Maurice White

Singer/drummer/songwriter/producer Maurice White founded the '70s supergroup Earth, Wind & Fire. White, a former session drummer for legendary Chicago-based labels OKeh Records and Chess Records (Etta James, Fontella Bass, Billy Stewart, Ramsey Lewis, Sonny Stitt's 1966 LP Soul in the Night, The Radiants, among others), aspired to form a band like no other pop music had ever known. It certainly was successful, as EWF combined high-caliber musicianship, a wide-ranging musical genre eclecticism, and '70s multicultural spiritualism that included Biblical references. The Ramsey Lewis and Earth, Wind & Fire single "Sun Goddess" was used as the basis for "Visions," a track on the debut album by former Vertical Hold lead singer Angie Stone, Black Diamond, issued by Arista/BMG in fall 1999.



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