 Artist: Tower Of Power: mp3 download Genre(s): Rock funk Other R&B: Soul Jazz: Funk Dance Discography:  Oakland Zone Year: 2003 Tracks: 15  The Very Best of Tower of Power: The Warner Years Year: 2001 Tracks: 1  Soul Vaccination: Live Year: 1999 Tracks: 15  Rhythm and Business Year: 1997 Tracks: 13  Direct Plus Year: 1997 Tracks: 10  Souled Out Year: 1995 Tracks: 12  Urban Renewal Year: 1993 Tracks: 11  T.O.P. Year: 1993 Tracks: 14  Power Year: 1993 Tracks: 9  In the Slot Year: 1993 Tracks: 12  Back on the Streets Year: 1993 Tracks: 9  Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now Year: 1993 Tracks: 10  Monster on a Leash Year: 1991 Tracks: 11  We Came to Play Year: 1990 Tracks: 9  Live and in Living Color Year: 1990 Tracks: 5  Direct Year: 1990 Tracks: 6  Back To Oakland Year: 1974 Tracks: 11  Tower Of Power Year: 1973 Tracks: 10  Bump City Year: 1972 Tracks: 9  East Bay Grease Year: 1970 Tracks: 6  Havin Fun Year: Tracks: 10 The celebrated horn-driven funk getup Tower of Power has been issuing albums and touring the creation steadily since the early '70s, in addition to patronage up multitudinous other musicians. The group's loss leader since the beginning has always been tenor saxophonist Emilio Castillo, wHO was born in Detroit, only opted to pursue his musical dreams in Oakland, CA. It was in Oakland that Castillo put together a chemical group called the Motowns, which as its key suggested, specialized in '60s-era soul. Castillo teamed up with a barytone sax player (and Motowns fan) Stephen "Doc" Kupka, and ahead long the Motowns had transformed into Tower of Power (one of the first tunes the couple penned together was "You're Still a Young Man," which would eventually go on to be one of the TOP's signature tune compositions). Tower of Power played on a regular basis in the Bay Area end-to-end the late '60s, as its lineup ofttimes vainglorious up to x members, including such other mainstays as Greg Adams on trumpet and vocals and Rocco Prestia on sea bass. By 1970, the funk getup had inked a recording contract with Bill Graham's San Francisco Records, resulting in the group's debut the same year, East Bay Grease, which failed to make an effect on the charts as TOP was still trying to regain their own sound. Merely it all came in concert cursorily for the chemical group, as 1972's Bump City would touch off a string of authoritative pip releases, including 1973's self-titled release (which included another one of the group's most enduring tunes, "What Is Hip?"), 1974's Back to Oakland, plus 1975's Urban Renewal and In the Slot. While Tower of Power remained a must-see live act, the quality of their subsequent records became erratic, resulting in some admirable releases (Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now, Live and in Living Color) and various uninspired albums that ar best skipped all over (We Came to Play, Back on the Streets). Despite the dip in the quality of their albums, Tower of Power remained a a good deal desired support group for some of pop/rock's biggest names, including Elton John, Santana, Bonnie Raitt, Huey Lewis, Little Feat, David Sanborn, Michelle Shocked, Paula Abdul, Aaron Neville, Aerosmith, Michael Bolton, Billy Preston, PiL, Rod Stewart, Toto, Merl Saunders, and others. Tower of Power remains very active to this day, holding up a snappy touring schedule and issuance such novel albums as 1999's Soul Vaccination: Live; while respective compilations were issued around the like time: Rhino's double magnetic disc What Is Hip?: The Tower of Power Anthology (1999) and Very Best of Tower of Power: The Warner Years (2001), plus Epic/Legacy's Soul With a Capital "S": The Best of Tower of Power (2001). |
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