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[singer vocalizes]
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[rhythmic applause]
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We love you.
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[applause and cheers]
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I want to hear them say:
"Oh, yes."
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I want to hear you say "yes"!
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audience: Yes!
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- Yeah!
audience: Yes!
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- Yeah!
audience: Yes!
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Yeah!
audience: Yes!
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Yes! Yes!
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[funk music]
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♪ ♪
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- Earth, Wind and Fire
he practically said something like this
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like: "I have joy
and I have imagination
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"and that's what I'm going to do
impose on the world,
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whether they're ready for it or not."
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- Maurice White
and Earth, Wind and Fire
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they really believed that music
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could have a purpose
older.
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- I always thought that
Earth Wind and Fire was
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gospel music, but without Jesus.
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The funk was the funk,
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but the ropes were
like classical jazz,
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while the base was
an African tribal rhythm.
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- Maurice wanted to show
that there is not only white
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and there is not only black.
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We are all one.
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- They were able to capture
the joy
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that we have in our lives.
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They made you believe
that everything was possible.
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- From 1971 to 1983,
the group Earth, Wind and Fire
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sold 40 million albums,
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30 hit singles
and won six Grammys.
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- It was as if they created
a new world.
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- Astrology,
numerology and mysticism.
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- It was magical.
It was theatrical.
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- You might think they came from
from Africa or space.
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Ahead of their time.
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- I think it took all of us
a moment to understand:
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What the fuck? What is this?
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- Where did they come from?
these people
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that their music sounds
so cool?
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Attention!
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Power on.
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Take off.
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[applause and cheers]
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"Earth, Wind and Fire:
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heavenly being against
the pressures of the world"
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- There is nothing like a good one
well-grounded idea.
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I'm serious.
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- Everyone is very
Concentrated, okay?
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Are they going to want me
let's coordinate the direction
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or are we just going to hang out?
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Let's do it
that occurs to them.
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Let's direct a little.
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We're going to turn out fine.
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- Okay, okay, come closer.
- You have to do everything.
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- Could we give him
a microphone to Maurice?
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- I think Earth, Wind and Fire
arose from a need,
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a mutual need.
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As for me as an individual,
I wanted to give my full potential
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with a speech
and it also came
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of my desire
want to give myself
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completely to humanity.
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- Maurice was very motivated and
very committed to music
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and with the concept of the group.
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- Maurice was the visionary
and the power
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It belongs to the visionaries.
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- Let's take a break
and then we continue.
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- People can't
guide themselves.
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There must be
someone to guide them
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towards the promised land.
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- That's what this is about.
Doing new things, you know?
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For me, life was
a discovery.
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I was always in
the search for myself.
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I was born in Memphis, Tennessee.
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I was raised in Memphis,
Tennessee.
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It was a great start
for me because it gave me
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the opportunity to understand
the balance
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between the good and the bad.
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Many things separated me
of the city.
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- His biological mother, Edna,
it was his only family.
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She was a wonderful mother,
but very young.
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I think she had Maurice
at 17.
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- My mother was a singer.
He sang throughout the house.
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She was very encouraging.
He always supported me.
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- In Memphis there was no
many opportunities
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for black women.
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And his mother didn't earn
enough money
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to keep them both.
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- When Maurice didn't have
more than five years,
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his mother sat with him
and he said: "Hey, I want
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"may you have a better life
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"and the best that
I can do is wash
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white people's apartments.
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- So he left Maurice in
Chicago to survive.
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It is very difficult not to have a mother
at that age.
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It left him a great void.
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A trace of abandonment.
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-The wound he gave him
his mother
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It left him very marked.
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He stayed with a woman
the one they called Big Mama.
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- He was not part of his family,
but he welcomed him.
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It became his everything.
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- Basically,
we were just her
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and me growing up in the ghetto.
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- But they did what
what they had to do
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in Memphis to survive.
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In the mornings,
Maurice delivered newspapers
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in white Memphis.
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- The entire city
in the white area.
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- One day the white police
They stopped him and harassed him so much,
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for a long time
and they also gave him
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a very strong beating.
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I was very badly hurt
and isolated himself.
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From that moment on
I was terrified.
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- At that time
there were many limitations.
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I was alone.
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However,
music saved me.
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[percussion music]
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- Arriving in Memphis,
the mast
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from the Beale Street of the blues.
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- Memphis had an inheritance
very rich musical.
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I was very influenced by
the blues, the gospel, the jazz.
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I loved every aspect.
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When I was 11 years old,
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there was a drum band
and bugles
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that toured the neighborhood.
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They wore shiny suits
and I wanted to use one of those.
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At school
I investigated how I could
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join the band,
so I auditioned
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to play the drums.
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There was never before
done and formed a band.
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I always felt
fascinated with the rhythm.
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I was very excited
for being part of that.
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It was incredible.
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I think I practiced
about five hours a day.
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Music was his first love.
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It was everything for him and also
it was his safe place.
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It was something I couldn't leave.
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Spot.
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- When I graduated
from high school in Memphis,
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finally my mother came for me and
he told me: "You're going to Chicago."
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- Ten years later
had managed to do
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a space in your life
where I wanted
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for Maurice to return to her.
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But it had already started
a new family,
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so the dynamics
changed completely.
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- As Maurice's brothers,
we were very, very
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excited with the arrival
from our older brother.
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I remember that I saw it and I was
thinking, yes, it really exists.
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- It was great
because it happened all day
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with my older brother.
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- We were eight
sisters and brothers.
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Our mother was an assistant
teacher, housewife and teacher.
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Our father was a doctor.
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- Maurice was very
conscious
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that that wasn't his family.
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It was family
that he never had.
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- I think in a certain way,
he felt forgotten.
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Traumas due to abandonment.
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Maurice raised his guard.
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He felt that if you leave
let someone come closer
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is going to leave you
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- At that moment
when I moved to Chicago,
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I went to the conservatory
and over time
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I discovered that I had a talent,
so I focused on polishing it.
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As a result of treating
of finding my own way
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and have faith in it
what was he doing,
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I got a job at Chess
as a studio drummer.
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- Chess Records era
one of the record labels
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most successful for
black Americans in 1960.
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["California Soul"
by Marlena Saw playing]
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♪ ♪
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- I played on the records
of all the famous ones.
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Fontella Bass, Etta James,
Chuck Berry, Howlin Wolf,
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Muddy Waters, Billy Stewart.
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Some of the best.
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666 on battery.
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666r on the bass drum.
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- Charles Stepney
He was a great teacher for me.
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Your approach to
the production was unique.
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He taught me how
feel the music,
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how to understand a song
and how to produce records.
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For me it was
Chess University.
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I will never forget everything
what I learned from Charles.
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I couldn't believe everything
what I started doing.
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At that time, I met
To Ramsey Lewis in Chess.
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- The man who had the ninth
most popular song of the year,
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Mr. Ramsey Lewis.
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♪ ♪
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-Maurice and Lewis
They were giants.
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They were like rock stars.
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They had the first
million sales
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for a jazz trio album.
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- Ramsey popularized jazz
and put it at the forefront.
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Later, he asked me
to join the band.
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- I got very close to the radio
and tried to listen to him.
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I knew that if I listened to him,
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other people
they would too.
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- Ramsey exposed me
to a wider universe,
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but I was very shy.
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- Accommodated
the dishes very high.
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At this point, so that
They covered his face.
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He was practically hiding
when he played the drums.
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And Ramsey said, "Hey, buddy,
people want to see your face.
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- Ramsey was a great
example to follow for me.
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He taught me what
it is the presentation.
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- Maurice became
a great live drummer.
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♪ ♪
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- The first time I met
Maurice was at a presentation
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by Ramsey Lewis.
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And I was impressed by how
He played the drums.
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And Maurice gave me the drumsticks.
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I played in some
sessions with him.
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I did it with so much intensity
that I broke the drumsticks.
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Yes, it happened.
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[applause]
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- There was a time when
I was working with Ramsey.
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- As a police officer, for
I hereby order you to--
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- There was a lot of pain
in the community.
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- Everything fell into place
at the same time.
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The murder of
our leaders.
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It was all about
we in Chicago.
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The police carried out a search
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at the party headquarters
Black Panther in Chicago.
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- Fred Hampton was murdered
and they are ready
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to kill me like this
how are they going to kill
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to any black man
in this country.
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- Maurice was part of
a generation that grew up
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enter deficiencies
and discrimination.
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The world is sending you
a message that you are not worth it.
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- I only ask you
that they remember something,
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and it is, stay strong.
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- The progress of blacks
was being attacked,
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but even before
adversities,
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it only helped us get up.
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- South of Chicago there was
a black art movement
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using afrocentricity,
remaining blackness
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through connection
to Africa and defining
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blackness
on their own terms.
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- That inspired me to decorate
my own African evolution.
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I was exposed to the kalimba
and I started playing with it.
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- The kalimba is a piano
used thumb
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by some poets,
storyteller, collectors
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of African stories,
to make sense
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and connect with the universe.
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- One night when
he was with Ramsey Lewis,
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I started playing
the kalimba and they liked it.
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- It was something amazing
because it allowed me to learn
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more than I woke up
so much curiosity.
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And that was Africa.
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- I'll teach you a few words
very important in Swahili.
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I want you to repeat them
after me.
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Maurice and I teamed up.
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They told us it was possible
make money with jingles.
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[speaks in English]
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Wantu Wazuri
for beautiful people.
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- Did you make the Wantu announcement
Wazuri wearing Afro Sheen?
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- Yes.
- Excuse me.
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What a thrill.
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Give me a moment.
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- Wantu Wazuri
it means beautiful people.
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- The message is that
Being black is beautiful.
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- And our history
as black Africans.
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Isn't she beautiful?
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- Yes.
- Very good.
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- We had never heard before
something like that.
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- You know what?
We are important.
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We can feel good
with ourselves.
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- That fed the souls
small like mine.
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It was black positivism.
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For brothers and sisters
it was a revolution.
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It was his time to shine.
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[upbeat funk music]
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♪ ♪
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- So I started visualizing
this group
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and create music
to see each other from another angle.
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I felt inspired when
I read a book called
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"The laws of success"
by Napoleon Hill.
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- "If you have faith in something,
then have faith in yourself."
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- He introduced me to a new
form of consciousness.
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Positive thinking
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- What the mind of a man
can conceive and can create,
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You can also achieve it.
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are you able to do
anything.
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- Napoleon Hill said that
when you want to manifest something,
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actually you have
to follow a process.
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- Enlighten your mind
and tell him what you want,
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again and again and again.
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- And that thought continued
formulating in my head.
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I wanted to get to
a global audience
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to take away
awareness through
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of music...
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and change the world.
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Finally I made a drawing
from my visualization
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of this group.
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And that's what
I set out to do.
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- So he decided
leave Ramsey Lewis.
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- Give up
to the peak of success,
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to travel on a tour through...
from all over the world
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for the crazy idea of
achieve an artistic dream
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It's almost unimaginable.
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- You have to continue
to your heart
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and follow what is
important for you
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and don't be afraid to do it.
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You have to take advantage
the opportunities.
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- Maurice said:
"I want to go to California
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and start a band.
Are you interested?"
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And I told him:
"Of course."
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- California is
completely different.
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I play tennis, I ride horses,
I go for a ride in my Jeep.
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- At the beginning of the 70s,
the black race was growing
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and it expanded.
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The counterculture existed.
Now there were black hippies.
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- It was consciousness
of the new era.
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Eat well and live well.
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- There was a product store
natural places we were going to.
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Organicville.
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One day Maurice came in.
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Our eyes met.
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And suddenly I heard music
and I felt chills.
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00:20:04,245 --> 00:20:07,832
Then he smiled at me
and there he hit me.
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00:20:08,958 --> 00:20:12,169
I told my mom that
he had met someone.
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00:20:12,253 --> 00:20:15,506
He said, "Yes? Is he Jewish?"
336
00:20:15,589 --> 00:20:21,637
And I laughed and said:
"No, Mom, he's not Jewish."
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00:20:21,679 --> 00:20:26,475
We were very interested in learning,
learn all the time.
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I was studying a lot
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00:20:29,603 --> 00:20:32,148
about metaphysics,
of the inner space
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and outer space.
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00:20:34,692 --> 00:20:37,820
- Maurice was learning
that the universe
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it was this powerful force.
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00:20:40,531 --> 00:20:44,368
But instead of looking towards
up, I looked inward.
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We are the vehicle
that protects power.
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- Now we exist
in this plane,
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which is the physical plane.
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00:20:58,007 --> 00:21:01,302
But if you tune in to it
universe, you can more or less
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elevate yourself consciously.
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00:21:06,599 --> 00:21:12,855
- He told me what he wanted to take
that mysticism to the band.
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And I said, "Well, do you have
Any name for the band?"
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00:21:17,234 --> 00:21:19,403
- I was very involved
in astrology.
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00:21:19,487 --> 00:21:23,032
I was watching it
my astrological charts.
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00:21:23,115 --> 00:21:24,575
I started putting the elements together.
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00:21:24,658 --> 00:21:31,415
I had land on my card,
fire, also and air.
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00:21:31,499 --> 00:21:34,543
So I changed air for wind
and the rest is history.
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Earth, Wind and Fire
They are basically
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the real elements
of the universe.
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It just sounded good.
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[funk music]
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♪ ♪
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00:21:53,604 --> 00:21:55,523
- There were three composers
that everything
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00:21:55,606 --> 00:21:57,149
time collaborated with me.
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00:21:57,233 --> 00:22:01,612
Don Whitehead,
Wade Flemons and Sherry Scott.
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00:22:01,695 --> 00:22:05,658
And with them I formed a group.
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00:22:05,741 --> 00:22:10,871
♪ ♪
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We flowed without any effort.
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00:22:36,564 --> 00:22:38,482
Nobody felt
superior to the other.
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00:22:38,566 --> 00:22:40,734
We were all good at it
which was our contribution
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00:22:40,818 --> 00:22:42,570
in particular.
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00:22:53,998 --> 00:22:57,459
- I invited Verdine
to join the band,
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00:22:57,501 --> 00:23:00,212
because he began to grow
quickly as a bassist.
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So I brought it
as the first bass.
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00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:05,509
- At school I
He was the typical bassist,
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00:23:05,593 --> 00:23:09,305
you know, the one who played
jazz on the bus
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00:23:09,388 --> 00:23:12,641
It was like he was talking to me.
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00:23:12,725 --> 00:23:15,227
When I arrived in California,
he hadn't traveled much.
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00:23:15,311 --> 00:23:16,645
I had never traveled by plane.
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00:23:16,687 --> 00:23:19,315
Maurice stared at me.
He seemed like a simple villager.
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00:23:19,398 --> 00:23:21,108
He said, "Let's buy him shoes."
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00:23:24,028 --> 00:23:26,906
Don't forget that I
I was 18 or 19 years old.
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00:23:26,989 --> 00:23:28,532
All in the band
they were older.
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00:23:28,616 --> 00:23:30,492
They had lived longer.
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00:23:30,576 --> 00:23:35,748
I didn't want to ruin it or Maurice
I was going to look for another bassist.
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♪ ♪
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- We float through
of time as energy.
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00:23:52,097 --> 00:23:54,433
- We were concerned about innovating
with new sounds,
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00:23:54,516 --> 00:23:56,477
try new things.
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00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:59,605
Feeling the space.
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00:23:59,688 --> 00:24:01,857
- The sound of
experimental jazz
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00:24:01,899 --> 00:24:05,778
it was not designed
to be commercial.
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00:24:05,861 --> 00:24:08,906
We were just letting ourselves go
where the spirit takes us.
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00:24:08,989 --> 00:24:13,911
- "Breathe the full air
of prana...
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00:24:13,994 --> 00:24:18,040
waiting for the times
timeless nirvana."
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00:24:18,082 --> 00:24:21,877
- Maurice tried hard
for getting us out of there.
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00:24:21,961 --> 00:24:26,048
Later we signed a
contract with Warner Brothers.
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00:24:26,090 --> 00:24:30,886
- We are calling you
because we love you.
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00:24:36,725 --> 00:24:38,811
- We played in
universities for blacks.
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00:24:38,894 --> 00:24:41,188
First we went
a university group.
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00:24:43,649 --> 00:24:45,901
- I was in
a band called
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00:24:45,985 --> 00:24:50,239
Friends and Love and we open them
to Earth, Wind and Fire.
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00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:53,951
I had never listened to people
black woman playing music like that.
402
00:24:57,329 --> 00:24:59,331
- We were kids
jazz nerds.
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00:24:59,415 --> 00:25:02,292
We admired them for
harmonic complexity,
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00:25:02,376 --> 00:25:04,253
emotional and orchestrated.
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00:25:04,336 --> 00:25:06,046
It was impressive.
406
00:25:10,926 --> 00:25:12,720
We were a niche band,
407
00:25:12,803 --> 00:25:15,055
but we weren't getting there
to the widest audience
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00:25:15,139 --> 00:25:17,141
which Maurice wanted.
409
00:25:21,812 --> 00:25:24,064
We weren't selling very well.
410
00:25:24,148 --> 00:25:26,108
The record company didn't know
what to do with us,
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00:25:26,191 --> 00:25:30,195
because we were not typical
RandB black band.
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00:25:30,279 --> 00:25:34,116
We battled for about 18 months
in putting ourselves together.
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00:25:34,575 --> 00:25:37,619
- I was growing up
some resentment.
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00:25:37,703 --> 00:25:39,538
When are we going
to have more work
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00:25:39,621 --> 00:25:41,123
so we can make money?
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00:25:41,206 --> 00:25:44,334
Some men a lot
older people had a bad attitude.
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00:25:44,418 --> 00:25:47,004
"Hey, I know the business
as much as you."
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00:25:49,673 --> 00:25:52,634
- I think they didn't want to
that Maurice was the leader.
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00:25:52,718 --> 00:25:55,721
I think it was
a problem between them.
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00:25:55,804 --> 00:25:59,850
Everyone wanted to be the leader,
but it was Maurice's group.
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00:26:04,021 --> 00:26:09,818
- I was the right hand
by Maurice White.
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00:26:09,860 --> 00:26:12,154
They were good musicians,
but they were missing
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00:26:12,237 --> 00:26:17,993
certain necessary elements
to achieve stardom.
