Very Best of Tower of Power

Remember to seed at least 2:1
People who don't seed aren't true pirates.
" Never does hatred cease by hating; by not hating does it cease: this is the ancient law."-Dhammapada verse 3 of first chapter.
So we should all share!


Tower of Power is one of the best funk bands. They started in 1968. Go East Bay!
Band members:
Emilio Castillo plays second tenor sax, as well as providing background and lead vocals.

Stephen "Doc" Kupka is not only a founding member of Tower of Power, but along with Emilio Castillo has written most of the TOP song catalog.

Francis "Rocco" Prestia, TOP's bass player, has a style that is truly unique.

David Garibaldi is TOP's drummer. "DG" was selected as the Modern Drummer Reader’s Roll 2007 – Best Traditional R&B Drummer.

Larry Braggs is TOP's lead vocalist. "LB" is referred to by Emilio Castillo as "Pound for pound, the baddest cat in the land".

Roger Smith is the keyboard player for TOP, and covers background vocals as well.

Tom E. Politzer is TOP's lead tenor sax player.

Trumpeter, Adolfo Acosta, began playing with Tower Of Power during the Summer of 2000 after leaving a band led by the legendary trumpet virtuoso and jazz musician, Maynard Ferguson.

Jerry Cortez joined Tower of Power in January of 2010.

Lee Thornburg re-joined Tower Of Power in January of 2011. He was a band member from 1986 to 1995.

info from http://www.towerofpower.com/

Remember to seed at least 2:1
People who don't seed aren't true pirates.

1. You Got To Funkifize
2. What Happened To The World that Day
3. Down To The Nightclub
4. You're Still A Young Man
5. What Is Hip
6.So Very Hard To Go
7. This Time it's Real
8.Will I Ever Find A Love
9. Soul Vaccination
10.Time Will Tell
11.Below Us All The City Lights
12. Don't Change Horses (In The Middle Of A Stream)
13. Willing To Learn
14. Only So Much Oil In The Ground
15. I Won't Leave Unless You Want Me To
16. You're So Wonderful So Marvelous



"But if cattle and horses and lions had hands
or could paint with their hands and create works such as men do,
horses like horses and cattle like cattle
also would depict the gods' shapes and make their bodies
of such a sort as the form they themselves have." -Xenophanes