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My Life with Earth, Wind & Fire

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by Maurice White


  Davis, Billy, 45–49, 54, 80, 117, 197–98, 299

  Davis, Carl, 52–54

  Davis, Clive, 113–20, 131, 149, 299

  Davis, Miles, 24, 70, 90, 117, 128, 149, 319, 358

  Davis, Robert, 19

  Dean Martin Show, The, 88

  DeBarge, El, 302, 331

  Del Barrio, Eddie, 224–25, 252, 254, 277

  Delfonics, 106

  Dells, 70–71

  Denver, John, 261

  Deodato, Eumir, 222, 254

  “Devotion,” 28, 140, 159, 349, 358

  Diamond, Neil, 213, 260, 320

  Diddley, Bo, 54

  Diff’rent Strokes (TV show), 301

  Dion, Celine, 327

  disco, 219, 227–28, 258–60

  “Disco Inferno,” 258

  “Distant Lover,” 192

  Dixieland, 122, 248, 260

  Dixon, Helena, 105, 107, 115, 133

  Dixon, Jessy, 141

  Dolby, Thomas, 302

  Dominos, 16

  Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert (TV show), 134, 181

  “Don’t Ask My Neighbors,” 217–18

  “Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Round,” 8

  Doobie Brothers, 134

  doo-wop, 17, 42, 260

  DownBeat, 38

  Down Homers, 71

  “Do You Feel Like We Do,” 192

  Dramatics, 231

  Drayton, Leslie, 92

  Dreamgirls (musical), 297

  Dreyfuss, Richard, 226

  Drifters, 16, 19

  Drums Unlimited, 57–58, 67

  Duke, George “Daddy,” 297, 321

  Dukes, Joe, 20, 70, 156

  Duncan, Al, 53

  Dunn, Larry, 99, 105–7, 122, 127, 129, 132, 139, 141, 152–53, 166–69, 172, 189, 198, 202–3, 222, 224–26, 232, 238, 252–53, 256, 258–59, 285, 297, 303, 311–12, 317–18, 320, 348

  Eagles, 154, 214, 249, 315

  Earth, Wind & Fire (EW&F), 94–97, 99–101. See also specific band members; albums; and songs

  All ’N All (1977) released, 224–41, 252–54

  audience and, 149, 159–60, 180, 214–15

  awards and, 194, 248, 259–61, 287, 296, 347, 352

  band created, 73, 78, 87–103, 347

  band named, 83

  band relaunched after early split, 103–21

  Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. I (1978) released, 247–48

  Cavallo hired as manager, 111–12

  Cavallo replaced by Gordon, 315–16

  Columbia signs, 114–18, 126, 131–32, 149–50

  crossover status and, 182–83

  decline of, 275–76, 292–94, 332–33

  disbanded, 1984, 307–12

  disbanding revisited, and comeback, 320–23

  Earth, Wind & Fire debut (1971) released, 94–101

  Egyptology and, 148–49

  Electric Universe (1983) released, 302–5

  Faces (1980) released, 276–82

  Gratitude (1975) released, 191–95

  Head to the Sky (1973) released, 128–29, 136

  Heritage (1990) released, 330–31

  I Am (1979) released, 251–62

  Jim Brown as manager of, 92–94, 101

  Last Days and Time (1972) released, 115–18, 129

  legacy of, 341, 348–50, 355–56

  Maurice’s illness and retirement and, 340–43, 352–55

  message and concept of, 130, 148, 175, 261, 276, 355–56, 359

  Millenium (1992) released, 337–39

  MTV and, 292–94

  musical style of, 81–83, 110, 149–51, 123, 128–30, 140, 191–92, 228, 249, 260–61, 328, 330, 349–50, 359

  Need of Love (1971) released, 99

  Open Our Eyes (1973) released, 138–42, 148–49

  Powerlight (1983) released, 297, 302, 304–5

  promotion and, 95–97, 100, 113, 180–82, 184–85, 273–75, 278–80, 294–96, 302, 318–19, 332

  Raise! (1981) released, 284–91, 296–97

  Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and, 1–2, 347–50

  rock status achieved by, 133–34, 152–56

  Spirit (1976) released, 199–205, 209–14, 221, 357–58

  Stepney hired as arranger, 136–39

  Sun Goddess with Ramsey Lewis released, 159–62

  Sweet Sweetback score and, 97–98

  tensions within, 188–90, 253–56, 277, 281–86, 288–91, 295–96, 306–11

  That’s the Way of the World (1975) released, 163–69, 171–77, 182–83

  Touch the World (1987) comeback released, 320–23

  touring, 113–14, 127–29, 133–34, 149, 152–56, 159–60, 169–71, 179–80, 212–14, 277–82, 288–91, 296–97, 322–23