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00:26:18,077 --> 00:26:21,413
So I told Maurice
that I could not fulfill
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00:26:21,497 --> 00:26:23,832
your goals with those people.
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00:26:23,874 --> 00:26:25,667
I told him:
"I already took care of that."
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00:26:25,751 --> 00:26:29,421
- They called us
for a meeting.
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00:26:29,505 --> 00:26:33,175
And that's when everything went away.
429
00:26:33,217 --> 00:26:39,848
I realized that Verdine did not
was there and neither was Maurice.
430
00:26:42,184 --> 00:26:45,896
-Maurice didn't like it
the confrontation.
431
00:26:45,979 --> 00:26:49,441
-He didn't like them
the uncomfortable conversations.
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00:26:49,525 --> 00:26:50,692
He...
433
00:26:50,734 --> 00:26:52,778
It was a chicken.
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00:26:54,238 --> 00:26:56,448
That's the truth.
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00:26:56,532 --> 00:27:00,577
We found out that
we were not members of the group.
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00:27:00,661 --> 00:27:06,375
I couldn't believe it because
He was like my brother.
437
00:27:06,416 --> 00:27:08,919
What kind of nonsense
was that one?
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00:27:09,002 --> 00:27:12,089
Maurice is going to get rid
from all of us.
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00:27:16,009 --> 00:27:19,179
-He told me things
like people
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00:27:19,263 --> 00:27:23,767
they are in your life temporarily
and when it ends, it ends.
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00:27:32,151 --> 00:27:34,695
- Start focusing
in your heart.
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00:27:34,778 --> 00:27:37,281
Breathe the energy
of the universe,
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00:27:37,364 --> 00:27:39,283
the shakti of the universe.
444
00:27:42,244 --> 00:27:45,664
- The first band
it didn't work well.
445
00:27:45,747 --> 00:27:49,042
But I wasn't there
ready to give up.
446
00:27:49,126 --> 00:27:52,296
- Let it fill
your whole body.
447
00:27:52,379 --> 00:27:54,923
He believed in his dream.
448
00:27:55,007 --> 00:27:58,719
I visualized it and visualized it
and I visualized it.
449
00:28:01,221 --> 00:28:06,435
I wrote affirmations until
1:00 or 2:00 in the morning.
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00:28:14,860 --> 00:28:16,778
- I just wanted to
reach young people.
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00:28:16,820 --> 00:28:18,989
I wanted a reach
more commercial.
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00:28:19,072 --> 00:28:21,533
A new sound,
a new energy.
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00:28:21,617 --> 00:28:24,453
Verdine was the first
person.
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00:28:24,494 --> 00:28:25,871
Maurice solidified.
455
00:28:25,954 --> 00:28:28,165
I'm going to keep this one
man in the group.
456
00:28:28,248 --> 00:28:31,376
- He had Ralph and he
I hired as a drummer.
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00:28:31,460 --> 00:28:34,671
- He had seen me play in
a club called Maverick Flat.
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00:28:34,755 --> 00:28:36,798
When it is given
you have the opportunity
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00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:38,550
than risk doing something
460
00:28:38,634 --> 00:28:41,178
that changes your life
completely.
461
00:28:41,261 --> 00:28:43,722
- Only
I put it together piece by piece.
462
00:28:49,228 --> 00:28:51,855
This is Phil Bailey.
What sign are you, brother?
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00:28:51,939 --> 00:28:53,982
- I'm a Taurus.
- Taurus, the bull.
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00:28:54,024 --> 00:28:55,484
Very good.
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00:28:55,567 --> 00:29:01,406
- It was something divine to be able to join
to a group he already admired.
466
00:29:01,490 --> 00:29:05,118
Maurice White is the leader of the
group, the pilot of the ship.
467
00:29:06,411 --> 00:29:10,624
- Being the leader, you have
have to maintain a certain level.
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00:29:10,707 --> 00:29:12,834
I always tried to
be an example.
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00:29:12,918 --> 00:29:15,629
- Maurice was ten years old
older than us.
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00:29:15,712 --> 00:29:18,715
We were learning
many things
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00:29:18,799 --> 00:29:21,343
because we had
like 21 years old.
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00:29:21,385 --> 00:29:24,846
It was our first gig.
473
00:29:24,930 --> 00:29:26,348
This one is in one dollar.
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00:29:26,431 --> 00:29:28,558
This one at 25 cents.
475
00:29:31,353 --> 00:29:33,855
- We were
very excited to see
476
00:29:33,897 --> 00:29:35,983
where would this lead Maurice.
477
00:29:40,279 --> 00:29:43,407
- The artists toured
a circuit:
478
00:29:43,490 --> 00:29:48,537
the Regal, the Howard,
the Apollo, the Uptown,
479
00:29:48,620 --> 00:29:51,039
enclosures that were
a little hostile
480
00:29:51,081 --> 00:29:53,333
and if you didn't do it well
481
00:29:53,417 --> 00:29:56,795
the audience booed you
and he would take you off the stage.
482
00:29:56,878 --> 00:30:00,299
- I remember that I played
there with The Commodores.
483
00:30:00,382 --> 00:30:04,720
They gave you a chance
to introduce you.
484
00:30:04,803 --> 00:30:07,848
What they were not going to
to do was lie to you.
485
00:30:07,931 --> 00:30:10,767
Only the strong survive.
486
00:30:10,851 --> 00:30:12,894
- One day we had
opportunity to go
487
00:30:12,936 --> 00:30:16,023
to Philadelphia
and we were going to introduce ourselves
488
00:30:16,106 --> 00:30:18,442
at the Uptown theater.
489
00:30:21,278 --> 00:30:25,324
On the poster were
five doo-wop groups
490
00:30:25,407 --> 00:30:27,492
and Earth, Wind and Fire.
491
00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:33,790
These groups had sent
to make custom suits.
492
00:30:33,874 --> 00:30:36,084
Well adjusted,
They all looked very handsome,
493
00:30:36,126 --> 00:30:37,753
everyone was in uniform.
494
00:30:37,794 --> 00:30:42,382
That was what was expected
in Uptown.
495
00:30:42,424 --> 00:30:45,469
- Even though we were
great, we were different...
496
00:30:48,138 --> 00:30:52,100
with afros, without shirts,
497
00:30:52,142 --> 00:30:54,311
wearing dashiki and Capezios.
498
00:30:59,566 --> 00:31:00,942
We were strangers.
499
00:31:00,984 --> 00:31:02,986
They were going to hate us.
500
00:31:10,952 --> 00:31:12,621
I was extremely scared.
501
00:31:12,662 --> 00:31:16,541
I was literally
Terrified, yes.
502
00:31:16,625 --> 00:31:22,130
- Maurice thought: "I'm going to
defy the odds."
503
00:31:22,172 --> 00:31:27,177
- "If you don't take risks, never
you are going to reap the fruits."
504
00:31:30,138 --> 00:31:32,516
He told us all the plan.
505
00:31:33,392 --> 00:31:35,227
A bold move.
506
00:31:37,354 --> 00:31:40,148
- Everything had happened
before us.
507
00:31:40,190 --> 00:31:43,860
It was time to introduce ourselves.
508
00:31:43,944 --> 00:31:46,488
We have a new group
from California:
509
00:31:46,571 --> 00:31:47,948
Earth, Wind and Fire.
510
00:31:50,033 --> 00:31:52,536
- Everyone stayed
gape.
511
00:31:52,619 --> 00:31:54,204
But then there was laughter.
512
00:31:56,373 --> 00:32:00,585
Then Maurice said:
"Sit on the floor.
513
00:32:00,669 --> 00:32:03,046
Sit in the lotus position."
514
00:32:03,130 --> 00:32:04,714
- We got
in lotus position
515
00:32:04,798 --> 00:32:08,218
with legs bent and
Suddenly we began to meditate.
516
00:32:11,304 --> 00:32:13,181
They looked at us as if
we would be crazy.
517
00:32:13,265 --> 00:32:15,892
- In the first minute,
what did you think?
518
00:32:15,976 --> 00:32:18,437
- I was scared.
I didn't think.
519
00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:21,398
- I thought: "Okay, this
is it going to turn out well or is it going to be
520
00:32:21,481 --> 00:32:24,192
a tremendous disaster."
521
00:32:24,276 --> 00:32:27,362
- They threw glasses and a lot
of things to the stage.
522
00:32:27,404 --> 00:32:29,072
"Get them off the stage.
Get them out of there.
523
00:32:29,156 --> 00:32:30,657
Get them out of there."
524
00:32:33,243 --> 00:32:35,620
We stay seated
seeing each other as if thinking:
525
00:32:35,704 --> 00:32:37,747
"It's over, it can't be."
526
00:32:38,582 --> 00:32:42,043
- Three minutes on that mission.
What was going through your mind?
527
00:32:42,085 --> 00:32:46,882
- My heart was racing
and dry mouth.
528
00:32:46,923 --> 00:32:49,050
- We stayed there
sitting looking at the public
529
00:32:49,134 --> 00:32:51,803
for at least five minutes.
530
00:32:51,887 --> 00:32:53,555
Six, seven, eight minutes.
531
00:32:56,933 --> 00:33:01,563
- They finally calmed down
enough.
532
00:33:01,605 --> 00:33:04,858
I guess they got tired
of insulting us.
533
00:33:04,941 --> 00:33:08,445
And Maurice began
to play the kalimba.
534
00:33:08,528 --> 00:33:11,156
[plays kalimba]
535
00:33:15,911 --> 00:33:19,623
He told me to play the conga.
536
00:33:19,706 --> 00:33:22,751
And then he said to Ralph:
"Give us the rhythm."
537
00:33:26,046 --> 00:33:28,548
And then the bass line.
538
00:33:35,430 --> 00:33:36,848
And we begin.
539
00:33:36,932 --> 00:33:39,476
[energetic funk music]
540
00:33:39,559 --> 00:33:44,648
♪ ♪
541
00:34:06,503 --> 00:34:08,964
- We started listening to the
applause from some people.
542
00:34:09,047 --> 00:34:11,800
Yes, yes, that's right.
543
00:34:11,841 --> 00:34:15,262
And we proceeded to annihilate them.
544
00:34:15,345 --> 00:34:21,059
♪ ♪
545
00:34:33,530 --> 00:34:35,323
- People have
fear of change,
546
00:34:35,407 --> 00:34:38,034
but when they dare,
they end up taking
547
00:34:38,118 --> 00:34:39,369
a new experience.
548
00:34:39,452 --> 00:34:44,124
♪ ♪
549
00:34:44,207 --> 00:34:46,710
[applause and cheers]
550
00:34:48,211 --> 00:34:50,714
- Maurice said: "Today is
the day we discovered
551
00:34:50,797 --> 00:34:52,382
we have something."
552
00:34:52,465 --> 00:34:56,469
That reinforced that we should
do what we were told
553
00:34:56,553 --> 00:35:00,265
philosophically
and musically.
554
00:35:01,641 --> 00:35:04,686
- To be a leader of
a band of black men,
555
00:35:04,728 --> 00:35:09,608
can imagine that you have
You have to be someone very firm.
556
00:35:09,691 --> 00:35:11,276
And Maurice was firm.
557
00:35:14,988 --> 00:35:18,658
We had to comply
with something big.
558
00:35:18,700 --> 00:35:21,244
- I received a call
by Maurice White.
559
00:35:21,328 --> 00:35:24,414
He told me that he had formed
a group, so I went
560
00:35:24,497 --> 00:35:27,876
to see Earth, Wind and Fire.
561
00:35:27,959 --> 00:35:29,210
It was something new.
562
00:35:29,294 --> 00:35:32,797
I thought that band
could be successful.
563
00:35:32,881 --> 00:35:35,800
Jim Brown was his manager,
but Maurice wanted
564
00:35:35,884 --> 00:35:37,218
have someone else take them.
565
00:35:37,302 --> 00:35:41,056
So I said:
"I would like to handle you."
566
00:35:41,097 --> 00:35:46,311
Maurice brought the band to me
house to sign the contract.
567
00:35:46,394 --> 00:35:48,897
I told him:
"Why did you bring everyone?
568
00:35:48,980 --> 00:35:50,857
"I just want your signature."
569
00:35:52,275 --> 00:35:55,403
I thought they were part
from Maurice's vision,
570
00:35:55,487 --> 00:35:58,740
but not for the cause,
but for the momentum.
571
00:35:58,782 --> 00:36:00,867
It was him.
572
00:36:00,909 --> 00:36:05,955
And then I made a deal between
Columbia Records and Clive Davis.
573
00:36:07,957 --> 00:36:11,252
- When they come into your life
people like Clive Davis,
574
00:36:11,294 --> 00:36:15,173
the greatest is presented to you
growth opportunity.
575
00:36:15,256 --> 00:36:16,966
The first experience
of recording we had
576
00:36:17,050 --> 00:36:19,427
all together
it was "Last Days And Time"
577
00:36:19,469 --> 00:36:22,972
and then "Head To The Sky."
578
00:36:23,056 --> 00:36:26,476
[they play "Evil"]
579
00:36:26,559 --> 00:36:31,356
♪ ♪
580
00:36:48,498 --> 00:36:50,542
- I felt a little
nervous at first,
581
00:36:50,625 --> 00:36:52,794
but after
I discovered a sound for myself,
582
00:36:52,836 --> 00:36:55,630
a personality was born
completely different.
583
00:36:59,426 --> 00:37:04,347
As a band, we try to unite
to the nine as one.
584
00:37:06,850 --> 00:37:09,978
-Maurice definitely
He had a vision and he left us
585
00:37:10,061 --> 00:37:12,397
express ourselves freely.
586
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:18,361
♪ ♪
587
00:37:23,700 --> 00:37:26,619
- They were willing children
to learn and to follow
588
00:37:26,703 --> 00:37:29,414
instructions,
wanting to grow
589
00:37:29,497 --> 00:37:33,001
and to build something that
It was beautiful and fit
590
00:37:33,084 --> 00:37:35,170
with Maurice's vision.
591
00:37:35,253 --> 00:37:37,756
- There was always
a book to read.
592
00:37:37,839 --> 00:37:40,091
- We could stay
up late
593
00:37:40,175 --> 00:37:41,217
talking about any topic.
594
00:37:41,301 --> 00:37:42,427
Cosmic consciousness.
595
00:37:42,510 --> 00:37:44,763
Spirituality, metaphysics.
596
00:37:44,846 --> 00:37:47,265
- All others
in the group they applied
597
00:37:47,348 --> 00:37:49,184
this transcendental meditation.
598
00:37:49,225 --> 00:37:51,853
Personal improvement.
599
00:37:51,895 --> 00:37:58,359
- The steps to greatness
no drugs or alcohol.
600
00:37:58,443 --> 00:38:00,069
-Maurice had
many elixirs.
601
00:38:00,153 --> 00:38:03,865
I put several drops in the water,
supplements and all that.
602
00:38:03,907 --> 00:38:06,701
- We have a recipe
of its green juices.
603
00:38:06,785 --> 00:38:07,827
Oh yes.
604
00:38:10,914 --> 00:38:13,541
The ingredients--
vegetables, it is very long.
605
00:38:13,625 --> 00:38:16,169
Sunflower seeds,
pumpkin seeds,
606
00:38:16,211 --> 00:38:18,546
bananas with spots
so that they are ripe,
607
00:38:18,588 --> 00:38:21,424
lecithin granules,
bee pollen grains,
608
00:38:21,508 --> 00:38:23,551
vanilla extract,
something called
609
00:38:23,593 --> 00:38:27,055
chlorella, pycnogenol?
610
00:38:27,096 --> 00:38:28,681
I don't know what that is.
611
00:38:28,765 --> 00:38:30,141
- A very simple diet,
you know?
612
00:38:30,225 --> 00:38:31,601
[laughs]
613
00:38:37,148 --> 00:38:38,399
We travel as a family.
614
00:38:38,441 --> 00:38:39,818
We stay together.
615
00:38:39,901 --> 00:38:42,111
It's all togetherness here.
616
00:38:43,029 --> 00:38:46,658
- After a concert,
we were going to the hotel lobby.
617
00:38:46,741 --> 00:38:50,495
For us it was very
important to find a group
618
00:38:50,578 --> 00:38:54,374
of girls who could
braid our hair
619
00:38:54,457 --> 00:38:55,875
while we were playing chess.
620
00:38:55,959 --> 00:38:58,753
We were obsessed
with chess.
621
00:39:00,421 --> 00:39:03,758
- Not Maurice White
he was leaving his room.
622
00:39:03,842 --> 00:39:07,262
Wrote them all down
the events
623
00:39:07,345 --> 00:39:10,098
of that day where
fitted with their goals
624
00:39:10,181 --> 00:39:12,308
and the vision he had.
625
00:39:12,392 --> 00:39:14,102
- "Desire the will
does not bring success.
626
00:39:14,143 --> 00:39:15,395
"It is planning,
persistence
627
00:39:15,478 --> 00:39:17,188
and burning desire."
628
00:39:17,272 --> 00:39:21,317
- Maurice always wanted to play
in arenas or stadiums.
629
00:39:21,401 --> 00:39:23,653
There was his mind.
630
00:39:23,736 --> 00:39:26,573
- That we would give the next one
step towards where we had
631
00:39:26,656 --> 00:39:30,243
than to give it as an act
opening.
632
00:39:30,326 --> 00:39:32,871
- We finally meet
with George Clinton
633
00:39:32,954 --> 00:39:35,874
and Parliament-Funkadelic
at the Washington Armory.
634
00:39:39,252 --> 00:39:43,089
- Frank, open P-Funk.
635
00:39:43,172 --> 00:39:48,219
- George Clinton went crazy
and it showed itself as it was.
636
00:39:48,303 --> 00:39:49,929
- When I saw pass
to two guys in diapers,
637
00:39:50,013 --> 00:39:53,600
I said, "Okay, definitely."
"This is going to be something different."
638
00:39:56,519 --> 00:40:00,523
- How difficult it is
in that position.
639
00:40:03,401 --> 00:40:05,612
- We went there
and the room was full.
640
00:40:05,695 --> 00:40:09,032
It smelled like marijuana
everywhere.
641
00:40:09,115 --> 00:40:10,491
We did our thing.
642
00:40:10,575 --> 00:40:13,119
The flower children.
Love, peace and granola.
643
00:40:17,832 --> 00:40:20,919
We received applause
very polite.
