Another loss to the music world - Maurice White
Feb 4th 2016 | 5:19 pm
#1
Thread Starter
Home and Happy
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 94,305
From: Keep true friends and puppets close, trust no-one else...
Another loss to the music world - Maurice White
Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire dead at 74
Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice White, whose feel-good funk anthems packed arenas, broke down racial barriers and made him among his generation's best-selling artists, has died at the age of 74.
Brought up in Chicago, White saw himself as an heir to the jazz greats but developed a fresh sound of tight pop tunes that brought in elements of R&B, rock, soul and funk.
The band sold close to 100 million albums, ranking among the most successful acts of the 1970s, on the back of hits such as September, Shining Star, After the Love Has Gone and Boogie Wonderland.
White, who suffered for years from Parkinson's disease, forcing him to stop touring, died at his home in Los Angeles, his brother and a representative for the band said.
Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice White, whose feel-good funk anthems packed arenas, broke down racial barriers and made him among his generation's best-selling artists, has died at the age of 74.
Brought up in Chicago, White saw himself as an heir to the jazz greats but developed a fresh sound of tight pop tunes that brought in elements of R&B, rock, soul and funk.
The band sold close to 100 million albums, ranking among the most successful acts of the 1970s, on the back of hits such as September, Shining Star, After the Love Has Gone and Boogie Wonderland.
White, who suffered for years from Parkinson's disease, forcing him to stop touring, died at his home in Los Angeles, his brother and a representative for the band said.
Feb 5th 2016 | 3:45 pm
#2
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 7,580
From: Sydney, NSW
Re: Another loss to the music world - Maurice White
RIP- hope he is boogieing in heaven's wonderland.
(It was a song with misheard lyrics- for ages I thought it said boogie with your lamp!!)
(It was a song with misheard lyrics- for ages I thought it said boogie with your lamp!!)
