First of all,
you don't do a TOP tribute with a four piece band! Second, you don't do it
with "average" musicians.
Maybe that is why the
ONLY other Tower tribute band we could find is in Europe.
So we are proud to announce the immediate
availability of the Central California-based, ten-piece show, "BUMP CITY."
Blessed by former and current Tower horn player, Mic Gillette, who writes
horn parts for the band and sometimes plays with them, BUMP CITY brings it
to the stage in a big, powerful brassy way, as only a true horn band can.
Together for years, working as a R&B, soul & funk cover band under the
name REUNION, band leaders Billy Sims and Matt Martinez decided to give
the tribute band concept a whirl.
From their signature namesake, to What Is Hip, Still A Young Man, Don't
Change Horses and Very Hard To Go, BUMP CITY covers all of the best known
hits from the band that came out of the San Francisco Bay Area in the
heady days of the early 1970's. Along with all the rock bands, of that
era, a couple of brass bands emerged. Tower is the standard bearer, but
was followed closely by LYDIA PENSE & COLD BLOOD. In her honor, BUMP CITY
performs a couple of Cold Blood best known tunes. They also play a couple
of songs by San Francisco's first lady of bluesy rock, Janis Joplin.
Another texture to the mix: The Scottish group, Average White Band had a
major hit with Pick Up The Pieces. As roster mates (formerly at William
Morris, now at The Agency Group), AWB and Tower Of Power are often sold as
a package. Thus, Bump City tips their collective hat to AWB with a
stirring rendition of Pick Up The Pieces!
All in all, this is an up tempo, BIG, smooth-sounding, hip-shaking party
band.
Catch BUMP CITY and get YOUR groove on!
