TOP Ten reasons Tower Of Power are not asked to perform at the Royal Wedding: By Al Carlos

10. They couldn't keep a straight face every time someone said, "The Queen Mother".

9. The only British Queen they know is Elton John.

8. The Father in Law threatened to sit in on bagpipes.

7. The only appropriate tune they could come up with was Duke of Earl.

6. They thought Prince of Wales meant, his kingdom only consisted of fat women.

5. Doc refused to paste Ostrich feathers and a veil to his hat.

4. If Prince Charles sat in the front row, his ears could affect the sound mix.

3. Nobody wanted to rent tuxedos, and all they had to wear was their going to court suits.

2. Sir Tom Jones could not get them on the guest list, only on will call.

1. Billions of TV viewers, literally dozens of TOP fans interested.

Check out where some of our friends are playing this week

Info on Funk Filharmonik, East Bay Soul, Lon Bronson All-Star Band, Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns, Fred Ross, August, & Sage.


Funk Filharmonik is celebrating their 25th Anniversary with a show on  April 22,2011 at the Crazy Donkey in Farmingdale, NY.  Check them out at: www.funkfilharmonik.com
  
East Bay Soul has three shows coming up in California April 21-23.  First show is at Yoshi's in Oakland on the 21st, and the next two shows are at Spaghetttini Jazz Club in Seal Beach on the 22nd and 23rd.  East Bay Soul's website is: www.eastbaysoul.com.

The Lon Bronson All-Star Band will be at Green Valley Ranch on April 28th in Las Vegas.  Lon Bronson All-Star Band info is at: www.lonbronsonband.com

Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns appear every Monday at The Palms in Las Vegas.  Check them out at: www.santafeband.com

Stokeland Artist Fred Ross appears every Friday and Saturday Night at Harry Denton's Starlight Room-at The Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco, CA.  For more info on the Starlight Room go to: www.harrydenton.com

August is playing this Friday night April 22 at The Intercontenental Hotel in Rosemont, Il..  For more you can go to: www.augusttheband.com

Sage is playing April 23rd at #1 Broadway in Los Gatos CA.  Sage is found at: www.sagemusic.com

News about Jesse McGuire, Barela, Funk Filharmonik, East Bay Soul, Lon Bronson, and Santa Fe

Jesse McGuire's/Power Trump "Twice as Good, Half As Much" CD is now available at Amazon, Itunes and Cdbaby.  For more info go to www.jessemcguire.com

Barela is now part of the Strokeland Records Family the CD "Can You Ever Think" is available.  Plus, Barela will be opening for Tower Of Power in June.  Check their page out at Strokeland www.strokeland.com/StrokelandAroundTheWorld/Barela/CanYouEverThink/CanYouEverThink.htm

Funk Filharmonik is celebrating their 25th Anniversary with a show on  April 22,2011 at the Crazy Donkey in Farmingdale, NY.  Check them out at www.funkfilharmonik.com/Funk_Filharmonik/Home.html

East Bay Soul has three shows coming up in California April 21-23.  First show is at Yoshi's in Oakland on the 21st, and the next two shows are at Spaghetttini Jazz Club in Seal Beach on the 22nd and 23rd.  East Bay Soul's website is www.eastbaysoul.com.

The Lon Bronson All-Star Band will be at Green Valley Ranch on April 14 and April 28th in Las Vegas.  Lon Bronson All-Star Band info is at www.lonbronsonband.com

Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns appear every Monday at The Palms in Las Vegas.  Check them out at www.santafeband.com

Updated Playlist for April 04, 2011

We uploaded a new playlist this morning.  Listed below are the songs in our current rotation.  As always, in artist order and not order of play.

