DVD/VIDEO: Sat Eye Candy: Earth Wind and Fire

WE GET ALL ELEMENTAL FOR YOUR WEEKEND Earth Wind and Fire bassist Verdine White celebrates his 58th birthday today, and that presents a nice opportunity to blow our horn for one of the longest running funk-soul outfits in the game. One of the first groups in the 1970s to actively bring in African elements like kalimba and a unique tribal-meets-Egyptian-glam fashion sense. The germ of their sound was already well intact on their self-titled 1971 debut, which was followed by several more critical...

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