TOP Ten things the French need to know about Tower of Power and their fans

TOP Ten things the French need to know about Tower of Power and their fans.  By Al Carlos

10. What you call a riot, we call lunch period at Oakland Tech High School.

9. Our horns never play retreat.

8. Don’t make us climb up and fly a Raiders Nation flag from the Eiffel tower.

7. When they say, Drunk as a Skunk, they ain't talking the cartoon dude, Pepe Le Pew...

6. Love your fries, toast, and kisses.

5. No one in Oakland thinks Jerry Lewis is that funny.

4. You may be famous for your wines, but we are famous for our winos.

3. Acting rude to a TOP roadie may affect your ability to procreate.
2. Tell your Army not to surrender during the horn intro to YSAYM.

1. Ladies, if Larry tells you to wave your arms in the air, don’t do it, if you ain’t shaved your hair.

Horn Driven Radio celebrates Strokeland Records

Horn Driven Radio celebrates Strokeland Records


Today, Strokeland Records announced a new addition to their musical "family", with the release of the "San Gabriel 7's" new cd, "Cottonwood Station". Over the past six months Strokeland has added several new artists, as well as new music from existing members of the label headed by “Tower Of Power” founding member “Doc Kupka”. With this in mind, Horn Driven Radio is featuring in our current music rotation, the music of all the artists affiliated with Strokeland.

In addition to Doc Kupka's own Strokeland Superband, Strokeland's artist roster is as follows:: Alias Smith and Lane, Barela, Bill Bergman & The Metro Jets, Bononia Sound Machine, Bruce Conte, Chad Rager Groove, Doctor Funk, Funkiphino, Hip Service, Jack Mack & The Heart Attack, Jeff Tamelier, Jimmy McIntosh, John Lee Sanders, Jon R. Smith, Larry Braggs, Lon Bronson, Mark Dolin, Mic Gillette, Mingo Fishtrap, Patrick Allen, Roger Smith, Ron E. Beck, Sage, San Gabriel 7, Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns, Tony Adamo, & The Zen Blues Quartet. For a complete list of the artists and songs in our current rotation, go to www.horndrivenradio.com.

For more information on Strokeland go to www.strokeland.com

Below is a complete list of Strokeland songs in the playlist. In Artist order not in order of play:

Alias Smith and Lane---Flashback
Alias Smith and Lane---Little Buggers
Alias Smith and Lane---Smile & Nod
Barela---Can You Ever Think
Barela---Summer
Barela---The Partys Here
Bill Bergman & The Metro Jets---G' Man
Bill Bergman & The Metro Jets---Sunday Mornin'
Bill Bergman & The Micro Jets---Soul Universe
Bononia Sound Machine---Doin' It Top Style
Bononia Sound Machine---ESP
Bononia Sound Machine---Place For Love
Bruce Conte---Pavo
Bruce Conte---Route 66
Bruce Conte---CT's Jam
Chad Rager Groove---Squib Cakes
Chad Rager Groove---The Heat's On
Chad Rager Groove---Whipping Post
Doctor Funk---Livin In Bump City
Doctor Funk---Can't Fight The Funk
Doctor Funk---Step Up To The Plate
Funkiphino---Hold On
Funkiphino---Juice
Funkiphino---Rise Above
Glenn Walters with the Strokeland Superband---Yo' Love Is Far Out
Hip Service---Hip2DaFunk
Hip Service---Nuff Said
Hip Service---Sunday Morning
Jack Mack---Cardiac Party
Jack Mack & Heart Attack---Hooray For City
Jack Mack & Heart Attack---I Like Women
Jazz Rosco---Hopsctoch
Jazz Rosco---If You Want Me To Stay
Jazz Rosco---Party Up
Jeff Tamelier---E & J 4 Way
Jeff Tamelier---East of the Caldecott
Jeff Tamelier---Grease Release
Jimmy McIntosh---G-Spot
Jimmy McIntosh---It Was a Virus
Jimmy McIntosh---Mama Funk
John Lee Sanders---Foreclose On The House Of Love
John Lee Sanders---It's All Blues To Me
John Lee Sanders---Lost In The Shuffle
Jon R. Smith---A New Thing
Jon R. Smith---At Last
Jon R. Smith---Slow Jams
Larry Braggs---For Crying Out Loud
Larry Braggs---Halftime
Larry Braggs---Willin' To Learn
Lon Bronson---If You Aint Got Love
Lon Bronson---Tower Of Inspiration
Lon Bronson---White Punks On Dope
Mark Dolin---Belly Up
Mark Dolin---Can't Stop Thinkin' About Ya
Mark Dolin---The Parkin' Lot Hang
Mic Gillette---Abaco
Mic Gillette---If
Mic Gillette---Open Up The Door
Mingo Fishtrap---Baby Money
Mingo Fishtrap---Catch The Bus
Mingo Fishtrap---People Person
Patrick Allen---You Lit A Fire In Me
Patrick Allen---Good Lovin' Woman
Roger Smith---Fiesta
Roger Smith---Sittin' In
Roger Smith---Thinkin' 'Bout You
Ron E. Beck---Can't Go Back
Ron E. Beck---Rainbow
Ron E. Beck---When the Sun Goes Down
Sage---Funksway
Sage---Make It Funky Edition
Sage---Nobody Does It Like You
San Gabriel 7---Phat Sushi
San Gabriel 7---Reseda Fire Road
San Gabriel 7---Stealin My Money
Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns---I'll Pack It Up
Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns---When The Curtain Goes Up
Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns---Wishing Well
Strokeland Superband---Bumped Up To First Class
Strokeland Superband---Color Me Gone
Strokeland Superband---Kick It Up A Step
Strokeland Superband---Just In Case You Wondered
Strokeland Superband---Let's Do Funk
Strokeland Superband With Fred Ross---When Little Jesse Hit The Set
Strokeland Superband With Fred Ross---It's The Law
Strokeland Superband With Glenn Walters---Animal Walk
Strokeland Superband With Glenn Walters---Diamond Billy's Uptown Bar-B-Que
Tony Adamo---Groove Therapy
Tony Adamo---No Strings
Tony Adamo---The Way You Do The Things You Do
Zen Blues Quartet---I Love You More Than You Will Ever Know
Zen Blues Quartet---Messin' With The Kid

TOP Ten ways Tower of Power is getting ready for County Fair gigs By Al Carlos

10.The pig races is not what you think, if you are from Oakland.

9. Eating fried baloney in order to develop a corn dog tolerance.

8. Pat Rains is text messaging bearded lady so there are no conflicting dates.

7. Work on super secret 5 Alarm Oakland Chili recipes, guaranteed to make you move a colon, to enter into competition.

6. Remember, Carnival rides are not Ex Girlfriends.

5. Sensitivity training for newer players who may fear Carney's.

4. New contracts without a “cash or cattle” provision as payment.

3. Remembering that 4 H doesn’t mean; Ho’s, Harleys, Harlots, and Herbs.

2. Remind Tom there is a $10,000 putting contest at the Alameda Fair.

1. Procuring Industrial strength bald head sun block lotion.

Barela Update

As we mentioned earlier this month, the band "Barela" will be opening for Tower of Power June 11th at Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, CA.  This is a great opportunity to check out two great horn bands on the same bill.  Barela was recently added to the family of artists at Strokeland Records, you can purchase their CD at Strokeland.  Below is the billboard marking the event.

Check out the band at www.barelaband.com or go to their page at Strokeland Records.

Music from Josh Pfeiffer, San Gabriel 7, and Jack Mack And The Heart Attack just added.

