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Tower of Power Returns to San Jose with Old School Funk, R&B

by Sean McCourt on December 5, 2012
What is Hip? Tower of Power at the Fillmore in San Francisco.

For more than four decades now, Oakland’s Tower of Power has graced stages around the world with a signature blend of R&B, funk and rock & roll, scoring a number of their own hit songs as well as performing with the likes of Santana, Little Feat, Huey Lewis and Elton John.

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All-Star Lineup Turns Out for Clifford Coulter Benefit

by on February 22, 2012
The Fairmont in San Jose hosts a benefit for Clifford Coulter Sunday.

Clifford Coulter was there for San Jose back when mainstream pop culture was still asking for directions. A soul-jazz innovator and multi-instrumentalist, Coulter’s 1970 debut album was the polar opposite of “Do You Know the Way to San Jose?”—funky, rootsy and ahead of its time, it was firmly grounded in the South…

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