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Tower of Power: Don’t Change Horses (In The Middle Of A Stream) Don’t Change Horses (In The Middle Of A Stream) on Amazon Prime Music Continuing my list of the Top 20 albums of 1974, coming in at #6 is Back To Oakland by Tower of Power. 1974 is filled with amazing funk albums, and this record by Tower of Power is the group’s best. It is the second TOP album to feature vocalist Lenny Williams.…

Quarter Notes: Blurbs & Briefs from Sound Bites

- In this edition: Tower of Power; the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band; Grateful Dead/Allman Brothers tribute; & Tony Rice

DAVID GARIBALDI LEAVES TOWER OF POWER: David Garibaldi has left Tower of Power. But he is not retiring.

“I’m just not on the tour bus,” said the 77-year-old drummer, who cited TOP’s 110-show years as the reason for his amicable split.

“As we said many times, ‘You can’t be a pussy if you want to be in a funk band.’”

A NITTY GRITTY SO LONG: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on March 21 will embark on its “last traditionally scheduled gigs,” dubbed All the Good Times: The Farewell Tour.

“No need to fret, this isn’t goodbye forever, but it will be the last fans see of multi-city runs and long bus rides,” the group said in a statement.

GD/ABB TRIBUTE TOUR PLANNED: Former Grateful Dead keyboardist Tom Constanten will join one-time Allman Brothers sideman Les Dudek and members of the Allman Betts Band, Bob Weir & RatDog, Phil Lesh & Friends and Oteil and Friends for a 16-date tour called Live Dead & Brothers, running April 5 to May 11.

TONY RICE RETURNS TO CHURCH STREET: Tony Rice’s long-out-of-print, 1983 album, Church Street Blues, will be reissued on vinyl and in HD audio on April 5.