  tour of Europe with Santana, 184–90

  tour of Japan, 334–35, 340

  tour of South America, 280–81

  tour of world, 262–66

  TV appearances, 134–35, 240, 261–62, 338–39

  Warner Bros. and, 94–95, 337

  Washington as arranger for, 38

  White House performances of, 352–53

  “Earth, Wind and Fire,” 136

  East, Nathan, 321

  Eaton, Cleveland, 64, 68–69

  Ebony, 70

  Egypt, 147–48, 210, 265–66

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 16

  Eisner, Eric, 224

  Electric Universe, 293, 302–5, 333

  Ellington, Duke, 119, 157

  Ellison, Ron, 195, 275

  Emerson, Lake and Palmer, 154

  Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 199

  Emory, Sonny, 322

  Emotion, 313–15

  Emotions, 52, 195–96, 203, 216–21, 224, 245, 259, 262, 300–301

  “Energy,” 99

  Entertainment Tonight (TV show), 293

  Escovedo, Coke and Pete, 119

  Everett, Betty, 42–43

  “Everything Is Everything,” 99

  “Evil,” 129, 132–34, 147

  “Evolution Orange,” 313, 349

  Faces, 42, 230, 273, 276–80, 284, 288, 292, 297, 305, 308, 333, 347

  Faces (band), 153

  “Fair but So Uncool,” 349

  Fairweather, Brian, 303, 314, 316–17

  Faison, George, 230–32, 236–38, 240, 263–64, 296

  “Fall in Love with Me,” 302

  “Fantasy,” 225, 227–28, 259–60, 349

  “Fan the Fire,” 94, 97

  Fargnoli, Steve, 180, 281, 309, 315

  Feather, Leonard, 38

  “Feelin’ Blue,” 138

  Feel My Soul, 297

  Ferguson, Maynard, 118

  Fifth Dimension, 133, 193

  Findley, Chuck, 288

  “Fire and Rain,” 128

  Fisher, Eddie, 38

  Five Men, 70–71

  Flamingos, 16

  Fleetwood Mac, 133, 249, 279–80

  Flemons, Wade, 70–71, 78, 87, 90, 93–94, 100, 102

  Flowers, 195

  “Flowers,” 195

  “Foggy Day in London Town,” 55

  Folger’s Coffee commercials, 59

  folk music, 19, 51, 110, 114, 116, 248

  Foreman, George, 190

  Foster, David, xi-xiii, 246, 250–55, 257, 277, 289, 297–98, 306–7, 310, 332

  Four Dukes, 20

  Four Tops, 47

  Frampton, Peter, 192

  Free Jazz, 34

  Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The (film), 298

  Friends of Distinction, 101, 115

  funk, 99, 125, 191, 248–49, 293, 304

  Funkadelic, 125, 126, 191

  fusion, 128–30, 191, 224, 359

  Gamble, Kenneth, 118

  Gandhi, Mahatma, 188, 257

  Gannon, Joe, 213

  Gap Band, 302

  Gardner, Burgess, 71

  Garner, James, 95

  Gaye, Marvin, 116, 165, 192, 255

  Geffen, David, 224, 297

  Genesis, 315

  George, Lowell, 151

/>   Gershwin, George, 55

  “Getaway,” 130, 200, 202, 210, 259–60, 284, 349

  “Get Down On It,” 302

  Getz, Stan, 38

  “Giant Steps,” 140

  Gibran, Kahlil, 5, 65, 122, 245, 324, 358

  Gillespie, Dizzy, 38, 100

  Gilmour, David, 311

  Giovanni, Nikki, 94

  “Give Me Just a Little More Time,” 55

  Glenn, Garry, 277

  Golddiggers, 88

  Gordon, Shep, 316

  Gordy, Berry, 45, 47, 89–90, 116, 318

  gospel, 8–9, 15, 17, 24, 116, 141–42, 195, 228, 249, 310, 321

  Gospel Clefs, 141

  Gossett, Lou, Jr., 95

  “Got to Get You into My Life,” 237–40, 260, 273

  Graham, Bill, 180, 184–86

  Graham, Johnny, 124, 160, 172–75, 232, 253, 256, 311, 348

  Graham, Larry, 120

  Graham, Leo, 38

  Graham Central Station, 120

  Grammy Awards, xi, 60, 194, 248, 259–60, 287, 294–95, 352

  Gratitude, 191–95, 211–12, 221, 322

  “Gratitude,” 349

  Grease (film sound track), 237

  Greatest Salesman in the World, The (Mandino), 247

  “Green Onions,” 40

  Groover, The, 66

  GRP company, 331

  Guercio, Jim, 139–40

