This Time It's Real - Tower of Power LIVE

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  • Опубликовано: 9 ноя 2016
  • Taken from the the 40th Anniversary performance. Ellis Hall's fantastic vocals on a classic Tower Of Power track, go buy the DVD, you won't be disappointed!
    No Copyright infringement intended.
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  • @IMunlucky
    @IMunlucky 3 года назад +69

    Kids - This is what professional musicians sound like.

    • @haskellbob
      @haskellbob 2 года назад +6

      I agree. The kids today need to aim a bit higher.
      Just a little.

    • @lindabergman3127
      @lindabergman3127 2 года назад +3

      No doubts about that 👍💕😍❤️

    • @krisfitness5497
      @krisfitness5497 5 месяцев назад

      26 and i agree

  • @geeeemn5010
    @geeeemn5010 20 дней назад +1

    Ellis Hall and Larry Braggs on the same stage!!! Doesn't get any better!!!

  • @catherinefoster1481
    @catherinefoster1481 2 года назад +17

    I graduated Mission San Jose high school in Fremont CA with Mic Gillette in 1969. He truly was a good friend of mine. My class set up a scholarship fund in his name. He was an awesome musician and is sorely missed!

  • @stephenord3403
    @stephenord3403 3 года назад +40

    I'm English, thank you America 🇺🇸 for giving us this fantastic beautiful music 🎶. Much love from England 🇬🇧

  • @2ndhome471
    @2ndhome471 Год назад +5

    Just think if we could hear this music at the Super Bowl vs what they have now.

  • @richardtyler1822
    @richardtyler1822 5 лет назад +86

    Tower of Power has the best horn section in R&B music history.

    • @trumpetmaris
      @trumpetmaris 2 года назад +10

      It's the Arrangements, the horn players have changed over the years. Mic Gillette lived next to me and would visit or HS jazz band to test their new arrangements. I was playing lead and this man was a God back then. he transitioned to bone and we met later when he would play with our Walnut Creek community jazz band. After Mic passed, I bought his custom flugelhorn from his wife. Chicago has amazing horns too!

    • @alwaysandforeva8890
      @alwaysandforeva8890 2 года назад +8

      Earth Wind & Fire is up there too!

    • @kayemorrow4980
      @kayemorrow4980 2 года назад +5

      Earth, wind and Fire and the Ohio Players are right there with Tower of Power

    • @jeremyboyce1537
      @jeremyboyce1537 Год назад +3

      I honestly honestly think so too !!!!!!

    • @richardtyler1822
      @richardtyler1822 Год назад +2

      I saw both BB King and Tower of Power "live" in the early 1980s in
      the Cabaret Lounge at Harrah's
      Reno man what a "performance"

  • @ScrantonTed
    @ScrantonTed 11 месяцев назад +7

    Ellis Hall and Larry Bragg! Amazing!!

  • @doririvera4993
    @doririvera4993 Год назад +17

    My all time favorite group! And the best thing is that they're still together!

  • @curtisscarmon3267
    @curtisscarmon3267 3 года назад +24

    RIP Rocco, Mic Gillett and others from the Bump City album who passed away

  • @robertortega667
    @robertortega667 9 месяцев назад +9

    Bad Ass. Use to cruise to these Brothers on Whittier Blvd in East Los Angeles CA 50 yrs ago. Life time of memories. Thank You Guys. From the ❤️

    • @catirerubio
      @catirerubio 5 месяцев назад +1

      Toss in Thee Midnighters and the Village Callers.

  • @lindalocke3233
    @lindalocke3233 9 месяцев назад +4

    2023 still JAMMING sounds 🔥 🎉❤

  • @seymourscagnetti1413
    @seymourscagnetti1413 3 года назад +18

    BOUGHT THIS ALBUM ON EIGHT TRACK. 16 YRS OLD, DRIVING MY 1966 BUICK RIVIERA (MY CHICK MAGNET) IN 1973. TWO SHORT YRS. LATER, I'M STANDING ON THE "YELLOW FOOT PRINTS" AT M.C.R.D. SAN DIEGO, CA. I WOULD NOT TRADE THOSE DAYS FOR ANYTHING. TOWER OF POWER COULD BE RELEASED TODAY AND TOP THE CHARTS! MAYBE, JUST MAYBE EDGING OUT "RAP MUSIC".

  • @marcat51158
    @marcat51158 Год назад +9

    This is one of my favorite TOP albums. I play it in the car daily.

  • @mikelyons4548
    @mikelyons4548 2 года назад +21

    Just the most fabulous live band. Get ready to dance!

  • @nancyfreire6078
    @nancyfreire6078 2 года назад +20

    Brings back memories Very good memories.

