Rhythm & Blues: 1980, ’81, ’82, ’83 Funk: 1984, ’85 You have to admire someone who is successful and happy doing something, but stops because he doesn’t feel that he is growing. Such was the case with David Garibaldi when he left Tower OfPower in 1980. The question that arose was whether he felt truly happy and successful without that growth. The answer was no. He had left the Bay Area in 1977, and had relocated to L.A., where he didn’t know a soul. It was virtually like starting over. He fought the preconceptions of those who figured that Garibaldi was only one kind of a drummer, and he pried open many closed doors. Today, David is glad he did so. In the past year, David has been working with a band called Wishful Thinking, recently signed to Pausa Records, as well as doing clinics, sessions, writing a book, and […]

January 1986 Issue