  Guercio, Lucy, 139

  Guilty, 314

  Gumbel, Bryant, 182, 330

  Guns N’ Roses, 327

  Hakim, Omar, 331

  Hall, John, 300

  Hall & Oates, 302

  Hancock, Herbie, 107

  Handy, Chuck, 38, 78

  Hang On Sloopy, 66

  “Hang On Sloopy,” 66

  “Happy Feeling,” 168, 173

  Harris, Damon, 106

  Harris, Eddie, 140

  Harris, Michael, 181

  Harrison, George, 119

  Hart, William, 106

  Harvard Report on black music, 118

  Harvest Moon Festival, 38

  Hathaway, Donny, 78–79, 128, 150–51, 154

  “Have a Little Talk with Jesus,” 8

  Hawkins, Edwin and Walter, 321

  Hayes, Isaac, 122–23, 125

  Haynes, Roy, 25, 70

  Hays, Ron, 292

  “Head,” 220

  Head to the Sky, ix, 12, 128–32, 136, 193

  “Heart Don’t Change My Mind,” 314

  Heavenly Sunbeams, 195

  Heider, Wally, 191

  “Hello,” 332

  “Help Somebody,” 94

  Henderson, Joe, 140

  Henderson, Marlo, 254, 277, 282

  Henderson, Willie, 38

  Hendrix, Jimi, 92

  Henley, Don, 315

  Henning, Doug, 230, 232–36, 263, 296

  Heritage, 147, 330–31, 333, 337

  “Heritage,” 147

  Hey, Jerry, 288–89

  “Higher and Higher,” 52

  Hill, Napoleon, 35, 51, 73

  Hinduism, 78, 143

  Hines, Maurice, 352

  hip-hop, 327–32

  “Hit the Road Jack,” 30

  “Hold On, I’m Comin’,” 40

  Holiday, Billie, 75

  Holliday, Jennifer, 297–98, 304

  Hollywood Bowl, 355

  Hollywood Sound, 171–72, 201, 216, 225

  Hollywood Walk of Fame, 347

  Holt, Redd, 60

  “Hot Dawgit,” 160–61

  Hot Feet (musical), 352

  Hoving, Thomas, 278–79

  Howart, James Newton, 277, 301

  “How ’Bout Us,” 332

  “How Deep Is Your Love,” 237

  Howlin’ Wolf, 209

  Huff, Leon, 118

  Hulett, Tom, 323

  Hummit Productions, 70

  Humphrey, Fred, 34–36, 38, 46, 51, 111–12, 123, 150, 354

  Husney, Owen, 219, 315

  Hutchinson, Joe, Sr., 195

  Hutchinson, Sheila, 195, 203, 218

  Hutchinson, Wanda, 195, 216–19, 286

  Huxley, Aldous, 30

  I Am, 242, 251–54, 257–66, 273, 276, 284, 300

  “I Am Love,” 297–98

  “I Can Feel It in My Bones,” 99

  “I Can’t Go for That,” 302

  “I Do Love You,” 55

  “I Don’t Want to Lose Your Love,” 195

  “I’d Rather Have You,” 116, 193

  “I Feel Love,” 228

  Iglesias, Julio, 118

  “I Like It,” 302

  “I’ll Take You There,” 116

  “I’ll Write a Song for You,” 336

  “Imagination,” 210

  Impressions, 53, 54

  Inayat Khan, Hazrat, 143

  “‘In’ Crowd, The,” 60, 160, 162

  “I Need You,” 319

  Ingber, Jeffrey, 239

  Ingram, James, 331

  Ink Spots, 17

  “In the Stone,” 247, 251, 260, 349, 355

  In the Storm, 331

  “In Time,” 284

  “Is It You,” 293

  Islam, 78, 143, 227

  Isley Brothers, 211

  “It Don’t Matter to Me,” 128

  “I Think about Lovin’ You,” 99

  “It Should Have Been Me,” 8

  “I’ve Had Enough,” 349

  “I Write a Song for You,” 232

  Jackson, Jesse, 71, 261

  Jackson, Mahalia, 8, 142, 216

  Jackson, Maynard, 153

  Jackson, Michael, 55, 278, 293, 315, 323

  Jackson, Walter, 53

  Jagger, Mick, 311

  Jamerson, James, 39

  James, Etta, 51

  James, Rick, 292–93

  James, William, 340

  Japan, 334–35, 340

  Jarreau, Al, 302

  Jarrett, Keith, 199–200

  jazz, xii, 22–26, 34–38, 51, 55–56, 60–61, 64, 66, 70, 81–83, 99–100, 110, 128–30, 140, 149, 160–62, 182, 191–92, 204, 222, 224, 228, 249, 255, 300, 319–20, 330–31, 333, 359

  Jazzmen, 38–39

  Joel, Billy, 313

  John, Elton, 139–40, 180, 214, 249, 327

  Johnson, Magic, 342

  Johnson, Ralph “Slick,” 104, 107, 122, 150–52, 186–87, 189, 232, 253, 290, 312, 322, 340, 342, 348, 355

