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For me, watching the band Earth, Wind & Fire is more than witnessing seasoned musician pros in action; it's traveling back in time to my childhood, reliving my very first concert ever (when I saw them with Maurice White at Reunion Arena in 1979) and hearing their music as one endless 8-track after another fueled family trips back and forth to my native Cleveland, OH. They are more than entertainers to me, they feel like family. So it felt like a reunion (minus the cookout) as my father, 11-year-old son and I danced, sang and cheered through "Fantasy," "Beijo," "Shining Star" and "In The Stone." (Photo: Earth Wind & Fire member David "Tigger" Whitworth at Nokia last night. By Brandon Thibodeaux / Special to DMN.) We marveled at the head to head bongo solos between Ralph Johnson and Philip Bailey, Verdine's energy and wicked finger action on the bass guitar and 'The Voice's' elegant, understated falsetto that fueled "After the Love Is Gone" and "I'll Write a Song For You," which was the most awesome and angelic number that he laid down that evening. It felt more relaxed than some of their previous shows, focused yet free-flowing as the songs either tumbled into one another or swirled around in medleys, which occured when the band returned for an encore and gifted the enthusiastic crowd with "That's The Way of the World," "Devotion," "On Your Face" and "Keep Your Head to the Sky." And just like that magical evening in 79', people swayed, rocked and moved as one. My father and I shared knowing grins as Darius jumped and clapped, yet another new generation delighting in the majesty and the power of The Elements. |
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Posted by Rob @ 7:21 AM Fri, Jul 11, 2008
You didn't see Earth, Wind and Fire in concert at Reunion in 1979. You may have just imagined that you did. Reunion didn't even open until 1980.
Posted by Les Titus @ 11:30 AM Thu, Jul 17, 2008
Look at the review.