Philip Bailey revealed in his book, Shining Star: Braving The Elements of Earth, Wind & Fire, that he had an affair with a member of a popular soul group and that the affair produced a child that many probably didn’t know about. His wife was obviously infuriated in the beginning, but that didn’t stop Philip from taking care of his responsibilities and becoming a constant figure and loving father to his child. Philip and his child are very close to this day.

During era Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Gratitude” album era was when Philip began becoming the type of husband and father he regrets being to his then wife, Janet, and their children (together). He had an outside relationship with Jeanette Hutchinson of The Emotions and below are a few excerpts from his book, in which he explained, in detail, how it all went down.

Philip Bailey on the downfalls of missing much of his children’s childhoods:

Philip Bailey- During this period of time I became pretty much an absentee father and husband. When Sir was little, he could barely comprehend what I did for a living. All he knew was that I wasn’t there at home, which was unfortunate. I think back to my childhood days when my mother was too busy working to show up at my school concerts. As a parent I now sympathized with the situation and forgave her.

Whenever I did get home, say, for birthday parties for the kids, I might be in  the other room asleep, resting up for the next gig or show. As a result, I missed practically all of my children’s back-to -school nights. I also wasn’t there for Sir’s or Trinity’s school dances. That was Janet’s job, to get them prepped for life, and to raise them.

But there were some perks for Bailey’s kids, amid his “neglect”:

PB- There were some fringe benefits for the kids in having a famous dad. They got to wear EWF stage costumes for Halloween! Trinity had the prom dress of a lifetime, and Sir got to drive my Mercedes to his prom. While there was no substitute for their having a full-time dad, my kids enjoyed having nice new cars at an early age and went to great schools and took incredible vacations. While it wasn’t my choice to neglect them, being a away from the family was the nature of the profession. If I was on the road performing, it’s because that’s what I did for a living.

I became more of a supervisor, than a father, telling Janet what she needed to do, or what I expected to be done. It was an unintentional impulse, since I was accustomed to having staff on the road seeing to my needs and getting things done on a timely basis. I was so used to a highly mechanized routine that when I got off the road, I had trouble readjusting to “real life.”

Then came Bailey’s confession about mistress and extramarital baby:

PB- Janet stayed with me through some tricky time. When I came home to Los Angeles from touring one night in 1978, I had a confession to make. I told Janet, “I have something to tell you. I’m having a baby.”

At the time Janet was pregnant with Creed, our third child. “I know,” she said. “We’re having Creed.”

“No,” I said. “I mean, I’m having another baby.” And I had to confess to her that I had had an affair on the road with Jeanette Hutchinson from The Emotions and that she was pregnant with my child.

Janet threw a huge fit so I put her out on the front porch to cool off.

Philip Bailey’s extramarital affairs took extreme toll on his wife, Janet: 

PB- Janet had her hands full raising our kids. (In addition to Sir James, who was born in September 1971, and Trinity Donet, who was born in March 1975, we would have Creed Ellington Bailey, names after my heroes Creed Taylor and Duke Ellington, who arrived in January 1978, and Philip Doron Bailey, who was born in August 1981.) As a mother, she was strict in terms of discipline. The children didn’t dare cross Janet or lie to her, but when it came to social activities, she was more permissive than I was (when I was around). When I was in town, the family adhered to a stricter, more regimented set of home rules, and once I left to go out on tour, it would revert back to Janet’s way of running the household and being more lenient.

Looking back, I realized that Janet suffered as a result of my extramarital activities. She was a great mom, but she would hibernate in her room a lot, going through down periods and dealing with her sadness, especially after my affair with Jeanette. She was dealing with her own life issues of raising the children and running the household without me. After we moved the family back to Denver for a few years, Trinity had memories as a young girl of sharing a large brass bed with her mother. She would pretend to be asleep but listen to Janet weeping on the telephone and discussing with her aunt Debbie the different women I was involved with at het time. After a while, Janet began to smoke weed and drink E&J brandy to numb her sorrows.

Things Got Worse For Wife:

PB- As Janet suffered through the rejection and isolation she was thrown into, she also started using street pharmaceuticals to mask her pain and hanging out wit people who were far beneath her. I was the “main dude” in the Bailey family and within our social circles, and as my wife, she lived in my shadow. She probably should have kicked me to the curb, but in our reality, we both felt that once you got married, you stayed married, no matter what. Besides, Janet felt she didn’t have the necessary job skills or a college education to start over. What was she going to do with four children without a husband?  Divorce scared the hell out of  her.  Staying together  made  sense. But with Janet using, and me womanizing on the road, we drifted apart.

Birth of Bailey’s & Jeanette Hutchison’s Baby:

PB- In August 1978 Jeanette gave birth to a daughter she named Pili Asabi Foluke Titilayo Bailey, whom I affectionately call “Pili.” Pili is a Swahili name, meaning “second born.: The rest of her name translates to: Asabi–she is a choice birth; Foluke–placed in care of God; Titilayo–where happiness is eternal. Janet was pragmatic about the situation. She decided there was nothing she could do about it, so she accepted it. Whenever I wanted to visit with Pili, Janet insisted that I bring her to the house, and nowadays she’s part of the extended Bailey family. Pili and I are very close. Today she’s a successful career woman who has college degrees and is happily married with a son who is my seventh grandchild.