Added to our current playlist are songs from Josh Pfeiffer, San Gabriel 7 & Jack Mack And The Heart Attack...see below

We have two songs from Northern California vocalist Josh Pfeiffer. Josh is a crooner in the style of Michael Buble. The two songs "Feeling Good" and "Almost Like Being In Love" are from Josh's CD "Josh Pfieffer American Crooner Act 1". Of note here is that Mic Gillette (of Tower Of Power fame) plays both trumpet and trombone on several of the songs. For more on Josh go to www.joshpfeiffer.com

Also added to the rotation, are two songs from the yet to be released CD title "Cottonwood Station" by the Southern California band San Gabriel Seven. The CD will be out in a few weeks. In the rotation are the songs "Cottonwood Station" and "Phat Sushi". As soon as the CD is available we will let you know. For more info on the San Gabriel 7 go to www.sgsjazz.com

Lastly, we have two songs from the soon to be released Cd by the one and only Jack Mack And The Heart Attack. The CD "Soul Meeting"should be released within the next few weeks. From Soul Meeting we are playing "Soul Man" and "Ride The Rocket". For more on Jack Mack go to www.jackmack.com.

New Playlist added

Our blog host was down for several days and we have been unable to post.  Last Friday we updated our playlist, below are the artists/songs currently in the rotation.  Artist order, not order of play.

