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L.A., 1970. Illustrating his vision and the current cosmology, Maurice White, a sure-footed drummer for Chicago’s Chess Records, changed the name of his band from The Salty Peppers to Earth, Wind & Fire. Black and beautiful, White and his brother-in-rhythm, bassist Verdine, built a musical brick house founded on earthy soul, ethereal wind arrangements and flaming horns. Maurice looked to the pyramids and the ancients to create complex musical structures and elaborate, pyrotechnic stage shows. The elements came together in “That’s The Way Of The World” as White found a simple, enduring melody for a universal truth.
That’s The Way Of The World by Earth, Wind & Fire

Piloted by producer-writer-drummer Maurice White, Earth, Wind & Fire brought the spectacle of arena-rock to their invariably catchy pop soul (“Sing A Song,” “September,” “Saturday Night”), and became one of the ’70s’ major crossover success stories. Their music was a stylistic grab-bag, shrewdly concocted and uplifting, jazzy and danceable. Like such contemporaries as Parliament and the Ohio Players, they understood the theatrics of funk; like Blood, Sweat & Tears and Chicago, they doled out bursts of brass in a cheerful, melodic context. And they returned the embrace of their audience with a typically generous benediction: you’re a shining star, no matter who you are.

Shining Star by Earth, Wind & Fire
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