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A fan of the American R&B and funk band Tower of Power.

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““Our roots are very American,” notes [Emilio] Castillo. And their attitude is classic boomerese. “If you listen⟳ to Tower of Power,” Castillo says, “you’ll notice⟳ we don’t fit so well with what’s going on in the industry, and you know⟳ what? We don’t want⟳ to fit.” / “It’s tough to label⟳ them, and it’s been tough to market them, and maybe that’s why they appeal to people like⟳ us,” says Jack Silva, a fortysomething officer at a New Bedford bank. Towerheads are acutely aware of the generational connection.”

“Towerheads don’t just come⟳ to stroll memory lane. They sing⟳ along with the band’s […]”

“Lopez-Takhar, 60, and 29 of her Vikette friends have⟳ been extraordinarily devoted Towerheads. She said they've seen "10,000" Tower of Power shows since their high-school days.”

“I didn’t really understand⟳ the scope of my Towerhead status until a few years later, when (ironically) I read⟳ a book on 1980s American alt-rock.”

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