I love this version of Me & Mrs. Jones. It is the best ever and Larry Braggs and the Horns are incomparable! We need more music like this. Blessings to TOP for being a musical institution.
One of my favorite songs from back in the day. Billy Paul just killed it, but this version with that incredible horn section is just over the top. Wow!
Interesting, in all the times I've seen Tower of Power since the early 1970s, I can't recall a moment where they did other peoples songs. Might have happened here or there, but I don't remember. This is a nice version of a well known Philly Classic.
T o p has ruled the r and b world for 50 year I've been to more of their shows than I can count, my wife and I have had dinner with them in their trailer at Mimi,s urging. I've got one the original manuscripts of so very hard to go. Everyone autographed it. Got go on their tour bus (wow) at the Ohio State Fair. It doesn't get any better than t o p. Rocco, Mick, skip, Jay spell, Rick Stevens thanks for all you have us, r I p. -bill
Damn!!! What a fantastic singer, what a fantastic horn section. What a fantastic band already for so many years. I've been a huge fan of this band for decades.
+CLAY DART Yep, I would see them in San Jose at the fair every time they performed .... taking for granted how gifted they were and are. Miss them now that I'm in Texas.
Beautiful sound live -- vocals, horns, bass, guitar, keyboards -- everything! Such a great band in an era of many great bands. What an amazing time for wonderful music and talented and skilled musicians!!! This is a fabulous clip of a super talented Tower of Power! Beautiful!
Simply beautiful. It's an uncomplicated arrangement with so much nuance! I think that Mic's subtle intonation on his trombone is overlooked. But man alive does Larry kill this song! He makes it his own! I love this...
This band has been my favorite since 1970 and they have shined over and over time and time again.. everyone of there lead singer were and has been great vocals from Lenny to Larry ..my boat on the Lake of the Ozarks is named Tower of Power..( Baja 252 ) love this band.. horns so great
Indeed!!! Stumbling pays off sometimes. Same here.....Never heard TOP do this before. Complete with Larry Braggs!!! What a find. Now with the Temps. Played with them (Temps) last year when they came through town and needed a horn section.
My alltime favourite band. Fantastic horn seaction. I've been huge fan of them since decades. From the era when bands didn't just have their 15 minutes of fame but where there to stay for decades (Egles, Santana etc).
I saw them around 1974, what a show. When I here this song I always remember being in a stereo/record store in 1973 buying a record. The teen girls in front of us were buying the Billy Paul recording on a 45. The salesman ask them if they would like to hear it on one of the high end stereos they had on display. He put the record on, cranked up the volume and I will never forget the pure joy on the girls faces as the music washed over them. I suspect they were taking it home to a much smaller stereo and to hear it on that system was pretty special.
this is really one of the best band ever. Great musicians and such a damn good singer. It doesn't get better than this. So refreshing to listen to real music instead of the trash music these days (dj's, rap etc).
Para mi la mejor interpretacion de Me and Mrs Jones , excelente combinacion de Metales , bajo , organo y voces . un deleite escucharla . Felicidades a Tower of Power .
Fantastic...Larry Braggs ....in fine voice and the bands kickin and the horns ...well what can I say they swirl and my mind glides towards heaven....TOP forever in my heart
This is the first time, I heard this by tower of power. I stumbled on it by accident this morning while searching for something else. Wow this uptight out of sight and beyond alright! Thanks for the magic tower of power!!!
This is REAL music! So unbelievably damn good!!! What a fantastic band. And after decades still top of the bill. I've been a huge fan of them for a long time. And I've been very lucky that I have seen this band performe live in Holland at the international jazz festival in The Hague many years ago..I'd love to to go to e consert of TOP again.
I know this song very well.It was a smash hit in that time.I was just a smart ass high school kid then not quite 13 I think.But we listened and appreciated every note.No more music like this again.Me and TOP are now old but the music lives on.Human Heritage and all that.Cheers for you TOP!
