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David Garibaldi is the best funk drummer I've ever seen. I must have seen Tower of Power live over 20 times while living in the Bay Area. Hopefully a speedy recovery after this accident. How does one get hit by a train while walking?
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http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7655109/tower-of-power-hospital-hit-train

Two Members of Tower of Power Hospitalized After Being Hit by Train

Two members of Tower of Power, a group that has been an R&B institution for nearly 50 years, were hit by a train Thursday night as they walked across tracks before a performance in their hometown of Oakland, but both survived, their manager said.

Calling it an "unfortunate accident," manager Jeremy Westby said in a statement that drummer David Garibaldi and bass player Marc van Wageningen are "responsive and being treated at a local hospital."

Garibaldi has been with the group since 1970. Van Wageningen is substituting as bass player.

Without identifying them, the Oakland Fire Department said earlier that two pedestrians were hit by a passenger train at Jack London Square about 7:30 p.m. and taken to a hospital.

The accident was near Yoshi's, a jazz and R&B club where the group had been scheduled to play two shows Thursday night. Both were canceled.

It wasn't clear why the men were on the tracks, but pedestrians often need to cross them in the area with trains running across and in between streets, including right outside Yoshi's.

The Tower of Power, a band of about a dozen members, most of them horns, has been beloved members of the R&B and pop communities since forming in Oakland in 1968. The group and its rotating cast of musicians have recorded behind many far more famous names including Elton John, Otis Redding, Aerosmithand Santana.

They were also a national TV fixture in the 1980s with frequent appearances on Late Night With David Letterman.

Tributes and well wishes were quickly emerging on Twitter, including one from pop star and drummer Sheila E., who tweeted "Pleez pray for my frenz."


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