***Ambergris---Play On Player
***Andy Dewitt---Better Chance It
***Anthony Setola---Oakland And Back
***Arthur Prysock---I've got the blues so bad 2
***August The Band---Go Down Gamblin'
***Average White Band---Pick Up The Pieces
***Back To Basic---Key To Your Heart
***Band of Oz---Wall to Wall
***Barbara Lynn---This Is The Thanks I Get
***Barela---Summer
***Beaufunk---Par-Tay
***Bernie Worrell---Rock The House
***Betty Wright---Shoorah! Shoorah!"
***BIG HORNS BEE---Vamp Intro (Reprise)
***Big Sam's Funky Nation---Big Ol' Booty
***Bill Bergman & The Metro Jets---Ipanema
***Bill Champlin---Stone Cold Hollywood
***Bill Summers---Straight To The Bank
***Bill Withers, G Washington---Just the Two of Us
***Bing & The Bingtones---Funk With Me
***Blast---Do it 'till dawn
***Blood, Sweat & Tears---God Bless The Child
***BlowZone---Sucker Punch
***Bob Walsh---Born in Chicago
***Bobby Wayne---Soul's Got A Sound
***Bononia Sound Machine---Doin' It TOP Style
***Boston Horns---Dyno-mite
***Bradley Leighton---Café Con Leche
***Brecker Brothers---Some Skunk Funk
***Bruce Conte---Saturday Night Women
***Bull City Syndicate---You Make Me Feel
***Candy Dulfer---Valdez In The Country
***Carmen Grillo---Dr. In The House
***Chad Rager Groove---Whipping Post
***Charles Wells---It's My Turn
***Charlie Wilson, Ray Charles, Brandy, Chaka Khan And Ashford & Simpson---Stuff Like That
***Chase---Open Up Wide
***Chester Thompson---Mr. T
***Cold Blood---You Got Me Hummin'
***Darrell Nulisch---My Baby's Gone
***Dave Dunlop---Mansata
***Dave Koz---Put The Top Down
***Dave Murphy Band---Right This Moment
***Dave Weckl Band---Tower Of Inspiration
***David Clayton - Thomas ---Mornin' Blues
***David Sanborn Feat. Derek Trucks---Brother Ray
***Delbert McClinton---New York City
***Dko the Darren Kramer Organization---Quench!
***Doctor Funk---Livin In Bump City
***Doug And The Slugs---It's Got To Be Monday
***Dr. John---Such A Night
***Dyke & The Blazers---Let A Woman Be A Woman - Let A Man...
***Earl Thomas---Do You Remember
***Earth, Wind, & Fire---Reasons
***East 4th HornS---Trought The Fire
***East Bay Soul---Survival Of The Hippest
***Eli Paperboy Reed---I Found You Out
***Entropy---We Came To Funk
***Eric Bolvin---Time Bomb
***Eric Miyashiro---Ken's Bar
***Fishbelly Black---Freaks Gonna Rule The World
***Fontella Bass---Rescue Me
***Four 80 East---Loosey Goosey
***Francis Rocco Prestia---Don't Play Around
***Frank Biner---It´s Nice To See You Again
***Frank Wilson---Do I Love You
***Freeport---Get Back
***Funk Filharmonik---Everybody Get Down
***Glenn Walters ---Pain In My Heart
***Gota Yashiki ---What's Up Charlie
***Grant Smith And The Power---Keep On Running
***Greg Adams---Smooth Operator
***Grover Washington, Jr.---Winelight
***Heavy Metal Horns---Horns In The House
***Herb Albert ---Rise
***Here Come the Mummies---Bump
***Himlaväsen---Ain´t No Stoppin´ Now
***Horny Funk Brothers---Come Together
***J.J. Barnes---Our Love Is In The Pocket
***Jack Mack & Heart Attack---Cardiac Party
***Jaco Pastorius---Soul intro/The Chicken
***Jacob Merlin---Madness (Featuring Mic Gillette)
***James Brown---Mother Popcorn
***James Carr---You Don't Want Me
***James Fountain---Seven Day Lover
***James Taylor---Whenever Your Ready
***Jay Soto---Slammin'
***Jeff Golub---Cold Duck Time
***Jerry Lacroix---Ninety Nine And One-Half (Won't Do)
***Joe Louis Walker---I Can't Get You Off My Mind
***Johnny "Guitar" Watson---Ain't That A Bitch
***Johnny Adams---Back To Normal
***Jon R. Smith---Rainy Night In Georgia
***Kenny Neal---Ain't Nothing You Can Do
***King Beez---Against The Grain
***Kool & The Gang---Funky Stuff
***Lavell Hardy---Don't Lose Your Groove
***Lighthouse---One Fine Morning (Canadian Mix)
***Little Mike & The Sweet Soul Music Band---Free Ride
***Lloyd Jones---When I Get Back Home.mp3
***Lon Bronson---White Punks On Dope
***Luther Kent---I Pity The Fool
***Malo---Suavecito
***Marcus Miller---Frankenstein
***Mark Dolin---The Parkin' Lot Hang
***Martha & The Vandellas---(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave [Single Version]
***Max Carl & Big Money---Show Me The Money
***Maynard Ferguson---Birdland
***Men From U.N.C.L.E.---Knock On Wood/Studio
***Mic Gillette---Abaco
***Michael Grimm---Tired Of Being Alone
***Mick Sterling and the Stud Brothers---Dr. Feelgood
***Mighty Sam McClain---I'm Sorry
***Mingo Fishtrap---Baby Money
***Monophonics---BANG BANG
***Nick Lane, Lee Thornberg, Jimmy Zavala, Luis Conte---Big & Hairy
***Nils Landgren---Simple Life
***North Of Soul---Put It Where You Want It
***Paul Langille---Bing It On Home To Me
***Pete Escovedo---Esta Noche
***PowerTrump---Twice As Good, For Half As Much
***Prime Time Funk---Champs Elysees
***Sage---Make It Funky
***Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns---Everybody Wants To Love You
***The Bamboos---Funky Buttercup
***The Bo-Keys---Back at the Chicken Shack
***The Budos Band---Mas o Menos
***The California Honeydrops---When It Was Wrong
***The Chops Band---Scrapple And Grits
***The Crusaders---Street Life
***The Dexters---Pass The Peas
***The Doobie Brothers---Long Train Running
***The Edgar Winter Group---I've Got News For You
***The Ides Of March---Vehicle
***The Mike Reilly Band---Whos Been Sleeping In My Bed