I'm 70 years old, and no one can compare to Tower of Power with the vocals and brass. Wow! Still listening to you since a kid!!!
I’m 39 and I’ve been listening to TOP since I was a teenager. Saw them live back in 2012, one of the greatest musical experiences of my life.
@Belinda-x8m Chicago.
I love this version of Me & Mrs. Jones. It is the best ever and Larry Braggs and the Horns are incomparable! We need more music like this. Blessings to TOP for being a musical institution.
I totally agree.👍
I love Tower of power from Oakland California down to the nightclub
I would pay a GAZILLION dollars to see Tower of Power AND Earth Wind & Fire in concert together. Two of the BEST brass bands EVER.
Hell yeah
So would I,going to see ewf at shoreline grew up with all the great groups, power power, Doobie Brothers Earth Wind & Fire so on and so on
You better know it diane Solomon
I agree. I've seen them both..separately.
Don't forget Chicago please as well.
One of the best bands of all time! Certainly the best horn section ever assembled!
Every time I catch TOP, they are fantastic.
Definitely
🔥🔥🔥💯
Definitely better horn section than Blood Sweat and Tears
Dale Sanohan - and Chicago
Best version of this song. Billy Paul would be proud.
If people of this world would dig this quality music, the world would be a better place. Man, it doesn't get much better than this.
Absolutly!
Yes yes yes Rick
True Quality -- recorded live -- absolutely beautiful!
Rick the Bartender Agreed. A great interpretation of a classic ballad.
Amen
I love all the music I just love that Bass Sax❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
One of my favorite songs from back in the day. Billy Paul just killed it, but this version with that incredible horn section is just over the top. Wow!
Check out The Dramatic's version.
Interesting, in all the times I've seen Tower of Power since the early 1970s, I can't recall a moment where they did other peoples songs. Might have happened here or there, but I don't remember. This is a nice version of a well known Philly Classic.
@@smitskee the whole CD was a remake of classics
I saw them in San Fran in the 90's supported by The Average White Band
T o p has ruled the r and b world for 50 year I've been to more of their shows than I can count, my wife and I have had dinner with them in their trailer at Mimi,s urging. I've got one the original manuscripts of so very hard to go. Everyone autographed it. Got go on their tour bus (wow) at the Ohio State Fair. It doesn't get any better than t o p. Rocco, Mick, skip, Jay spell, Rick Stevens thanks for all you have us, r I p. -bill
best horn band ever.
Dave Butterfield Mandrill
@@howlingwindsproductdemo2108: I just watched Mandrill, wow! Thank you.
Horny horns
Bar none
Best band ever, trust me i know, in the business, everyone up here are terrified of these cats baby! Dangerous band!
Ive seen Larry sing this a billion times but its truly the best version out there!
Glad I caught it then!
Larry Braggs and Tower of Power. A MASTERPIECE!!!
That's HOW you sing that SONG. It comes from the bottom of your SOUL
Alma sierra indeed
Yes and tears flowing down my face 😭😭😭😭😭. You can feel the every word.
Had to listen 2-3 more times 😃😃😃😃
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Larry Braggs! One Powerful Singer!
100% agree with you He is Pure #Talent
Yes. And he does not go too emo as most younger singers do
I totally agree.
Great to be alive
Best version I have ever heard. Sax is excellent.The whole band is great.
A super band close to my ❤ I had many awesome times to they're soulful sound. Thank you Mr. Castillo!!
The magic of you tube is that you can just float around the web and discover jewels like this ! Thank you whoever put this on line ! God bless you !
This performance just blew me away. Never get tired of hearing all them rock the darn house! You gotta listen over and over again.
By Far ,the best version of this song ! Emilio and the guys had it going on ! What a sound !!!
Never heard this before. Love how Doc fills the bottom of the horns with that bari sax.
Larry's rendition of "Me and Mrs. Jones" is the best version of this song. Absolutely fantastic. 🤩👏
Guy's, it doesn't get any better than this ❤
Billy Paul is smiling down from heaven.
