Earth, Wind & Fire - Wikipedia. Earth, Wind & Fire (EWF) is an American band that has spanned the musical genres of R& B, soul, funk, jazz, disco, pop, rock, Latin and African. They are one of the most successful bands of all time.[1][2]Rolling Stone. Magazine described them as "innovative, precise yet sensual, calculated yet galvanizing" and declared that the band "changed the sound of black pop".[3]The band was founded in Chicago by Maurice White in 1. Salty Peppers.[4][5] Other members have included Philip Bailey, Verdine White, Fred White, Ralph Johnson, Larry Dunn, Al Mc. Kay and Andrew Woolfolk. The band has received 2.

Grammy nominations; they won six as a group and two of its members, Maurice White and Bailey, won separate individual awards.[2] Earth, Wind & Fire have 1. American Music Awards nominations and four awards.[2] They have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and have sold over 1. Five members of Earth, Wind & Fire were also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame: Maurice White, Philip Bailey, Verdine White, Larry Dunn and Al Mc. Kay.[1. 1] The music industry and fans have bestowed Lifetime Achievement honors from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (Rhythm & Soul Heritage Award – 2. NAACP (Hall of Fame – 1. BET Awards (Lifetime Achievement Award – 2. Earth, Wind & Fire is known for the dynamic sound of their horn section, their energetic and elaborate stage shows, and the interplay between the contrasting vocals of Philip Bailey's falsetto and Maurice White's baritone.[1] The kalimba (African thumb piano) is played on all of the band's albums.[1.

In the 1. 97. 0s and early 1. Shining Star", "That's the Way of the World", "Devotion", "Reasons", "Sing a Song", "Can't Hide Love", "Getaway", "Fantasy", "Love's Holiday", "September", "Boogie Wonderland", "After the Love Has Gone", and "Let's Groove".

Two Earth, Wind & Fire classic songs have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame: "That's the Way of the World" (2. Shining Star" (2. The band is also known as having been the first African- American act to sell out Madison Square Garden and to receive the MSG Gold Ticket Award.[2] President Barack Obama invited Earth, Wind & Fire to perform at the White House for the first social event of the new administration. History[edit]1. 96. Beginnings[edit]In 1. Maurice White, a former session drummer for Chess Records and former member of the Ramsey Lewis Trio, joined two friends in Chicago, Wade Flemons and Don Whitehead, as a songwriting team composing songs and commercials in the Chicago area. The three friends got a recording contract with Capitol; they called themselves "The Salty Peppers" and had a marginal hit in the Midwestern area called "La La Time".[1.

The Salty Peppers' second single, "Uh Huh Yeah", did not fare as well, and Maurice moved from Chicago to Los Angeles. He then added to the band singer Sherry Scott[1. Yackov Ben Israel, both from Chicago, and then asked his younger brother Verdine how he would feel about heading out to the West Coast. On June 6, 1. 97. Verdine left Chicago to join the band as their new bassist. Maurice began shopping demo tapes of the band, featuring Donny Hathaway, around to different record labels and the band was thus signed to Warner Bros.

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Records.[1. 3][1. Formation and early years[edit]Maurice's astrological sign, Sagittarius, has a primary elemental quality of Fire and seasonal qualities of Earth and Air, according to classical triplicities. Sagittarius in the northern hemisphere occurs in the autumn, whose element is earth, and in the southern hemisphere, it is spring, whose element is air. Hence the omission of Water, the fourth classical element.) Based on this, he changed the band's name, to "Earth, Wind & Fire". Maurice held further auditions in L. A. adding Michael Beale on guitar, Chester Washington on reeds, and Leslie Drayton on trumpet; Drayton also served as the group's musical arranger. Trombonist Alex Thomas completed the then ten- man EWF lineup.[1][1.

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The band's self- titled debut album, Earth, Wind, & Fire, was released in February 1. November 1. 97. 1's The Need of Love. Both albums were produced by Joe Wissert and a single, from The Need of Love called "I Think About Lovin' You", with Sherry Scott on lead vocals, provided EWF with their first Top 4. R& B hit. In 1. Melvin Van Peebles film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song.[1]The soundtrack was recorded at Paramount Recording Studios on Santa Monica Boulevard and released on Stax Records. The band developed a growing popularity on college campuses but, in spite of this, some members of EWF started to become restless and the band broke up after having been together less than six months.

With only Verdine left, Maurice decided to re- form the group. In 1. 97. 2, Maurice added vocalist Helena Davis (who was soon replaced by Jessica Cleaves, a former member of the R& B group The Friends of Distinction), Ronnie Laws on the flute and saxophone, rhythm guitarist Roland Bautista, keyboardist Larry Dunn, percussionist Ralph Johnson, and vocalist and Denver native Philip Bailey to the group. Warner Brothers didn't know how to promote this new combo as the only other funk band on their label was Charles Wright & the Watts 1. Street Rhythm Band.[1]The band successfully auditioned for managers Bob Cavallo and Joe Ruffalo. Watch Hot Tub Time Machine 2 Online Fandango. Cavallo's management of John Sebastian led to a series of gigs as the opening act for the pop/folk singer and The Lovin' Spoonful founder.

A performance at New York's Rockefeller Center introduced EWF to Clive Davis, then the President of Columbia Records. Davis was very impressed with the band's performance and bought their contract from Warner Bros. Their debut album on CBS/Columbia Records, Last Days and Time, featured mostly original material, but Bailey had recommended that the band cover the Pete Seeger song "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?", and the band also remade the Bread hit "Make It with You".[1. The album also includes the original (Maurice- penned) composition "Power", an uptempo eight- minute instrumental.

In stark contrast to the ballads, "Power" features extended fuzz guitar and soprano saxophone solos set against a driving funk beat. Classic period[edit]The album Head to the Sky was released in the spring of 1.

Evil", co- written by Maurice and Philip, and "Keep Your Head to the Sky", both of which reached the top 3. R& B and pop charts, respectively.

Prior to this album's release some personnel changes took place as Roland Bautista and Ronnie Laws left the band to pursue new musical opportunities.[1. Philip Bailey had recommended his former Denver East High School classmate, saxophonist Andrew Woolfolk, to the band as replacement for Laws; Woolfolk had been busy in New York studying sax with sax maestro Joe Henderson and was about to start a career in banking when Bailey called. To fill the void created by Bautista's departure, guitarists Al Mc.

Kay (who had performed with the Ike and Tina Turner Revue and The Watts 1. St. Rhythm Band) and Johnny Graham from R& B group New Birth were added to round out the new lineup.[2. Jessica Cleaves left the band following the release of the album; [2.

Joe Wissert.[2. 3] As some of the band's songs required lower register vocals than Bailey's, and due to the success of "Evil", Maurice altered his role in the group to incorporate that of lead vocalist. Recorded at Colorado's Caribou Ranch Studio and released in 1.

Open Our Eyes was a commercially successful LP, selling over a million copies in the US and thus was certified Platinum. At Maurice's request, Open Our Eyes was co- produced by Charles Stepney with White.

Stepney had previously worked with The Dells, The Rotary Connection, Terry Callier, Minnie Riperton, and the Ramsey Lewis Trio, to name a few.[8] Released in May 1. Mighty Mighty" became Earth, Wind & Fire's first top 3.