Philip Bailey and Jeanette Hutchinson’s daughter, Pili Bailey:

Like we always say, there is a lot to be learned from the lives of our favorite celebs. Regardless of if their truths are good, bad, or ugly- there are lessons of what, and what not to do in all of them. We commend Philip Bailey for publicly man’ing up to his faults and shortcomings. Janet Bailey deserves the most respect of them all for being able to set aside her personal pain and welcome Philip’s and Jeanette’s daughter, Pili Bailey, with open arms.

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Philip Bailey revealed in his book, Shining Star: Braving The Elements of Earth, Wind & Fire, that he had an affair with a member of a popular soul group and that the affair produced a child that many probably didn’t know about. His wife was obviously infuriated in the beginning, but that didn’t stop Philip from taking care of his responsibilities and becoming a constant figure and loving father to his child. Philip and his child are very close to this day.

During era Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Gratitude” album era was when Philip began becoming the type of husband and father he regrets being to his then wife, Janet, and their children (together). He had an outside relationship with Jeanette Hutchinson of The Emotions and below are a few excerpts from his book, in which he explained, in detail, how it all went down.

Philip Bailey on the downfalls of missing much of his children’s childhoods:

Philip Bailey- During this period of time I became pretty much an absentee father and husband. When Sir was little, he could barely comprehend what I did for a living. All he knew was that I wasn’t there at home, which was unfortunate. I think back to my childhood days when my mother was too busy working to show up at my school concerts. As a parent I now sympathized with the situation and forgave her.

Whenever I did get home, say, for birthday parties for the kids, I might be in  the other room asleep, resting up for the next gig or show. As a result, I missed practically all of my children’s back-to -school nights. I also wasn’t there for Sir’s or Trinity’s school dances. That was Janet’s job, to get them prepped for life, and to raise them.

But there were some perks for Bailey’s kids, amid his “neglect”:

PB- There were some fringe benefits for the kids in having a famous dad. They got to wear EWF stage costumes for Halloween! Trinity had the prom dress of a lifetime, and Sir got to drive my Mercedes to his prom. While there was no substitute for their having a full-time dad, my kids enjoyed having nice new cars at an early age and went to great schools and took incredible vacations. While it wasn’t my choice to neglect them, being a away from the family was the nature of the profession. If I was on the road performing, it’s because that’s what I did for a living.

I became more of a supervisor, than a father, telling Janet what she needed to do, or what I expected to be done. It was an unintentional impulse, since I was accustomed to having staff on the road seeing to my needs and getting things done on a timely basis. I was so used to a highly mechanized routine that when I got off the road, I had trouble readjusting to “real life.”

Then came Bailey’s confession about mistress and extramarital baby:

PB- Janet stayed with me through some tricky time. When I came home to Los Angeles from touring one night in 1978, I had a confession to make. I told Janet, “I have something to tell you. I’m having a baby.”

At the time Janet was pregnant with Creed, our third child. “I know,” she said. “We’re having Creed.”

“No,” I said. “I mean, I’m having another baby.” And I had to confess to her that I had had an affair on the road with Jeanette Hutchinson from The Emotions and that she was pregnant with my child.

Janet threw a huge fit so I put her out on the front porch to cool off.

Philip Bailey’s extramarital affairs took extreme toll on his wife, Janet: 

PB- Janet had her hands full raising our kids. (In addition to Sir James, who was born in September 1971, and Trinity Donet, who was born in March 1975, we would have Creed Ellington Bailey, names after my heroes Creed Taylor and Duke Ellington, who arrived in January 1978, and Philip Doron Bailey, who was born in August 1981.) As a mother, she was strict in terms of discipline. The children didn’t dare cross Janet or lie to her, but when it came to social activities, she was more permissive than I was (when I was around). When I was in town, the family adhered to a stricter, more regimented set of home rules, and once I left to go out on tour, it would revert back to Janet’s way of running the household and being more lenient.

Looking back, I realized that Janet suffered as a result of my extramarital activities. She was a great mom, but she would hibernate in her room a lot, going through down periods and dealing with her sadness, especially after my affair with Jeanette. She was dealing with her own life issues of raising the children and running the household without me. After we moved the family back to Denver for a few years, Trinity had memories as a young girl of sharing a large brass bed with her mother. She would pretend to be asleep but listen to Janet weeping on the telephone and discussing with her aunt Debbie the different women I was involved with at het time. After a while, Janet began to smoke weed and drink E&J brandy to numb her sorrows.