644
00:40:21,002 --> 00:40:27,717
And then it came out
George with his friends
645
00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:31,930
followed by a cloud of smoke
and they began
646
00:40:32,013 --> 00:40:35,141
with this rhythm.
647
00:40:35,224 --> 00:40:38,227
[hums]
648
00:40:41,397 --> 00:40:45,944
This thing was all I did
and the audience shook their heads.
649
00:40:47,904 --> 00:40:49,989
Ready to feel the funk?
650
00:40:51,991 --> 00:40:55,870
I want you to clear your mind
and let themselves go tonight.
651
00:40:55,954 --> 00:40:58,706
- And then
they began to play.
652
00:40:58,748 --> 00:41:01,167
- There was a man coming
from Peru...
653
00:41:01,250 --> 00:41:03,086
He went to sleep in his canoe.
654
00:41:03,169 --> 00:41:06,255
I was dreaming of Venus,
so he took out his penis
655
00:41:06,339 --> 00:41:07,715
and woke up with a dirty hand.
656
00:41:07,757 --> 00:41:09,300
Put your foot in time one.
657
00:41:09,384 --> 00:41:12,971
- Yaw!
[laughs]
658
00:41:13,054 --> 00:41:18,393
- Everyone say shit, damn it!
Get that ass up!
659
00:41:18,434 --> 00:41:21,354
- The Funkadelic
They arrived and literally
660
00:41:21,437 --> 00:41:23,439
They made us dance.
661
00:41:23,523 --> 00:41:25,483
- Until today,
We remember that rhythm.
662
00:41:25,566 --> 00:41:31,698
[they hum]
663
00:41:31,781 --> 00:41:33,741
And for like ten years
consecutive,
664
00:41:33,825 --> 00:41:35,743
every time I
encontraba a George,
665
00:41:35,785 --> 00:41:39,205
He told me: "Verdine, do you remember
the time we destroyed them?"
666
00:41:39,288 --> 00:41:41,499
And we start with the funk,
667
00:41:41,582 --> 00:41:43,334
and I said:
"I want to hear them scream."
668
00:41:43,418 --> 00:41:46,254
[sings funk music]
669
00:41:46,337 --> 00:41:50,508
♪ ♪
670
00:41:50,591 --> 00:41:54,887
- Maurice said: "Okay, this
It's not going to happen again."
671
00:41:54,971 --> 00:41:57,598
- But then,
Jessica Cliffs
672
00:41:57,682 --> 00:42:01,102
dejó Earth, Wind and Fire
by P-Funk.
673
00:42:01,185 --> 00:42:03,813
Yes, there was a change.
674
00:42:04,772 --> 00:42:06,107
We remain the same.
675
00:42:06,149 --> 00:42:09,277
That Monday we returned to rehearsal
willing to work more.
676
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:11,279
And we found the funk.
677
00:42:11,362 --> 00:42:15,616
[funk music]
678
00:42:15,658 --> 00:42:20,371
Al McKay joined the band
with the specific mission
679
00:42:20,455 --> 00:42:23,541
to make us a funky band.
680
00:42:23,624 --> 00:42:25,543
- I was
a rhythm guitarist,
681
00:42:25,626 --> 00:42:28,838
so i took the idea
to be a drummer
682
00:42:28,921 --> 00:42:31,466
to let himself go
by the rhythm of the guitar.
683
00:42:31,507 --> 00:42:34,635
And that has been my
business card.
684
00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:38,222
- We had to work on
that to get that bang!
685
00:42:39,724 --> 00:42:41,642
- We had to make room
so that the music
686
00:42:41,726 --> 00:42:44,896
breathed at time one.
687
00:42:44,979 --> 00:42:48,149
- When Freddy arrived,
Maurice's brother,
688
00:42:48,191 --> 00:42:49,650
the band grew even closer.
689
00:42:50,818 --> 00:42:53,321
- Maurice needed
a drummer who would solidify
690
00:42:53,404 --> 00:42:55,364
the battery part.
691
00:42:55,448 --> 00:42:57,533
I wanted to be
on stage.
692
00:42:57,617 --> 00:42:59,494
I wanted to play with my brother.
693
00:43:00,369 --> 00:43:02,955
- The concept that Freddy and I
we had to be drummers
694
00:43:03,039 --> 00:43:04,749
you don't know what to expect
musically,
695
00:43:04,832 --> 00:43:07,251
but we knew it was going to be
big and powerful.
696
00:43:07,335 --> 00:43:10,755
- I started playing
a groove and I could hear
697
00:43:10,838 --> 00:43:12,507
that Maurice was in the bathroom.
698
00:43:12,548 --> 00:43:15,009
And as soon as he listened to me,
started to sing something.
699
00:43:15,093 --> 00:43:19,055
["Mighty Might" by Earth,
Wind and Fire playing]
700
00:43:19,138 --> 00:43:21,307
The song practically
it wrote itself,
701
00:43:21,390 --> 00:43:23,267
without any effort.
702
00:43:23,351 --> 00:43:25,853
- Very good, let's check
the Soul Train line.
703
00:43:25,895 --> 00:43:27,855
The Soul Train band,
704
00:43:27,939 --> 00:43:30,942
the music of Earth, Wind
and Fire and "Mighty Mighty."
705
00:43:31,025 --> 00:43:37,990
♪ ♪
706
00:43:48,668 --> 00:43:51,671
♪ ♪
707
00:43:51,754 --> 00:43:54,006
And that's when the funk starts.
708
00:43:54,090 --> 00:43:59,053
♪ ♪
709
00:43:59,137 --> 00:44:00,888
- "Mighty Mighty"
It was the first legitimate success
710
00:44:00,930 --> 00:44:02,473
on black radio.
711
00:44:02,557 --> 00:44:05,935
♪ ♪
712
00:44:06,018 --> 00:44:08,688
We jump, literally
we took a big leap.
713
00:44:08,771 --> 00:44:10,189
We had never
heard our
714
00:44:10,231 --> 00:44:12,024
songs like that on the radio.
715
00:44:12,108 --> 00:44:17,238
♪ ♪
716
00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:19,991
-My goal was to arrive
to popular radio.
717
00:44:20,074 --> 00:44:22,076
♪ ♪
718
00:44:22,118 --> 00:44:25,288
But we could only get
to black radio.
719
00:44:25,371 --> 00:44:27,832
♪ ♪
720
00:44:27,915 --> 00:44:32,587
- "We are children of the
Almighty, people of the sun."
721
00:44:32,628 --> 00:44:35,173
Very Afrocentric.
722
00:44:35,256 --> 00:44:37,425
Fist in the air.
723
00:44:37,508 --> 00:44:40,303
But Bob Cavallo thought that
the message they understood
724
00:44:40,386 --> 00:44:43,431
the white stations
was: "Almighty,
725
00:44:43,514 --> 00:44:44,974
kill the whites."
726
00:44:47,185 --> 00:44:50,855
- Earth, Wind and Fire was
making music with joy,
727
00:44:50,938 --> 00:44:53,524
but I think I could
be perceived as aggressive
728
00:44:53,608 --> 00:44:55,234
in many of the stations
729
00:44:55,318 --> 00:44:57,236
for white people.
730
00:44:59,030 --> 00:45:01,407
- But Maurice
he wanted his music
731
00:45:01,490 --> 00:45:04,452
will be appreciated around the world.
732
00:45:04,493 --> 00:45:10,666
I wanted a 50-50 audience,
not that there was a white audience
733
00:45:10,750 --> 00:45:15,004
and black public, but both.
734
00:45:15,087 --> 00:45:17,965
So I knew
that I had to promote
735
00:45:18,049 --> 00:45:21,427
to Earth, Wind and Fire
among the white population.
736
00:45:21,510 --> 00:45:25,181
And that was my goal
for the next concert.
737
00:45:27,058 --> 00:45:28,851
- In the newspapers
from southern California,
738
00:45:28,935 --> 00:45:30,811
an advertisement appeared
from California Jam,
739
00:45:30,853 --> 00:45:33,147
a rock concert
12 hours.
740
00:45:33,231 --> 00:45:37,318
-California Jam era
a long-awaited concert,
741
00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:43,866
Woodstock-style ranch
Cucamonga and was televised.
742
00:45:43,950 --> 00:45:45,910
- It will be the best
concert of history.
743
00:45:45,993 --> 00:45:47,995
Will be covered by
press from all over the world.
744
00:45:48,871 --> 00:45:50,581
There were 250,000 people.
745
00:45:50,665 --> 00:45:54,168
We have never seen so many
people in one place.
746
00:45:54,210 --> 00:45:57,546
- Earth, Wind and Fire were
the only blacks on the poster.
747
00:46:00,091 --> 00:46:02,885
- It was a public
different for us.
748
00:46:08,724 --> 00:46:10,851
- Sometimes you have to go
against the current,
749
00:46:10,935 --> 00:46:13,354
do things that no one else does
he dares to do.
750
00:46:13,396 --> 00:46:15,982
We were daring.
We were daring.
751
00:46:16,065 --> 00:46:17,775
But that's how it has to be.
752
00:46:19,110 --> 00:46:21,821
- Let's dance with
Earth, Wind and Fire!
753
00:46:21,904 --> 00:46:23,364
Ready to dance?
754
00:46:37,920 --> 00:46:41,007
[children's music]
755
00:46:41,048 --> 00:46:47,263
♪ ♪
756
00:46:57,023 --> 00:46:59,942
- That was the beginning
of theatricality
757
00:47:00,026 --> 00:47:01,777
from Earth, Wind and Fire.
758
00:47:01,861 --> 00:47:05,281
[sings "Time Is On Your Side"]
759
00:47:05,364 --> 00:47:12,371
♪ ♪
760
00:47:22,381 --> 00:47:29,388
♪ ♪
761
00:47:39,398 --> 00:47:46,405
♪ ♪
762
00:47:55,164 --> 00:47:58,000
[applause and cheers]
763
00:47:58,084 --> 00:48:01,003
- We had a warm
reception.
764
00:48:01,087 --> 00:48:03,964
It was the opportunity
what we needed
765
00:48:04,006 --> 00:48:08,010
to expose
to Earth, Wind and Fire.
766
00:48:10,429 --> 00:48:15,309
- Every time I manage to meet
something and create a reality
767
00:48:15,351 --> 00:48:17,937
from a beginning
imaginary,
768
00:48:18,020 --> 00:48:21,023
it is something that proves my faith.
769
00:48:23,442 --> 00:48:26,112
- They broadcast it in
national television on ABC,
770
00:48:26,195 --> 00:48:27,822
on a Friday night.
771
00:48:27,905 --> 00:48:30,157
That generated us
a lot of confidence
772
00:48:30,241 --> 00:48:31,867
that really
we could get there
773
00:48:31,951 --> 00:48:34,203
to the media
communication.
774
00:48:36,622 --> 00:48:37,832
For the next album,
775
00:48:37,873 --> 00:48:40,000
Maurice wanted excellence
in the sound:
776
00:48:40,084 --> 00:48:43,003
more controlled,
more orchestrated,
777
00:48:43,045 --> 00:48:46,966
more symphonic, more connected.
778
00:48:47,049 --> 00:48:50,136
[funk music]
779
00:48:50,177 --> 00:48:57,184
♪ ♪
780
00:49:01,230 --> 00:49:04,525
- We wanted a break
and get away from everyone.
781
00:49:04,608 --> 00:49:07,945
♪ ♪
782
00:49:08,028 --> 00:49:11,323
So we recorded in
Caribou Ranch in Colorado.
783
00:49:15,411 --> 00:49:18,122
Sig Shore was doing
a movie
784
00:49:18,205 --> 00:49:19,832
called "This is the world",
785
00:49:19,915 --> 00:49:24,253
so we write
songs for the movie.
786
00:49:25,254 --> 00:49:27,339
And then I called
to Charles Stepney,
787
00:49:27,381 --> 00:49:30,217
who had been my mentor
when I worked at Chess.
788
00:49:30,259 --> 00:49:32,219
- Charles was
producing records.
789
00:49:32,261 --> 00:49:36,098
Rotary Connection
Minnie Riperton and The Dells.
790
00:49:37,391 --> 00:49:40,019
-Charles was a great
composer,
791
00:49:40,102 --> 00:49:43,147
a great pianist
and a great arranger.
792
00:49:43,230 --> 00:49:45,024
Left front channel.
793
00:49:45,107 --> 00:49:47,109
Right front channel.
794
00:49:47,193 --> 00:49:49,403
- When we were working
in "This is the world",
795
00:49:49,445 --> 00:49:52,114
he spent his time thinking about
orchestration and arrangements,
796
00:49:52,198 --> 00:49:53,574
what could I do with
the instruments
797
00:49:53,616 --> 00:49:54,867
of rope and wind.
798
00:49:54,909 --> 00:49:57,953
["That's The Way Of The World"
from Earth, Wind and Fire playing]
799
00:49:58,037 --> 00:50:00,998
♪ ♪
800
00:50:01,081 --> 00:50:03,584
The record to which
came with a low trumpet
801
00:50:03,626 --> 00:50:07,546
it gave a very warm sound.
802
00:50:07,630 --> 00:50:12,593
The elegance of the trumpets,
the groove of the song.
803
00:50:12,635 --> 00:50:15,387
These arrangements caused
804
00:50:15,471 --> 00:50:17,848
a spiritual response
in Maurice.
805
00:50:17,932 --> 00:50:25,105
♪ ♪
806
00:50:29,443 --> 00:50:31,779
- It's gospel.
It was gospel as it is.
807
00:50:31,820 --> 00:50:33,197
When I hear it,
808
00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:37,785
I feel that the chakra
of my heart opens.
809
00:50:37,868 --> 00:50:45,084
♪ ♪
810
00:50:49,421 --> 00:50:52,049
- I think there was a line
that always stood out.
811
00:50:52,132 --> 00:50:55,010
"Children are born with
a heart of gold
812
00:50:55,094 --> 00:50:58,430
The weight of the world is
that cools his heart."
813
00:50:58,514 --> 00:51:00,474
That is always
It stuck with me.
814
00:51:00,558 --> 00:51:03,269
We always try
to help us do that.
815
00:51:03,310 --> 00:51:10,317
♪ ♪
816
00:51:18,742 --> 00:51:24,206
Charles became the coach
of our entire existence.
817
00:51:24,290 --> 00:51:27,167
We wrote together
we produced together.
818
00:51:27,251 --> 00:51:30,421
We played together
throughout the trip.
819
00:51:30,504 --> 00:51:37,261
♪ ♪
820
00:51:37,344 --> 00:51:39,096
We were maturing,
821
00:51:39,179 --> 00:51:41,724
looking for something a little
more sophisticated.
822
00:51:41,807 --> 00:51:43,350
And Maurice was
searching
823
00:51:43,434 --> 00:51:47,646
a clear sound
through the mix.
824
00:51:47,730 --> 00:51:50,149
- Maurice did
an intense search
825
00:51:50,232 --> 00:51:52,776
to find
to George Massenburg.
826
00:51:52,860 --> 00:51:55,738
- It was the beginning of a
great relationship because I was
827
00:51:55,821 --> 00:51:58,365
very picky about everything
what he did musically,
828
00:51:58,407 --> 00:52:02,077
just as he was in
the electronic section.
829
00:52:02,161 --> 00:52:04,872
The dream of a better sound.
830
00:52:04,913 --> 00:52:07,541
He was a geek, a geeky engineer.
831
00:52:07,583 --> 00:52:10,711
I listened to where he was going
to arrive Maurice
832
00:52:10,753 --> 00:52:13,589
and how I could improve it.
833
00:52:14,757 --> 00:52:17,885
- We were at Caribou Ranch,
near the mountains
834
00:52:17,926 --> 00:52:19,845
and closer to the stars.
835
00:52:19,928 --> 00:52:21,388
You feel like you can stretch
836
00:52:21,472 --> 00:52:24,350
and take a star
from heaven.
837
00:52:24,433 --> 00:52:26,644
That stimulated the idea
of a song
838
00:52:26,727 --> 00:52:28,771
called "Shining Star".
839
00:52:31,065 --> 00:52:32,858
I remember "Shining Star".
840
00:52:32,941 --> 00:52:34,610
It started as a jam,
actually.
841
00:52:34,693 --> 00:52:37,529
["Shining Star" by Earth,
Wind and Fire playing]
842
00:52:37,613 --> 00:52:40,115
♪ ♪
843
00:52:40,199 --> 00:52:42,034
- And there was McKay
playing that chord
844
00:52:42,117 --> 00:52:45,037
of augmented ninth.
845
00:52:45,120 --> 00:52:49,041
So we go from there and
Things started to get better.
846
00:52:49,124 --> 00:52:52,419
Keyboard lines
additional,
847
00:52:52,503 --> 00:52:56,048
synthesizers,
the trumpets...
848
00:52:56,131 --> 00:52:57,966
♪ ♪
849
00:52:58,050 --> 00:53:00,552
Organs, bongos.
850
00:53:00,636 --> 00:53:04,556
♪ ♪
851
00:53:04,598 --> 00:53:08,268
- There were very good ideas,
but there were too many
852
00:53:08,352 --> 00:53:10,062
and they were all watered.
853
00:53:10,145 --> 00:53:12,898
so i started
to clean up what was left over.
854
00:53:12,940 --> 00:53:17,486
I started removing instruments,
I kept only the essentials.
855
00:53:19,405 --> 00:53:25,035
My idea was to leave the vowels
clean and shiny.
856
00:53:25,119 --> 00:53:31,208
♪ ♪
857
00:53:31,291 --> 00:53:35,212
Ideas were presented
simple and elegant.
858
00:53:37,464 --> 00:53:39,883
The band came to play
about my mix.
859
00:53:39,967 --> 00:53:44,054
["Shining Star" by Earth,
Wind and Fire playing]
860
00:53:44,138 --> 00:53:47,141
And the group began
to do this.
861
00:53:47,224 --> 00:53:49,643
Al McKay saw Maurice
862
00:53:49,685 --> 00:53:53,689
and that is the first sign
that you are fired.
863
00:53:53,772 --> 00:53:56,859
Maurice approached and said:
"Hey, buddy, turn it up.
864
00:53:56,942 --> 00:54:01,155
♪ ♪
865
00:54:01,238 --> 00:54:04,992
Take it to the max."
