The much-awaited Manila performance of Tower Of Power is finally
happening September 7, 2018 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum to be mounted by
Ovation Productions. The triple bill event also features Dennis Lambert and
Kalapana.
Tower's musical odyssey actually began in 1968 when Emilio
Castillo met Stephen "Doc" Kupka in July of that year. When Doc
auditioned during a band rehearsal at Emilio's house, Emilio's father called
him into the kitchen and offered the following advice: "Hire that guy,
he's got something." This was how Doc and his signature baritone sax came
to be a major part of the band’s sound, and on August 13, 1968, Tower of Power,
as we know them today, began playing gigs, and soon became very well known in
the area.
Many other bands came out of the San Francisco Bay area in the
late 60's. Bands like The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, Journey,
and others all helped to define the "San Francisco Sound." Tower of
Power has always claimed Oakland, California as their hometown, playing area
venues and making a name for themselves.
Tower of Power was signed to Bill Graham’s San Francisco records
and their first album was East Bay Grease.
All of the compositions were original tunes written by Castillo and Kupka.
Their next album, Bump City, led to a
string of hits and memorable albums that include many of the songs that TOP
fans come out in force to hear, even to this day. Over the years, the Tower of
Power Horns have recorded with hundreds of artists as diverse as Aerosmith,
Elton John, Little Feat, Phish, Santana, Heart, and many others, forever
infusing the radio airwaves with Tower’s musical DNA.
Since the beginning, Tower of Power has never stopped touring
and recording. Always in demand, the band never fails to entertain and amaze
their fans. Tower is truly blessed to have a dedicated following that often
travels to see the band, and in many cases fans will plan their vacation or
work schedule around an appearance of TOP. New generations of fans come to see
them perform as their timeless music continues to excite fans of all ages.
DENNIS LAMBERT
Another featured performer in this September 7, 2018 Smart
Araneta Coliseum event is songwriter-producer and singer Dennis Lambert.
Dennis’ album Bags and Things was
very popular in the Philippines in the early 1970s and contained hit songs Of All the Things, Ashes to Ashes, Somebody
Found Her Before I Lost Her, and So
Little Time. He also either co-wrote and/or produced huge 1970s hits for
other singers like Ain't No Woman Like
the One I've Got for the Four Tops, Rhinestone
Cowboy for Glen Campbell, Hard Core
Poetry and She’s Gone for Tavares, Baby
Come Back for Player, Love Music
for Sergio Mendes & Brazil ’77, Dream
On and Rock and Roll Heaven for
The Righteous Brothers which revived the duo's recording career in 1974. In the
1980s, Lambert continued to write and produce alone under his Tuneworks banner.
Credits include hits Nightshift for
The Commodores, We Built This City
and Sara for Starship, I Live For Your Love and Pink Cadillac for Natalie Cole, and Moment Of Truth for Survivor. Lambert was the subject of an award-winning feature-length
documentary film, Of All the Things, directed by his screenwriter son
Jody Lambert, which followed him on a cross-country tour of the Philippines
promoted by Ovation Productions.
KALAPANA
As for Kalapana,
they emerged as one of the most popular bands on the Hawaiian music scene in
the 70s, and is much loved by Filipinos for their songs, Nightbird, The Hurt, You Make it Hard, and When the Morning Comes. They still enjoy frequent airplay in
Manila’s top radio stations until today. Kalapana
received the Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts Lifetime Achievement Award in
2011. Ovation Productions took them on a Philippine Tour back to back with the
band America in 2012.
It will truly be a thrill for Filipino music lovers to see
all three of their favorite artists perform together in one evening of retro
music at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. It certainly cannot get any better than
this!
Tower of Power 50th Anniversary
Tour featuring Dennis Lambert and Kalapana is produced by Ovation Productions. Media
partners are FOX, FOXLife, FOX Filipino, Philippine Star, Manila Bulletin,
Business Mirror, Wish 107.5, 97.9 Home Radio, DWIZ 882, DWWW 774, DZXL 558, 96.3
Easyrock, iFM 93.9, Philstar.com, Inquirer.net, Mb.com.ph, Manilascope,
LionhearTV, Manila Concert Scene, Philippine Concerts, and Soundcheck Manila.
Ticket Prices are P5250/ P4750/ P3750/ P2750/ P1750/ P750. Tickets available
via www.ticketnet.com.ph and regular TicketNet outlets or call TicketNet +632
911-5555 or Ovation Productions +632 532-8883.
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