East Bay Grease is the debut album by the soul

Soul music

Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...

 funk

Funk

Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...

 group Tower of Power

Tower of Power

Tower of Power is an American R&B-based horn section and band, originating in Oakland, California, that has been performing for over 43 years. They are best known for their funky soul sound highlighted by a powerful horn section...

. It is characteristic of the Bay City funk style they helped to establish and further built upon throughout their career.

Track listing

All selections written by Emilio Castillo & Stephen Kupka, except "Sparkling In The Sand" by Emilio Castillo, Stephen Kupka & Lawrence Lopez.

1. "Knock Yourself Out" - 7:08
2. "Social Lubrication" - 7:28
3. "The Price" - 6:09
4. "Back On The Streets Again" - 5:50
5. "The Skunk, The Goose, And The Fly" - 5:55
6. "Sparkling In The Sand" - 9:06

Personnel

• Rufus Miller - lead vocals (except "Sparkling in the Sand")
• Emilio "Mimi" Castillo - alto saxophone, vocals, extra greasy vocal on "The Skunk, The Goose, And The Fly"
• David Garibaldi
  David Garibaldi
  David Garibaldi may refer to:* David Garibaldi , American musician* David Garibaldi , American performance artist...
  
   - drums, vibes, background vocals
• Greg Adams - first trumpet
• Steve Kupka - baritone saxophone, background vocals
• Skip Mesquite - tenor saxophone, flute, vocals
• David Padron - second trumpet
• Frank Prestia
  Rocco Prestia
  Francis «Rocco» Prestia is an American musician, the bassist of the legendary funk band Tower of Power and one of the most important figures in electric bass' history.- Biography :...
  
   - bass
• Rick Stevens - lead vocal on "Sparkling in the Sand", background vocals
• Willy Fulton - guitar, background vocals
• Mic Gillette
  Mic Gillette
  Mic Gillette is an American brass player born in 1951 and raised in northern California's East Bay area. He is famous for being a member of Tower of Power, Cold Blood, and The Sons of Champlin....
  
  - trumpet, trombone, flugelhorn solo on "Sparkling In The Sand"
• Ken Balzell - trumpet