866
00:54:05,075 --> 00:54:06,660
So I took it to the max.
867
00:54:08,954 --> 00:54:12,082
- Once you get to that
first note, something great happens.
868
00:54:12,166 --> 00:54:13,876
[imitate guitars]
869
00:54:13,959 --> 00:54:15,043
Enter the guitar.
870
00:54:15,127 --> 00:54:16,795
- It is the exclusive
groove by Al McKay.
871
00:54:16,879 --> 00:54:19,965
- And suddenly it was like
if the fuse were lit.
872
00:54:20,048 --> 00:54:21,884
- And you listen...
- Yes.
873
00:54:21,967 --> 00:54:24,261
♪ ♪
874
00:54:24,344 --> 00:54:26,513
Incredible.
875
00:54:26,555 --> 00:54:33,562
♪ ♪
876
00:54:39,067 --> 00:54:40,027
It is what it can be.
877
00:54:40,110 --> 00:54:42,780
♪ ♪
878
00:54:42,863 --> 00:54:47,451
- I had all four
quad monitors at the top,
879
00:54:47,534 --> 00:54:51,705
rumbling and they were dancing.
880
00:54:51,789 --> 00:54:58,754
♪ ♪
881
00:55:08,806 --> 00:55:15,771
♪ ♪
882
00:55:21,819 --> 00:55:25,447
- The arrangements
they were impressive.
883
00:55:26,615 --> 00:55:30,452
I loved the way it sounded
and to a certain extent,
884
00:55:30,536 --> 00:55:34,706
I felt inspired
with what he did.
885
00:55:34,790 --> 00:55:41,755
[plays "I Wish"]
886
00:55:41,797 --> 00:55:43,715
It can't be.
887
00:55:43,757 --> 00:55:47,719
Are you saying "I Wish"
was it inspired by "Shining Star"?
888
00:55:47,803 --> 00:55:48,762
That's right.
889
00:55:48,846 --> 00:55:51,974
Definitely that song
It was a great influence.
890
00:55:52,057 --> 00:55:53,267
It blew my mind.
891
00:55:53,308 --> 00:55:54,852
I didn't expect that.
892
00:55:54,935 --> 00:55:57,938
["I Wish"
Stevie Wonder playing]
893
00:55:58,021 --> 00:56:04,987
♪ ♪
894
00:56:10,784 --> 00:56:15,414
- Something that also inspired me
was the message in that music
895
00:56:15,497 --> 00:56:18,458
because I was talking about
that greatness is found
896
00:56:18,542 --> 00:56:20,627
within ourselves.
897
00:56:20,669 --> 00:56:23,213
There is not something that
we cannot do.
898
00:56:23,297 --> 00:56:26,592
- You are a shining star
no matter who you are.
899
00:56:26,675 --> 00:56:28,802
you are absorbing
these statements
900
00:56:28,886 --> 00:56:32,723
and the lyrics of those songs
They are very powerful and positive,
901
00:56:32,806 --> 00:56:36,018
to appreciate us more
and be more.
902
00:56:36,101 --> 00:56:37,603
Maurice was right.
903
00:56:37,686 --> 00:56:40,981
He was ahead
for its time in terms
904
00:56:41,064 --> 00:56:44,359
of understanding
importance of music
905
00:56:44,443 --> 00:56:47,279
and helped us define
our intentions
906
00:56:47,362 --> 00:56:51,241
by taking us
to point towards the sky.
907
00:56:51,325 --> 00:56:54,494
- It was the first
pop hit we had.
908
00:56:54,578 --> 00:56:57,497
It was a watershed
in the group race.
909
00:56:57,581 --> 00:57:00,375
["Sing A Song" by Earth,
Wind and Fire playing]
910
00:57:00,459 --> 00:57:05,422
♪ ♪
911
00:57:05,505 --> 00:57:07,549
- Our audience
began to change.
912
00:57:07,633 --> 00:57:12,763
They united as a race, as
a person with love and peace.
913
00:57:12,846 --> 00:57:16,516
♪ ♪
914
00:57:16,600 --> 00:57:18,226
- Fans
from all over the world,
915
00:57:18,310 --> 00:57:20,479
the entire denomination
color and everything.
916
00:57:20,562 --> 00:57:23,815
Over time, music
wins eventually.
917
00:57:23,899 --> 00:57:25,734
- It was when things
they broke,
918
00:57:25,817 --> 00:57:27,486
when we had our
own concerts
919
00:57:27,569 --> 00:57:29,363
and we headed the posters.
920
00:57:29,404 --> 00:57:36,620
♪ ♪
921
00:57:37,663 --> 00:57:39,373
- Everyone give me
a round of applause!
922
00:57:39,414 --> 00:57:41,959
[applause and cheers]
923
00:57:42,042 --> 00:57:45,337
♪ ♪
924
00:57:45,379 --> 00:57:47,297
- There were more people
outside they had tickets
925
00:57:47,381 --> 00:57:48,340
and they couldn't get in.
926
00:57:48,423 --> 00:57:50,258
- They were trying to knock down
the doors
927
00:57:50,342 --> 00:57:51,718
and they did everything
to try to enter.
928
00:57:51,760 --> 00:57:53,887
We had a wonderful time.
929
00:57:53,971 --> 00:57:55,097
♪ ♪
930
00:57:55,180 --> 00:57:56,264
EXPLOSIVE
931
00:57:56,348 --> 00:57:57,641
MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE
SPIRITUAL
932
00:57:57,724 --> 00:58:00,811
EARTH, WIND and FIRE
THEY DON'T SCRIMP ON ANYTHING
933
00:58:00,894 --> 00:58:03,021
THEY DO IT BETTER THAN ANYONE
934
00:58:03,105 --> 00:58:04,898
- It is being prepared
a third album.
935
00:58:04,940 --> 00:58:07,901
They're having a great time
demand worldwide.
936
00:58:07,985 --> 00:58:10,612
♪ ♪
937
00:58:10,696 --> 00:58:13,365
And the winner
it's Earth, Wind and Fire.
938
00:58:14,241 --> 00:58:16,702
- The first Grammy that
we won was very important.
939
00:58:16,785 --> 00:58:18,286
It's something you live for.
940
00:58:18,370 --> 00:58:20,080
- Just how we grew up
musically,
941
00:58:20,122 --> 00:58:22,332
This is how our wisdom grew.
942
00:58:23,208 --> 00:58:26,461
- Maurice wanted a section
for wind instruments
943
00:58:26,545 --> 00:58:28,380
because that sound
he had grown a lot.
944
00:58:28,463 --> 00:58:30,924
So we invite
to The Phoenix Horns,
945
00:58:30,966 --> 00:58:35,595
made up of Don Myrick,
Louis Satterfield...
946
00:58:35,637 --> 00:58:39,099
[sing "Getaway"]
947
00:58:39,141 --> 00:58:44,271
Rahmlee Michael Davis
and Michael Harris.
948
00:58:44,312 --> 00:58:46,023
Four wind instruments.
949
00:58:46,106 --> 00:58:47,816
It was like the Mack truck.
950
00:58:47,899 --> 00:58:51,528
♪ ♪
951
00:58:51,611 --> 00:58:53,447
We had a very good run.
952
00:58:53,530 --> 00:58:55,949
Everything we touched
it turned into gold.
953
00:58:55,991 --> 00:58:58,493
["Saturday Nite" by Earth,
Wind and Fire playing]
954
00:58:58,577 --> 00:59:04,875
♪ ♪
955
00:59:04,958 --> 00:59:07,127
- Okay, don't laugh.
Relax your face.
956
00:59:07,210 --> 00:59:12,841
♪ ♪
957
00:59:12,924 --> 00:59:16,386
- We start recording
the next album, "Spirit."
958
00:59:16,470 --> 00:59:17,971
we were doing
great arrangements
959
00:59:18,055 --> 00:59:22,476
for the disk
by Charles Stepney.
960
00:59:22,517 --> 00:59:25,187
You can imagine.
We were doing well.
961
00:59:25,270 --> 00:59:28,690
♪ ♪
962
00:59:28,774 --> 00:59:31,526
But Maurice received a
studio call saying
963
00:59:31,610 --> 00:59:33,111
that Charles had died.
964
00:59:36,198 --> 00:59:38,408
He suffered a heart attack.
965
00:59:38,492 --> 00:59:41,161
Yes, it was a devastating one.
966
00:59:41,203 --> 00:59:43,163
Suddenly, he was gone.
967
00:59:43,205 --> 00:59:45,624
I couldn't believe it.
968
00:59:45,665 --> 00:59:48,418
- He was surprised.
"Are you serious?
969
00:59:48,502 --> 00:59:50,003
"I was just talking to him."
970
00:59:50,045 --> 00:59:52,964
In a moment it was there
present and suddenly, no longer.
971
00:59:54,216 --> 00:59:55,509
It affected me deeply.
972
00:59:55,592 --> 00:59:58,428
I was very moved.
973
00:59:58,512 --> 01:00:01,723
- It was a trigger
emotional for my father.
974
01:00:01,807 --> 01:00:05,435
The death of Charles
rekindled past traumas.
975
01:00:05,519 --> 01:00:09,898
[haunting music]
976
01:00:12,609 --> 01:00:14,820
- When we were children
in Memphis,
977
01:00:14,903 --> 01:00:18,740
it was very strange that there was
a father at home.
978
01:00:18,824 --> 01:00:22,786
- Maurice's father
it was John White.
979
01:00:22,869 --> 01:00:27,040
He was absent during
most of his childhood.
980
01:00:28,583 --> 01:00:29,876
He was the owner
from a nightclub
981
01:00:29,960 --> 01:00:32,921
and it was part of that
musical stage,
982
01:00:33,004 --> 01:00:38,260
but it was also a
figure among gangsters.
983
01:00:38,343 --> 01:00:39,886
From what I understand,
984
01:00:39,970 --> 01:00:41,972
one day he went to one
of their businesses
985
01:00:42,055 --> 01:00:47,811
and someone who was not his
same color of complexion shot him.
986
01:00:49,855 --> 01:00:51,565
- They killed him before
that Maurice
987
01:00:51,648 --> 01:00:53,900
turned 5 years old.
988
01:00:57,654 --> 01:01:01,491
- When he talked about his life
during childhood,
989
01:01:01,575 --> 01:01:04,119
he was starting to shake
the knee.
990
01:01:04,202 --> 01:01:08,456
[haunting music]
991
01:01:08,540 --> 01:01:12,961
It was very difficult for him
accept Charles' death.
992
01:01:13,044 --> 01:01:17,507
But the world didn't care
who died or who is still alive.
993
01:01:17,591 --> 01:01:21,094
Just keep spinning.
994
01:01:21,136 --> 01:01:24,848
Maurice learned almost everything
what I knew about Charles.
995
01:01:24,931 --> 01:01:26,892
For Maurice, it was like:
996
01:01:26,975 --> 01:01:29,144
"It can't be.
"Now what am I going to do?"
997
01:01:29,227 --> 01:01:33,273
[sad music]
998
01:01:33,356 --> 01:01:36,902
[inhales]
999
01:01:36,943 --> 01:01:41,072
[exhales]
1000
01:01:42,991 --> 01:01:45,535
[inhales]
1001
01:01:45,619 --> 01:01:47,621
- I started studying
egyptology.
1002
01:01:47,662 --> 01:01:50,081
[exhales]
1003
01:01:50,165 --> 01:01:53,210
I went to the pyramid
just to meditate.
1004
01:01:54,711 --> 01:01:56,796
It gave me new energy
1005
01:01:56,880 --> 01:01:58,632
and I could be able
to evolve,
1006
01:01:58,715 --> 01:02:00,258
be a different person.
1007
01:02:00,300 --> 01:02:03,178
It seemed like he was receiving
help from the other side.
1008
01:02:04,971 --> 01:02:09,309
All that left me fascinated,
the artistic value of Egypt,
1009
01:02:09,351 --> 01:02:12,646
the contributions that
they made society.
1010
01:02:12,687 --> 01:02:14,814
- See how they built
the pyramids
1011
01:02:14,856 --> 01:02:16,983
with science and technology.
1012
01:02:17,025 --> 01:02:19,945
It was humanity
at its finest.
1013
01:02:21,363 --> 01:02:26,159
Maurice began to learn
about Afrofuturism.
1014
01:02:26,243 --> 01:02:29,287
The idea that the
ancient civilizations
1015
01:02:29,371 --> 01:02:32,958
They are not just symbols
from the past of black people,
1016
01:02:32,999 --> 01:02:38,672
but they are also the future
and the infinite possibilities
1017
01:02:38,755 --> 01:02:42,133
exist through
of the universe.
1018
01:02:42,217 --> 01:02:44,844
The concept of travel
in space.
1019
01:02:44,928 --> 01:02:49,891
The existence of beings
on other planets.
1020
01:02:49,975 --> 01:02:52,769
- The whole concept
of space and aliens
1021
01:02:52,852 --> 01:02:55,272
It opened a door for me.
1022
01:02:55,355 --> 01:02:59,359
- Sometimes my dad would talk to me
of astral projections.
1023
01:02:59,442 --> 01:03:03,363
He said: "I once felt
that I came out of my body."
1024
01:03:03,446 --> 01:03:07,117
-He returned to the studio with
those scandalous stories
1025
01:03:07,200 --> 01:03:13,373
about being taken away in a
spaceship to another planet.
1026
01:03:13,415 --> 01:03:16,376
["Fantasy" by Earth,
Wind and Fire playing]
1027
01:03:16,418 --> 01:03:18,920
He said he was meeting
with aliens.
1028
01:03:19,004 --> 01:03:20,922
We didn't know how
deal with it.
1029
01:03:21,006 --> 01:03:25,176
We just told him: "Okay,
Hey, that sounds interesting."
1030
01:03:25,260 --> 01:03:28,388
♪ ♪
1031
01:03:28,430 --> 01:03:31,182
- I saw "Encounters
Close to the Third Type.
1032
01:03:32,976 --> 01:03:35,854
Then I had a vision
and I wrote a song,
1033
01:03:35,937 --> 01:03:37,063
"Fantasy."
1034
01:03:37,105 --> 01:03:39,941
And all the words
began to emerge.
1035
01:03:40,025 --> 01:03:43,153
[sings "Fantasy"]
1036
01:03:43,236 --> 01:03:50,201
♪ ♪
1037
01:04:00,253 --> 01:04:07,177
♪ ♪
1038
01:04:17,228 --> 01:04:24,194
♪ ♪
1039
01:04:25,278 --> 01:04:27,572
I was trying to share
with the public
1040
01:04:27,655 --> 01:04:30,200
everything I had studied.
1041
01:04:30,283 --> 01:04:33,078
To maybe help them
to find themselves.
1042
01:04:35,538 --> 01:04:39,459
For this reason, on the album "All
'N All", there are so many symbols.
1043
01:04:45,006 --> 01:04:47,300
- I think through
from your album cover,
1044
01:04:47,384 --> 01:04:49,928
I was winking at him
to our history
1045
01:04:50,011 --> 01:04:52,722
and to our future
and how these are related.
1046
01:04:52,806 --> 01:04:54,641
It was his invitation
to this world.
1047
01:04:57,394 --> 01:04:59,729
- Part of our
costume was influenced
1048
01:04:59,813 --> 01:05:03,650
through Africa and space.
1049
01:05:03,691 --> 01:05:05,110
- The real one
declaration did not arrive
1050
01:05:05,193 --> 01:05:08,488
until he entered
Bill Whitten.
1051
01:05:08,530 --> 01:05:10,156
It changed us all.
1052
01:05:16,913 --> 01:05:18,331
It changed our whole look.
1053
01:05:21,626 --> 01:05:24,087
We decided to expand the show.
1054
01:05:24,170 --> 01:05:27,090
We wanted more or less
emulate theater
1055
01:05:27,173 --> 01:05:29,342
to attract attention.
1056
01:05:32,262 --> 01:05:35,140
["African" by Earth,
Wind and Fire playing]
1057
01:05:35,223 --> 01:05:38,476
- Maurice was not afraid of
waste saliva and contact
1058
01:05:38,560 --> 01:05:41,187
to anyone who was
of the most outstanding
1059
01:05:41,271 --> 01:05:45,108
of entertainment for
help Earth, Wind and Fire.
1060
01:05:45,191 --> 01:05:48,278
- And the winner is
George Faison for "The Wiz."
1061
01:05:48,361 --> 01:05:53,032
♪ ♪
1062
01:05:53,074 --> 01:05:55,785
- Set up the choreography
from "The Wiz"
1063
01:05:55,869 --> 01:05:57,996
It was something from the other world
for me.
1064
01:05:58,079 --> 01:06:01,249
We had a black Dorothy.
1065
01:06:01,332 --> 01:06:04,544
He gave us another
sense of pride.
1066
01:06:04,586 --> 01:06:06,754
- Maurice and I went
to New York with George.
1067
01:06:06,838 --> 01:06:10,091
He had all
those great ideas.
1068
01:06:10,175 --> 01:06:13,052
- They asked me
to put them on stage
1069
01:06:13,136 --> 01:06:15,930
for your next tour,
"All 'N All."
1070
01:06:16,014 --> 01:06:18,141
♪ ♪
1071
01:06:18,224 --> 01:06:21,144
- When he arrived,
we were great musicians,
1072
01:06:21,227 --> 01:06:24,522
but our presentation
it was not well organized.
1073
01:06:24,606 --> 01:06:26,065
Can you tell me,
1074
01:06:26,149 --> 01:06:28,401
all black people
can you dance?
1075
01:06:28,485 --> 01:06:30,653
No.
1076
01:06:30,737 --> 01:06:33,573
No.
And that is very true.
1077
01:06:33,656 --> 01:06:36,075
[laughs]
1078
01:06:36,117 --> 01:06:38,077
- Are you telling me
that the funkiest band,
1079
01:06:38,161 --> 01:06:40,371
everyone has two
left feet?
1080
01:06:41,748 --> 01:06:44,876
- Oh, everyone can
move to a certain point.
1081
01:06:44,959 --> 01:06:47,504
But they were movements
very dirty
1082
01:06:47,587 --> 01:06:49,923
and they were not so
polished and so theatrical
1083
01:06:50,006 --> 01:06:51,424
like I could make them.
1084
01:06:51,508 --> 01:06:53,426
because I wanted
that they were great.
