10. Guess the average weight of the horn section by getting them to step on your good foot.

9. How many songs would the band have to play to inflate a blimp?

8. Name the next band member to lose his day job.

7. True or False, if you lose your reed you can use a tongue depressor.

6. How many gigs can you attend in a row before you are court ordered to go to marriage counseling?

5. Draw your favorite bone player in court attire.

4. Send in the picture of your cutest pet named after a band member.

3. Vote for the band member you feel has the best credit rating.

2. Who would you dress up as to win a free trip backstage?

1. Does Kayne deserve a manly punch or a pimp slap?

10.The smooth jazz fans and PTA members are afraid of you.
9. People ask you about your Harley, and what to do if arrested.
8. No matter where you live, you have one Oakland Raider t shirt.
7. Everybody looks at you when someone mentions “hipness”.
6. Irrespective of age, first to get to a party, last to leave.
5. Our women can beat up most dudes.
4. We know The Power will be there long after the Britney’s, Justin’s and Jz’s are gone.
3. You can remember every lyric from every album yet forget your cell number.
2. Have considered putting white wall tires on the Prius.
1. Don’t start nothing, won’t be nothing.

Revised playlist loaded today. Listed below are the songs now in our rotation, as always this is in artist order and not order of play.

–Afroskull/Space Chicken
–Alias Smith and Lane/Smile & Nod
–Anna King/That’s When I Cry
–Average White Band/Let’s Go ‘Round Again
–Back To Basic/Solid Soul
–Blast/Do it ’till dawn
–Blood Sweat & Tears/Nuclear Blues
–BlowZone/Square Chick
–Bobby Purify/Somebody’s Gotta Do it
–Bradley Leighton/She’s Gone
–Brandon Fields/Grapevine
–Brecker Bros./Sneakin’ Up Behide You
–Brian Culbertson/Hollywood Swinging feat. Musiq Soulchild & Gerald Albright
–Bull City Syndicate/Brother Man
–Candy Dulfer/So What
–Chad Rager Groove/Pyramid Of Pachyderms
–Chase/Open Up Wide
–Cherry Poppin’ Daddies/Cherry Poppin’ Daddy Strut
–Chickenhawks/Pocky Way
–Chuck Brown/Let The Good Times Roll
–Chuck Mangione/Bellavia
–Cold Blood/You Got Me Hummin
–Danny Weis/Graham Street Shuffle
–Dave Koz/Faces of the Heart
–Dave Weckl Band/Tower Of Inspiration
–David Clayton – Thomas/Mornin’ Blues
–David Raitt & Jimmy Thackery/Id Rather Be Blind, Crippled, & Crazy
–David Sanborn/Snakes
–Delbert McClinton/Take Me To The River
–Delta Wires/Big Leg Woman
–Doctor Funk/It May Be Very Good
–Down To The Bone/Long Way From Brooklyn
–Dr. Hector & The Groove Injectors/Risky Business
–Drori-Hansen Furniture/Wild Street
–Dyke & The Blazers/We Got More Soul
–Earth Wind & Fire/Reasons [Live]
–East Bay Soul/Survival Of The Hippest
–Eric Bolvin/Panama Red
–Euge Groove/Let’s Get It On
–Five Alarm Funk/Don Mega
–Fontella Bass/Rescue Me
–Francis Rocco Prestia/Everybody on the Bus
–Freeport/I Couldn’t Let You Go
–Funk Filharmonik/Everybody Get Down
–Funk Filharmonik/We Get The Notion
–Funkiphino/Hold On
–Gangbuster/Mercy Mercy
–Glenn Walters W/ Strokeland Superband/I Do My Best Work At Night
–Grant Smith And The Power/Keep On Running
–Greg Adams/Metro
–Gregg Allman/Slip Away
–Heavytones/Too much cake
–Howard Tate/She May Be White But…
–Huey Lewis & The News/The Heart Of Rock & Roll
–Jaco Pastorius/Soul intro/The Chicken
–James Brown/Cold Sweat
–Jay Soto/Slammin’
–Jeff Golub/Cut The Cake
–Jeff Lorber/Gamma Rays
–John Findlay/Intoxicated
–John Lee Sanders/It’s All Blues To Me
–Johnny Guitar Watson/Ain’t That A Bitch
–Jon R. Smith/Miss New Orleans
–Larry Carlton/Friday Night Shuffle
–Line Drive/You’ve Gotta Believe In Something
–Liquid Soul/This And That
–Little Royal/Razor Blade
–Lon Bronson/If You Aint Got Love
–Louise Hoffsten/Shut Up And Kiss Me
–Low Budget Blues Band/Can I Get a Witness
–Luther Kent/Who Will The Next Fool Be
–Maceo Parker/Chicken
–Mandrill/Mandrill
–Mark Dolin/The Parkin’ Lot Hang
–Mike Reilly/Whos Been Sleeping In My Bed
–Mingo Fishtrap/Catch The Bus
–New York Horns/Bring That Friend Of Yours
–Nick Lane/An Inside Joke
–Nils Gessinger/Soulmusic
–Out Of Control/Cardiac Party
–Patrick Allen/You Lit A Fire In Me
–Peter Friestedt/Time To Play
–Players Association/Ride The Groove
–Poncho Sanchez/Squib Cakes
–Prime Time Funk/Tounge Tied
–Rented Mule/Jonesberg
–Ridin’ Thumb/Do The Boomeloom
–Robbin Thompson & Steve Bassett/Sweet Virginia Breeze
–Rufus Thomas/That Woman Is Poison
–Sage/Funksway
–Sage/Take Me Back to the City
–Santa Fe And The Fat City Horns/Love Somebody
–Scott Martin/More Today Than Yesterday
–Shilts/Outside The Box
–Smokin’ With Superman/2 Sweet Fine Hams
–Soul Stew/Funky Nassau
–Soulbop/Midnight Hour
–Strokeland Superband/A Soulful Kinda Love
–The Bo-Keys/Back at the Chicken Shack
–The Chops Band/Up For The Downstroke
–The Dirty Dozen Brass Band/Sissy Strut
–The Edgar Winter Group/I’ve Got News For You
–The Groove Hogs/Shoulda Read The Rules
–The Memphis Horns/Soul Bowl
–The Sons of Champlin/Tabacco Road
–The Super Groovers/Super Groover
–The Tubes/Tip Of My Tongue
–Tom Saviano/Making Up Lost Time
–Tom Scott/Sarah, Sarah
–Tommy Castro/High On The Hog
–Tony Adamo/This Time It’s Real
–Topper Headon/Leave it to luck
–Toto/Rosanna
–Tower Of Power/Ball And Chain
–Tower of Power/Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride
–Van Morrison/Moondance
–Vernon Garrett/Dill Pickle And A Peppermint Stick
–Wayne Cochran/Goin’ Back To Miami
–Whiskey Howl/I’ll Go Crazy
–Willie Hutch/Lucky To Be Loved
–Yoichi Murata/Let Me Groove
–Zen Blues Quartet/What A Life

