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Earth, Wind & Fire: The Faith and Family Behind the Funk
Behind the pyramids and the pyrotechnics, behind the capes and the kalimbas, Earth, Wind & Fire were always something simpler: a family. A visionary bandleader who treated music as ministry. A falsetto singer whose faith carried him through gospel choirs and pop stardom alike. Two brothers who never stopped playing together. This is the human…
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How Earth, Wind & Fire Created “That’s the Way of the World”: The Flop Film and the #1 Album
In the fall of 1974, Earth, Wind & Fire drove up into the Rocky Mountains to record the soundtrack for a movie everyone expected to fail — including, eventually, themselves. The film, a gritty music-business drama starring Harvey Keitel, did indeed flop. But the album the band carried down from that mountain became the biggest…
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The Untold Story of Earth, Wind & Fire: The Cosmic Funk Army That Defied Gravity
No band ever looked — or sounded — like Earth, Wind & Fire. Part R&B hit machine, part jazz ensemble, part ancient Egyptian mystery cult, part intergalactic traveling circus, they were the most ambitious live act of the 1970s and one of the most successful recording acts of any decade. Behind the glittering jumpsuits and…