In memory of Steve “Skip” Mesquite, HornDrivenRadio.com has three songs that were written or co-written by Skip in its current rotation. The songs are Gone, Sparkling In The Sand both songs were recorded by Tower of Power, including Skips excellent flute work on Sparkling. The last song Mahdi (The Expected One), is a song co-written by Greg Adams and is featured on Greg’s CD Hidden Agenda.

With David Garibaldi’s permission we would like to share what David recently “Twittered” about Skip.

“Hey folks…greets from Detroit. A very busy 3 weeks since my last tweet. Many miles and many things have come and gone. The most significant is the passing of my dear friend, Skip Mesquite. He was one of the most gentle people I’ve ever known. We experienced many things together. He and Mic Gillette brought me into the TOP. It was in the spring of 1970 when we met. He leaves behind a beautiful family and many, many friends…he was loved by all of us. This is tough, and I’m not very good at eulogizing. I will say that Skip was a man who I trusted 100% and was a man of his word. He was a great husband, and father, a supreme friend with a wicked sense of humor. He was a man of unwavering faith who encouraged me in many ways. In all the years we knew each other, I never heard him complain about anything. He was creative, was an excellent musician and band mate he loved baseball and stupid jokes. He was a proud grandfather. He was one of a kind. I loved him and will miss him for a very long time. He and his saxophone are now awaiting the Lord’s return…rest in peace my friend”.

List is in Artist order and not in order of play…

***Al Green\Take Me To The River
***Anna King\That’s When I Cry
***Archie Bell And The Drells\The Soul City Walk
***Arthur Prysock\I’ve Got The Blues So Bad
***Average White Band\Pick Up The Pieces
***Back To Basic\Good, Good Time
***Band of Oz\Smoke From A Distant Fire
***Barbara Lynn\This Is The Thanks I Get
***Barry Danielian\Common Ground
***Betty Wright\Shoorah! Shoorah!”
***Big Maybelle\96 Tears
***Bill Bergman & The Metro Jets\Laguna
***Bill Champlin\Stone Cold Hollywood
***Bill Evans\The Shorty Shuffle
***Bill Withers, G Washington\Just the Two of Us
***Bing & the Bingtones\Mr DJ
***Blast\Do it ’till dawn
***BlowZone\Sucker Punch
***Bob James\Farandole
***Bobby Wayne\Soul’s Got A Sound
***Bona Fide\The Horse You Came In On
***Bononia Sound Machine\Very Little Good Time
***Bradley Leighton\She’s Gone
***Brecker Brothers\Sneakin’ Up Behind You
***Brian Culbertson\You Got To Funkifize feat Chance Howard
***Brothers Of The Southland\Rock And Roll Survivor
***Bruce Conte\Bump It Up
***Bull City Syndicate\You Make Me Feel
***Carmen Grillo\Dr. In The House
***Chad Rager Groove\Whipping Post
***Charles Earland\My Blues Is Funky
***Chase\Handbags And Gladrags
***Chilly Bob\Step Into My Life
***Chops Horns\Groove Me
***Chris Cain\Wake up and Smell the Coffee
***Crusaders\Street Life
***Dave Brubeck\Take Five
***Dave Koz\The Dance
***Dave Murphy Band\Right This Moment
***David Clayton – Thomas\Mornin’ Blues
***David Mann\Urban Eyes
***Delta Wires\Big Leg Woman
***Dko the Darren Kramer Organization\Quench!
***Down to the Bone\Spiderlegs
***Dr. Hector & The Groove Injectors\Good Night For Making Love
***Dyke & The Blazers\Let A Woman Be A Woman – Let A Man…
***Earth, Wind, & Fire\Reasons
***Eddie Floyd\Knock On Wood
***Edgar Winter’s White Trash\I’ve Got News For You
***Electric Flag\Soul Searchin’
***Entropy\Another Man’s Woman
***Eric Bolvin\Panama Red
***Euge Groove\Let’s Get It On
***Frank Biner\Frankie B. Is Back In Town
***Frank Williams & the Rocketeers\Show Me What You Got
***Funk Filharmonik\We Get The Notion
***Grant Smith And The Power\Keep On Running
***Greg Adams\Mahdi (The Expected One)
***Grover Washington, Jr.\Winelight
***Herb Albert\Rise
***Here Come The Mummies\Pants
***Herman Matthews\Function At The Junction
***Hip Service\Hip2DaFunk
***Huey Lewis & The News\Small World (Part Two)
***Jack Mack & Heart Attack\Hooray For City
***Jaco Pastorius\Soul intro/The Chicken
***Jacob Merlin\Monster
***James Brown\Soul Power (Parts 1 & 2)
***James Taylor\Whenever Your Ready
***Jay Soto\Slammin’
***Jeff Tamelier\East of the Caldecott
***Joe Cocker\You Can Leave Your Hat On
***John Findlay\Intoxicated
***Jon Burr Band\Just Can’t Wait
***Kal David\That’s Not Me
***King Beez\Against The Grain
***Larry Carlton\Minute By Minute
***Lee Ritenour\Is It You?
***Lloyd Jones\When I Get Back Home
***Louise Hoffsten\Shut Up And Kiss Me
***Luther Kent\I Pity The Fool
***Men From U.N.C.L.E.\How Can You Doubt My Love
***MGB-Mic Gillette Band\Moondoggie
***Mi22\Hit me with your rhythm
***Mick Sterling & The Stud Brothers\Jackie Wilson Said
***Mingo Fishtrap\Baby Money
***Muscle Shoals Horns\More Than Ever Now
***New York Trumpet Company Artists\Crawl, Slap, and Boogie
***Nils Gessinger\Jam It Up
***Ohio Players\Fire
***ORIGINAL BULL SHIT BAND\BANG BANG
***Patrick Allen\You Lit A Fire In Me
***Poncho Sanchez\One Mint Julep
***Robert Peckman\Stirrin’ Up Bees
***RYAN FORET AND FORET TRADITION\SHE’S MINE
***Sage\King of the Avenues
***Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns\Brother To Brother
***Santa Fe And The Fat City Horns\I’ll Pack It Up
***Santana\Watch Your Step
***Scott Martin\Escuela De Peska
***Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings\100 Days
***Smokin’ With Superman\2 Sweet Fine Hams
***Spyro Gyra\Morning Dance
***Strokeland Superband With Fred Ross\When Little Jesse Hit The Set
***Sweat & Tears Blood\God Bless The Child
***Tad Robinson\Long Way Home
***The Blues Brothers\634-5789
***The Boogie Kings\You Don’t Know Me
***The Buckinghams\Don’t You Care
***The Budos Band\Mas o Menos
***The Groove Hogs\Shoulda Read The Rules
***The Meters\Cissy Strut
***The Rascals\Jungle Walk
***The Sons of Champlin\Tabacco Road
***Tony Adamo\What Is Hip?
***Tower Of Power\Gone
***Tower Of Power\Sparkling In The Sand
***Various\Jimmy Hall w/LA Reflection Section / Higher And Higher
***Was (Not Was)\I Can’t Turn You Loose
***Whiskey Howl\Everythings Gonna Be Alright