1085
01:06:53,468 --> 01:06:55,094
I saw greatness.
1086
01:06:55,178 --> 01:06:58,348
- We're all here.
Here we go!
1087
01:06:58,431 --> 01:07:01,434
- One day, George watched us from
the front of the stage and said:
1088
01:07:01,476 --> 01:07:04,145
"Hey, Ralph,
get off the battery.
1089
01:07:04,229 --> 01:07:07,524
Stand to the side
from Maurice and sing."
1090
01:07:07,607 --> 01:07:12,570
- There was geometry
and symmetry and things like that.
1091
01:07:14,155 --> 01:07:16,699
Actually, we didn't need
two drummers
1092
01:07:16,783 --> 01:07:19,786
and Freddy could go further.
1093
01:07:19,869 --> 01:07:23,122
And that's how I ended up in front.
1094
01:07:23,206 --> 01:07:25,041
It's called evolution.
1095
01:07:25,124 --> 01:07:28,336
I always had
many ideas.
1096
01:07:28,419 --> 01:07:31,381
We had begun
to investigate magic.
1097
01:07:31,464 --> 01:07:33,341
The magic of Doug Henning!
1098
01:07:37,679 --> 01:07:40,723
- At that time, Doug Henning
He was the best magician in the world.
1099
01:07:40,807 --> 01:07:42,267
He had a show on NBC.
1100
01:07:45,687 --> 01:07:47,230
So Maurice called him.
1101
01:07:47,313 --> 01:07:50,358
Everyone asked him:
"Maurice, are you crazy?"
1102
01:07:50,441 --> 01:07:52,986
It was very unconventional.
1103
01:07:53,027 --> 01:07:56,823
Magic, music, dance.
1104
01:07:56,864 --> 01:07:59,701
It was a nightmare
choreographic.
1105
01:07:59,784 --> 01:08:02,579
- If someone did not do well
things, you didn't finish them.
1106
01:08:04,747 --> 01:08:07,959
- We all rehearsed, all of us
days for six months.
1107
01:08:08,042 --> 01:08:10,003
It was the first production
where
1108
01:08:10,044 --> 01:08:11,629
an African American group
1109
01:08:11,713 --> 01:08:15,550
put all those ideas
in a single presentation.
1110
01:08:15,633 --> 01:08:18,595
- We would see what effect
could have in the public.
1111
01:08:21,389 --> 01:08:24,309
There is always the fear of
face the unknown.
1112
01:08:28,771 --> 01:08:34,944
- The locker rooms are over here
and the stage is over there.
1113
01:08:35,028 --> 01:08:38,865
- I wanted to go to the concert alone
to see if they could do it.
1114
01:08:40,742 --> 01:08:43,161
- Previously,
there were certain concerts
1115
01:08:43,244 --> 01:08:44,537
the ones you had to go to.
1116
01:08:44,621 --> 01:08:46,789
The tickets for that
concert was sold out.
1117
01:08:46,873 --> 01:08:48,583
It was something that had to be seen.
1118
01:08:51,127 --> 01:08:52,378
I attended as a photographer.
1119
01:08:52,462 --> 01:08:56,090
Maurice let me introduce myself,
1120
01:08:56,174 --> 01:08:59,218
as long as
obstruct as little as possible.
1121
01:08:59,260 --> 01:09:06,267
[dramatic music]
1122
01:09:06,267 --> 01:09:08,853
There was a lot of expectation.
1123
01:09:10,688 --> 01:09:13,107
20,000 people.
1124
01:09:13,191 --> 01:09:15,943
And then,
the lights went out.
1125
01:09:16,027 --> 01:09:18,613
Everyone ran
to your seats.
1126
01:09:18,696 --> 01:09:22,241
♪ ♪
1127
01:09:22,283 --> 01:09:25,328
Presenting the elements
1128
01:09:25,411 --> 01:09:29,248
most powerful in the universe.
1129
01:09:29,332 --> 01:09:34,879
Earth, Wind and Fire!
1130
01:09:34,962 --> 01:09:41,928
♪ ♪
1131
01:09:45,473 --> 01:09:48,226
-He was one of the first
concerts I attended.
1132
01:09:48,309 --> 01:09:51,104
These men came out
and we all think:
1133
01:09:51,187 --> 01:09:52,522
"What's happening?"
1134
01:10:04,492 --> 01:10:07,203
I said, "What a thrill!"
1135
01:10:07,286 --> 01:10:10,790
[funk music]
1136
01:10:10,873 --> 01:10:16,879
♪ ♪
1137
01:10:22,468 --> 01:10:29,475
♪ ♪
1138
01:10:40,278 --> 01:10:42,655
- I remember that I traveled
the sand with the look.
1139
01:10:42,697 --> 01:10:46,534
It wasn't even a concert.
It was musical theater.
1140
01:10:46,617 --> 01:10:49,579
It was simply spectacular.
1141
01:10:49,662 --> 01:10:54,250
♪ ♪
1142
01:10:54,333 --> 01:10:55,334
Almost like a sermon.
1143
01:10:55,418 --> 01:10:59,505
[applause and cheers]
1144
01:11:05,970 --> 01:11:12,977
♪ ♪
1145
01:11:13,019 --> 01:11:14,312
Verdine is intense.
1146
01:11:14,353 --> 01:11:15,855
The look he gives
when it is playing.
1147
01:11:15,938 --> 01:11:19,692
Verdine would have been a great
punk rock exponent.
1148
01:11:19,776 --> 01:11:24,989
And use the whole instrument and
It reaches a very deep groove.
1149
01:11:25,072 --> 01:11:26,157
I love Verdine.
1150
01:11:26,240 --> 01:11:29,035
He was...
he was a great man.
1151
01:11:29,076 --> 01:11:35,917
♪ ♪
1152
01:11:39,837 --> 01:11:43,925
- When you have the magic,
you have the public in your hands.
1153
01:11:44,008 --> 01:11:51,015
♪ ♪
1154
01:11:51,098 --> 01:11:53,726
[applause and cheers]
1155
01:11:57,688 --> 01:12:02,902
Everyone present was
mesmerized by seeing Verdine
1156
01:12:02,944 --> 01:12:05,530
levitating while playing.
1157
01:12:05,613 --> 01:12:08,491
And hey, it didn't fail
not a note, okay?
1158
01:12:08,574 --> 01:12:11,953
Playing sideways.
Of course, that hypnotizes you.
1159
01:12:12,036 --> 01:12:14,163
- There are people who take
a rabbit out of a hat,
1160
01:12:14,247 --> 01:12:15,915
but not disappear
an elephant
1161
01:12:15,998 --> 01:12:19,335
♪ ♪
1162
01:12:19,418 --> 01:12:22,505
He made the elephant fly.
1163
01:12:22,588 --> 01:12:26,425
- Weren't you scared?
let a rope break you
1164
01:12:26,509 --> 01:12:28,886
or something fatal would happen?
1165
01:12:28,928 --> 01:12:32,056
- No. I would probably think
in that now,
1166
01:12:32,139 --> 01:12:34,684
but not then.
1167
01:12:34,767 --> 01:12:41,732
♪ ♪
1168
01:12:58,040 --> 01:13:04,964
♪ ♪
1169
01:13:36,370 --> 01:13:43,210
♪ ♪
1170
01:14:03,397 --> 01:14:06,025
- There was that group
of black men
1171
01:14:06,108 --> 01:14:10,863
doing something so heavenly
and elegant as well as beautiful.
1172
01:14:10,947 --> 01:14:15,910
Basically, it put us
the example to all of us.
1173
01:14:15,993 --> 01:14:22,917
♪ ♪
1174
01:14:31,217 --> 01:14:33,386
- I was a child
black in Hawaii.
1175
01:14:33,469 --> 01:14:36,055
There weren't many people
that they looked like me
1176
01:14:36,138 --> 01:14:37,723
and they were successful.
1177
01:14:37,807 --> 01:14:42,645
And then I said to myself:
"If they can do that,
1178
01:14:42,728 --> 01:14:45,231
What can I do?"
1179
01:14:45,314 --> 01:14:47,775
[applause and cheers]
1180
01:14:50,152 --> 01:14:54,115
-They were the ones who imposed fashion
at that particular moment.
1181
01:14:54,198 --> 01:14:57,201
[soft music]
1182
01:14:57,284 --> 01:15:00,037
♪ ♪
1183
01:15:00,121 --> 01:15:02,665
- Prince, Michael Jackson
and all of them
1184
01:15:02,748 --> 01:15:05,876
They were downstairs taking notes.
1185
01:15:05,918 --> 01:15:08,170
- Michael wanted to be
in Earth, Wind and Fire,
1186
01:15:08,254 --> 01:15:12,508
that's why I went to their concerts
with his yellow notepad.
1187
01:15:12,591 --> 01:15:14,719
- Prince confessed to me
at some point
1188
01:15:14,760 --> 01:15:17,722
that when he saw the show,
He was on the verge of resigning.
1189
01:15:17,805 --> 01:15:20,766
I couldn't compete with that.
1190
01:15:20,808 --> 01:15:23,686
- I loved it.
I was a fan.
1191
01:15:23,769 --> 01:15:26,439
I felt the sound and the spirit
of celebration
1192
01:15:26,480 --> 01:15:30,943
to our past,
but looking to the future
1193
01:15:31,027 --> 01:15:35,698
and towards what is possible
in this world.
1194
01:15:35,781 --> 01:15:37,992
- Their songs make you
feel every emotion.
1195
01:15:38,075 --> 01:15:40,286
They make you want to cry,
They make you want to dance.
1196
01:15:40,369 --> 01:15:42,288
They make you want to fall in love.
1197
01:15:42,329 --> 01:15:44,040
Like this.
1198
01:15:44,123 --> 01:15:46,751
[sings "Reasons"]
1199
01:15:46,834 --> 01:15:49,170
[applause and cheers]
1200
01:15:49,253 --> 01:15:51,088
♪ ♪
1201
01:15:51,130 --> 01:15:54,008
- Many of my memories
They are the school gym,
1202
01:15:54,091 --> 01:15:55,509
the dances.
1203
01:15:55,593 --> 01:15:57,428
"Reasons", that song
It became a classic.
1204
01:15:57,511 --> 01:15:58,929
Yes, it's true.
1205
01:15:58,971 --> 01:16:00,639
- If you crossed everything
the gym to invite her
1206
01:16:00,723 --> 01:16:03,392
to that slow dance and she
I told you yes,
1207
01:16:03,476 --> 01:16:04,977
you were guaranteed that...
1208
01:16:05,019 --> 01:16:07,313
- Well, on the other hand,
if you said yes
1209
01:16:07,396 --> 01:16:11,067
to a boy who was sweaty
and drunk, there was no going back.
1210
01:16:11,150 --> 01:16:12,485
There wasn't one.
1211
01:16:12,568 --> 01:16:16,280
[sings "Reasons"]
1212
01:16:16,363 --> 01:16:22,828
♪ ♪
1213
01:16:24,497 --> 01:16:26,874
- I thought "Reasons"
mentioned a list
1214
01:16:26,957 --> 01:16:30,127
of all the reasons why
which he loved that person.
1215
01:16:30,211 --> 01:16:32,254
- With a falsetto
like the one Philip does,
1216
01:16:32,338 --> 01:16:35,257
I could say anything
and it will sound beautiful
1217
01:16:35,341 --> 01:16:37,218
And very romantic, you know?
1218
01:16:37,301 --> 01:16:42,473
♪ ♪
1219
01:16:42,556 --> 01:16:47,436
- Why do people believe
What is a romantic song?
1220
01:16:47,520 --> 01:16:50,564
♪ ♪
1221
01:16:50,648 --> 01:16:52,024
- Let's talk
from "Reasons".
1222
01:16:52,066 --> 01:16:55,694
There was a girl
with a glorious body.
1223
01:16:55,736 --> 01:16:58,030
She arrives at the hotel.
1224
01:16:58,072 --> 01:17:02,952
Come into my room
and I feel like...
1225
01:17:03,035 --> 01:17:06,038
I feel like a great champion.
1226
01:17:08,249 --> 01:17:13,504
And in that same morning he
I hear you say: "Yes, my love."
1227
01:17:13,587 --> 01:17:17,174
He was talking to his partner.
1228
01:17:17,258 --> 01:17:19,885
- "And in the morning
when I got up,
1229
01:17:19,927 --> 01:17:24,890
"I don't want to feel anymore
hypnotized, for no reason.
1230
01:17:24,932 --> 01:17:28,018
"Our reasons,
our reasons
1231
01:17:28,102 --> 01:17:32,606
"they were not full
of pride.
1232
01:17:32,690 --> 01:17:35,901
"After saying
our reasons,
1233
01:17:35,985 --> 01:17:39,947
all our reasons
they were lies."
1234
01:17:40,030 --> 01:17:43,075
- It's a request for sex.
That's all, you know?
1235
01:17:43,159 --> 01:17:46,453
If they put it at their wedding,
I'm sorry.
1236
01:17:49,248 --> 01:17:51,000
- All my childhood,
everything was a lie.
1237
01:17:51,083 --> 01:17:52,334
How crazy.
1238
01:17:52,418 --> 01:17:54,587
I think I like it
even more so now.
1239
01:17:54,628 --> 01:17:59,091
♪ ♪
1240
01:17:59,175 --> 01:18:01,260
- Give him a lot of love
to the beautiful sounds
1241
01:18:01,302 --> 01:18:02,845
by Mr. Philip Bailey.
1242
01:18:02,928 --> 01:18:06,265
[applause and cheers]
1243
01:18:06,307 --> 01:18:09,768
- Maurice felt that
he was living his dream.
1244
01:18:09,810 --> 01:18:13,022
I felt very proud
and very good.
1245
01:18:16,942 --> 01:18:21,864
One day, Maurice told me:
"Come here, I love you,
1246
01:18:21,947 --> 01:18:23,866
but I don't want to get married."
1247
01:18:23,949 --> 01:18:28,454
I told him: "I feel like I want to
that you be my partner
1248
01:18:28,495 --> 01:18:29,997
forever."
1249
01:18:30,080 --> 01:18:33,000
And he said, "Okay,
then we will be together
1250
01:18:33,083 --> 01:18:36,212
in this for life
no matter what happens."
1251
01:18:36,295 --> 01:18:37,129
And I said yes.
1252
01:18:37,213 --> 01:18:40,216
And for me that was
our marriage.
1253
01:18:40,299 --> 01:18:44,720
[soft music]
1254
01:18:44,803 --> 01:18:47,264
- He is not from
those who would marry.
1255
01:18:47,306 --> 01:18:50,643
I think I couldn't have
that level of commitment
1256
01:18:50,726 --> 01:18:52,394
or emotional connection.
1257
01:18:52,478 --> 01:18:55,147
I think not.
1258
01:18:55,189 --> 01:18:58,525
- I told Maurice I was going
to have a baby and told me:
1259
01:18:58,609 --> 01:19:00,903
"Are you serious?"
1260
01:19:00,986 --> 01:19:06,784
Kahbran was equal to him,
only in small form.
1261
01:19:06,867 --> 01:19:08,827
And he became a father.
1262
01:19:08,911 --> 01:19:11,205
But he was an absent father.
1263
01:19:12,623 --> 01:19:15,751
Maurice was always
on tour.
1264
01:19:15,834 --> 01:19:17,795
- I remember that when
he was a boy,
1265
01:19:17,878 --> 01:19:21,006
it was difficult for him to hug me
at the beginning.
1266
01:19:21,048 --> 01:19:22,841
But I remember that
when we started
1267
01:19:22,883 --> 01:19:24,510
He wouldn't let me go when he hugged us.
1268
01:19:24,593 --> 01:19:26,804
I felt like I was sighing.
1269
01:19:28,722 --> 01:19:31,433
He didn't know how to be a dad,
without a doubt.
1270
01:19:32,142 --> 01:19:34,520
Earth, Wind and Fire era
the most important thing for him.
1271
01:19:34,603 --> 01:19:36,855
Always.
1272
01:19:36,939 --> 01:19:40,526
- I stayed in the studio
12, 14 hours, you know?
1273
01:19:40,609 --> 01:19:42,152
I think I'm too much
perfectionist
1274
01:19:42,236 --> 01:19:44,530
to some extent
because things
1275
01:19:44,571 --> 01:19:46,615
that I hear no one else hears them.
1276
01:19:46,699 --> 01:19:49,368
They say:
"Hey, what's wrong?"
1277
01:19:49,451 --> 01:19:50,786
And I: "I don't know."
1278
01:19:50,869 --> 01:19:53,163
I just want
do it right, you know?
1279
01:19:53,247 --> 01:19:54,790
That's how it is.
1280
01:19:57,876 --> 01:20:01,714
- Maurice wanted to be the best
and always wanted to overcome
1281
01:20:01,797 --> 01:20:03,841
to anyone
that crossed him.
1282
01:20:03,924 --> 01:20:06,468
And we all adopt that attitude.
1283
01:20:06,552 --> 01:20:07,886
Maurice always said:
1284
01:20:07,970 --> 01:20:11,765
"Never take for granted
success.
1285
01:20:11,849 --> 01:20:15,227
Don't do it.
"Don't get comfortable."
1286
01:20:17,855 --> 01:20:21,150
- After a while,
I was inspired to expand
1287
01:20:21,233 --> 01:20:25,404
my musical horizon for
create another side of my career.
1288
01:20:25,446 --> 01:20:29,491
- White invested in a room
rehearsal in Los Angeles.
1289
01:20:29,575 --> 01:20:30,743
Welcome to the Complex.
1290
01:20:30,826 --> 01:20:33,120
What is this Complex?
1291
01:20:33,203 --> 01:20:35,748
- It is a concept that
puts creativity
1292
01:20:35,831 --> 01:20:37,249
under one roof.
1293
01:20:37,333 --> 01:20:39,001
We have two studios
recording,
1294
01:20:39,084 --> 01:20:42,129
a sound studio
for video and filming.
1295
01:20:42,212 --> 01:20:45,299
We have facilities for
that anyone can rehearse.
1296
01:20:45,382 --> 01:20:49,887
- Maurice bought a studio
and opened a record label.
1297
01:20:49,970 --> 01:20:54,433
They had a party
which we were not invited.
1298
01:20:54,475 --> 01:20:57,227
It was rude to me.
