Tower Of Power

Las Vegas

2015 02 14 (Valentine's Day)

Audience, 90.38 mins, A

Recording: Edirol R-09HR > 24-48 > SD Card > Soundforge Pro 11 incl Waves > Flac > You

Comments:

We were suitting in the sweet spot and had great sound and sight. Band was very good as usual.
Original Drummer was out for hip replacement. Original Bassplayer was out because of a new kidney.
He had played the night before for the first time in 4 months I believe, but was too exhausted to play our show.
I didn't mind, because his replacement (not the kidney) was better IMHO. Same goes for the stand in drummer.
They both brought a lot of funk into the sound. We have seen them a couple of times with the original members
and in comparison this group had more mmmph.

P.S. The mmmph of the drums and the bass were so strong in the first half of the first song that they had to take it down a notch (Around 5 dB, which is a lot).

Anyways, on with the show, here is the setlist.
Enjoy.

Setlist

01 (From Tape) Intro Music
02 We Came to Play
03 Soul With A Capital S
04 Ain't Nothing Stoppin' Us Now
05 You Ought To Be havin' Fun
06 Only So Much Oil In The Ground
07 Some words by Ray Greene
08 You Strike My Main Nerve
09 Just Enough And Too Much
10 More Wirds by Ray Greene
11 As Surely As I stand Here
12 Words by Emilio and Ray
13 Soul Vaccination
14 Words by Ray Greene
15 Maybe It'll Rub Off
16 Words About Doc and Emilio
17 Willing To Learn
18 Emilio Talks about Bass Player and Band Introduction
19 So I Got To Groove
20 So Very Hard To Go
21 Last Words - Intro to >
22 What Is Hip?
23 Audience
24 You're Still A Young Man

Emilio Castillo - Second Tenor Sax, Vocals
Roger Smith - Hammond Organ
Jerry Cortez - Guitar, Vocals
Raymond McKinley - Bass
Harmon Matthews - Drums
Adolfo Acosta - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Vocals
Sal Cracchiolo - Trumpet
Steven Doc Kupka - Baritone Sax
Tom E. Politzer - Lead Tenor Sax
Ray Greene - Lead Vocals (Trombone)