Over the last 50 years, tenor sax player and vocalist Castillo has traveled from Oakland to Sacramento and beyond, performing around the world with the soul-funk 10-piece. Tower of Power had just ...

Elton John, “The Bitch Is Back” (1974) I had a saxophone solo on “The Bitch Is Back,” which was a revelatory experience. Tower of Power was ... became the guitar player and band leader ...

Doc and his signature baritone sax sound were now in the band, and on August 13, 1968, Tower of Power, as we know them today ... Hartel was the organ player for Lydia Pense and Cold Blood at the time, ...

Tower of Power is in the rarified air of those musical ... one of these could take off,” said the faith-based sax player and vocalist. At 71, Castillo said many are surprised he maintains ...