Tower of Power
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Sep 18, 2026
Willie ChristmanGUEST
We play some Temptations.
Willie ChristmanGUEST
We play Stevie Wonder, a little Tower of Power.
Willie ChristmanGUEST
Well, let's see.
Willie ChristmanGUEST
I was going to bring in my sheet, but I didn't.
Jess HookerPANELIST
No, but like a saxophone, the way that you hold it and the way that you groove and-
Tom GriswoldHOST
Yeah, but I mean, but if you're, yeah, but if, if you're watching the Tower of Power horns-
Chick McGeeHOST
[laughs]
Jess HookerPANELIST
[laughs]
Gavin McInallyHOST
You need to have this, uh, bizarre relationship we've got to allow it to happen.
Gavin McInallyHOST
So aye, bring your team, get your Tower of Power.
Gavin McInallyHOST
I noticed that you sent me, this is the funniest thing ever, right? You guys are trying to replicate the, the squad for Glasgow, and yous called the Tower of Power the Cocktail Tower, which is the most, [laughs] which is the most middle class fucking interpretation of a tower.
Gavin McInallyHOST
Here's King just pouring bottles of vodka and Buckfast in it, and you guys are making sure you've got nice mixers and fucking-
James ScarlettHOST
Simon's doing White Russians in them, he reckons.
Gavin McInallyHOST
See, the only, the only reason we never done White Russians in them because when you were gonna get the thing cleaned back out.
Gavin McInallyHOST
So we're a bit like, "Aye, once you've done a White Russian, that is the end of that Tower of Power." Whereas-
James ScarlettHOST
Good point
Craig CartonHOST
It was you.
Craig CartonHOST
you made the mistake and you theoretically should have the power to overturn the mistake that you made the ncaa doesn't need to exist anymore it just doesn't and this is another chapter in the embarrassing saga of the ncaa shame on you hopefully if you're musically savvy you've heard of a great jam band called the tower of power Well, in honor of the Tower of Power, we have a new segment here on the Craig Carton Show, and I'd like you to like, subscribe, and comment on this, of course.
Craig CartonHOST
And it's called, I basically took the name of the band, and I flipped it around and I reversed it.
Craig CartonHOST
It's the Power Tower.
8 MINS LATER
Craig CartonHOST
All right, welcome back to the Cardin Show here on OutKick.
Craig CartonHOST
As you know, a brand new segment on the show as we give you the top five and bottom five in the NFL, both team-wise and quarterback-wise.
Craig CartonHOST
Already did the Power Tower in honor of one of my favorite jam bands, the Tower of Power.
Craig CartonHOST
We flipped it around, reversed it, just like Missy Elliott did.
speaker_0HOST
And then I didn't even know we had a National Guard band here until a few years ago.
speaker_0HOST
that like I could have joined and that you know it could have been helpful and whatnot but now it's like that time's a little past like I heard of you know Tower of Power and Gordon Goodwin's Big Fat Band but like I don't know like you know I don't I've only seen Tower of Power live twice I've never seen the Fat Band live So, like, all these groups, it's like, it seems like more of a fantasy than, like, they're here, like, in front, and, like, I can do that.
speaker_0HOST
So, you know, that's part of me living here where there's not much going on.
speaker_0HOST
But I was just like, there's so, wow, you could actually do a lot because, you know, the typical narrative of, oh, you're a trumpet player, you want to do music? Like, oh, well, you want to be poor the rest of your life and do something else, really.
Eddie PepitoneHOST
Mm-hmm.
Kevin TienkenHOST
I love Tower of Power, uh-
Eddie PepitoneHOST
Tower of Power?
Kevin TienkenHOST
They're one of my favorites of all time.
Eddie PepitoneHOST
The soul with Tower of Power?
Kevin TienkenHOST
Yeah.
Kevin TienkenHOST
I love the Brecker Brothers, uh-
Josh ChanceyGUEST
So I'm horrible at naming bands, so that's just about my thing.
Josh ChanceyGUEST
So it kind of was a crowdsourced thing from one of our old performers, and basically the name concept was, you know, Tower of Power, of course, the 70s funk band.
Josh ChanceyGUEST
Yep.
Josh ChanceyGUEST
And then obviously Cabot Tower in St. John's, Newfoundland, you put them together to
KilHOST
And then, I mean, dope story, too.
KilHOST
Um, and that was, uh, uh, Francis Roscoe Pritchett, who's the bass player for Tower of Power, 'cause that was the sample-
NeltronPANELIST
Oh, wow
KilHOST
... that they used.
12 MINS LATER
KilHOST
And examples of that, Props Over Here by the Beatnuts, just finding a, a jazz bassline.
KilHOST
Buggin' Out by A Tribe Called Quest, same thing.
KilHOST
Uh, and what I just said with, with, um, Diamond, Sal's Got a One Track Mind, uh, even though Tower of Power was more funk than jazz.
KilHOST
Same s- same kind of pr- perception of it, like, you know, you just find a bassline.
Stanton MooreGUEST
And I guess I'm kind of grateful for that because it allowed me to develop my own approach.
Stanton MooreGUEST
Which, if you're in a band and you're in a band that you're supposed to know the music note for note, if you get hired by Tower of Power...
Stanton MooreGUEST
They probably don't want you to put your own spin on it.
Stanton MooreGUEST
You should learn the Garibaldi tunes like Garibaldi, right? And then when I get asked to play with Leo Nocentelli and George Porter Jr.
Michael MorelliGUEST
Here's Sly and the Family Stone.
Michael MorelliGUEST
Here's Tower of Power.
Michael MorelliGUEST
Here's Earth, Wind and Fire.
Michael MorelliGUEST
Here's Martha and the Vandellas.
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