Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerFrancis “Rocco” Prestia, who performed with East Bay funk band Tower of Power for more than 30 years, died Sept.
39. He was 69 and was at a hospice center in Las Vegas.Prestia had many health problems, and received a kidney transplant in 2014.Tower of Power leader Emilio Castillo posted a Facebook tribute.“As a bass player, he was unique and as a person, he was one of a kind,” Castillo wrote on Facebook. “He fought a long fight over the last 20 years and now he’s with the Lord and heaven is his home.”Tower of Power was an integral part of Tower of Power’s funk style.
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