1299
01:20:57,311 --> 01:20:59,480
I was usually busy.
1300
01:21:04,109 --> 01:21:07,279
He also produced
different presentations.
1301
01:21:07,321 --> 01:21:10,115
Barbra Streisand,
Neil Diamond,
1302
01:21:10,157 --> 01:21:13,535
Jennifer Holliday,
Deniece Williams
1303
01:21:13,619 --> 01:21:17,122
and I had The Emotions.
1304
01:21:17,164 --> 01:21:20,459
- The Emotions era
with my two sisters.
1305
01:21:20,501 --> 01:21:23,420
We sign with
Maurice's production company.
1306
01:21:23,462 --> 01:21:26,465
We recorded "Best Of My Love."
1307
01:21:26,507 --> 01:21:29,218
["Best of My Love"
from The Emotions playing]
1308
01:21:29,301 --> 01:21:33,806
♪ ♪
1309
01:21:33,889 --> 01:21:36,975
He is the best producer
of all, because Maurice
1310
01:21:37,017 --> 01:21:39,353
he wants to do everything big.
1311
01:21:39,436 --> 01:21:46,360
♪ ♪
1312
01:21:48,278 --> 01:21:49,613
- Maurice participated
in many things.
1313
01:21:49,696 --> 01:21:51,490
Sometimes it was a gamble.
1314
01:21:51,573 --> 01:21:55,661
- Once I was sitting
at the table making my report
1315
01:21:55,744 --> 01:21:58,205
and paying my bills,
I realized
1316
01:21:58,288 --> 01:22:00,416
that all the money
that was entering
1317
01:22:00,499 --> 01:22:02,793
it came out immediately.
1318
01:22:02,876 --> 01:22:04,920
The public did not see it that way,
1319
01:22:05,003 --> 01:22:06,713
but everything worked
with a deficit.
1320
01:22:06,797 --> 01:22:09,675
Manage the complex
it was very expensive.
1321
01:22:09,758 --> 01:22:14,179
Also, the tours were a
waste that Maurice made.
1322
01:22:14,221 --> 01:22:17,516
They presented magic,
theatricality,
1323
01:22:17,599 --> 01:22:19,268
at four Phoenix Horns,
1324
01:22:19,351 --> 01:22:22,104
three backup singers
and the band.
1325
01:22:22,187 --> 01:22:24,815
There were 60 or 70 people.
1326
01:22:24,898 --> 01:22:26,817
It was like Mardi Gras
of the hotels.
1327
01:22:26,900 --> 01:22:28,527
Many people.
1328
01:22:30,404 --> 01:22:33,073
- My mother was one of
the costume designers.
1329
01:22:33,157 --> 01:22:35,659
I think he spent almost
$1 million in fabrics
1330
01:22:35,742 --> 01:22:39,246
and other things in a year.
1331
01:22:39,329 --> 01:22:44,543
- Maurice told me that a
starting from the '77 tour,
1332
01:22:44,585 --> 01:22:47,212
every time they went out
on tour required minimum
1333
01:22:47,296 --> 01:22:51,049
$1/2 million in debt
for every great tour.
1334
01:22:51,091 --> 01:22:53,844
I had a big problem
of money flow.
1335
01:22:53,927 --> 01:22:56,680
- Not everything is glory
and lights here.
1336
01:22:56,722 --> 01:22:58,223
- It's just another trip.
- A lot of work.
1337
01:22:58,307 --> 01:22:59,933
- There are many things
that you don't know
1338
01:23:00,017 --> 01:23:02,144
- Large pressures.
- That's true.
1339
01:23:02,227 --> 01:23:04,605
I couldn't not invest.
1340
01:23:04,688 --> 01:23:06,773
I couldn't not give my best.
1341
01:23:06,857 --> 01:23:09,485
He believed in his vision.
1342
01:23:11,612 --> 01:23:15,908
-Maurice was very pressured
and I had to make a record.
1343
01:23:15,991 --> 01:23:19,828
I think in advance.
1344
01:23:19,912 --> 01:23:23,248
["Boogie Wonderland" playing]
1345
01:23:23,290 --> 01:23:25,250
- I thought: "Okay,
this is the disco era,
1346
01:23:25,292 --> 01:23:26,919
"he's not going anywhere.
1347
01:23:26,960 --> 01:23:30,297
I'm going to do a good one
disk recording".
1348
01:23:30,380 --> 01:23:32,799
And The Emotions
he sang with us.
1349
01:23:32,883 --> 01:23:35,469
[sings "Boogie Wonderland"]
1350
01:23:35,552 --> 01:23:42,184
♪ ♪
1351
01:23:45,604 --> 01:23:52,194
♪ ♪
1352
01:23:52,277 --> 01:23:55,489
- "Boogie Wonderland"
It became a complete success.
1353
01:23:55,572 --> 01:24:00,160
♪ ♪
1354
01:24:00,244 --> 01:24:02,246
- This is ours
first offer
1355
01:24:02,329 --> 01:24:04,456
for the scene
of disco music.
1356
01:24:04,540 --> 01:24:11,213
♪ ♪
1357
01:24:16,176 --> 01:24:19,596
- It wasn't that I didn't--I didn't like it.
1358
01:24:19,680 --> 01:24:23,058
But no--I wasn't going with my soul,
It didn't reach my heart,
1359
01:24:23,141 --> 01:24:25,644
like his music used to do.
1360
01:24:25,727 --> 01:24:32,609
♪ ♪
1361
01:24:36,530 --> 01:24:38,448
- I had that great pressure
in my head,
1362
01:24:38,532 --> 01:24:40,576
the one you feel like having
what to sell every time
1363
01:24:40,659 --> 01:24:43,620
so many albums
as you sold before.
1364
01:24:43,704 --> 01:24:45,414
- Our other guest
It's David Foster.
1365
01:24:45,497 --> 01:24:47,583
Has done some sessions
with Rod Stewart, Dolly Parton
1366
01:24:47,666 --> 01:24:49,501
and George Harrison.
1367
01:24:49,543 --> 01:24:52,588
- I started as a producer;
I already had a couple of hits.
1368
01:24:52,671 --> 01:24:54,590
I had a personal goal
to work
1369
01:24:54,673 --> 01:24:55,757
with Earth, Wind and Fire.
1370
01:24:55,841 --> 01:24:59,011
["In The Stone" playing]
1371
01:24:59,052 --> 01:25:00,679
♪ ♪
1372
01:25:00,762 --> 01:25:05,100
- Maurice asked me to go
to his house and write with him.
1373
01:25:05,183 --> 01:25:07,311
We sit next to the piano
and I tried to get a hit
1374
01:25:07,394 --> 01:25:09,104
of all time.
1375
01:25:09,187 --> 01:25:10,981
That was my mission.
1376
01:25:11,064 --> 01:25:12,316
♪ ♪
1377
01:25:12,399 --> 01:25:14,818
Maurice and I were
completely inspired
1378
01:25:14,860 --> 01:25:19,072
and we work from
7:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m.
1379
01:25:19,156 --> 01:25:21,491
And in those 12 hours,
we write the genesis
1380
01:25:21,575 --> 01:25:23,869
of almost every song
from the album "I Am".
1381
01:25:23,952 --> 01:25:27,664
♪ ♪
1382
01:25:27,748 --> 01:25:30,542
- Gave him new life
to Earth, Wind and Fire
1383
01:25:30,584 --> 01:25:32,210
with your addition making pop,
okay?
1384
01:25:32,252 --> 01:25:36,173
That gave us a new sound,
a new energy.
1385
01:25:36,256 --> 01:25:37,924
"I Am" did very well.
1386
01:25:38,008 --> 01:25:41,928
It received double platinum.
1387
01:25:42,012 --> 01:25:44,056
- In the studio,
I became obsessed
1388
01:25:44,097 --> 01:25:46,475
with control
to the guys in the band.
1389
01:25:46,558 --> 01:25:48,310
I didn't hold back so
do something different,
1390
01:25:48,393 --> 01:25:51,563
that they played in a certain way
or that the chord was wrong.
1391
01:25:51,647 --> 01:25:54,900
The fan just watched
from the window as soon as
1392
01:25:54,983 --> 01:25:56,860
the red light came on.
1393
01:25:58,236 --> 01:26:00,197
You know, it's okay.
1394
01:26:00,280 --> 01:26:02,407
We had fun working
with other people
1395
01:26:02,491 --> 01:26:05,494
and they had fun
working with us.
1396
01:26:07,454 --> 01:26:11,333
- The arrival of David Foster
to the band
1397
01:26:11,416 --> 01:26:13,877
It was difficult for them.
1398
01:26:13,960 --> 01:26:16,171
They said: "We should
to be writing
1399
01:26:16,254 --> 01:26:18,590
the songs,
not the white boy.”
1400
01:26:18,674 --> 01:26:23,303
But David Foster
brought good things.
1401
01:26:23,387 --> 01:26:26,264
And it got more complicated,
because Maurice
1402
01:26:26,306 --> 01:26:28,141
he brought a person
for some things,
1403
01:26:28,225 --> 01:26:31,311
to another for others.
1404
01:26:31,395 --> 01:26:34,272
Every person involved
did something superlative
1405
01:26:34,314 --> 01:26:36,316
from Earth, Wind and Fire.
1406
01:26:38,235 --> 01:26:41,238
- We played every time
fewer songs
1407
01:26:41,321 --> 01:26:44,366
and Maurice began
to produce records
1408
01:26:44,449 --> 01:26:46,827
without us
we would collaborate.
1409
01:26:48,328 --> 01:26:51,623
We became like a musician
session that arrived,
1410
01:26:51,707 --> 01:26:55,585
did his part,
sing this, sing that.
1411
01:26:57,087 --> 01:26:59,297
You should be behind.
1412
01:26:59,339 --> 01:27:02,217
- Regarding the rules
of Maurice and what we had
1413
01:27:02,300 --> 01:27:04,261
What to do, we followed them.
Simple.
1414
01:27:06,096 --> 01:27:10,684
- The idea of a democracy
It's an illusion in a band.
1415
01:27:12,060 --> 01:27:16,982
I felt underestimated
and betrayed.
1416
01:27:17,065 --> 01:27:19,526
[applause and cheers]
1417
01:27:22,195 --> 01:27:25,490
Is everyone in a good mood?
1418
01:27:25,532 --> 01:27:27,659
Excellent.
1419
01:27:27,743 --> 01:27:31,580
You know,
1420
01:27:31,663 --> 01:27:37,169
love is a theme that always
It seems to be present, always.
1421
01:27:37,210 --> 01:27:39,671
Okay, let me tell you something.
1422
01:27:39,713 --> 01:27:44,176
Maurice wasn't exactly
the most faithful person.
1423
01:27:44,259 --> 01:27:46,595
He had other women
on the way.
1424
01:27:46,678 --> 01:27:49,765
- [sings "After The Love
Has Gone]
1425
01:27:49,848 --> 01:27:56,563
♪ ♪
1426
01:28:03,904 --> 01:28:06,198
- In fact,
Maurice got someone else pregnant
1427
01:28:06,239 --> 01:28:08,283
while on tour.
1428
01:28:08,366 --> 01:28:12,204
I didn't find out
until a few years later
1429
01:28:12,287 --> 01:28:14,956
from which he was born.
1430
01:28:15,040 --> 01:28:17,584
Everyone knew it, except me.
1431
01:28:17,667 --> 01:28:24,508
♪ ♪
1432
01:28:26,259 --> 01:28:29,596
And then he had another son
with someone else.
1433
01:28:31,056 --> 01:28:34,059
- I am the youngest son
of Maurice, of whom we know.
1434
01:28:34,142 --> 01:28:36,186
[laughs]
1435
01:28:36,269 --> 01:28:40,899
♪ ♪
1436
01:28:40,941 --> 01:28:43,610
During the time when
my mom was doing it
1437
01:28:43,693 --> 01:28:45,904
his wardrobe, my dad
He flirted and there was a connection.
1438
01:28:45,946 --> 01:28:51,409
♪ ♪
1439
01:28:51,493 --> 01:28:53,912
With my mother he had
a very tumultuous relationship.
1440
01:28:53,954 --> 01:28:56,414
They ended constantly.
1441
01:28:56,498 --> 01:29:00,585
When I was born, I think they wore
looking close to 20 years old.
1442
01:29:00,627 --> 01:29:02,212
- I said:
"How could you do that?"
1443
01:29:02,295 --> 01:29:06,216
And he said:
"I'm a star.
1444
01:29:06,299 --> 01:29:08,552
I can do what
whatever I want."
1445
01:29:08,635 --> 01:29:11,513
♪ ♪
1446
01:29:11,596 --> 01:29:12,931
And I said: "You know what?
1447
01:29:12,973 --> 01:29:19,271
That makes me feel devalued
and that's not true."
1448
01:29:19,312 --> 01:29:20,939
So I moved.
1449
01:29:21,022 --> 01:29:24,276
♪ ♪
1450
01:29:24,359 --> 01:29:26,236
And he thought I wouldn't
and yes I did.
1451
01:29:26,319 --> 01:29:33,368
♪ ♪
1452
01:29:37,163 --> 01:29:41,543
- For me it was difficult to deal with
to have a relationship with him.
1453
01:29:41,626 --> 01:29:44,504
Even when I was a child,
I asked my mom
1454
01:29:44,588 --> 01:29:47,132
why was he so distant
and he explained to me,
1455
01:29:47,173 --> 01:29:49,426
I think in a way
very beautiful
1456
01:29:49,467 --> 01:29:51,887
and that's how I articulate it
to this day:
1457
01:29:51,970 --> 01:29:53,972
everyone has a door
in your heart
1458
01:29:54,014 --> 01:29:55,432
from which they enter and leave.
1459
01:29:55,473 --> 01:29:57,350
And he had so many traumas
from when I was a child
1460
01:29:57,434 --> 01:29:59,269
that closed the door for him
1461
01:29:59,352 --> 01:30:01,438
and just let it pass
to a certain extent.
1462
01:30:01,521 --> 01:30:03,815
But when he was
absorbed making music,
1463
01:30:03,899 --> 01:30:06,943
that door opened
wide.
1464
01:30:07,027 --> 01:30:10,238
[electronic sounds]
1465
01:30:10,322 --> 01:30:13,033
[synth music]
1466
01:30:13,116 --> 01:30:15,660
♪ ♪
1467
01:30:15,702 --> 01:30:18,163
- The 80s were
very strange.
1468
01:30:18,246 --> 01:30:20,624
Music was changing
a lot.
1469
01:30:20,707 --> 01:30:23,043
We are in a stage
of evolution.
1470
01:30:23,126 --> 01:30:28,089
I think it's evolving
the advances of technology.
1471
01:30:28,173 --> 01:30:30,967
- The bands were
navigating transitions
1472
01:30:31,051 --> 01:30:33,929
what they were taking
place in terms of sound.
1473
01:30:34,012 --> 01:30:36,514
Now you are in the era
of the rhythm box
1474
01:30:36,598 --> 01:30:38,850
and the synthesizer,
1475
01:30:38,892 --> 01:30:41,353
but Earth Wind and Fire
was known
1476
01:30:41,394 --> 01:30:43,730
for its large section
of wind instruments
1477
01:30:43,813 --> 01:30:47,275
and for their incredible arrangements.
1478
01:30:47,359 --> 01:30:49,361
Maurice needed
a sound recording
1479
01:30:49,402 --> 01:30:52,113
completely different.
1480
01:30:52,197 --> 01:30:56,326
-Maurice and I met
for my wife, Wanda,
1481
01:30:56,409 --> 01:30:58,703
by The Emotions.
1482
01:30:58,787 --> 01:31:02,874
Maurice was looking
some of the things
1483
01:31:02,958 --> 01:31:06,586
that I was playing
at Brothers Johnson.
1484
01:31:06,670 --> 01:31:10,548
Maurice approached me
and he said, "Hey, Wayne,
1485
01:31:10,632 --> 01:31:13,718
do you have any tunes
for The Fire?".
1486
01:31:13,760 --> 01:31:17,889
We were looking for success,
so I gave him four songs
1487
01:31:17,931 --> 01:31:20,475
and chose to choose
three of them,
1488
01:31:20,558 --> 01:31:23,520
one of which
it was "Let's Groove."
1489
01:31:23,603 --> 01:31:26,690
[sings "Let's Groove"]
1490
01:31:26,773 --> 01:31:31,695
♪ ♪
1491
01:31:31,736 --> 01:31:36,449
"Let's Groove" really doesn't
It was a song of his style.
1492
01:31:36,533 --> 01:31:39,369
That kind of metaphysical vibe.
1493
01:31:39,452 --> 01:31:41,246
Just a melody was enough
to unite them
1494
01:31:41,287 --> 01:31:43,748
in the transition
around the 80s.
1495
01:31:47,419 --> 01:31:48,712
- "Let's Groove"
it was a song
1496
01:31:48,795 --> 01:31:50,505
what we needed
at that moment.
1497
01:31:50,588 --> 01:31:53,133
We feel relieved
because we managed to get there
1498
01:31:53,216 --> 01:31:54,968
to the one yard line.
1499
01:31:55,051 --> 01:32:01,891
♪ ♪
1500
01:32:04,269 --> 01:32:06,479
- You try to remain
relevant, but, well,
1501
01:32:06,563 --> 01:32:08,356
incredible bands emerged.
1502
01:32:08,440 --> 01:32:11,109
♪ ♪
1503
01:32:11,151 --> 01:32:14,446
- Every decade comes with new
music, new artists,
1504
01:32:14,487 --> 01:32:16,781
new superstars.
1505
01:32:16,865 --> 01:32:19,659
Mike managed to hit a home run
with "Thriller."
1506
01:32:19,743 --> 01:32:22,871
Lionel hit a home run
and of course, Prince.
1507
01:32:22,954 --> 01:32:29,794
♪ ♪
1508
01:32:29,878 --> 01:32:33,048
- We were competing
for making a place for us.
1509
01:32:33,131 --> 01:32:35,008
"Where do we come in
in this scheme?".
1510
01:32:35,091 --> 01:32:37,802
♪ ♪
1511
01:32:37,886 --> 01:32:40,972
- That magic,
that combination,
1512
01:32:41,056 --> 01:32:46,061
it is very difficult to maintain
something walking
1513
01:32:46,144 --> 01:32:49,397
Maurice was
a reserved man.
