Tickets  Tower of Power tickets in Orlando at The Plaza Live on Sat\, Feb 10\, 2024 - 8:00PM (axs.com)PLAZA LIVE BOX OFFICE CLOSEDDue to construction our Box Office is currently closed for in person purchases.  Please visit us at PlazaLive.org to purchase tickets for our upcoming shows. For any questions or concerns you can reach us at [email protected] or call us 407-228-1220thank you!!!ARTIST INFORMATIONBandleader and saxophonist Emilio Castillo was only 17 years old when he met Kupka and started to assemble the band that would become Tower of Power. âI had no vision at all\,â he recalls now...
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Tickets  Tower of Power tickets in Orlando at The Plaza Live on Sat\, Feb 10\, 2024 - 8:00PM (axs.com)PLAZA LIVE BOX OFFICE CLOSEDDue to construction our Box Office is currently closed for in person purchases.  Please visit us at PlazaLive.org to purchase tickets for our upcoming shows. For any questions or concerns you can reach us at [email protected] or call us 407-228-1220thank you!!!ARTIST INFORMATIONBandleader and saxophonist Emilio Castillo was only 17 years old when he met Kupka and started to assemble the band that would become Tower of Power. âI had no vision at all\,â he recalls now. âI just loved playing soul music. My idols were a local band called The Spyders and they had gigged in Sacramento. I thought\, âMan\, if I could just get to Sacramento that would be it.â That's literally how small my vision was.âThe band has long since surpassed Castilloâs admittedly modest aspirations\, traveling the world\, enjoying hit singles on their own and backing some of the most legendary artists of the last 50 years â a list that includes Otis Redding\, Elton John\, Santana\, the Grateful Dead\, John Lee Hooker\, Aerosmith\, Bonnie Raitt\, and countless others. In the process theyâve defined an âOakland soulâ sound as instantly recognizable as those from Castilloâs hometown\, Detroit\, as well as inspirations like Memphis and Philadelphia. While the Bay Area music scene had become famous because of the Fillmore\, across the Bay in San Francisco\, ToP launched a whole new sound and wore its less glamorous origins proudly.  That sound is vividly represented throughout the nearly two hours of pulse-quickening funk that makes up 50 Years of Funk &\; Soul. Released as a 3-LP set\, a 2-CD/DVD combo\, a standalone DVD\, as well as digitally\, 50 Years of Funk &\; Soul is the next best thing to hearing these brilliant musicians in person. The setlist spans the bandâs history\, from classic hits âYouâre Still a Young Man\,â âSo Very Hard to Go\,â âWhat is Hip?â and âDonât Change Horsesâ to newly-minted favorites like âStopâ and âDo You Like That?â from recent albums on Artistry Music/Mack Avenue Music Group\, Soul Side of Town (2018) and Step Up (2020). The band shows off its taut precision on the intricately syncopated âOn the Serious Sideâ and proves eerily prophetic by including âSoul Vaccination.â  This vigorous and dynamic live set should prove to be just that for fans around the world starved for the ToP groove over this past year. Count Castillo himself among their ranks â used to fronting the band for 200 dates a year\, heâs only played a single gig since last March\, joining Los Lobos for a drive-in concert at the Ventura County Fairgrounds. Heâs looking forward to resuming that tireless schedule once the coronavirus is under control. Despite the bandâs long and storied history\, he has no plans for retirement.
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