Apr252024

Tower of Power

Tower of Power is a horn-based funk/soul band from Oakland, California. In the mid-1960s, 17-year-old tenor saxophonist Emilio Castillo moved from Detroit, Michigan, to Fremont, California. He started a band called the Motowns, specializing in soul music. In 1968, Castillo teamed up with baritone saxophonist Stephen "The Funky Doctor" Kupka and trumpet/trombone player Mic Gillette, moved to Oakland, and began writing original material. They changed the band's name to Tower of Power and began playing frequently in the Bay Area. Read more on Last.fm

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Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm

# Title Plays
1What Is Hip?
390070
2So Very Hard To Go
213943
3Soul With A Capital 'S'
161637
4Diggin' On James Brown
144366
5You're Still a Young Man
104245
6Soul Vaccination
104171
7Souled Out
73806
8Squib Cakes
73196
9I Like Your Style
53116
10So I Got To Groove
48581

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