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^ musical styles ol conternporary

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qcspe was foTmed bY Nlaurlce Wh te
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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
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
h s v slts to

un veTse

'From the very start, I had a commltment to

be dlfferent ln terms of music and what was

stage

prolected on
wanted Earth,
Wind & Flre to rellect the growing search lor
greater self-understanding greater lreedom 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 Columbla 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 DEVOTION.
n 1975 Earth. Wlnd & F re broke wide open
with the a bum THAT'S THE WAY OF THE

WORLD

whch ncu.].::ne flt snges

REASONS, SH N NG

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
pro
b ack nusc. Wth their dazzlng stage
qedd id .cr,o.r td.I W o & rirF oegd
. o-. e'r. and ,o d o-t h 9^
i.q t-e,'
lvdor"o' Sq-"'u"'d'
,el .os s.ch
The Spectrum n PhiladePhia The Ho
lwood Bowl, the Capllol Centef n Waslr
jhgton D.C and the Cow Paace in San

o^

Francisco.
That same year the group undertook ts lirst

European tour wth Santana and receved

rave revlews a I ovea Europe for its dynarlc

in 75
GRAT TUDE, was certif ed double plat nunr
shows A second abum reeased

and the group ended the Year wth two

more gold sing es CAN'T HIDE LOVE and
S NG A SONG

group returned to Europe forSRO concerts

perloned for the iirst time n Japan and
appeared at the Un ted Nations with an a I
srar ne-up n a concert broadcast around
rne wor o.

1980 was agan a time of travel. The golcl

doub e a bum FACES was recorded n the
Carbbean isand of l\.4onserrat, and Earth
Wind & F re made its first tour of Lat n Ame.ica. On the road n the USA aga n in 'BT tne
group hgh ghted RAtsE another rniton
se I ng a bum and the Grarnmy-nominateo
god singe LETS GROOVE. In 1982, they
received another Gramrnv for I WANNA BE
WITH YOU (Best R & B Voca perlormance

B/ A C'o-or a-d lo-red ^,te.5iJel\ .

North Amerca and Europe.

The go d a bum POWEBL GHT was reeased at the beginning of 1983 ancl fea.red d Grar -r)-^o"r', dteo 5 nq p, A L ,\
lOVt WIT-r VE -,e ar o o-rb,e" sar
the re ease of the ELECTRIC UN VERSE a
llum Then came a hiatus
the oroup,s
first break alter 13 stra ght years of non-stup
record ng, perform ng and touring t was a
tme dedicated to persona oroMh and deveopment durng which varous members
ot the group undertook a variety of ditferent
mus cal prolects

1987 was witness to Earth, Wnd & F re's

renaissance A newy formed group featur
lng N,4aurice and brother Verdine Wh re
Ph p Ba ey, Andrew Woo foik, Ra pn
Johnson and Sheldon Reyno ds, toured tne
WOT d AS IhC TOUCH THE WORLD AIbLTNI
went god and the snges THINKING OF
YOU and SYSTEM OF SURV VAL trave eo
up the charts in 19BB
There lsstunn ng spectac e and splendor n
the ve performances but t's the mes
sage of Earth, Wind & Fire s muslc that captured the hearts of audiences lrom the very

bog _ito A. VoU.eW-,1. era^l/sao

e5se- .- n \4'al ne .dy L a5,

cfar oeo itsa dooul o.aa-o oera\ rg -

'e

yoursel and rediscoverinO who you are.'

Earth, Wnd & Fre brng together peope
across the g obe in a true celebrat on of lle

t.r,:'.,..:.:

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4 After The Love Has Gone
9 Boogie Wonderland
14 Can't Hide Love
18 Devotion
23 Fantasy
28 Getaway
36 Got To Get You Into
39 In The Stone
44 Let's Groove
48 Mighty, Mighty

l\r1y

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56 Reasons
60 September
51 Serpentine Fire
64 Shining Star
68 Sing A Song

72 System Of Survjval
84 That's The Way Of The Wond
77 Thinking Of You

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jAY CRAYDON and BILL CHAMPLI\

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VERDINE WHITE and EDDIE DEL BARRIO
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Words and Music by MAURICE WHITE,

DAVID FOSTTR ANd ALLEE WILLIS

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MIGHTY MIGHTY
Words and Music by MAURICE WHIT:
ANd VERDINE

