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Aug 11, 2021: Two Tower of Power Alumni Deaths Within Days

Mike Finnigan was an accomplished session / touring musician on the Hammond B3 organ, for Jimi Hendrix, Crosby, Stills and Nash, and Bonnie Raitt. Bruce Conte joined the band in 1972.

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August 11, 1999: Kiss Gets Hollywood Star

The band’s thundering hard rock sound and theatrical outfits and stage show proved to be a winning combination that propelled them to become rock superstars

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Aug 11, 2020: Trini Lopez—‘If I Had a Hammer’ & ‘Lemon Tree’ Singer—Dies

The singer who rocked up everything from folk songs to standards, giving them a Latin accent, was a sensation in the early ’60s

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