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2 Members of R&B Band Tower of Power Hit by Train, Injured
ABC New ^ | 1/13/17 | Associated Press

Posted on 01/13/2017 2:30:23 AM PST by sushiman

Two members of Tower of Power, a group that has been an R&B institution for nearly 50 years, were hit by a train Thursday night as they walked across tracks before a performance in their hometown of Oakland, but both survived, their publicist said.

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To: sushiman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0TUGeT9uUk


21 posted on 01/13/2017 4:58:35 AM PST by PGalt (CONGRATULATIONS Donald J. Trump)
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To: sushiman

Wild Cherry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10uRa4oENus


22 posted on 01/13/2017 5:02:59 AM PST by PGalt (CONGRATULATIONS Donald J. Trump)
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To: sushiman

Was it a Soul Train?


23 posted on 01/13/2017 5:08:49 AM PST by tnlibertarian
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To: sushiman

24 posted on 01/13/2017 5:16:27 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: sushiman

Tower of Power vs. Train of Pain.


25 posted on 01/13/2017 5:20:07 AM PST by proudpapa (Trump Pence earned it.)
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To: BBB333

Yes please.

Love that album.


26 posted on 01/13/2017 5:33:00 AM PST by SirLurkedalot (10/10/51-7/7/16 RIP Dad, I'll be missing you until I cross over to Eternity)
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To: sushiman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eizrQqhb1qY

Get well soon, gentlemen!

27 posted on 01/13/2017 6:16:00 AM PST by oblomov (We have passed the point where "law," properly speaking, has any further application. - C. Thomas)
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To: BBB333

Urban Renewal is one of my favorites, too.


28 posted on 01/13/2017 6:16:39 AM PST by oblomov (We have passed the point where "law," properly speaking, has any further application. - C. Thomas)
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To: BBB333

Being corrected by a FReeper is less stinging than being corrected by a regular human.


29 posted on 01/13/2017 6:23:22 AM PST by T-Bone Texan (Not tired of winning yet. BOO - YAH !)
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To: T-Bone Texan

Funny. I was just strokin’ ya...

I’ve been a BIG Tower Of Power fan for ever.

Pity they can’t keep a vocalist...


30 posted on 01/13/2017 6:35:33 AM PST by BBB333 (The power of TRUMP compels you!)
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To: Doogle

this is a mainline train that runs down the middle of a dense urban regular street downtown. It’s the most bizarre & unexpected event. The tracks are recessed.

I’ve almost walked into a locomotive here in the middle of broad daylight


31 posted on 01/13/2017 6:57:22 AM PST by vooch
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To: tnlibertarian

No pun intended but was it a bullet train? Or were they walkers?


32 posted on 01/13/2017 7:07:50 AM PST by t4texas (No koolaid for me. Thanks!)
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To: sushiman

“Stop, Look & Listen” by Cry Wolf


33 posted on 01/13/2017 7:24:19 AM PST by xander ("One man with courage is a majority." Thomas Jefferson)
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