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Kirk climbs inside the machine-gun rhythms and unstoppable grooves of the legendary Oakland funk outfit Tower of Power. Written by: Doc Kupka and Emilio Castillo Album: Tower of Power (1973) Listen/Buy via Songwhip ALSO DISCUSSED: "What is Hip?" "Squib Cakes" "Only So Much Oil in the Ground" "Don't Change Horses (In the Middle of a Stream)," "So Very Hard to Go," "Credit," all by Tower of Power "Saturday Night Live" theme by Howard Shore, feat. Lenny Pickett "Cold Sweat," "I Got the Feelin'," "Mother Popcorn," "Funky Drummer" by James Brown, 1967-70 "Soul Vaccination" live from Soul Vaccination: Tower of Power Live, 1998 Drum examples performed by Russ Kieiner, recorded by Nick D'Errico ----LINKS----- 💰 SUPPORT STRONG SONGS! Patreon | Paypal 🏠 HOMEPAGE strongsongspodcast.com 👚 MERCH strongsongspodcast.com/store 📬 KIRK'S NEWSLETTER newsletter.kirkhamilton.com 📷 SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: @Kirk_Hamilton Bluesky: @kirkhamilton.com 💬 STRONG SONGS DISCORD SERVER strongsongspodcast.com/discord 🎧 STRONG SONGS PLAYLISTS Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube Music 🎸 KIRK'S GEAR & INSTRUMENTS kirkhamilton.com/gear 🎶 KIRK'S MUSIC kirkhamilton.com/music 🎨 SHOW ART Tom Deja, Bossman Graphics -------------------- AUGUST 2023 WHOLE-NOTE PATRONS Catherine Warner Damon White Kaya Woodall Dan Austin Jay Swartz Miriam Joy SEAN D WINNIE Rush Daniel Hannon-Barry Ashley Hoag Christopher Miller Jamie White Christopher McConnell David Mascetti Joe Laska Ken Hirsh Jez Melanie Andrich Jenness Gardner Jeanneret Manning Family Four Dave Sharpe Sami Samhuri Jeremy Dawson AccessViolation Ryan Torvik Elliot Jay O'Neill Andre Bremer Dave Florey AUGUST 2023 HALF-NOTE PATRONS Abraham Benrubi Christopher Bruno PAUTNA Chris Kotarba Callum Webb Lynda MacNeil Dick Morgan Zach Wampler Ben Stein Susan Green Sean Murphy Jake Yumatilla Alan Brough Randal Vegter Go Birds! Whit Sidener Robert Granat dave malloy Tim Rosenwong Nick Galloway john halpin Peter Harding David Meghan O'Leary John Bauman Dax and Dane Huddleston Martín Salías Tim Howes Stu Baker Steve Martino Dr Arthur A Gray Carolina Gary Pierce Matt Baxter GiantPredatoryMollusk Luigi Boccia E Margaret Warton Charles McGee Catherine Clause Ethan Bauman KenIsWearingAHat Jordan Block Aaron Wade Jamie Deebs Portland Eye Care Carrie Schneider Richard Sneddon Julian Roleff Doreen Carlson David McDarby Wendy Gilchrist Elliot Rosen Lisa Turner Paul Wayper Bruno Gaeta Kenneth Jung Adam Stofsky Zak Remer Rishi Sahay Jason Reitman Ailie Fraser Von NATALIE MISTILIS Josh Singer Phino DeLeon Amy Lynn Thornsen Adam W Kelli Brockington Stephen Rawlings Victoria Yu Brad Clark Mark Boggs mino capossela Steve Paquin Emma Sklar Bernard Khoo Robert Heuer Matthew Golden David Noah Geraldine Butler Madeleine Mader Jason Pratt Abbie Berg Doug Belew Dermot Crowley Achint Srivastava Ryan Rairigh Michael Berman Olivia Bishop John Gisselquist Linda Duffy Eoin de Burca Kevin Potter M Shane Borders Dallas Hockley Jason Gerry Nathan Gouwens Lauren Reay Eric Prestemon Damian Brady Angela Livingstone David Friedman Sarah Sulan Diane Hughes Michael Casner Lowell Meyer Stephen Tsoneff Wen Jack Sjogren Geoff Golden Robyn Fraser Pascal Rueger Randy Souza Clare Holberton Diane Turner Tom Coleman Mark Perry Dhu Wik Mel Eric Helm Jonathan Daniels Michael Flaherty Jarrod Schindler Caro Field michael bochner Naomi Watson David Cushman Alexander Gavin Doig Sam Fenn Tanner Morton AJ Schuster Jennifer Bush David Stroud Amanda Furlotti Andrew Baker Jules Bailey Andrew Fair L.B. Morse Bill Thornton Brian Amoebas Brett Douville Jeffrey Olson Matt Betzel Mueller Nate from Kalamazoo Melanie Stivers Richard Toller Alexander Polson Earl Lozada Arjun Sharma James Johnson Kevin Morrell Colin Hodo ----LINKS----- 💰 SUPPORT STRONG SONGS! Patreon | One-Time Donation 🏠 HOMEPAGE 👚 MERCH 💬 DISCORD SERVER 📬 KIRK'S NEWSLETTER 🎸 KIRK'S GEAR & INSTRUMENTS 🎶 KIRK'S MUSIC 📷 KIRK’S SOCIAL MEDIA: Instagram | Bluesky 🎧 EVERY STRONG SONG: Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube Music 🎨 SHOW ART: Tom Deja, Bossman Graphics