10. Wear glasses with little windshield wipers on them.

9. Enough hot air to pass a major Health reform bill.

8. Your face looks like a cricket reflected off of Docs Sax.

7. Learn to read lips on the way home.

6. Your cell phone is fine, it your ears that are not working right.

5. You can tell if the band deli tray included garlic.

4. Horn players hate it when you suck lemons.

3. Blow drying your hair is redundant.

2. Don’t wear a cheap toupee, they can blow it into the balcony.

1. The hardest part of Adolpo and Mic hitting the high notes is watching you dance without laughing.

Several months ago, HornDrivenRadio.com was the first station to play Tony Adamo’s new version of the classic Tower of Power song “This Time It’s Real”.  Tony has just sent us a remastered version of the song and it is now in our rotation.  For “This Time It’s Real” Guitarist/producer Jerry Stucker brought in R&B/Soul -legend drummer, James Gadson (Bill Withers, Herbie Hancock and Quincy Jones),The organist Neil Larson (Gregg Allman, B.B. King, Whitney Houston), and Reggie McBride on bass (Stevie Wonder, Al Jarreau, Keb’Mo’) to record the rhythm tracks on the song. The horn section is made up of current Tower Of Power members Doc Kupka, Tom Politzer, and Mic Gillette.


Tony is back at it again with yet another cover of a Tower of Power staple, “What Is Hip?”  This time around the lineup consists of Tony Adamo(vocals) Mike Clark (drums), Bill Summers(percussion), Sandy Griffith (background vocals), Eddie Henderson (trumpet), Richie Goods (bass), Neil Larsen (organ), and Jerry Stucker (guitar). Eddie Henderson in the horn section and Doc Kupka (bari sax) is mo’ funk and groove than anyone can handle.  Once again, HornDrivenRadio.com is pleased to announce that we are the first station to have “What Is Hip?” in its rotation.  


For more information of Tony go to:
www.myspace.com/tonyrocadamo or www.strokeland.com