The group started playing clubs in Berkeley and Oakland with the aim of graduating to local concert promoter Bill Graham's Fillmore West. Tower of Power songwriter, saxophonist and sometimes lead singer Emilio Castillo was advised by his father to hire baritone sax player Stephen "Doc" Kupka after an audition to join Castillo's band the Motowns. Outside of psychedelic soul and funk pioneers Sly and the Family Stone, few Bay Area bands have exerted the kind of influence on R&B music that "East Bay Grease" progenitors Tower of Power have since the principal members first come together in 1968.
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"Even in the early days when I was first learning how to work in a studio, there were people from the Tower of Power camp musicians that were with me, helping me learn my craft."
"I was a little surprised that I was added to the show but then to be involved with a performance that also includes Tower of Power, it's sort of like a historic thing to me because of the torch that they held for Oakland before I was even an artist," $hort said. Hailed by many as the original East Bay rapper, Short, now 56, said he's been performing since he was 16. "I'm definitely going to have that energy, it's appreciation on my end, I really appreciate that this is something that I was doing 30-plus years ago," Too $hort told KPIX. Tickets reservations for the anticipated concert sold out in less than an hour on May 31 but festival organizers made more available on Friday, June 3, at 2 p.m. Those were also snapped up quickly. This year's opening concert presents an all Bay Area line-up of headlining East Bay funk veterans Tower of Power, Oakland hip-hop icon Too $hort and scratch wizard DJ Shortkut. More info: Official Stern Grove website.The San Francisco Board of Supervisors eventually approved the updated repair cost of $20 million back in April. According to reports, the initial SFPUC estimates of a $4 million cost to repair the Grove was woefully short. Anchored by Doc Kupkas baritone, the renowned Tower of Power Horn Section has long been considered by many the best in the business and features 1st tenor.
Stern Grove flooding damage (Stern Grove Festival)įlooding washed mud across the concert meadow area in front of the stage and did considerable damage to the backstage area at the venue. The season closing Big Picnic fundraiser featuring the two famed East Bay acts was canceled when flooding from a broken water main flooded the Grove just days before the late August show date, causing "catastrophic damage" to the park and putting this year's festival in doubt. SAN FRANCISCO - What had been planned as an epic 84th season closing concert for the Stern Grove Festival now serves as this year's opening show when iconic Oakland music acts T ower of Power and Too $hort share the stage in San Francisco on June 12.
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