Mrs Jones husband ain't smiling ... :-)
"YES SIR AMEN"
Larry Braggs...just wow! and such thick horns...
I’m a trumpet player and normally tune in to the brass in the band but in this tune, the bass saxophone really rocks it. Great sound.
Damn!!! What a fantastic singer, what a fantastic horn section. What a fantastic band already for so many years. I've been a huge fan of this band for decades.
I just rediscovered Tower of Power. What an absolutely killer band. Oakland California soul. Just so good.
Absolute astounding wonderful brilliant the very best version in fact that With An Elegant Style
Sleek presentation of a classic from the all powerful TOP.
Damn! I have listened to this song at least a 100 times and I still can't get enough of it. What a fantastic band! It just can't get better than this.
Because those were our times the music those day then were slow wish we could go back in time only GOD
These guys are the tightest and smoothest band. Ive seen them at Bay area venues and county fairs in CA. Truly top notch.True musicianship!
+CLAY DART Yep, I would see them in San Jose at the fair every time they performed .... taking for granted how gifted they were and are. Miss them now that I'm in Texas.
Beautiful sound live -- vocals, horns, bass, guitar, keyboards -- everything! Such a great band in an era of many great bands. What an amazing time for wonderful music and talented and skilled musicians!!! This is a fabulous clip of a super talented Tower of Power! Beautiful!
Exactly.
They were a horn sessions section in I think LA. They decided to start recording on their own and the rest is history.
@@patrickmckeegan5345 TOP is from Oakland.
One of the greatest, if not the best horn section in the world !!!!!!!!
Just brilliant. What a voice, what amazing musicians, what SOUL.
Heard it 5 years ago it blew me away! Just listen again still blows me away. The best of the best! Bravo 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Simply beautiful. It's an uncomplicated arrangement with so much nuance! I think that Mic's subtle intonation on his trombone is overlooked. But man alive does Larry kill this song! He makes it his own! I love this...
So great even after all,these years....so cool. This music will never die.......hope new generations will,appreciate it.
There will NEVER be another TOP
Lord have mercy! So sweet and smooth!
BAD ASS!
This band has been my favorite since 1970 and they have shined over and over time and time again.. everyone of there lead singer were and has been great vocals from Lenny to Larry ..my boat on the Lake of the Ozarks is named Tower of Power..( Baja 252 ) love this band.. horns so great
Wow! Didn't know they covered this. Too hip!
TOP SHELF performance!
Very powerful performance, Tower of Power wooh!
Intensity and proficiency = ecstasy
One of the greatest bands ever. And this is live! Don't get any better.
And they are from Oakland, California!
Love it!! Me & Mrs. Jones
Listening To This In 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣0️⃣
AHH MAN THE BRASSS !!!!
Happy
The best performance of this song...
Wow! Another gem I've stumbled across here on UA-cam! Thank you! Made my morning......
Indeed!!! Stumbling pays off sometimes. Same here.....Never heard TOP do this before. Complete with Larry Braggs!!! What a find. Now with the Temps. Played with them (Temps) last year when they came through town and needed a horn section.
Indeed. Made mine too.
My alltime favourite band. Fantastic horn seaction. I've been huge fan of them since decades. From the era when bands didn't just have their 15 minutes of fame but where there to stay for decades (Egles, Santana etc).
Was in the 7th grade when this came out. It taught me what sexy sounds like. Thank you Billy Paul.
I saw them around 1974, what a show. When I here this song I always remember being in a stereo/record store in 1973 buying a record. The teen girls in front of us were buying the Billy Paul recording on a 45. The salesman ask them if they would like to hear it on one of the high end stereos they had on display. He put the record on, cranked up the volume and I will never forget the pure joy on the girls faces as the music washed over them. I suspect they were taking it home to a much smaller stereo and to hear it on that system was pretty special.
