Those of you who know Ramsey Lewis' "Wade in the Water" will know that Maurice White began in the field of jazz/gospel, before forming Earth Wind and Fire. Way back in 1972, when Melvin van Peebles decided to produce, write and star in "Sweet Sweetback's Baadassss Song", even a man with his colossal self-confidence balked at writing and performing the soundtrack as well, and thus it fell to the...
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Earth, Wind & Fire introduced the soul of soul and the funk of funk to a lot of people, including me. Because they were such a huge pop success, they are often overlooked when discussion of "serious" musicians ensues. There is a most wonderful website (aren't there so many wonderful websites? but I digress. . .) that helps dispel that bulls**t called "The Surfer's Guide to EWF." The biography o...
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Can't beat those outfits! Heard this one from Earth, Wind & Fire on the way to pick up some dinner and the brain fart I was suffering earlier for a Funky Friday song diminished.
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I am losing readers. I know this, ya'll are getting tired of it so I will take a break and get back to why I came to this joint in the first place, music. 3 guesses as to why I dig this album so much. All I got to say is "Thank God for Jeff." "dmdm":http://mog.com/deadmandeadman/blog_post/136327 Now I can get my fix somewhere else.
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This is medicine for the heart, mind and spirit.Take a listen to the whole thing if you have time in your busy day.And sing... We will make it through these bizarre days of money lusting, right?More muzic? Mooska
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For better or worse, I happen to reside in a place where public officials deem it necessary to invoke the specter of this monolithic class called "the children." Hence, when said public officials deem it necessary to invoke a piece of legislation -- say, gun control -- they always say it is done to "save the children."And then when political opponents invoke an opposing piece of legislation -- ...
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Looks like the MOG world could use a pick-me-up.Courtesy of "The Morning News":http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/digest/videos/11_august_2006.php, and you can find more of her hits "here":http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_sort=relevance&search_query=nia+earth&search=Search.
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"Brazilian Rhyme (Part I)" is perhaps EWF's best-known interlude, but this unnamed ditty (tucked away at the end of "All About Love" from the 1975 album That's The Way of the World) is my personal favorite. This came out during a time where a lot of soul and jazz cats were experimenting widely with synthesizers, including Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Sly and the Family Stone, and Weather Report...
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This couldn't wait until Friday. We know (and thank) EWF for the classic, the meaningful, and the lovely. But at several points in their astounding career, these cats could lay down the hammer like nobody's business.This is a track I'd forgotten about, even though EWF's early South Side Chicago sound is what resonates with me most. Sure, "Devotion" and "Kalimba Song" and "September" all are ni...
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A double shot of some Funk.Let's GrooveSeptember
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Perhaps I'm in a pseudo funk, but I can't resist following up this morning's post about George Clinton and Parliament with one featuring Earth, Wind & Fire; in no small part because Clinton often referred to EWF as "Earth, all Wind and no Fire."While George Clinton was pure funk, and pushed funk to its limits, EWF went in another direction. Funk was the base, but Maurice White's experience wit...
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A good-sized portion of my Mondays are spent cleaning up after the family. Actually, by now a good-sized portion of my life has been spent cleaning up after other people. Good thing I have a fine collection of Good Housecleaning Music (which can conveniently double as Good Painting Music!). Here's a selection from Earth, Wind and Fire:
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