかもしれない。この日本で、彼の名を知る人はそんなに多くはないと思う。
しかしながら、プロでもアマチュアでも、ベースと言う楽器を追求した事のある人間は、みんな彼の名を知っています。
病魔と戦いながらも、必ずステージに帰ってきた男。
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