1514
01:32:49,481 --> 01:32:52,734
He didn't let me see his sweat,
1515
01:32:52,817 --> 01:32:56,446
but I was going through
for many issues
1516
01:32:56,529 --> 01:32:58,490
at that moment.
1517
01:32:58,573 --> 01:33:00,825
- To the outside world,
Maurice introduced him
1518
01:33:00,867 --> 01:33:04,621
a positive image
and of love.
1519
01:33:04,662 --> 01:33:08,666
But for us,
It was completely different.
1520
01:33:08,708 --> 01:33:12,629
Maurice had isolated himself
from everyone.
1521
01:33:12,712 --> 01:33:15,882
Only certain people
they could interview him.
1522
01:33:15,965 --> 01:33:18,760
If you wanted a photograph,
You had to stay there still.
1523
01:33:18,843 --> 01:33:20,720
And there were defined positions.
1524
01:33:20,804 --> 01:33:23,890
He did it for
make you feel less.
1525
01:33:26,559 --> 01:33:29,437
Let's record again.
1526
01:33:29,521 --> 01:33:32,524
- We knew not
he paid us well.
1527
01:33:32,565 --> 01:33:35,026
Yes, management was expensive.
1528
01:33:35,068 --> 01:33:39,072
But we were generating
millions of dollars
1529
01:33:39,155 --> 01:33:42,200
and we only charged
$2,500 per week.
1530
01:33:43,827 --> 01:33:45,453
I think it was less
that those in charge
1531
01:33:45,537 --> 01:33:47,789
of the instruments.
1532
01:33:47,872 --> 01:33:49,541
- For the first eight years,
Maurice appropriated
1533
01:33:49,582 --> 01:33:51,126
of everyone's posts.
1534
01:33:51,209 --> 01:33:54,212
- The first check
for royalties that Maurice
1535
01:33:54,254 --> 01:33:56,756
he handed me over he said it was
for the royalties from the album.
1536
01:33:56,840 --> 01:34:01,469
I looked at Maurice and said:
"What is this?"
1537
01:34:01,553 --> 01:34:04,848
- Maurice took a long time
time to give it
1538
01:34:04,931 --> 01:34:07,308
any credit
to anyone.
1539
01:34:07,392 --> 01:34:11,896
The whole band had to have
his co-production credit,
1540
01:34:11,980 --> 01:34:14,065
but he had
to be perceived
1541
01:34:14,149 --> 01:34:17,735
as the only champion
of sound.
1542
01:34:17,777 --> 01:34:20,655
- Some of the other guys
they believed they deserved more
1543
01:34:20,738 --> 01:34:23,158
and I agree with that.
1544
01:34:23,908 --> 01:34:26,536
- There were no reasons
to accept those deals
1545
01:34:26,619 --> 01:34:27,912
without receiving pay.
1546
01:34:27,996 --> 01:34:30,582
If you are not making money,
why be there
1547
01:34:30,623 --> 01:34:32,917
and let them treat you
in that way?
1548
01:34:34,460 --> 01:34:36,129
I never returned.
1549
01:34:39,340 --> 01:34:40,717
The Phoenix Horns
1550
01:34:40,800 --> 01:34:43,178
they left to work
with Phil Collins.
1551
01:34:43,261 --> 01:34:45,597
Grudges were born.
1552
01:34:45,680 --> 01:34:48,224
-Then he argued with Al
and Al left.
1553
01:34:50,935 --> 01:34:53,688
- At some point,
The party had to end.
1554
01:34:57,734 --> 01:35:00,862
- It was a big blow
because after that,
1555
01:35:00,945 --> 01:35:03,114
the band's sound changed.
1556
01:35:03,198 --> 01:35:08,077
["Magnetic" by Earth,
Wind and Fire playing]
1557
01:35:08,161 --> 01:35:14,959
♪ ♪
1558
01:35:15,043 --> 01:35:17,003
- To keep together
to a band,
1559
01:35:17,086 --> 01:35:19,422
must be treated
to remain commercial,
1560
01:35:19,505 --> 01:35:20,965
but also artistic.
1561
01:35:21,007 --> 01:35:22,842
And it is very difficult to do that.
1562
01:35:22,926 --> 01:35:26,221
[they sing "Magnetic"]
1563
01:35:26,304 --> 01:35:33,311
♪ ♪
1564
01:35:39,359 --> 01:35:42,570
- The mark of Earth,
Wind and Fire changed.
1565
01:35:42,654 --> 01:35:43,696
♪ ♪
1566
01:35:43,780 --> 01:35:45,657
With all my heart,
1567
01:35:45,698 --> 01:35:48,493
I think "Faces"
It was the last great album.
1568
01:35:48,534 --> 01:35:51,704
I have my reservations about
the rest of what came out.
1569
01:35:51,788 --> 01:35:53,915
- What does "Raise!",
"Powerlight"
1570
01:35:53,998 --> 01:35:55,833
and "Electric Universe"
that they don't have
1571
01:35:55,917 --> 01:35:57,877
the same quality of the one
or the other?
1572
01:35:57,961 --> 01:36:00,505
- Maybe because we were
very little involved
1573
01:36:00,546 --> 01:36:02,340
with any of those discs.
1574
01:36:02,423 --> 01:36:07,136
♪ ♪
1575
01:36:07,220 --> 01:36:09,222
- Not even
I can hear them.
1576
01:36:09,305 --> 01:36:13,393
In my opinion, Maurice was
looking for a new audience,
1577
01:36:13,476 --> 01:36:15,395
but it didn't have that groove.
1578
01:36:15,478 --> 01:36:22,360
♪ ♪
1579
01:36:22,402 --> 01:36:25,697
- It was a period
search for Maurice.
1580
01:36:25,738 --> 01:36:29,867
Success has many fathers,
but failure is an orphan.
1581
01:36:36,082 --> 01:36:39,544
- I think all that stress
It began to worry him.
1582
01:36:39,585 --> 01:36:42,255
I was more fatigued
than normal.
1583
01:36:43,464 --> 01:36:45,883
- Being on tour constantly
and do all
1584
01:36:45,925 --> 01:36:48,386
the other tasks,
I always was
1585
01:36:48,469 --> 01:36:51,639
the one who carried all the load.
1586
01:36:51,723 --> 01:36:54,225
- It was decades old
emotional blockage.
1587
01:36:54,309 --> 01:36:56,853
When you repress your emotions
for so long,
1588
01:36:56,936 --> 01:36:58,313
They have to go somewhere.
1589
01:36:58,396 --> 01:37:01,899
And if you don't take them out,
something bad can happen.
1590
01:37:01,983 --> 01:37:05,194
[haunting music]
1591
01:37:05,278 --> 01:37:09,741
♪ ♪
1592
01:37:09,824 --> 01:37:12,452
- They summoned us to
a meeting at the Complex.
1593
01:37:13,619 --> 01:37:18,082
We were all gathered
when Maurice came and said:
1594
01:37:18,124 --> 01:37:21,085
"Guys, I've been thinking,
1595
01:37:21,169 --> 01:37:23,880
I think I'm going to continue
on my own
1596
01:37:23,963 --> 01:37:29,469
and I'm going to put Earth,
Wind and Fire in the background.
1597
01:37:32,680 --> 01:37:33,806
Is it a joke?
1598
01:37:33,890 --> 01:37:35,767
I felt that the heart
It went down to my feet.
1599
01:37:35,808 --> 01:37:38,436
I couldn't believe it.
1600
01:37:38,478 --> 01:37:41,397
He said: "From today onwards,
1601
01:37:41,481 --> 01:37:45,943
let's leave
to hire personnel."
1602
01:37:45,985 --> 01:37:49,072
And we had to take out
our entire wardrobe
1603
01:37:49,113 --> 01:37:52,450
of the lockers because I was going
to sell the facilities.
1604
01:37:55,661 --> 01:38:00,083
At that time, we were
completely shocked.
1605
01:38:00,166 --> 01:38:03,294
- It bothered me a lot how
things were handled.
1606
01:38:03,336 --> 01:38:06,839
You can't have a meeting
and say, "Well, it's over,"
1607
01:38:06,923 --> 01:38:09,300
without having noticed.
1608
01:38:10,802 --> 01:38:14,305
- I don't think anyone was
closer to Maurice than I am.
1609
01:38:14,347 --> 01:38:19,811
Definitely
it shook us all.
1610
01:38:19,894 --> 01:38:21,396
But it's over.
1611
01:38:24,148 --> 01:38:26,317
- Each one traced
your own path.
1612
01:38:26,401 --> 01:38:28,903
We all separate.
1613
01:38:28,986 --> 01:38:31,489
They bounced my card
of credit.
1614
01:38:31,572 --> 01:38:34,951
And my wife at that time
and I panic.
1615
01:38:35,034 --> 01:38:37,829
We sold the property
and we moved to Denver.
1616
01:38:37,912 --> 01:38:39,664
- I was in a place
of construction.
1617
01:38:39,747 --> 01:38:45,670
He also worked at Federated
Stereo, at Sunset and La Brea.
1618
01:38:45,753 --> 01:38:48,131
He sold stereos.
1619
01:38:48,214 --> 01:38:52,510
It was a difficult time,
without a doubt.
1620
01:38:52,552 --> 01:38:55,263
- Surely it was
devastating for some.
1621
01:38:57,515 --> 01:39:00,184
But at some point,
I had to let it go.
1622
01:39:00,268 --> 01:39:04,689
I needed a break
and I decided to do it, you know?
1623
01:39:04,772 --> 01:39:06,607
Yes, I needed it.
1624
01:39:08,151 --> 01:39:10,278
- They were
the family he created
1625
01:39:10,361 --> 01:39:15,283
and basically,
did the same to them
1626
01:39:15,366 --> 01:39:18,119
what they did to him
when I was a child.
1627
01:39:20,288 --> 01:39:22,623
He left them before
They will leave him.
1628
01:39:24,876 --> 01:39:27,211
He called me and I told him:
1629
01:39:27,295 --> 01:39:32,175
"You keep saving
a lot of resentment
1630
01:39:32,258 --> 01:39:34,302
for what your mother did to you."
1631
01:39:36,929 --> 01:39:39,640
You have to let it go
so you can free yourself
1632
01:39:39,724 --> 01:39:41,642
of what happened to you.
1633
01:39:41,726 --> 01:39:45,021
But he couldn't do that.
1634
01:39:46,647 --> 01:39:49,317
- Exhale everything you have
to do with separations,
1635
01:39:49,400 --> 01:39:52,403
everything that makes you feel
that you are not worthy,
1636
01:39:52,445 --> 01:39:55,031
everything
it makes you feel pain,
1637
01:39:55,114 --> 01:39:58,451
whether physical or psychological.
1638
01:39:58,534 --> 01:40:03,206
Let the breath
be the transformation.
1639
01:40:07,376 --> 01:40:10,254
[exhala]
1640
01:40:11,005 --> 01:40:12,715
[clears throat]
1641
01:40:14,884 --> 01:40:15,927
- Testing.
1, 2.
1642
01:40:15,968 --> 01:40:17,637
Testing. 1, 2.
1643
01:40:17,720 --> 01:40:19,597
- Everything's fine, right?
- Yeah.
1644
01:40:19,639 --> 01:40:21,015
GOOD.
1645
01:40:21,098 --> 01:40:23,935
Hi, I'm Maurice White.
in Los Angeles.
1646
01:40:23,976 --> 01:40:25,770
I hope you enjoy
our new--
1647
01:40:25,853 --> 01:40:27,104
I'll do it again.
1648
01:40:27,188 --> 01:40:29,607
Hello, I'm Maurice White,
in Los Angeles.
1649
01:40:29,690 --> 01:40:33,069
I hope you enjoy my first
sencillo single, "Stand By Me".
1650
01:40:33,152 --> 01:40:35,947
["Stand By Me"
Maurice White playing]
1651
01:40:35,988 --> 01:40:38,950
♪ ♪
1652
01:40:38,991 --> 01:40:40,451
I had success with a group.
1653
01:40:40,535 --> 01:40:42,787
Now I will be successful
on my own.
1654
01:40:42,870 --> 01:40:47,375
♪ ♪
1655
01:40:47,458 --> 01:40:50,169
- Maurice turned himself in
to that disk.
1656
01:40:51,837 --> 01:40:54,298
But it didn't work.
1657
01:40:54,340 --> 01:40:57,677
And I think that failure
It hurt him a lot.
1658
01:41:00,888 --> 01:41:02,223
Philip Bailey embarked
1659
01:41:02,306 --> 01:41:05,142
in a solo career
without his former colleagues.
1660
01:41:06,811 --> 01:41:09,730
- It was time
to do something else
1661
01:41:09,814 --> 01:41:12,400
and rediscover who I was.
1662
01:41:13,651 --> 01:41:17,405
My career as a soloist
it gave me that autonomy
1663
01:41:17,488 --> 01:41:19,740
to touch
with different musicians.
1664
01:41:19,824 --> 01:41:21,367
I chose to work
with Phil Collins
1665
01:41:21,450 --> 01:41:24,579
because The Phoenix Horns
they were working with them.
1666
01:41:24,662 --> 01:41:28,833
["Easy Lover"
Phil Collins playing]
1667
01:41:28,916 --> 01:41:32,670
I had great success with one
song called "Easy Lover."
1668
01:41:32,753 --> 01:41:38,009
♪ ♪
1669
01:41:38,092 --> 01:41:42,513
"Easy Lover"
it was a complete success.
1670
01:41:42,597 --> 01:41:46,559
Nobody called me to wish me
success or happiness.
1671
01:41:50,563 --> 01:41:52,106
- What do you think of Philip
as a soloist?
1672
01:41:52,189 --> 01:41:53,858
- I think it's very good.
- Yes.
1673
01:41:53,899 --> 01:41:57,028
- I hoped it would be successful
because he left school
1674
01:41:57,111 --> 01:41:58,237
from Earth, Wind and Fire.
1675
01:41:58,321 --> 01:42:00,364
- And what do you think?
of Maurice as a soloist?
1676
01:42:01,991 --> 01:42:04,702
- I always saw Maurice
being a soloist.
1677
01:42:04,785 --> 01:42:06,162
[laughs]
1678
01:42:06,245 --> 01:42:07,913
There is some truth in that.
1679
01:42:15,004 --> 01:42:20,051
- Years after success
in my solo career,
1680
01:42:20,092 --> 01:42:23,387
the record label approached me
and he said to me:
1681
01:42:23,471 --> 01:42:25,681
"Let's discuss the possibility
of a return
1682
01:42:25,765 --> 01:42:27,600
for Earth, Wind and Fire."
1683
01:42:30,102 --> 01:42:33,064
I said, "Well,
I have no problem
1684
01:42:33,105 --> 01:42:35,274
to talk to Maurice."
1685
01:42:36,942 --> 01:42:39,737
We sit down
on several occasions.
1686
01:42:39,779 --> 01:42:44,617
We talked, we cried
and we put everything on the table.
1687
01:42:44,700 --> 01:42:45,743
That's how it was.
1688
01:42:49,705 --> 01:42:52,958
And I told him I was willing
to work with him, not for him.
1689
01:42:56,337 --> 01:42:58,589
- Verdine and Maurice
They didn't speak.
1690
01:42:58,631 --> 01:43:02,551
And I told Shelly,
Verdine's wife:
1691
01:43:02,635 --> 01:43:05,262
"This is ridiculous.
They are brothers."
1692
01:43:05,346 --> 01:43:09,850
So Shelly and I
we had to put them together.
1693
01:43:09,934 --> 01:43:12,395
- It was good that we had
the opportunity to speak.
1694
01:43:12,478 --> 01:43:15,398
He said he should never have
do what he did,
1695
01:43:15,481 --> 01:43:17,441
who should have thought better of it.
1696
01:43:17,525 --> 01:43:20,695
It was something of the
that he regretted it.
1697
01:43:20,778 --> 01:43:24,448
- I waited a long time
for the phone to ring.
1698
01:43:24,490 --> 01:43:27,451
With everything
had passed,
1699
01:43:27,535 --> 01:43:30,204
you have to recover
of this situation
1700
01:43:30,287 --> 01:43:31,706
with a blur
and a new account.
1701
01:43:31,789 --> 01:43:33,624
And that's what we did.
1702
01:43:35,000 --> 01:43:39,463
- After that, we were
ready to meet all of us.
1703
01:43:39,505 --> 01:43:41,090
♪ ♪
1704
01:43:41,173 --> 01:43:43,259
- We try to get together
the nine.
1705
01:43:43,342 --> 01:43:47,680
We already had five ready
to return, the originals.
1706
01:43:47,763 --> 01:43:50,224
- Didn't you say what part
of the deal for return
1707
01:43:50,307 --> 01:43:52,643
it was that Maurice
had to start
1708
01:43:52,685 --> 01:43:54,311
to share
responsibilities,
1709
01:43:54,395 --> 01:43:55,563
to share authorship?
1710
01:43:55,646 --> 01:43:57,940
- Did that happen?
- To share the money.
1711
01:43:58,023 --> 01:44:01,485
[laughs]
1712
01:44:01,569 --> 01:44:06,282
- The group announced plans
to put on a tour.
1713
01:44:06,365 --> 01:44:08,075
The tour you will take
to Earth, Wind and Fire
1714
01:44:08,159 --> 01:44:12,371
for 80 cities it will cost more
of $1 million in production.
1715
01:44:14,498 --> 01:44:16,834
- We go on tour
thinking this would be
1716
01:44:16,917 --> 01:44:18,961
our second wind.
1717
01:44:19,044 --> 01:44:22,715
We were ready to do it.
1718
01:44:22,798 --> 01:44:25,843
- We had scheduled
the sands.
1719
01:44:25,926 --> 01:44:27,428
Here we go.
1720
01:44:28,888 --> 01:44:31,348
Then the band
went on stage.
1721
01:44:34,477 --> 01:44:36,020
And there was no one.
1722
01:44:40,024 --> 01:44:41,650
It was just crickets.
1723
01:44:44,570 --> 01:44:46,906
- We discover
that people moved forward.
1724
01:44:49,366 --> 01:44:52,453
Many were canceled
of the enclosures.
1725
01:44:52,536 --> 01:44:53,621
We lost a lot of money.