***Arturo Sandoval/Aqui en Miami - Arturo Sandoval
***Bill King's Rhythm Express/Rhythm Express
***Bill Summers & Summers Heat/Woo Me Baby
***Brass Construction/Movin
***Brian Culbertson/Get It On
***Brian Culbertson/Serpentine Fire
***Brooklyn Funk Essentials/Bop Hop
***Citizen Swing/Feelers
***Danser's Inferno/Time Is Laughing
***David Benoit/Houston
***David Mullen/Papa
***Doug Johns/The Red
***Dr Soul/Soulgroove
***Dr Soul/Ticket to ride
***Dream Band/Soul Man
***Dream Band/Sweet Home Chicago
***Dream Band/You Can Call Me AL
***Eddie Floyd/Groove Me
***Funkasaurus Rex/But It's Alright
***Funkasaurus Rex/Can't Hide Love
***Funkasaurus Rex/Mighty Love
***Galactic/From The Corner To The Block
***Gregg Karukas/Girl In The Red Dress
***Jaco Pastorius/Come On, Come Over
***James Brown/Get On The Good Foot
***Jason Mraz/Copchase
***Jay Trainer/Miss You Well - Jay Trainer
***Jay Trainer/Show Me Yours - Jay Trainer
***Jazz Rosco/If You Want Me To Stay
***Jim Byrnes/Hot as a Pistol
***Jimmy Hall/Wonderful Girl
***John Findlay/Intoxicated
***John Lee Sanders/Too Close To Be Friends
***Jules Broussard/Cajun Moon
***Kal David/That's Not Me
***Karminsky Experience/Tequila - (Button Down Brass Featuring The Funky Trumpet Of Ray Davies, The)
***LARRY CARLTON/I'LL BE AROUND
***Line Drive/You've Gotta Believe In Something
***Lon Bronson/If You Aint Got Love
***Louise Hoffsten/Shut Up And Kiss Me
***Luther Kent and Trick Bag/Let The Good Times Roll
***Lyle Lovett/Straighten Up And Fly Right
***Mandrill/Fencewalk
***Manu Dibango/Soul Makossa
***MGB-Mic Gillette Band/Moondoggie
***Mic Gillette/Funky Good Time - Complete
***Michael Grimm/Sit Down And Shut Up
***Mingo Fishtrap/Catch The Bus
***Molasses/Blisters
***New York Horns/Bring That Friend Of Yours
***Nils Gessinger/Soulmusic
***ORIGINAL BULL SHIT BAND/LETS GET FUNKED
***Otis Grand/Finish Line - w/Curtis Salgado
***Patrice Rushen/Hang It Up
***Patrick Allen/You Lit A Fire In Me
***Paulo Mendoca/Respect
***Pee Wee Ellis/How I Depend On You
***Pete Escovedo/Esta Noche
***Peter White/Pedro Blanco
***Players Association/Let's Groove
***Poncho Sanchez/One Mint Julep
***PowerTrump/Island Calm
***PowerTrump/Streets Of Gold, Gates Of Pearl
***Prime Time Funk/Hopelessly In Love
***Rastus/Keep on Pushin'
***Rastus/Lazy Kind of Day
***Rastus/Lucy Bluebird
***ReUnion/Willing to Learn
***Rhythm Funk Masters/Frantic Activity
***Rick Braun/Curve Ball
***Robbie King/Tencegrity
***Rock - Various Artists/Time Won't Let Me
***Roger Smith/Change The World
***RYAN FORET AND FORET TRADITION/IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN
***Sage/Soul Patrol
***San Gabriel Seven/Sick Of The Blues
***San Gabriel Seven/The Bone Specialist
***Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns/I'll Pack It Up
***Scott Martin Latin Soul Band/Pork Choppin'
***Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings/The Collection Song (Bonus Track)
***Sharpshooters/Funk Shack West
***Shilts/Outside The Box
***Shirley Scott & The Soul Saxes/It's Your Thing
***Smokin' With Superman/2 Sweet Fine Hams
***Solomon Burke/Everything About You
***Soulive/Cannonball
***Special Request Horns/For Fred
***Special Request Horns/It's gotta be funky
***Special Request Horns/The Demon
***Spyders/I Can Take Care of Myself
***Spyro Gyra/Catching The Sun
***Stan Getz & João Gilberto/The Girl From Ipanema
***Stefan Redtenbacher/Fred's Haus
***Steve Bassett/On A Saturday Night
***Strokeland Superband With Fred Ross/It Was A Natural Disaster
***Strokeland Superband/Just In Case You Wondered
***Terry Wollman/If You Say So
***Terry Wollman/Lucky Louie
***The Funk On Me/Children Ain't Creepers (Feat. Fred Wesley)
***The Funk On Me/Make Ur Point
***The Funk On Me/Yo, Funk It Up!
***The Salsoul Orchestra, Loleatta Holloway/Runaway
***The Soul Children/Bring It Here
***THE SUN MESSENGERS/Late Night Cruise
***The Super Groovers/Super Groover
***Tom Saviano/JP's Groove
***Tom Scott & the L.A. Express/Smokin' Section
***Tony Adamo/This Time It's Real
***Topper Headon/Leave it to luck
***Tortilla Factory/Stand By Me
***Totally Wired/Time & Space Theme
***Toto/Rosanna
***Tower of Power/Me and Mrs. Jones
***Tower of Power/Mr.Pitiful
***Tower of Power/What Is Hip?
***Triodes/Big Belly
***Van Morrison/Moondance
***Various Artists/Standing On Shaky Ground - Delbert McClinton
***Various/Jimmy Hall w/LA Reflection Section / Higher And Higher
***Was (Not Was)/Dirty Water
***Was (Not Was)/I Can't Turn You Loose
***Wayne Cochran/Somebody's Been Cuttin' In On My Groove
***Wilson Pickett/Do You Like Good Music
***Wishbone Ash/Dream Train (With Brass)
***Yoichi Murata/THEME (from "After New Year's Eve With David Sanborn")
***Zen Blues Quartet/Powerful Stuff