![]() ![]() Then Step Up for this year as we move forward.”Ī long and sometimes bumpy road for Emilio and TOP, who says he feels fortunate Two great albums instead – Soul Side of Town for the anniversary and “You know, where you record way more than you ![]() “But we decided we were going to do the Michael What they were hearing so much, they wanted to put all the material out on one About halfway through recording, he continues, Artistry When we went into the studio, we had so much great material, much more than oneĪlbum,” says Emilio. Between the writing, arranging and recording, says Emilio, it wasĪ long and careful process – six years in the making. Studio with Joe Vannelli, the GRAMMY ®-nominated producer with a long string of R&B, jazz, rock and Spending a few years crafting a large body of new songs, TOP headed into the Prestia, who is stepping back from life on the road and whose drivingįingerstyle funk is ably replaced on tour by Marc Van Wageningen.Īlbum came together in a somewhat unusual manner, Emilio says. Also taking his bows on the new album is 30-year TOP Greene, who makes his final appearance with the band on Step Up. Marcus replaced TOP’s longtime lead singer, Ray Schedule (200 days a year!) and ongoing reinvigoration with the continualĪddition of new talent, most notably the phenomenal young lead vocalist, Marcus Next decade of the 21st century, keeping to its continuous hardcore tour Their latest album release available on both on CD and LP, Step Up, the band forges on into the Hit artists of the 70s like Chicago, Earth, Wind & Fire and Blood, Sweat TOP paved the way for other high-powered brass rock/R&B TOP’s horn section, the heart of theīand, have long been sought after sidemen, appearing on recordings by topĪrtists ranging from Elton John, Aerosmith and Bonnie Raitt to Otis Redding, “What Is Hip?,” “You’re Still a Young Man,” “So Very Hard To Go” and “Down To Unit has released 26 albums, been responsible for such classic hit tracks as Saxophonist and bandleader Emilio Castillo.ĭebut on legendary impresario Bill Graham’s San Francisco Records, the tireless Not in the band’s DNA, nor that of its founder and ringmaster, tenor Of Power (or TOP, as it is more often referred to by its global legion ofįans), the much-lauded creators of their own horn-based, hybrid brand of Eastīay soul/funk/R&B/rock, would take a well-deserved breather. Side of Town, still visible in their rearview mirror, one would think Tower Landmark 50th anniversary album, 2018’s Soul We took it to another level.” – Emilio Castillo “We knew when we went into the studio, we were going to make theīest record that we could make – the best album of our career. ![]()
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