The Rock & Roll Chef®

Anybody out there (under 40) heard of the Tower Of Power Horns? Although there's certainly lots of younger fans who may really appreciate a great horn section, or don't buy into all the corporate radio crapola (there IS hope for music!), I think it's fair to say TOP had their heyday well before the 1990's. So why am I writing about them? Well, their horn section played on a song of mine once, called "Let's Turn Up The Fire."

That, plus I just got an email from someone saying they're working on updating the TOP discography for their website, and he's interested in getting a VHS or DVD of their performance of my song on camera. I'm honestly a little tickled - I get inclusion on their vast, legendary list of tracks? Sweet...

Truth is, they played on more than just my song; they also backed up Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys on a song called "The Spirit Of Rock & Roll," plus some other cover tunes. Well, I guess that makes sense, as they were part of the house band for my Rock & Roll Kitchen TV pilot, and they played whatever was asked of them. One hell of a cover band, eh?

Unfortunately, there's a little more to this story regarding the video masters, which I'll get into later. For now, I'll just enjoy the little glow of being included with some truly great artists (does that make me one, too? Pretty please?!?!?!)