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The Bay Area funk-fest that is the Tower of Power was a regular at the San Francisco Fillmore in the late 1960s. The band's signature horn section and enigmatic stage presence made them a sight to be seen and heard. The band went through several lineups, hitting a commercial and critical highpoint from '73 to '75 with bootie-shaking hits like "What is Hip" and "You're Still a Young Man." Following these successes, however, TOP vanished abruptly from the charts although other funk bands continued to thrive. Despite a drought in their own album output, TOP remained a backup group for musicians including Elton John, Santana and Aerosmith and continues to tour, issuing Soul Vaccination Live in 1999 and many compilations....more

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Concert Vault - Listen free to the world’s greatest collection of live concert recordings

  Performer Track(s) Date Venue Length Rating  
Tower of Power CONCERT 03/06/1971 Fillmore West 1:00:20 4.61
Tower of Power CONCERT 07/04/1971 Fillmore West 1:28:43 4.53
Tower of Power CONCERT 01/28/1973 Winterland 1:00:15 4.69
Tower of Power CONCERT 03/23/1975 Kezar Stadium 32:07 4.46
Tower of Power CONCERT 11/15/1977
Late Show		 Bottom Line 1:19:04 4.68
Tower of Power CONCERT 11/15/1977
Early Show		 Bottom Line 1:21:15 4.70

Crawdaddy! - The original magazine of rock criticism - Reborn

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    by Denise Sullivan•October 24, 2007•Comments (53)

    There comes a time in a music lover's life when one must ask a most fateful question: the Grateful Dead… do I or don't I? My fellows promised me that one day it would all come down to this (read more)

  • Rock And Roll Animal: Lou Reed 1973

    by Dinky Dawson•October 10, 2007•Comments (3)

    On Saturday, September 15, 1973, Lou Reed played in an area of London called Crystal Palace with the J. Geils Band and Jeff Beck Group. This gig was held outside on the green, the wooden stage located a mere hundred yards (read more)

  • Bye Bye Blues City

    by Jason Thomas•September 5, 2007•Comments (4)

    The era of big government is over. If you follow politics you know that phrase dates back to the days of Bill Clinton and Margaret Thatcher. I know what they meant by it, and I could wax philosophical all day about the historical changes and shift in ideology behind it. (read more)

  • Jesse Malin Comes Full Circle

    by Lisa Iannucci•July 11, 2007•Comments (7)

    Things have changed dramatically in the music business in the last 25 years, and no one knows that better than Jesse Malin. After all, the Queens-born singer/songwriter has been a working musician since the age of 12. Fronting his punk rock band Heart Attack in the early ‘80s at venues like CBGB’s... (read more)

  • That Shiny Round Thing Called A Compact Disc

    by Jennn Fusion•June 6, 2007•Comments (8)

    “Do you think CDs will go extinct?” I asked my flatmate on our way to dig for vinyl downtown. We were looking to later frame these relics of rock lineage as interior décor art. “I hope not.” (read more)

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