We first saw TOP in Cleveland Ohio at the Agora when they just released East Bay grease. No one knew them, there were maybe 20 people in the audience. The next time they came back to Cleveland you couldn't get into the club. One of the greatest groups of all time and should be in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. They are real musicians and have "Soul with a capital S."
One of my favorite horn bands from the 70s along with EW&F, Chicago, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Parliament etc. Shoutout to my uncle for introducing me to these awesome bands when I was young ...
Nice Dave Grohl reference. That's actually tenor sax player Emilio Castillo, who has been the leader of Tower of Power for more than 50 years and still going strong.
Give a listen to their incredibly funky "What Is Hip", and their other great ballad, "You're Still A Young Man". The greatest horn band to come out of the Bay area.
Huge Tower of Power fan. Still have the vinyl record plus the CD in my car. BUT, you have to listen What is Hip? Youre dancing in your seats now? Get ready to rock guys! 🎵🎵🎵
From Oakland, California. Tower of Power. The best horn band of the seventies. Not a bad tune from these guys.. That's Lenny Williams on lead vocals here.
Lenny Williams was the best lead singer TOP ever had. Kudos to Jay Spell the blind pianist who sit in on this song.. RIP Jay. Shout to Greg Adams for the nice jazz flugelhorn solo.
There's about 40 YEARS between that "Soul Train" performance (which was a dub from the studio version of the songs) and the "What is Hip?" Live performance. The short trumpet player was Mic Gillete, the same guy who was switching between trumpet and trombone in "WiH". The white sax player ("Dave Grohl") is actually the founder of the band, Emilio Castillo. The. The bari sax player to his right is the "Funky Doctor," Stephen Kupka. Rocco Prestia on bass, and David Garibaldi on drums... All of these guys were also in the "What is Hip" live video. Today Mic and Rocco have passed away, but David, Mimi, and The Doc still perform with the full band, and are just as funky today as they were 55 years ago.
aka "Mad Dad" Yeah been a TOP fan for their entire 50+ years and Lenny Williams remains one of my favorite lead vocalists for the band. The distinctive sound of Tower of Power always comes through strong!
People didnt stop dancing because that was the quality of music back then. We took it for granted. It was a time of high quality music in every musical genre. Music today is basically prepacked junk, Unless you talking about classical or jazz. Those genres have real musicians, pros.
Chase. Get It On. I really think you should. It's nothing like this, but it's as good in its own unique direction as this is in its own direction. The band name is Chase. The song is Get It On. I think you'll kinda love it.
Because I I loved "You're Still A Young Man" and "Sparkling In The Sand" by the original singer (RIP) Rick Stevens, I now realize I like Lenny Williams better. Perhaps because he became TOP and the bad timing involved in Rick Stevens part. Yes! He can make you calm the way he makes it look so interesting. Especially the other part of this Soul Train segment singing "This Time Its Real" very calm making with his stage presence.
That's Lenny Williams he as their premier lead singer for years. He wound up in San Quentin for Murder. I know My brother was a prison Sgt there for many years. And had Lenny on his tier/level for years as well as Buddy Miles, and Charles Manson. We've been Tower Of Power, TOP fans for years six concerts so far. Like your Screening. God Bless
2:05. "A lotta horns right there." Dude, there were ZERO horns at that point. You're such a dope. I don't think you'd know a piano from a horse. BTW, your backward baseball cap tells us all we need to know. Neither of you have the musical sensibility to appreciate something like this.
50 years later and this song still kills it.
We first saw TOP in Cleveland Ohio at the Agora when they just released East Bay grease. No one knew them, there were maybe 20 people in the audience. The next time they came back to Cleveland you couldn't get into the club. One of the greatest groups of all time and should be in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. They are real musicians and have "Soul with a capital S."
One of my favorite horn bands from the 70s along with EW&F, Chicago, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Parliament etc. Shoutout to my uncle for introducing me to these awesome bands when I was young ...
Nice Dave Grohl reference. That's actually tenor sax player Emilio Castillo, who has been the leader of Tower of Power for more than 50 years and still going strong.
Give a listen to their incredibly funky "What Is Hip", and their other great ballad, "You're Still A Young Man". The greatest horn band to come out of the Bay area.
The TOP HORNS AND LENNY WILLIAMS SINGING. WOW!!!
