Tower of Power

Tower of Power

Saturday, January 28

Doors: 7 pm
Show: 8 pm
Veil Pavilion

Celebrating 55 years, Tower of Power performs live inside Veil Pavilion on Saturday, January 28.

For over 50 years, Tower of Power has delivered the best in funk and soul music.“We were a Soul band called The Motowns.” recalls Emilio Castillo. “Rocco was the bass player, I was in there, and my brother was the drummer. I met “Doc” Kupka back in 1968, and gave him an audition. He came in the band, and we eventually changed our name to the Tower of Power.” The reason for the band name change was that they had a specific goal in mind.

“We wanted to get into the Fillmore Auditorium and with a name like the Motowns, dressed in suits with razor cuts, we knew we’d never get in there. We grew our hair long, and started to be hippies, and changed our name. Doc then suggested that we start writing our own songs.”

The Fillmore was a major goal, which came along at the right time. “We had been playing nightclubs, and we had gotten busted for being underage. One night, the ABC came in, and caught the trumpet player drinking, and the next thing we knew, a notice was out across the Bay Area that if they hired us again, clubs would lose their liquor license. Then, my parents moved to Detroit, and I was on my own, broke and hungry, and all I did was rehearse. We wrote the songs for East Bay Grease, and by November, we were at the end of our rope. I told the guys that I was leaving for the holidays, and if nothing happened with this audition, I wasn’t coming back.”

Fortunately, he did, and the rest as they say, is history.

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General Admission – $50++
General Admission seating is first-come, first-serve.
Doors open at 7pm and the show starts at 8pm.

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All ages show. Guests under 18 must be accompanied by an adult 21+. Ticket price subject to Live Entertainment Tax (LET) and fees where applicable. All sales are final. Entertainment subject to change without prior notice. Management reserves all rights.