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By ERNIE WIGGINS
WUSC-FM Music Director
When one enlists the awesome
perennial celebrity couple, Carly S
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contemporary blues vocalist; the m
saxaphone, David Sanborn; the poel
York City, Garland Jeffries and I
Blues balladeers, The Persuasions
big plans. John Hall, formerly the
Orleans, had big plans which result*
on Elektra-Asylum titled "John Hj
This album is an amazingly li
pleasing everybody. With his wife .
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funky-gostfei
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assistance 6rctiudc PlotJcin-aHd a
they do. The quality of sound is ne
cuts. On the semi-country-funk dit
shows he has a remarkable tou
melody and intelligent lyrics. Wit!
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the backbone of the group.
It seems the rhythm section is
showcased a bit on "We Came To
Play/' particularly on the album's
title cut, and on the song "YinYang
Thang." The horns and
rhythm sections complement each
other very well throughout the
album, especially on the love
ballads "Let Me Touch You," and
"Somewhere Down The Road."
Tower of Power performs a very
controlled form of blue-eyed soul.
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One of the first things
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is fly Icelandic.
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roundtrip from New
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for just $400. $430 Mm
from Chicago. Return
tickets are |p
good for a fufl
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change.
Book
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$4
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those Rhythm & beautiful south oi
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with Joel Tepp's 1
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Joanna, Hall has lyrics and backin
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planned out yery tightly and neatly
tor a clean and soulful sound.
The fresh sound could be attributed
to almost every member
of the band because each member
has some sort of expertise in
songwriting, music, arrangement
and instrument coordination.
THE TOWER of Power is a band
that slowly emerged into one of the
more respectable bands in rhythm
and blues music. The group was
founded in Oakland in 1969 and
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Continent,
where youU be
just hours away by
train from Europe's
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landmarks.
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tip from Iceland's
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Learn to fly Icelandic.
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apent. Or write
jHHHStjT Icelandic Airlines, j
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in your area.
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to Europe
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alists Hall swings through this
me with instinctive ease.
AY," the second cut, is reminiscent
iouther or Jackson Browne. With
irmony vocals the song takes on the
iplative lovelorn tune. Hall's guitar
i easy going hollow belly refrain in a
F the border tune.
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s suggestive of Andrew Gold's style
its and less tears. Mike Brecker's
9 outstanding, but when combined
larmonica is so good it's sinful. The
beat is suitable for the fast paced
g by the Persuasions puts the icing
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f," a funky, cut reminiscent of theuM
ahani ^entral St^tion, has a very,((
lipe andfull choir. The complex
i,tune out of the realm of disco and
realm of jazz. Hall's guitars again
i bridge to carry the tune to a free
See HALL, page 24
played at various nightclubs in
Oakland. In late 1969 the group
played on "Audition Night" at the
legendary Fillmore West in
California, and were later signed
by the now defunct San Francisco
Records. Tower only released one
album, "East Bay Greast," for
that record company.
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