Last night: Earth, Wind and Fire at Smart Financial Centre. EarthWindFire SmartLiveTX
Earth, Wind and Fire have three classic members with Verdine White , Ralph Johnson and Philip Bailey .These were bands like Parliament-Funkadelic, the Ohio Players, the Commodores, B.T. Express, Kool & the Gang, and the Gap Band. But the most successful in that heyday—and still able to draw the biggest crowds in 2022—is arguably that elemental ensemble of Earth, Wind and Fire.
Wikipedia lists more than 45 current or former members of Earth, Wind and Fire. Of course, band founder, leader, singer, producer and chief co-songwriter Maurice White died in 2016 at the age of 74 of Parkinson’s Disease . The lineup is expertly filled out by Myron McKinley , Morris O’Connor and Serg Dimitrijevic , John Paris , and B. David Whitworth and Philip Bailey, Jr. . Also the Earth, Wind & Fire horns of Gary Bias , Bobby Burns, Jr. , and Reggie Young .Of the band’s many hits, highlights included powerful, party-mood-setting opener “Shining Star,” the slinky “Serpentine Fire,” nearly-spiritual “After the Love Has Gone,” and a one-two punch of “Fantasy” and “Boogie Wonderland.
In his spare time with Lewis, White built the temple of what would become Earth, Wind and Fire. Last night, EWF played Lewis’ almost entirely instrumental “Sun Goddess” . That segued into a call-and-response on Lewis’ biggest commercial hit, “The ‘In’ Crowd,” with Bailey happily filming both audience and band and McKinley taking the lead on keys.Bailey—at 71 years of age—still possesses a masterful instrument, hitting most of the impossibly piercing high notes with a sweet vigor.
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