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malre

falth ta you.-

$read ya

love,

There ar times-

io

the sky.

kid - ding;

for a bdght -er

vhen yourre bound to

day.-

cry,-

To your

faith?_
rea-t;_

- self be t!ue.ver-y near._

For \rhat ya

sea:rc\-

Onemole

time,

you

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SERPENTINE FIRE

llode.atelj Slow,

.. dg

Words and Music by MAURTCE \,VH IE

VERDINE WHITE and SONNY BUR(:

Hlltl

the mom-ing sun

my necLl is

\'ou spark ling lo shine.-

ld lill.] xndthrt'sr

ncw clc

sign.-

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in - llu-cn-ces

strry-

seeyourface- in ihe

mY

mind io

dls-a-gfee,-

moln-ingsun ig-nilc my en-er

hasbroughtnw mean-ingin my

tcll
tell

ry morn-ing glo
ry morn-ine glo

11atl-

life

lo

tsy.-O\1

The cause rnd ef iect

me--

a - boulthe
a - boutthe

ser-pen-line fire,ser-pen-tine fire.-

Gon na

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xs lite

ry

morn-irgglo -

all

be

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Oh yelh,

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yi-chyi-eh yi- yi

HJjJ]

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to

C'llao

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yi-eh yi-ehyi-ehyi-yi

,-\

ya-ha-how-

ah

.{

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Htr
as
as

life
life

teu

the

gun
gun

sto -

ry

You will
You will

asas-

morn-rngglo

- ry

with the ser- pn- tine fire.with the ser-pen-tine fire.

-

all

-bout the sr-pen-tine

flre.-

(I need to) 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)

Sure

Gon

- ly
- na

Gon- na

56

REASONS
words and Music by MAURICE \\'- :
PHILIP BAILEY and CHARLES sTE?\:
Slowly

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Now,-fm crav-ins Yourbod

i6 this

Y'

real?_

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Tm:!r r:!-turdr

in'

wrong- place-

to

donrt

wait

rm-

be

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Kies-in' and hug _ ginr andhold_lnr

to rove- you*lust lo. a ntght.-

to fel-

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long-Lng

ris -

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the

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Rea-Bona,- te rca- sons that wd.e bere._

m
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!ea- son6

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ap

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our u-Iu

pa-tedar

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rn(l aI lhf rea - son6- start to

m
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ftnd

my rea -

sons,

Al - ter

au

die,-

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SEPTEMBER

Words nd Music by MAURICE \\

AL MCKAY and ALLEE \\'lt

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aTSTEELCHf_5T NlUS C

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)or re. menl Lei!

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in

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ihoughts art

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trlv thoughli,rre with you,

holding hands with yorr heart,
to see yo, only bluc tllk aid 1orc.
RerncnLer hot! wc kncw love wtrs hcr. {o
Now ljecenrber fourd tlF love

stryl

thrl vo sh.red,

SeJ,tembcr, only blue lalk nr)d love.

Rcmember the true love we shlrc loday.

SHINING

STAR
Words and ,Vusic b\ '.'.
PHILIP BILE\ :^:

Slowly rnd Strong

E?(le)

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When you wish-

*".-"1"u

,*--" '*-,

*-."-

i-

up-on,

star,-

t-.9.-

lilt

But, whenyou

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gn! RpleNed lnrernit on:l copyrBhr se.u

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wish-

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trim

brigbt to see,-

shin -ing

sta.,,

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.2->Shin - ing saar, come

I'ound I had-

to

in - to vrew,stand a -rone'-

.bine- its watch - tul IiBhl- on you.lness- it, now,- rve

to car find-your -setf

-

strength-

m'!ku

bod- y

big*

and

to-ihese words of

ffi

ffis
no

H*1#

bright to Eee,-

ffi

mat-ter who you

are;_

Rcfea! ad

I1b.

ud Jate out

58

SING A SONG

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Modc.akly, with a Btrong bit

Whenyou IeeI

Bring

slng a songi-

doqn -heart

your

s'!g a

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LiJe

tinre

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ar

Al Rsh

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yexh,''. yean,- yeah,

rh

yeah,-

song

a day,

lcah, leah, lcah, r.dh.

you

yiit

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to make a liv - ing.

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THINKING OF YOU

77

Words and Music by MAURtCt WHtIE,

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WAYNE VAUCHN and WANDA VAUCHN

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