Our current playlist features music from “Eric Bolvin” and his CD titled “Workin’ It” as well as music from the CD “Quench!” by DKO “The Darren Kramer Organization”. Three songs from each of these CD’s are currently being played.

Also, we continue to play three songs from “Sage” who just released their 40th Anniversary CD (a three song CD, in advance of their full CD coming out in 2010). Still in the mix as well is a new song from “East Bay Soul” titled “Survival Of The Hippest” (CD due out in September of this year), and an offering from “Tony Adamo”, which is a cover of the “Tower Of Power” classic, “This Time Its Real” (this song can be purchased as an MP3 directly from “Strokeland Records”.

Listed below is the entire playlist, as always this is in artist order and not in order of play:

–Ain’t No Thang-Late Nite Party Boys
–Al Kooper-Id Rather Be An Old Mans Sweetheart (Than A Young Mans Fool)
–Average White Band-Soul Mine
–Average White Band-Oh, Maceo
–Back To Basic-Key To Your Heart
–Back To Basic-No Mumbo Jumbo
–Barela-Summer
–Barry Danielian-My Brothers Keeper
–Beaufunk-Par-Tay
–BIG HORNS BEE-Vamp Intro (Reprise)
–Bill Bergman & The Metro Jets-Laguna
–Bing & the Bingtones-Funk With Me
–BlowZone-Sucker Punch
–Bona Fide-The Horse You Came In On
–Boscoe-If I Had My Way
–Brecker Brothers-Skunk Funk
–Bull City Syndicate-You Make Me Feel
–Carmen Grillo-Dr. In The House
–Catfish Kray-Cherry Street Shuffle
–Chad Rager Groove-Whipping Post
–Chester Thompson-Power House
–Chickenhawks-I Got News For You
–Chops the Band-Scrapple And Grits
–Chris Cain-Wake up and Smell the Coffee
–Darrell Nulisch-My Baby’s Gone
–Dave Dunlop-Mansata
–David Mann-Urban Eyes
–David Sanborn-The Dream
–Delbert McClinton-Take Me To The River
–Dko the Darren Kramer Organization-Quench!
–Dko the Darren Kramer Organization-Intangible Attraction
–Dko the Darren Kramer Organization-Somethin’s Got to Give
–Doctor Funk-Livin In Bump City
–Doug & the Slugs-It’s Got To Be Monday
–East 4th Horns-I’m Gonna Make You Love Me
–East Bay Soul-Survival Of The Hippest
–Eric Bolvin-Suburban Bourbon
–Eric Bolvin-I Wondered What I Did Wrong
–Eric Bolvin-Corvair Crusader
–Eric Miyashiro-Ken’s Bar
–Euge Groove-Slam Dunk
–Evie Sands-Signed, Sealed, Delivered
–Evie Sands-I Love Makin’ Love to You
–Extreme-Get The Funk Out
–Frank Biner-Frankie B. Is Back In Town
–Glenn Walters with the Strokeland Superband-What’s Amanda Do?
–Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band-There’s The Rub
–Gota Yashiki-What’s Up Charlie
–Greg Adams-Metro
–Heavy Metal Horns-Horns In The House
–Himlaväsen-Release Yourself
–Hip Service-Hip2DaFunk
–Huey Lewis & The News-Slammin’
–Jack Mack & Heart Attack-Hooray For City
–Jazz Police-Tower Tribute
–Joe Cocker-Cry Me A River
–Kal David-That’s Not Me
–Lighthouse-One Fine Morning
–Lon Bronson-McPark
–Malo-Nena
–Men From U.N.C.L.E.-Knock On Wood/Studio
–Mic Gillette-Funky Good Time
–Mick Sterling & The Stud Brothers-Jackie Wilson Said
