Our current playlist contains music from and about the originators of East Bay Soul “Tower Of Power” (TOP) as they celebrate their 45st Anniversay this month. . Our playlist includes TOP originals, TOP covers by other bands, music by former members of TOP, and music that includes the TOP horn section over the years. As the month progresses we will be adding more songs as well.
This playlist has more versions of What Is Hip? then you can imagine…..
Below in Artist Order (not in order of play) is our playilst dedicated to TOP:
Al Kooper-Finders Keepers
Al Kooper-Wrestle With This
Allen Savedoff-What Is Hip?
August The Band-Don’t Change Horses
Barela-Tower Pops
Barry Danielian-Shine Your Light
Barry Danielian-Street Smarts
Big Band Der Bundeswehr-Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride
Bononia Sound Machine-Doin’ It TOP Style
Brandon Fields-Grapevine
Brandon Fields-Smooth As Glass
Brian Culbertson-You Got To Funkifize Ft. Chance Howard
Bruce Conte-Messin’ With The Kid
Bruce Conte-Saturday Night Women
Candy Dulfer-2 Funky
Candy Dulfer-Drop It In The Slot
Carmen Grillo-Cookie
Carmen Grillo-Dr. In The House
Chad Rager Groove-What Is Hip?
Chester Thompson-Mr. T
Chester Thompson-Power House
Chilly Bob-Step Into My Life
Curtis Salgado-Both Sorry Over Nothin’
Dave C. Norman-What Is Hip?
Dave Stahl-Squib Cakes
Doctor Funk-Livin In Bump City
Doctorfunk-What’s Up Doc?
Doug And The Slugs-It’s Got To Be Monday
East Bay Soul-Brassalicious
East Bay Soul-Jump, Shout & Holler
Elvin Bishop-Calling All Cows
Euge Groove-From The Top
Euge Groove-Play Date
Francis Rocco Prestia-Don’t Play Around
Francis Rocco Prestia-Everybody on the Bus
Frank Biner-Frankie B. Is Back In Town
Frank Biner-Try A Little Tenderness
Funk Filharmonik-We Get The Notion
Funk Filharmonik-You Never Left Here
Funkiphino-Please Don’t Give Up on Me
Funkiphino-Rise Above
Glenn Walters with the Strokeland Superband-Diamond Billy’s Uptown Bar-B-Que
Glenn Walters-Pain In My Heart
Gothem City Crime Fighters-Who Stole The Batmobile?
Gov’t Mule-What Is Hip?
Greg Adams-Smooth Operator
Greg Adams-‘Sup With That
Heavy Metal Horns-You’re Still A Young Man
Herman Matthews-Function At The Junction
Herman Matthews-Junk In The Trunk
Hip Service-Nuff Said
Hollywood Hitmen-Attitude Dane
Huey Lewis & The News-Perfect World
Huey Lewis & The News-Small World (Part One)
Jacob Merlin-Madness (Featuring Mic Gillette)
Jazz Police-Tower Tribute
Jeff Tamelier-East of the Caldecott
Larry Braggs-For Crying Out Loud
Lenny Pickett-Dance Music for Borneo Horns No. 2
Lenny Pickett-Dance Music for Borneo No. 4
Lenny Williams-Can’t Nobody Do Me Like You
Lenny Williams-So Very Hard To Go
Little Feat-Rocket In My Pocket
Little Feat-Spanish Moon
Lon Bronson-What Is Hip?
Luis Miguel-Que Nivel De Mujer
Mann Brothers-Afternoon Delight
Mann Brothers-Use It or Lose It
Mark Dolin-Belly Up
Mark Dolin-The Parkin’ Lot Hang
Matt Catingub, New Zealand Youth Jazz Orchestra-Squib Cakes
Melanie Jackson/Sal Cracchiolo-A Night in Tunisia
Melanie Jackson/Sal Cracchiolo-One Note Samba
MGB-Mic Gillette Band-Moondoggie
Mic Gillette-Funky Good Time
Michelle Shocked w/Tower of Power-Barefootin’
Nick Lane, Lee Thornberg, Jimmy Zavala, Luis Conte-Big & Hairy – Nick Lane, Lee Thornberg, Jimmy Zavala, Luis C
Norbert Stachel-Firefly
Norbert Stachel-Likeside Shuffle
North of Soul-You’re Still a Young Man
Orrenmaa Band-Make My Day
Poncho Sanchez-Shotgun Slim
Poncho Sanchez-Squib Cakes
PowerTrump-Flight Of The Archangel
PowerTrump-Twice As Good, For Half As Much
ReUnion-Willing to Learn
Richard Elliot-The Power Of Suggestion
Richard Elliott-The Boys From The Bay
Roger Smith-Fiesta
Roger Smith-Horn-Afication
Ron E. Beck-Because I Love YOU
Santana-Everybody’s Everything
Santana-Watch Your Step
Solid Brass-Squib Cakes
Soulpatrol-Soul With A Capital “S”
Stefan Redtenbacher-Fred’s Haus
Stefan Redtenbacher-Shindig!
Strokeland Superband With Fred Ross-When Little Jesse Hit The Set
Strokeland Superband-Bumped Up To First Class
Strokeland Superband-Kick It Up A Step
The Doobie Brothers-Long Train Running
Tim Akers & The Smoking Section-What Is Hip?
Tony Adamo-Up In It
Tony Adamo-What Is Hip?
Toto-Animal
Tower Of Power-Ain’t Nothin’ Stoppin’ Us Now
Tower Of Power-Don’t Change Horses (In The Middle Of A Stream)
Tower Of Power-Flash In The Pan
Tower Of Power-How Could This Happen To Me00
Tower Of Power-Just Enough And Too Much
Tower Of Power-Nowhere To Run
Tower Of Power-Simple As That
Tower Of Power-Sparkling In The Sand
Tower Of Power-What Is Hip?
Tower Of Power-You`re Gonna Need Me
Various Artists-Flash In The Pan
Various Artists-I Do My Best Work At Night
Was (Not Was)-Crazy Water
Yoichi Murata-Carry On
Yoichi Murata-Positive Sign
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