In the newest installation of NPR‘s Tiny Desk Concert series, brass-driven soul-funk stalwarts Tower of Power cram their ten current members behind the series’ titular desk for a rousing performance. Centered around the band’s famous five-piece horn section, lead vocalist Marcus Scott howls his way the band through a trio of their classic hits from atop an even tinier desk, introducing the instrumentalists as they take their respective turns soloing.
The Tower of Power Tiny Desk set begins with “On The Soul Side of Town” and “So Very Hard to Go” and closing with the “eternal question,” “What Is Hip?” While countless trends, styles, and fads have gone from hip to passe over the course of their 50-year run, Tower of Power remains a vital, powerful, wholly hip live band.
You can watch Tower of Power’s NPR Tiny Desk concert below via NPR:
Tower of Power – NPR Tiny Desk Concert
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Tower of Power has an extensive run of late-2018 tour dates ahead of them, culminating with a 4-night, 6-show residency at the Blue Note Honolulu in Honolulu, HI. For a full list of Tower of Power’s upcoming tour dates, head to the band’s website.
[via NPR Tiny Desk]