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 ...

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 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 ...

When the 10 members of Tower of Power were in place behind Bob ... to note that the original songwriting nucleus of bari saxophonist Stephen "Funky Doctor" Kupa and bandleader/tenor saxophonist ...

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 ...

Music's most innovative artists cannot be confined to one genre musically, and the same can be said for Tower of Power. Some call ... Doc's signature baritone sax sound blew Emilio away, and ...

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 ...