  • @cdjblue52
    @cdjblue52 Год назад +5

    I wish I had known about TOP back in the 70's but better late than never. I LOVE TOP!!!

  • @mattmartines4980
    @mattmartines4980 Год назад +5

    Love this just makes me happy even after all these years I still feel this for my wife

  • @nancyfreire6078
    @nancyfreire6078 2 года назад +5

    Look at the crowd celebrating there music.

  • @actionandy4480
    @actionandy4480 2 года назад +27

    been listening to these guys since i was in high school in the mid 70's. TOP always represents and always brings a smile to my old ass lol... Thanks for everything boys!!

    • @Goldensong57
      @Goldensong57 2 года назад +3

      Me too!!! Oakland all the way!!!!

    • @oldschoolfunkster1
      @oldschoolfunkster1 2 года назад +1

      Oh yeah! Totally agree. Since high school too. This is HAPPY music!!

  • @DirtyOldBoston
    @DirtyOldBoston Год назад +3

    I used to see Ellis Hall at Jack's on Mass Ave in Cambridge in the 70s.

  • @andrewward1252
    @andrewward1252 3 года назад +30

    This time is real what a bad ass band

  • @jeremyboyce1537
    @jeremyboyce1537 Год назад +9

    The Greatest Band I ever heard , Amazing how there were so many Members and they all Meshed so well !

  • @percywood7471
    @percywood7471 9 месяцев назад +2

    They are for real!

  • @mitchweiner
    @mitchweiner 2 года назад +21

    I’m a 50-year fan who has seen them live twice and they are brilliant!

    • @oldschoolfunkster1
      @oldschoolfunkster1 2 года назад +2

      Not bragging, but I've seen them maybe 30+ times (lost count) and EVERY time it feels like I did the first time. They never disappoint.
      I'm a guitar player because of them, but I love how they play each instrument individually. Beautiful and challenging arrangements.

  • @Fortytwowheelman
    @Fortytwowheelman 2 года назад +11

    Love Ellis Halls rendition ! The best ever !

  • @geeeemn5010
    @geeeemn5010 21 день назад

    TOP concerts are an outer body experience!

  • @jamessteen6667
    @jamessteen6667 9 месяцев назад +4

    Groovin hard man!!!!!😊

  • @musicaleltd
    @musicaleltd Год назад +4

    worked on a blues project with Ellis Hall in 2021; first class talent, helluva a vocalist AND musician!!

  • @langstonify
    @langstonify 8 месяцев назад +2

    "East Bay Grease." Fabulous.

  • @tovarisch2788
    @tovarisch2788 7 месяцев назад +2

    Wow! Ellis Hall. A very fine musician. And the band is still tight even with so many extra personnel.

  • @hansombrother1
    @hansombrother1 3 года назад +15

    I have been listening to TOP since high school in the 1970s . And saw them in concert twice.

  • @TheStikapos
    @TheStikapos 2 года назад +4

    Funny how so many vocalists make this song so awesome! Must be the song!

  • @lisapool8357
    @lisapool8357 2 года назад +4

    Can't stop moving to these tunes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sing it !~!!!!

  • @rickmcquillis6626
    @rickmcquillis6626 2 года назад +4

    Absolutely the best band, I've ever witnessed!!

  • @brucecoughlin4723
    @brucecoughlin4723 2 года назад +5

    Loving it for life, get times and learning to grow up love you all TOP!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @GGLee315
    @GGLee315 2 года назад +5

    That was an incredible night!!! ❤️❤️

  • @jackmundo4043
    @jackmundo4043 2 года назад +5

    How can any music be better than this.

  • @earloconnell7316
    @earloconnell7316 2 года назад +3

    Crunchy brass line you could lean on and groove

  • @williambeck6364
    @williambeck6364 2 года назад +10

    Ellis....a great vocalist for Tower!

    • @randydevore5198
      @randydevore5198 2 года назад +4

      He always hits the highest notes. If you haven't checked out the new guy Mike Jerel (from the Voice) check it out. I have his first performance with TOP at Lake Tahoe on my account.

  • @robertcooper6289
    @robertcooper6289 Год назад +2

    Horn section sounds fantastic

  • @bfrank88
    @bfrank88 3 года назад +8

    Miss Rocco !.... R I P brah!.... Aloha!....🎸

  • @andrewsandoz8005
    @andrewsandoz8005 Год назад +2

    Damn this sounds good

  • @nancyfreire6078
    @nancyfreire6078 2 года назад +1

    Tower of power great freeway music life is a lot better listening to them while driving.

  • @kristoferpersson1614
    @kristoferpersson1614 21 день назад

    ToP never souled better!!

