{"id":1175,"date":"2023-04-17T03:42:55","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T03:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikedeangelis.com\/2019\/?page_id=1175"},"modified":"2023-04-17T03:42:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T03:42:55","slug":"desert-island-discs-tower-of-power","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mikedeangelis.com\/2019\/desert-island-discs-tower-of-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Desert Island Discs: Tower Of Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/mikedeangelis.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Snapshot_230416231506-1024x595.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikedeangelis.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Snapshot_230416231506-1024x595.png 1024w, https:\/\/mikedeangelis.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Snapshot_230416231506-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/mikedeangelis.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Snapshot_230416231506-768x446.png 768w, https:\/\/mikedeangelis.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Snapshot_230416231506-516x300.png 516w, https:\/\/mikedeangelis.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Snapshot_230416231506.png 1335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Tower Of Power&#8217;s eponymous third album, released May 1973, produced by the band, peaking at #15 on the Billboard Top Albums Chart, and certified gold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The third time was the charm for this Oakland-based band. presenting new lead vocalist Lenny Williams, and scoring additional chart success with the single &#8220;What Is Hip?&#8221; and their most successful single, &#8220;So Very Hard To Go.&#8221; This was smooth soul with teeth, nothing lightweight here&#8230;just endlessly <a><\/a>swinging soul \/ jazz \/ funk music that represented the sounds of the San Francisco Bay Area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Band member Lenny Pickett (clarinet, flute, first tenor saxophone, backing vocals) would go on to become Saturday Night Live&#8217;s bandleader. The album also featured the debuts of organist \/ keyboardist Chester Thompson and guitarist Bruce Conte.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tower Of Power&#8217;s eponymous third album, released May 1973, produced by the band, peaking at #15 on the Billboard Top Albums Chart, and certified gold. The third time was the charm for this Oakland-based band. presenting new lead vocalist Lenny Williams, and scoring additional chart success with the single &#8220;What Is Hip?&#8221; and their most&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikedeangelis.com\/2019\/desert-island-discs-tower-of-power\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1175","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikedeangelis.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikedeangelis.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikedeangelis.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikedeangelis.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikedeangelis.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mikedeangelis.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1177,"href":"https:\/\/mikedeangelis.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1175\/revisions\/1177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikedeangelis.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}