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FIRE

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flse the

musical styles

ol conternporary

biack

rnLrslc rock.

pop,

jazz

illues

and

qcspe

was

foTmed

bY Nlaurlce

Wh te

io

make a contrlbution

to

peope

through

''ius

c.

ndeed,

they've

demonstrated

t:,roLrgh

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r

distlnctive

sound

and

globa

copuarty

that

musc

ls a unveTsa

an

g

Jage

iri 1970 Whlte

formed

his

fLrst

group,

tlle

Saly

Peppers

which

evoved

nto Earth,

\t

nd and

Fire

within

a

year

He

created

the

concept

for Earth,

Wjnd &

Fire

dur

ng one

oi

h

s v

slts to the

Far

East

as the

drummer

lor

the

Ramsey Lewls

nio After

a

part

cu ary

v

vid and vislonary

drearn,

he conceived

of

a

n ne-member

group with a sound

that

{rou d make

a

d lference

He

used

his stud

es of metaphys

cs and

phiosophy

to torm

the

principes

of

Earth

Wind

&

Fire the

fame

tself

symbo

iz

ng

vitale

ements

otthe

un

veTse

'From

the

very start, I

had a

commltment

to

be dlfferent

ln

terms of music

and

what was

prolected

on

stage

wanted

Earth,

Wind & Flre to

rellect the

growing

search

lor

greater

self-understanding

greater

lree-

dom from

the restr ct ons

we

p

aced

on

oLrr_

seves

ln

terms

of our

ndivdua

potentlal,

Wh te

stated.

Earth

Wlnd & F re s

flrst

two

a burns

EARTH, WIND

&

FIBE

and

THE

NEED

OF

LOVE were

recorded

for Warnef Bros.

Rec

ords

in 1971.

ln

72.

the

group

s

gned

wrth

Coumbia

Records

recorded

the

LAST

DAYS

AND

TLN,4ES

aLbun

and

toured

the

country, opening

for artsts

as diverse

as

War and

John

Sebast

an

Thelr second Co-

lumbla

a bum,

HEAD

TO

THE SKY became

their

frsl

god

record

and

[/]aurce

White

brought

the kalimba

(the

African

"thumb

p

ano")

into

the

grouP

s

sound.

Establishlng

audiences

that

clossed

mus

cal boundares

Earth,

Wind &

Fire

per

fomed al

The Calfornia

Jam

n

1974

wth

Emerson

Lake & Pa mer,

BLack

Oak

Arkan

sas and

Rare Earth and opened

for

Sly

and

The Fam

y

Stone

at

N,4ad

son

Square

Garden.

Their next

a

bum,

OPEN

OUR

EYES,

was their

first mi

lion

se

et and

ylelded

the hits

MIGHry

N.4lGHry

and

DE-

VOTION.

n 1975 Earth.

Wlnd & F

re

broke wide

open

with the

a

bum

THAT'S

THE WAY

OF

THE

I

WORLD

whch

ncu.].::ne flt

snges

REASONS,

SH N

NG

S

F

(the

groups

Irst

Grammy

Award

winn

ng

song)

and

lhe ttle

lrack. The album

sod

two

ni

ion copes.

marklng

it

as a

mlestone

In conlemporary

b ack

nusc.

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dazzlng

stage

pro

d

.cr,o.r

td.I

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&

rirF

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qedd

i-

i.q

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o^

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e'r.

and

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d o-t

h

9^

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.os

s.ch

o

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The Spectrum

n

PhiladePhia

The

Ho

lwood

Bowl,

the Capllol

Centef

n

Waslr

jhgton

D.C and

the Cow

Paace

in San

Francisco.

That

same

year

the

group

undertook

ts lirst

European

tour

wth Santana

and

receved

rave

revlews

a

I

ovea

Europe

for

its

dynarlc

shows

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reeased

in

75

GRAT

TUDE, was certif

ed double

plat

nunr

and

the

group

ended

the

Year

wth

two

more

gold

sing es

CAN'T

HIDE

LOVE

and

S

NG

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group

returned

to

Europe

forSRO

concerts

perloüned

for

the iirst

time n

Japan

and

at the Un

ted

Nations

with an

a

I

ne-up n

a concert

broadcast

around

o.

was

agan

a

time of

travel.

The

golcl

e a

bum

FACES

was recorded

n

the

isand

of l\.4onserrat,

and Earth

&

F

re made

its

first

tour of Lat

n Ame.-

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the

road

n

the

USA

aga

n

in

'BT

tne

hgh ghted

RAtsE

another

rniton

I

ng

a bum and

the

Grarnmy-nominateo

singe

LETS

GROOVE.

In

1982,

they

another

Gramrnv for

I WANNA

BE

YOU

(Best

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& B

Voca

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C'o-or

a-d

lo-red

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Amerca

and Europe.

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re-

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at the beginning

of

1983

ancl fea-

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-

the

oroup,s

break

alter

13

stra

ght years

of

non-stup

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perform

ng

and

touring

t was

a

dedicated

to

persona

oroMh

and de-

durng

which

varous

members

the

group

undertook

a

variety

of

ditferent

cal

prolects

1987

was witness

to

Earth,

Wnd

&

F

re's

renaissance

A

newy

formed group

featur

lng

N,4aurice

and

brother

Verdine

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re

Ph p

Ba

ey, Andrew

Woo foik,

Ra

pn

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and

Sheldon Reyno

ds, toured tne

WOT

d

AS

IhC TOUCH

THE

WORLD

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went

god

and

the snges

THINKING

OF

YOU

and

SYSTEM

OF

SURV VAL

trave

eo

up the

charts in 19BB

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lsstunn

ng

spectac

e

and

splendor

n

the

r ve

performances

but

t's the

mes

sage

of Earth,

Wind

&

Fire

s

muslc

that

cap-

tured

the

hearts

of audiences

lrom

the very

bog

_ito

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VoU.eW-,1.

era^l/sao

'e e5se-

.-

n \4'al

ne

.dy

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a5,

cfar oeo itsa

dooul

o.aa-o

oera\

rg -

yoursel

and

rediscoverinO

who

you

are.'

Earth,

Wnd

& Fre

brng

together

peope

across

the

g

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a true

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Getaway

36

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39 In

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Stone

44

Let's

Groove

48

Mighty,

Mighty

56

Reasons

60

September

51

Serpentine

Fire

64

Shining

Star

68

Sing

A

Song

72

System

Of

Survjval

84 That's

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Way

Of The

Wond

77

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by

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FOSTTR

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WHITE,

ANd

ALLEE

WILLIS

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MIGHTY

Words and Music by MAURICE WHIT:

ANd VERDINE WHIT:

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try

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cry-in' the blues

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ya

faith?_

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ls

rea-t;_

falth ta

you.-

kid

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To

your

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self be

t ue.-

ver-y

near._

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ya

love,

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for a

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day.-

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you

u

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the sky.



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MAURTCE

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VERDINE

WHITE and

SONNY

BUR(:

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cause

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mean-ingin

my life lo

me--

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glo

morn-ine

glo

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fire,-

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tell

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as life

as

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na

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need

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see

your

face

like

the

morning

sun

ignite my energ/.

The cause and

effect

of

you

has brought new meaning in

my

liie to

me,

The

moments I find

when

I'm inclined to

do

my best.

Negative

wins when I

give

in

then I

lose

the

test.

Not matry

times.

Gonna (To Chorus)



56

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words

and

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MAURICE

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PHILIP

BAILEY

and

CHARLES

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shlrc

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