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Rick Stevens and Tower of Power Reunite at Yoshi’s Oakland, Thursday, January 31, 2013

• February 2, 2013 • Comments Off

Posted in Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Tower of Power
Tags: African Americans, Antioch, Blacks, California, Comeback, David Garibaldi, Drama, Drugs, Emilio Castillo, Francis "Rocco" Prestia, Funk Music, Joel Selvin, Larry Braggs, Latin Rock, Love, Michael Carabello, Murder, Music, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco Chronicle, Santana, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sheila E., Stephen Kupka, Stevens, The Seventies, Tower, Tower of Power, United States, Yoshi's Oakland

Rick Stevens, Early Tower of Power Lead Singer, Appearing Thursday, January 24, at Concert for Autism Awareness in San Francisco (w/ Video Update)

• January 21, 2013 • Comments Off

Posted in Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Education, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Music, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Tower of Power
Tags: Antioch, Autism, Autism Spectrum, Castillo, Donald Stevenson, Emilio Castillo, Latin Rock, Prison, Prison Release, Rick Stevens, San Francisco, San Jose Mercury News, Singer, Stevens, The Seventies, Thursday, Tower of Power, Voices of Latin Rock

Rick Stevens, Early Tower of Power Lead Singer, Has Been Released on Parole

• August 12, 2012 • 2 Comments

Posted in African American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Health, Murder/Manslaughter, Music, Protestant Denominations, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Tower of Power
Tags: "Sparkling in the Sand", African Americans, Blacks, California, Donald Charles Stevenson, Donald Stevenson, Double Life Sentence, Drug Dealers, Drugs, East Bay Express, East Bay Grease, Growing Up, Imprisonment, Ione CA, Lead Singer, Life Sentence, Love, Mule Creek State Prison, Murder, Parole, Parole Hearing, Peter Boldin, Prison, Release, Rick Stevens, San Francisco Bay Area, The Seventies, Tower of Power, United States

Some Saturday Love: Prestia, Garibaldi, Pickett, and Tamalier of “Tower of Power” Do “Squib Cakes/What Is Hip?” Without the Horn Section, 1998

• January 28, 2012 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Class, Cultural History, Education, Music, The Rest of the World, Tower of Power
Tags: "Back to Oakland", "Can't You See?", Bass, Bass Guitar, David Garibaldi, Francis "Rocco" Prestia, Guitar, Horn Section, Ken Shane, Lenny Pickett, Music, Oakland, Rocco Prestia, Sax, Soul Serenade, Tower of Power

Saturday Night Music, October 24: Santana and Tower of Power at Montreux, “What Is Hip?”, 2006

• October 24, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in Health, Health Care/The Public Option, Music, Tower of Power
Tags: "Bass Player Magazine", "So Very Hard to Go", "What Is Hip?", 2006 Montreux Jazz Festival, African Americans, Billboard Top 100, California, Central Time, Charlie Haden, Chester Thompson, Francis "Rocco" Prestia, Francis Prestia, Italian Americans, Jaco Pastorius, Larry Graham, Latinos, Lenny Williams, Louis Johnson, Monk Montgomery, Rocco Prestia, The Brothers Johnson, The Seventies, Tower of Power

Rick Stevens Is Not Going Home. Yet.

• October 22, 2009 • 3 Comments

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Drug Culture/Industry, History, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Music, Tower of Power
Tags: "Dead Man Walking", African Americans, Blacks, Board of Parole Hearings, Compassion, Donald Stevenson, Drugs, Forgiveness, Georgina Stevenson, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Growing Up, Healing, Incarceration, Murder, Murders, Parole Denied, Parole Hearing, Peter Boldin, Prisons, Remorse, Revenge, Rick Stevens, Sister Hele Prejean, Survivors, Susan Atkins, The Seventies, Tower of Power

Last Day for Letters to Support Parole for Rick Stevens, Formerly of Tower of Power is Tomorrow

• October 19, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Drug Culture/Industry, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Music, Race, Tower of Power
Tags: "Sparkling in the Sand", "You're Still a Young Man", African Americans, Blacks, Board of Parole Hearings, California, Donald C. Stevenson, Donald Stevenson, Families, Fans, First Singer, Friends, Funk, Lead Singer, Letters of Support, Murder, Parole Hearing, Peter Boldin, Prison, Redemption, Rick Stevens, Self-Respect, Soul, Tower of Power

Rick Stevens’ Parole Hearing Scheduled for October 21

• August 22, 2009 • 11 Comments

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Crime, Drug Culture/Industry, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Music, Tower of Power
Tags: Board of Parole Hearings, California, California Department of Corrections, CDC Number, Donald Charles Stevenson, Ione CA, Lead Singer, Letters, Mule Creek State Prison, Ric Gillette, Rick Stevens, Santa Clara County, Stage Name, State of California, Tower of Power

Rick Stevens is Still in Jail and is Not a Young Man

• May 31, 2009 • 24 Comments

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Crime, Music, People of Color, Religion, Tower of Power
Tags: "Sparkling in the Sand", "You're Still a Young Man", Aaron Neville, Bay Area, Bump City, California, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Donald Stevenson, Double Life Sentence, Drug Dealers, Drugs, East Bay Express, East Bay Grease, Emilio "Mimi" Castillo, Growing Up, Katy St. Clair, KPIX, Lithium, Merle Haggard, Mule Creek State Prison, Murder, Narcotics, Prince, Reality, Remorse, Rick Stevens, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, The Bay Area, The Seventies, Tower of Power, Tower of Power Horn Section, United States, Young Man

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