1726
01:44:53,704 --> 01:44:58,459
We were in no man's land.
1727
01:44:58,542 --> 01:45:02,087
Clearly we weren't going anymore
to fill stadiums.
1728
01:45:02,171 --> 01:45:04,715
We had
to reconfigure everything.
1729
01:45:04,757 --> 01:45:07,551
- We had to do
small presentations.
1730
01:45:07,635 --> 01:45:09,762
- "The defeat
it's going to test you.
1731
01:45:09,845 --> 01:45:13,474
If at first you are not successful,
try another way."
1732
01:45:13,557 --> 01:45:15,935
we had to go back
where we start.
1733
01:45:17,603 --> 01:45:20,231
- The production of the stage
it had to be smaller.
1734
01:45:20,272 --> 01:45:22,233
We had to make adjustments.
1735
01:45:22,274 --> 01:45:23,734
We stand in solidarity.
1736
01:45:23,776 --> 01:45:27,571
We were able to support each other
and we got to work.
1737
01:45:27,613 --> 01:45:31,784
Then we begin
to gain traction.
1738
01:45:33,244 --> 01:45:35,663
- It was something gradual.
It was something very gradual.
1739
01:45:37,456 --> 01:45:40,960
- We begin again
to fill arenas and stadiums.
1740
01:45:43,462 --> 01:45:46,340
And our music began
to play in commercials...
1741
01:45:46,423 --> 01:45:49,426
["Shining Star" by
Earth, Wind and Fire playing]
1742
01:45:49,468 --> 01:45:51,554
On television shows...
1743
01:45:51,595 --> 01:45:58,394
♪ ♪
1744
01:45:58,477 --> 01:45:59,979
And in movies.
1745
01:46:00,062 --> 01:46:06,861
♪ ♪
1746
01:46:11,740 --> 01:46:14,118
and then it started
to grow hip-hop, yes.
1747
01:46:14,201 --> 01:46:15,870
I was in high school
1748
01:46:15,953 --> 01:46:18,372
when I heard "Shining Star"
with AUDV.
1749
01:46:18,455 --> 01:46:21,292
["Shining Star"
from Sunz of Man playing]
1750
01:46:21,333 --> 01:46:28,340
♪ ♪
1751
01:46:28,465 --> 01:46:30,926
My father not only inspired
to these groups,
1752
01:46:31,010 --> 01:46:33,345
but they recycled it.
1753
01:46:33,429 --> 01:46:34,555
I think it was one
of moments
1754
01:46:34,638 --> 01:46:38,434
in which I understood how much
He was influencing the world.
1755
01:46:38,517 --> 01:46:41,186
["On Your Face" by
Earth, Wind and Fire playing]
1756
01:46:41,270 --> 01:46:44,440
- They were a great influence
for an entire generation,
1757
01:46:44,523 --> 01:46:45,649
even for me.
1758
01:46:45,733 --> 01:46:47,568
The first memories
What do I have about music?
1759
01:46:47,651 --> 01:46:49,653
They are listening to Earth,
wind and fire
1760
01:46:49,737 --> 01:46:51,530
on road trips.
1761
01:46:51,614 --> 01:46:54,617
-My father taught me to play
"Shining Star" on bass
1762
01:46:54,700 --> 01:46:56,452
when I was 8 years old
1763
01:46:56,493 --> 01:46:59,830
and I think that in a certain way,
That formed me.
1764
01:46:59,872 --> 01:47:02,166
- The first concert
which I attended
1765
01:47:02,207 --> 01:47:03,667
went to Earth, Wind and Fire
1766
01:47:03,709 --> 01:47:05,419
at Ceasars Palace
in Las Vegas.
1767
01:47:05,502 --> 01:47:08,839
It was a very loud sound
and exuberant.
1768
01:47:08,881 --> 01:47:10,507
I wanted to do that.
1769
01:47:10,591 --> 01:47:12,426
The victory lap
1770
01:47:12,509 --> 01:47:15,179
that we could not give
in the 80s...
1771
01:47:15,262 --> 01:47:17,139
♪ ♪
1772
01:47:17,181 --> 01:47:22,519
We were able to give it in the 90s and the
we have carried since then.
1773
01:47:22,603 --> 01:47:25,064
It is a testimony
from Maurice's vision.
1774
01:47:26,523 --> 01:47:29,234
-Maurice,
thanks for taking the risk
1775
01:47:29,318 --> 01:47:31,278
like no one else
I had done it.
1776
01:47:31,362 --> 01:47:33,656
and thank you for being
a visionary.
1777
01:47:33,739 --> 01:47:35,032
Thank you.
1778
01:47:35,074 --> 01:47:37,701
- Maurice's vision
was making music
1779
01:47:37,785 --> 01:47:38,953
that would help humanity.
1780
01:47:39,036 --> 01:47:40,621
- "Music for
a global audience.
1781
01:47:40,704 --> 01:47:43,040
Awaken awareness,
change the world."
1782
01:47:46,961 --> 01:47:49,505
And he made it possible.
1783
01:47:49,588 --> 01:47:54,551
[applause and cheers]
1784
01:47:54,635 --> 01:47:58,347
Music lives. It doesn't age.
1785
01:47:58,430 --> 01:48:00,182
It is eternal.
1786
01:48:03,602 --> 01:48:07,564
Earth, Wind and Fire!
1787
01:48:07,606 --> 01:48:10,526
Is it a stage or what?
1788
01:48:10,609 --> 01:48:13,570
- Receive
Earth, Wind and Fire!
1789
01:48:13,612 --> 01:48:17,491
[applause and cheers]
1790
01:48:29,545 --> 01:48:31,005
It was during that period.
1791
01:48:31,088 --> 01:48:36,010
It became clear that Maurice already
he wasn't as strong as before.
1792
01:48:37,469 --> 01:48:39,596
That's when I recognized him.
1793
01:48:39,638 --> 01:48:41,807
"Wait a moment,
something is happening."
1794
01:48:44,476 --> 01:48:50,941
- I realized that always
He put his hand under his thigh.
1795
01:48:53,402 --> 01:48:57,322
And then I thought: "What is
"What are you hiding from me?"
1796
01:48:57,406 --> 01:49:02,828
- We found out that he had
Parkinson's disease.
1797
01:49:04,496 --> 01:49:06,582
And there is no cure for that.
1798
01:49:09,293 --> 01:49:13,756
- Parkinson's makes you slow
and now I suffer from it too.
1799
01:49:16,008 --> 01:49:20,637
He told me that
I was not going to be able to continue
1800
01:49:20,721 --> 01:49:22,347
on tour with the band.
1801
01:49:22,431 --> 01:49:24,933
Physically,
I couldn't do it anymore.
1802
01:49:26,685 --> 01:49:29,772
- I decided that I should stay
at home.
1803
01:49:31,148 --> 01:49:34,109
It's interesting to see them
as if something was missing
1804
01:49:34,193 --> 01:49:36,695
and that something is me.
1805
01:49:39,364 --> 01:49:41,283
In that period of his life,
1806
01:49:41,325 --> 01:49:45,537
felt a lot of peace and
opportunity for self-reflection
1807
01:49:45,621 --> 01:49:46,955
because he had no father.
1808
01:49:47,039 --> 01:49:49,291
I didn't want to continue in that cycle.
1809
01:49:51,168 --> 01:49:53,504
I think my dad felt
that I had to recover
1810
01:49:53,545 --> 01:49:54,838
the lost time,
1811
01:49:54,922 --> 01:49:57,174
as well as a species
of redemption arc.
1812
01:49:57,216 --> 01:50:02,346
A way to dedicate more
part of himself to be a father.
1813
01:50:04,306 --> 01:50:08,685
- My dad and I went back
very close when I was 21.
1814
01:50:08,769 --> 01:50:10,521
For the world,
he was a man
1815
01:50:10,562 --> 01:50:12,356
what I wanted to wear
a healthy life,
1816
01:50:12,397 --> 01:50:16,360
but I loved eating sandwiches
spicy breaded chicken
1817
01:50:16,401 --> 01:50:19,404
with sourdough bread
with extra cheese.
1818
01:50:19,488 --> 01:50:21,156
He loved it.
1819
01:50:21,198 --> 01:50:23,408
We shared that and a soda.
1820
01:50:25,202 --> 01:50:28,455
We were connected
through music.
1821
01:50:28,539 --> 01:50:30,916
Every Sunday,
he asked me to put
1822
01:50:30,999 --> 01:50:32,918
the music I listened to.
1823
01:50:33,001 --> 01:50:36,171
And so we had it,
literally,
1824
01:50:36,255 --> 01:50:39,007
until the day he died.
1825
01:50:43,804 --> 01:50:46,056
My brother called and said
that dad was gone.
1826
01:50:50,352 --> 01:50:52,020
It was difficult.
1827
01:50:52,104 --> 01:50:55,607
It was very difficult
because we were with him
1828
01:50:55,691 --> 01:50:59,903
throughout
our adult life.
1829
01:50:59,987 --> 01:51:03,282
- I met Maurice White
when I was 17 years old.
1830
01:51:04,324 --> 01:51:06,702
He was just a baby.
1831
01:51:06,785 --> 01:51:10,914
Maurice was to me like
a mentor, like a father.
1832
01:51:10,998 --> 01:51:13,333
- And for me,
without a doubt,
1833
01:51:13,417 --> 01:51:17,588
was the biggest influence
masculine in, literally,
1834
01:51:17,671 --> 01:51:19,756
every aspect of my life.
1835
01:51:21,967 --> 01:51:24,636
He was not perfect.
1836
01:51:24,720 --> 01:51:26,513
I will not omit
that sometimes had
1837
01:51:26,597 --> 01:51:31,435
some cruel actions from time
from time to time, because he was human.
1838
01:51:31,476 --> 01:51:33,729
But I already accepted what happened.
1839
01:51:33,770 --> 01:51:35,939
He was my brother
and I'm going to focus
1840
01:51:35,981 --> 01:51:38,442
in the good times
that I lived with him.
1841
01:51:41,945 --> 01:51:45,908
-Maurice is like those beings
of the pyramids.
1842
01:51:48,785 --> 01:51:51,788
Only presented
once in a lifetime.
1843
01:51:57,628 --> 01:52:02,007
- My father believed
in metaphysics.
1844
01:52:02,090 --> 01:52:05,177
He told me that everything is energy.
1845
01:52:05,260 --> 01:52:08,347
"There is more to life
just this.
1846
01:52:08,430 --> 01:52:10,933
You are eternal."
1847
01:52:11,016 --> 01:52:13,018
He told me:
"I won't be here,
1848
01:52:13,101 --> 01:52:15,145
But I won't be gone either."
1849
01:52:18,899 --> 01:52:21,860
-Maurice,
Oh, it gives me chills.
1850
01:52:21,944 --> 01:52:24,238
Yes I feel you, my love.
1851
01:52:25,072 --> 01:52:30,827
- He left us all this
wonderful music so beautiful.
1852
01:52:30,869 --> 01:52:33,997
And if we miss him,
the only thing we have to do
1853
01:52:34,039 --> 01:52:36,500
is to put
one of his recordings
1854
01:52:36,541 --> 01:52:39,211
and we will return
to feel that joy.
1855
01:52:44,341 --> 01:52:47,594
[applause and cheers]
1856
01:52:47,678 --> 01:52:49,846
- When we get there,
we wanted to take
1857
01:52:49,888 --> 01:52:53,058
throughout the United States
to the White House at every event
1858
01:52:53,141 --> 01:52:57,854
what we did so that people
He felt like it was his home.
1859
01:52:57,938 --> 01:53:00,565
The Governors Ball
was one of the first
1860
01:53:00,649 --> 01:53:02,192
big events
that we do.
1861
01:53:02,234 --> 01:53:04,778
And the question was:
Who is going to animate this?
1862
01:53:04,861 --> 01:53:07,864
How do we make our
first big black tie event
1863
01:53:07,948 --> 01:53:09,700
and how we convert it
in something of ours,
1864
01:53:09,741 --> 01:53:10,909
in our home?
1865
01:53:12,953 --> 01:53:16,039
Well, Earth, Wind and Fire.
1866
01:53:16,123 --> 01:53:19,835
- And suddenly,
all people
1867
01:53:19,918 --> 01:53:21,461
They were in formal suits,
1868
01:53:21,545 --> 01:53:24,131
Earth, Wind and Fire
was ringing
1869
01:53:24,214 --> 01:53:25,799
and then we look around.
1870
01:53:25,882 --> 01:53:28,218
- They danced.
- Everyone dancing.
1871
01:53:28,302 --> 01:53:30,220
When "September" plays,
you have to dance
1872
01:53:30,304 --> 01:53:34,057
["September" by Earth,
Wind and Fire playing]
1873
01:53:34,141 --> 01:53:36,560
- They raised their hands,
They snapped their fingers.
1874
01:53:36,643 --> 01:53:38,979
You know, the feet begin
to move. Do you understand me?
1875
01:53:39,062 --> 01:53:41,148
Yes, the battery comes in.
1876
01:53:41,231 --> 01:53:42,441
So.
1877
01:53:42,524 --> 01:53:46,236
♪ ♪
1878
01:53:46,278 --> 01:53:48,071
- It's a song
of celebration.
1879
01:53:48,155 --> 01:53:50,198
Everyone knows that role.
1880
01:53:50,282 --> 01:53:51,491
♪ ♪
1881
01:53:51,575 --> 01:53:52,909
When I was pregnant,
1882
01:53:52,993 --> 01:53:55,078
I told Maurice that
our son Kahbran
1883
01:53:55,162 --> 01:53:57,748
I was going to be born there
on September 21.
1884
01:53:57,789 --> 01:53:59,750
♪ ♪
1885
01:53:59,791 --> 01:54:02,711
And he said, "September 21?"
1886
01:54:02,794 --> 01:54:05,255
And I told him:
"Yes, September 21."
1887
01:54:05,339 --> 01:54:08,216
[sings "September"]
1888
01:54:08,300 --> 01:54:15,057
♪ ♪
1889
01:54:18,226 --> 01:54:21,980
- That song resonated
with all types of audiences.
1890
01:54:22,064 --> 01:54:25,317
The song was
full of joy.
1891
01:54:25,400 --> 01:54:26,818
He was happy.
1892
01:54:26,902 --> 01:54:29,029
Gives the feeling
of celebration.
1893
01:54:29,112 --> 01:54:30,447
♪ ♪
1894
01:54:30,530 --> 01:54:32,115
- When I turned
the microphone towards the audience,
1895
01:54:32,199 --> 01:54:34,659
they knew exactly
that they had to sing.
1896
01:54:34,743 --> 01:54:37,996
[sing "September"]
1897
01:54:38,080 --> 01:54:41,208
- Tell me about the genesis
from "Ba-dee-ya."
1898
01:54:41,291 --> 01:54:44,086
- [laughs]
The genesis of "Ba-dee-ya".
1899
01:54:44,169 --> 01:54:45,128
♪ ♪
1900
01:54:45,170 --> 01:54:46,963
- What does "Ba-dee-ya" mean?
1901
01:54:47,005 --> 01:54:48,465
Whatever you want.
1902
01:54:48,507 --> 01:54:55,222
♪ ♪
1903
01:55:04,564 --> 01:55:05,982
When I listen to "September",
1904
01:55:06,066 --> 01:55:08,235
I think of people
of all ages
1905
01:55:08,318 --> 01:55:10,654
and origins
dancing together.
1906
01:55:10,737 --> 01:55:12,781
It felt like a family
1907
01:55:12,864 --> 01:55:14,449
who gathers to eat
roast meat.
1908
01:55:14,533 --> 01:55:17,202
And see my family doing
the electric slide
1909
01:55:17,285 --> 01:55:19,955
It is synonymous with meetings,
rings on birthday,
1910
01:55:20,038 --> 01:55:21,498
at wedding receptions.
1911
01:55:21,540 --> 01:55:26,962
♪ ♪
1912
01:55:27,045 --> 01:55:28,839
That's exactly what it's about.
1913
01:55:28,880 --> 01:55:30,382
Music is for everyone
1914
01:55:30,465 --> 01:55:34,678
and very few bands managed
cross those limits.
1915
01:55:34,719 --> 01:55:41,184
♪ ♪
1916
01:55:41,226 --> 01:55:45,730
- Earth, Wind and Fire
has the capacity
1917
01:55:45,814 --> 01:55:50,777
to reimagine the limits.
1918
01:55:50,861 --> 01:55:52,863
♪ ♪
1919
01:55:52,946 --> 01:55:55,115
They simply
they decided.
1920
01:55:55,198 --> 01:55:57,701
"You know what?
Let's get to heaven."
1921
01:55:57,784 --> 01:56:05,000
♪ ♪
1922
01:56:12,215 --> 01:56:13,633
[music fades]
1923
01:56:13,717 --> 01:56:16,887
[inhale]
1924
01:56:16,970 --> 01:56:19,264
[exhalation]
1925
01:56:23,685 --> 01:56:26,688
["Fantasy" by Earth,
Wind and Fire playing]
1926
01:56:26,771 --> 01:56:33,737
♪ ♪
1927
01:56:40,035 --> 01:56:42,287
- Maurice, this
is my favorite question.
1928
01:56:42,370 --> 01:56:45,040
If you had one day left to live,
what would you do?
1929
01:56:45,123 --> 01:56:47,918
- What would I do if I stayed
one day of life?
1930
01:56:48,001 --> 01:56:49,586
I would write a song.
1931
01:56:49,669 --> 01:56:52,464
[laughs]
1932
01:56:52,547 --> 01:56:53,840
Fast.
1933
01:56:53,924 --> 01:56:56,635
[laughs]
1934
01:56:56,718 --> 01:56:59,179
♪ ♪
1935
01:56:59,262 --> 01:57:01,264
- Hey!
- Hey!
1936
01:57:01,306 --> 01:57:04,601
[chatter]
1937
01:57:04,684 --> 01:57:11,858
♪ ♪
1938
01:57:12,692 --> 01:57:17,656
- Okay, don't say anything
for about three minutes.
1939
01:57:17,739 --> 01:57:19,115
Impressive.
1940
01:57:19,824 --> 01:57:23,036
[grunts]
1941
01:57:31,586 --> 01:57:32,796
Look at the camera.
1942
01:57:32,879 --> 01:57:40,053
♪ ♪