First Person: Tower of Power, Horn Blast From the Past

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The seminal R&B horn driven funk master supreme band Tower of Power has reached way back into their trick bag and has issued a 2 disc CD set entitled The East Bay Archive Volume 1. The two joint set is a concert captured live on April 23, 1973 at a club in Boston. The anal audio cats need to stand down and stop sniveling the sound quality. The CD, as one would expect, is not up to TOP studio standards, the sound is that of an authorized Bootleg, but worth every penny if you have ever taken a music lesson or have at least one ounce of hip in your dance DNA.

Founding band member, Doctor Steven Kupka recalls a certain Black and White divide in Boston at the time, something that the band was not used to coming from the San Francisco the Bay Area. "We were originally booked to play a soul club in the Roxbury area which was predominantly Black. But when the club owner saw our promo picture and realized we were not an all Black band he cancelled the engagement. He told us that he didn't want to cancel us but he was afraid that there would be a race riot if the crowd found out we were white, even thought the band was fronted by Lenny Williams and Chester Thompson. Needless to say we were determined to dominate Boston in our 5 days at this K-K-K Katy's gig".

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First Person: Tower of Power, Horn Blast From the Past

The seminal R&B horn driven funk master supreme band Tower of Power has reached way back into their trick bag and has issued a 2 disc CD set entitled The East Bay Archive Volume 1. The two joint set is a concert captured l...

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