Doc on Bari ! Dam
wow hard to put a word on it, song of my youth, these guys are nailing it hard I'm a fan big time sign me up.
this is really one of the best band ever. Great musicians and such a damn good singer. It doesn't get better than this. So refreshing to listen to real music instead of the trash music these days (dj's, rap etc).
Mic and the boys! RIP I love TOP!
Para mi la mejor interpretacion de Me and Mrs Jones , excelente combinacion de Metales , bajo , organo y voces . un deleite escucharla . Felicidades a Tower of Power .
Escucha la versión de Stan Taylor es muy buena también.
Es verdad!
Rest In Peace Mic Gillette ...always remembered!
Diana Huss
Still listening to Tower Of Power!!! Awesome band and awesome music!!!
Awesome Sound , love the brass
my God, that man can sang!!!!
TO SAY THE LEAST,,,,,THEY ARE THE MOST
Wow, love this! What a voice! Just makes me, well, you know.
Sharon, I feel ya.. it's sweet.
Lost for words , what a brilliant version.
It doesn't get much better
I love it.
Went to High school with drummer Dave Garibaldi in Pleasanton California, great guy. Been a fan since the 70's.
How good is this?? Wow, pure funk, love it-
Love y'all keep the spirit like earth wind fire
Lasting memories always
Dude, I think that even Mr. Jones would approve of this...
LOVE THIS SONG AND LOVE THIS GROUP MUSIC SO MUCH
The best horn section ever!!!
Love them, & it amazes me that they never seem to be reading music, so they remember all the arrangements for every song; incredible!
I really enjoy listening to this music; voices and instruments in the band. Great!!
Saw them live a few years ago...have always loved T.O P....new lead singer is just fine !
Great song This guy can sing
Hermosa i interpretacion !!!!! ❤️
Saaaang Bro! Saaaang the song. Damn got goose bumps. The band is smooth and mellow. Play the instruments guys 👍👍👍💪💪✊💯👍👍👍👍 Yes Indeedy
WOW... DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS.😍😍
BEAUTIFUL MUSIC..BEAUTIFUL VOICE..💖💞💖
That brass section and bass sax gives me goose bumps
A fan from Philly's dream! Favorite band covering a Philly classic!!
TOP you've got a good thing going on! I'm Still A Young Man too. So Very Hard To Go.
If there's anything cooler than this...…....I don't know about it.
Just discovered this group and wow
Fantastic...Larry Braggs ....in fine voice and the bands kickin and the horns ...well what can I say they swirl and my mind glides towards heaven....TOP forever in my heart
Who's here with me in 9/2021 still listening to this AWESOME music!!!!
Reading the replies to the Bartender, I feels so proud to be a believer, and happy to see how many of you believe in God. I love you all !
Love the rendition of this song. Beautiful and soothing !
This is the first time, I heard this by tower of power. I stumbled on it by accident this morning while searching for something else. Wow this uptight out of sight and beyond alright! Thanks for the magic tower of power!!!
Wonderful thank you
This is REAL music! So unbelievably damn good!!! What a fantastic band. And after decades still top of the bill. I've been a huge fan of them for a long time. And I've been very lucky that I have seen this band performe live in Holland at the international jazz festival in The Hague many years ago..I'd love to to go to e consert of TOP again.
So much talent on that stage. Love it!
This is the best of the best in music. What an incredibly awesome band. One of the best ever.
I’m Dancing How could you not Super Beautiful. Great Arrangement. Wow Pete sr
It just doesn’t get any better!
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!!!
Love these guys
Love! Love! Love! Wish i could see you all before I go to the next world! Great Jam, Great Video! Thank you!!
Cool band !!...delighted listening 🎶 this Mrs Jones.
I know this song very well.It was a smash hit in that time.I was just a smart ass high school kid then not quite 13 I think.But we listened and appreciated every note.No more music like this again.Me and TOP are now old but the music lives on.Human Heritage and all that.Cheers for you TOP!