One of the great soul jams from 1973. Loved it then and 50 years later it still gives me goosebumps.
You can never ever go wrong with these guys!! "I didn't know Dave Grohl from Foo Fighters was in this band!" 😂😂😂
Huge Tower of Power fan. Still have the vinyl record plus the CD in my car. BUT, you have to listen What is Hip? Youre dancing in your seats now? Get ready to rock guys! 🎵🎵🎵
East side grease from Oakland, CA! Still playing after 50 YEARS!
Guys, listen to Leonid and Friends version of this great song. Its off the scale
Great R&B jam form the Fall of '73. Still sounds great!
From Oakland, California. Tower of Power. The best horn band of the seventies. Not a bad tune from these guys.. That's Lenny Williams on lead vocals here.
Lenny Williams was the best lead singer TOP ever had. Kudos to Jay Spell the blind pianist who sit in on this song.. RIP Jay. Shout to Greg Adams for the nice jazz flugelhorn solo.
Uh... except that the whole song is the studio version, with strings, multiple trumpets, etc. Lip synching at its finest !!
Back in the day everyone had leisure suits. I had one. They were too cool. You had to have platforms too.
My man Lenin Williams was one of the best singers in the 70’s❤😞
There's about 40 YEARS between that "Soul Train" performance (which was a dub from the studio version of the songs) and the "What is Hip?" Live performance. The short trumpet player was Mic Gillete, the same guy who was switching between trumpet and trombone in "WiH". The white sax player ("Dave Grohl") is actually the founder of the band, Emilio Castillo. The. The bari sax player to his right is the "Funky Doctor," Stephen Kupka. Rocco Prestia on bass, and David Garibaldi on drums... All of these guys were also in the "What is Hip" live video. Today Mic and Rocco have passed away, but David, Mimi, and The Doc still perform with the full band, and are just as funky today as they were 55 years ago.
Tower of Power "We came to play" and "Let me touch you" great old funk!
aka "Mad Dad" Yeah been a TOP fan for their entire 50+ years and
Lenny Williams remains one of my favorite lead vocalists for the band.
The distinctive sound of Tower of Power always comes through strong!
People didnt stop dancing because that was the quality of music back then. We took it for granted. It was a time of high quality music in every musical genre. Music today is basically prepacked junk, Unless you talking about classical or jazz. Those genres have real musicians, pros.
Chase. Get It On. I really think you should. It's nothing like this, but it's as good in its own unique direction as this is in its own direction. The band name is Chase. The song is Get It On. I think you'll kinda love it.
After so many years watching this video this is the first time I notice Dave Grohl playing in the band hahahaha. Great catch!!!
That is Louis Castillo that founded the group
Because I I loved "You're Still A Young Man" and "Sparkling In The Sand" by the original singer (RIP) Rick Stevens, I now realize I like Lenny Williams better. Perhaps because he became TOP and the bad timing involved in Rick Stevens part. Yes! He can make you calm the way he makes it look so interesting. Especially the other part of this Soul Train segment singing "This Time Its Real" very calm making with his stage presence.
That's Lenny Williams he as their premier lead singer for years. He wound up in San Quentin for Murder. I know My brother was a prison Sgt there for many years. And had Lenny on his tier/level
for years as well as Buddy Miles, and Charles Manson.
We've been Tower Of Power,
TOP fans for years six concerts so far. Like your
Screening. God Bless
Check out Lenny Williams "Because I Love You" Trust me!
From Oakland, California.
What Is Hip?
This is a great song! Loved it since I was a kid. But this is not a live performance. That’s why the crowd isn’t reacting
They came here in 1976 I was only 16 so couldn't go
You need to here “Funkifize”
Lenny Williams.
And you can bet your last money it'll be a stone gas, honey. --host Don Cornelius
how about my favorite Kansas song, CHILD OF INNOCENCE.
Kansas stuff, period. Great back catalog.
These guys were what musicians call "some tight cats". Not bad for boomer music, huh?
You need to hear Soul vaccination
2:05. "A lotta horns right there." Dude, there were ZERO horns at that point. You're such a dope. I don't think you'd know a piano from a horse. BTW, your backward baseball cap tells us all we need to know. Neither of you have the musical sensibility to appreciate something like this.
Your intro is really annoying.