Tower of Power's incredible standard is a category of its own. Their sound, famous and embedded in the psyches of fans around the world, is in its 43rd year. Berkeley College in Boston has a course dedicated to the dynamics of the band. Their followers, as cult-like loyal as those of The Grateful Dead, are from every continent. The band's appeal has not waned one iota over its four decades and the spine-tingle ensemble of sound, as a living, evolving organism has featured the cream of the musical crop through its ranks since 1968.

Now is no exception and two of its stalwarts, drummer David Garibaldi and singer Larry Braggs hit Australia for two special performance featuring the legendary music of Tower of Power and Sam Cooke.

Various elements of the band have stamped the Tower DNA on recordings by many artists including Elton John, Santana, Taj Mahal, Latoya Jackson, Rod Stewart, John Lee Hooker, Bobby McFerrin and Peter Frampton - as well as our own Helen Reddy and Renee Geyer - only a brief selection from a long list.

Garibaldi has driven the grooves of the Tower machine since 1970. He believes the band is greater than the sum of its parts and shares a commonality with his band members in their approach to making music. Endorsed by Yamaha and Sabian, he has shared his gift through many publications and is also a supremely highly regarded writer and teacher.

Braggs knew from the second grade he was a singer and what a singer. Possibly the most accessible of all Tower vocalists, his tone, range and power are of world renown. His style is a graceful nod to the best aspects two of his most distinctive predecessors the gritty rasp of Rick Stevens and the churchy, soulful sheen of Lenny Williams but his sheer dynamism is all his own.