–Mingo Fishtrap-People Person
–Molasses-Straight From The Players
–Muscle Shoals Horns-We Can Work It Out
–Muscle Shoals Horns-Shine On
–Muscle Shoals Horns-Shoalin’ (Funky ‘N Half-Hip)
–Nils Gessinger-Jam It Up
–Otis Grand-Finish Line – w/Curtis Salgado
–Pat O’Donnell-Tee Time
–Pee Wee Ellis-How I Depend On You
–Pete Escovedo-All This Love
–Players Association-Let’s Groove
–Richard Elliot-The Power Of Suggestion
–Robert Peckman-Put It In the Pocket
–Rocco Prestia-Express Yourself
–Roger Smith-Horn-Afication
–Sage-Make It Funky
–Sage-Nobody Does It Like You
–Sage-Take Me Back to the City
–Sanford & Townsend-Smoke From A Distant Fire
–Santa Fe And The Fat City Horns-Ain’t That Peculiar
–Santana-Watch Your Step
–Scott Martin-Menudo And Gritz
–Scott Martin Latin Soul Band-Pork Choppin’
–Scott Martin Latin Soul Band-Voodoo Juice
–Shilts-Look What’s Happened
–Soul Stew-I’ll Be Around
–Steve Ferrone-STEVE FERRONE – Put It In
–Strokeland Superband-Kick It Up A Step
–Super Funky Express-Super Funky Express
–Sweat & Tears Blood-Tell Me That I’m Wrong
–Tad Robinson-Too Late To Turn Back Now
–The Brothers Johnson-Do It For Love
–The Brothers Johnson-Teaser
–The Brothers Johnson-The Real Thing
–The Groove Hogs-Blues Is My Business
–The Ides of March-Vehicle (1970)
–The Spyders-I Don’t Care
–THE SUN MESSENGERS-Late Night Cruise
–The Super Groovers-Seaside Adventures In Hollypool
–Tony Adamo-This Time It’s Real
–Was (Not Was)-I Can’t Turn You Loose
–Zen Blues Quartet-Powerful Stuff

8/19 – MIC GILLETTE REJOINS TOWER OF POWER – STROKELAND CELEBRATION SALE!

The mighty Micster, MIC GILLETTE, is rejoining Tower of Power on lead trumpet after a 25-year absence. Mic brings a power and style to his brass playing that must be heard and felt to be appreciated. In celebration of Mic’s return, Strokeland is offering Mic’s great solo release, EAR CANDY, at a SPECIAL PRICE OF $12.00 for a limited time only.

Mike Bogart, lead trumpet for Tower of Power for the past ten years leaves a great legacy and is moving on to bring us more great music with the United States Naval Academy Band in Annapolis, MD. Mike is re-entering active duty and joining the horn section of the Navy’s premier contemporary entertainment ensemble “Electric Brigade” to finish out the Navy career he started before joining Tower of Power. We wish “Iron” Mike all the best and thank him for ten years of outstanding performances.

Mic’s EAR CANDY features a reunion of the original TOWER OF POWER HORNS for the first time in 35 years — Mic Gillette, Greg Adams, Stephen ‘Doc’ Kupka, Emilio Castillo, and Skip Mesquite. Bill Champlin, Lenny Williams, David Garibaldi, Rocco Prestia, Marc Russo, Karl Perazzo (Santana) and more greats are featured. Add Mic’s EAR CANDY to your music collection today at a great price!

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For more information go to Strokeland.com

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