  Johnson Brothers, 302

  Jones, Booker T., 18–20, 24–27, 29, 40, 80, 222, 337–38

  Jones, Booker T., Sr., 25

  Jones, Elvin, 25, 70

  Jones, Howard, 302

  Jones, James Earl, 323

  Jones, Judy, 262–62

  Jones, Perry “PJ,” 95–97, 100, 105–7, 109

  Jones, Philly Joe, 36, 70

  Jones, Quincy, 38, 52, 198, 204, 260, 290, 298, 318

  Joplin, Janis, 88, 103

  Joyride, 320

  Judaism, 78, 143

  Judson, Dick, 78

  “Jupiter,” 349

  kalimba, 66–68, 109

  Kalimba Productions, 178, 194–99, 219, 223, 236, 253, 300, 357

  “Kalimba Story,” 67

  Keel, Louis, 25

  “Keep on Pushing,” 54

  “Keep Your Head to the Sky,” 12, 129–30, 132, 134, 147, 349, 358

  Keitel, Harvey, 163, 171

  Kendricks, Eddie, 106

  Kennedy, Bobby, 75

  Kennedy, John F., 43

  Kent, Herb, 141

  Kenton, Stan, 38

  KFFA (radio station), 24

  King, B.B., 24

  King, Carole, 90, 197

  King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr., 25, 72, 75–76, 163, 210

  King Biscuit Time (radio show), 24

  KISS, 230, 297

  Klarwein, Mati, 117

  Kloss, Jethro, 65, 90

  Knight, Gladys, 219

  Knighton, Reggie, 245

  Köln Concert, The, 199

  Kool & the Gang, 76, 211,
302

  Kristofferson, Kris, 261

  Kuma, Anuradha, 257

  Laboriel, Abraham, 317

  “Lady Sun,” 286

  “La La Time,” 78–79, 87

  Lance, Major, 52, 53

  La Rose Elementary School (Memphis), 12–13

  Last Days and Time, 115–18, 129, 193

  Last Poets, 128

  Latin music, 51, 82–83, 123, 128, 161, 192, 222, 225, 248, 249, 258, 280

  Laws, Hubert, 107

  Laws, Ronnie, 107, 120–21

  Laws of Success, The (Hill), 35, 51, 65, 73, 81, 84, 96–97

  Lawson, Ricky, 321

  Led Zeppelin, 249, 327

  Lennon, John, 311

  “Let Me Talk,” 273, 279

  video, 292

  “Let’s Groove,” 286–88, 292, 308

  video, 292–93

  “Let’s Hear It for the Boy,” 302

  “Let Your Feelings Show,” 251, 257

  Level 42, 312

  Levy, Eugene, 320

  Lew, Dr. Mark, 324–25

  Lewis, Bobby, 30

  Lewis, Ramsey, 60–70, 72, 74, 77, 80–83, 102, 117, 122, 137, 156, 158, 160–62, 198, 244, 271, 307, 331

  Lind, Jon, 161, 198, 252, 257–58, 338

  Little Feat, 151

  “Little Red Corvette,” 315

  Little Richard, 88, 105

  Lobo, Edu, 129

  Loggins and Messina, 118

  Love, Mike, 311

  “Love Ballad,” 252

  “Love Is Life,” 78, 94, 97

  “Loveshine,” 302

  “Love’s Holiday,” ix, 123, 193, 333

  Lovin’ Spoonful, 110, 114

  “Lovin’ You,” 138

  LTD band, 252, 315

  Lumpkins, Leon, 141

  Lundvall, Bruce, 161, 176, 191, 224, 248, 274, 299

  Lymon, Frankie, 75

  Mack, James, 37–38

  Macnow, Art, 178, 224, 264, 280–81, 288, 298–99, 318, 321, 324, 340–41, 347

  Madison Square Garden, 154–55, 214, 295

  Magid, Larry, 180

  “Magnetic,” 304

  Mahatma and the Monkeys (Kuma), 257

  “Maiden Voyage,” 107

  “Make It with You,” 115–16, 119

  Malcolm X, 64–65, 210

  Maltz, Maxwell, 178

  Mancini, Henry, 38

  Mandino, Og, 247

  Mandrill, 76, 211

  Manilow, Barry, 236

  Marden, Orison Swett, 327

  Marquettes, 19–20

  Martin, George, 138, 239, 276

  Marx, Dick, 59–60, 71

  Marx, Richard, Jr., 59

  Masekela, Hugh, 120

  Massenburg, George, 165–66, 171–73, 192, 211, 225, 234, 238, 256–57, 276, 289–90, 295, 311

  Master’s Children, 104

  Mathis, Johnny, 103, 301–2

  Maurice White (1985, solo album), 315–20

  Mayfield, Curtis, 52–54, 78, 128, 163

  McCarthy, Ernest, 38

 

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