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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