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OPINION Magic of music remains today

JIM RIDOLPHI

Contributing columnist

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After more than 50 years in the business, Oakland’s Tower of Power is still performing the type of soul music that can still produce goosebumps to those close enough to hear and feel the power of their acclaimed horn section.

The group has comprised a catalog of hits that span decades, many of them favorites in the mind of a generation that formed relationships, found careers or started families to the backdrop of a Tower of Power song.

And who among us hasn’t lamented at the breakup of what seemed like the perfect relationship while listening to “So Very Hard to Go.”

There’s no doubt the group is one of many

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