  • @gailduarte754
    @gailduarte754 2 года назад +3

    My favs! Best horns ever!!! I see Larry 👀

  • @dominicshannon4638
    @dominicshannon4638 2 года назад +8

    Lenny sang the Sh$t outta this on the original cut !!

  • @callysun
    @callysun Год назад +1

    I like this vocalist

  • @karolebeauchamp5926
    @karolebeauchamp5926 2 года назад +4

    YESSSSS! Let it Go!

  • @cyberd0g
    @cyberd0g 2 года назад +2

    You. The. Best

  • @jerryferko8309
    @jerryferko8309 2 года назад +5

    OUTSTANDING !!!!

  • @jonwatkins675
    @jonwatkins675 3 года назад +5

    To the TOP!

  • @stephaniemedina1848
    @stephaniemedina1848 2 года назад +3

    Very niceeeee...🐱💃🌷🌹🐦🎶🙏🌈

  • @jennieromero9416
    @jennieromero9416 Год назад +1

    Wow! Amazing !

  • @latingent8547
    @latingent8547 2 года назад +6

    Lenny Williams Lenny Williams Lenny Williams was the ultimate tower of power

  • @cynthiasantistevan28
    @cynthiasantistevan28 2 года назад +3

    They will be in Carmel ca next week heyyy

  • @mwhitney9532
    @mwhitney9532 4 месяца назад +1

    TOP ...Always Outstanding!

  • @oldschoolfunkster1
    @oldschoolfunkster1 2 года назад +1

    Check out that brass!!

  • @bene_chino
    @bene_chino 2 года назад +2

    Slammin’‼️😮❤️

  • @stevejones466
    @stevejones466 2 года назад +5

    This is music❤️

  • @yolyrom7233
    @yolyrom7233 2 года назад +2

    Outstanding!

  • @frederickburrell3603
    @frederickburrell3603 2 года назад +2

    The horn section of Johnny Taylor who’s making love pretty good also

  • @jerryferko8309
    @jerryferko8309 3 года назад +3

    richard ..........hands down and no doubt ........

  • @robertmasi9955
    @robertmasi9955 3 года назад +2

    aka "Mad Dad" Yeah, seen TOP a number of times in concert.
    If you haven't ..put that on your TO DO list.

  • @catirerubio
    @catirerubio 5 месяцев назад

    WOW!

  • @QuantumOfSolace1
    @QuantumOfSolace1 3 года назад +9

    Mic Gillette!!!

    • @gilbertcastillo4388
      @gilbertcastillo4388 3 года назад +1

      I once met mic Gillette after he performed in Fremont ca .6months before he passed .i told him I remember yu in highschool. Yu always carrying his horn cast every RIP .Gil Castillo .7/4/21.

  • @oscargluja426
    @oscargluja426 3 года назад +4

    Please 😖, 'Will I ever find the girl?' LIVE 🤧

  • @jonshannon7096
    @jonshannon7096 2 года назад +2

    Love the outro!

  • @jdfleischhacker1373
    @jdfleischhacker1373 5 лет назад +9

    I have the DVD and you'd have to kill me to get it.

  • @SibKiss-hc7zn
    @SibKiss-hc7zn 2 года назад +4

    Sweeeet!!

  • @44thenazz
    @44thenazz 2 года назад +5

    David G and Rocco.

  • @khalilmujahid6559
    @khalilmujahid6559 6 месяцев назад +1

    Ellis Hall may not be Lenny Williams but Lenny Williams isn't Ellis Hall either😮 Besides this is a nice
    rendition of This Love is Real, this kid can sing (Ellis Hall) 🎶

  • @margueritewillis676
    @margueritewillis676 9 месяцев назад +3

    Yes,yes🥰😆❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹💥💥

  • @eliot3010
    @eliot3010 2 года назад +4

    Where did the big band sound go? Back when real musicians, played real instruments and sang real songs, not this new mechanical, computer generated, no soul feeling garbage they playing nowadays!

  • @JamesRonstadt
    @JamesRonstadt 2 года назад +3

    Always good but the Lenny Williams years were the best. What is hip? Soul vaccination, So very hard to go etc.

  • @mikelyons4548
    @mikelyons4548 2 года назад +2

    KATHY, THIS IS MIKE......i KNOW UH?

  • @MichaelB-gv4ey
    @MichaelB-gv4ey Год назад

    Wheres LB

  • @patriciasalazar7644
    @patriciasalazar7644 2 года назад

    i dont like the singer its not the same its not real music,

    • @MRN89
      @MRN89  2 года назад +3

      You must be high

    • @patriciasalazar7644
      @patriciasalazar7644 2 года назад

      @@MRN89 no im not u are stupid. To each is own.