Things Got Worse For Wife:

PB- As Janet suffered through the rejection and isolation she was thrown into, she also started using street pharmaceuticals to mask her pain and hanging out wit people who were far beneath her. I was the “main dude” in the Bailey family and within our social circles, and as my wife, she lived in my shadow. She probably should have kicked me to the curb, but in our reality, we both felt that once you got married, you stayed married, no matter what. Besides, Janet felt she didn’t have the necessary job skills or a college education to start over. What was she going to do with four children without a husband?  Divorce scared the hell out of  her.  Staying together  made  sense. But with Janet using, and me womanizing on the road, we drifted apart.

Birth of Bailey’s & Jeanette Hutchison’s Baby:

PB- In August 1978 Jeanette gave birth to a daughter she named Pili Asabi Foluke Titilayo Bailey, whom I affectionately call “Pili.” Pili is a Swahili name, meaning “second born.: The rest of her name translates to: Asabi–she is a choice birth; Foluke–placed in care of God; Titilayo–where happiness is eternal. Janet was pragmatic about the situation. She decided there was nothing she could do about it, so she accepted it. Whenever I wanted to visit with Pili, Janet insisted that I bring her to the house, and nowadays she’s part of the extended Bailey family. Pili and I are very close. Today she’s a successful career woman who has college degrees and is happily married with a son who is my seventh grandchild.

Philip Bailey and Jeanette Hutchinson’s daughter, Pili Bailey:

Like we always say, there is a lot to be learned from the lives of our favorite celebs. Regardless of if their truths are good, bad, or ugly- there are lessons of what, and what not to do in all of them. We commend Philip Bailey for publicly man’ing up to his faults and shortcomings. Janet Bailey deserves the most respect of them all for being able to set aside her personal pain and welcome Philip’s and Jeanette’s daughter, Pili Bailey, with open arms.

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Did y’all know Verdine White, of Earth Wind, & Fire, had a twin sister? He and his twin sister celebrated their 69th birthday on July 25th. Although Verdine and his twin sis’ do resemble each other, it is his other sister who looks a lot like him.

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Meet Verdine White’s Twin Sister & Family

Everything from the hair, to their facial features, to their smiles, resemble one another. Check them out below…

See what we mean? The top pic is a photo of Verdine with his sisters. His twin, Geraldine, is on the far right (in the top pic), but Verdine’s other sister, on the immediate left of him, looks exactly like him. Don’t you agree?

As you probably already know, Verdine White is the brother of his band mate, and founder of Earth, Wind, and Fire, Maurice White, as well as the brother of EW&F member, Fred White. Their parents had a total of 10 children! That’s a whole lot of people in one house!

Wow, so, Verdine is a twin with a very talented fam.’ Much love to the Verdine White and the rest of the White fam!’ May their beloved Maurice continue to rest peacefully.

Take us out EW&F…

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Philip Bailey revealed in his book, Shining Star: Braving The Elements of Earth, Wind & Fire, that he had an affair with a member of a popular soul group and that the affair produced a child that many probably didn’t know about. His wife was obviously infuriated in the beginning, but that didn’t stop Philip from taking care of his responsibilities and becoming a constant figure and loving father to his child. Philip and his child are very close to this day.

During era Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Gratitude” album era was when Philip began becoming the type of husband and father he regrets being to his then wife, Janet, and their children (together). He had an outside relationship with Jeanette Hutchinson of The Emotions and below are a few excerpts from his book, in which he explained, in detail, how it all went down.

Philip Bailey on the downfalls of missing much of his children’s childhoods:

Philip Bailey- During this period of time I became pretty much an absentee father and husband. When Sir was little, he could barely comprehend what I did for a living. All he knew was that I wasn’t there at home, which was unfortunate. I think back to my childhood days when my mother was too busy working to show up at my school concerts. As a parent I now sympathized with the situation and forgave her.

Whenever I did get home, say, for birthday parties for the kids, I might be in  the other room asleep, resting up for the next gig or show. As a result, I missed practically all of my children’s back-to -school nights. I also wasn’t there for Sir’s or Trinity’s school dances. That was Janet’s job, to get them prepped for life, and to raise them.

But there were some perks for Bailey’s kids, amid his “neglect”:

PB- There were some fringe benefits for the kids in having a famous dad. They got to wear EWF stage costumes for Halloween! Trinity had the prom dress of a lifetime, and Sir got to drive my Mercedes to his prom. While there was no substitute for their having a full-time dad, my kids enjoyed having nice new cars at an early age and went to great schools and took incredible vacations. While it wasn’t my choice to neglect them, being a away from the family was the nature of the profession. If I was on the road performing, it’s because that’s what I did for a living.

I became more of a supervisor, than a father, telling Janet what she needed to do, or what I expected to be done. It was an unintentional impulse, since I was accustomed to having staff on the road seeing to my needs and getting things done on a timely basis. I was so used to a highly mechanized routine that when I got off the road, I had trouble readjusting to “real life.”

Then came Bailey’s confession about mistress and extramarital baby:

PB- Janet stayed with me through some tricky time. When I came home to Los Angeles from touring one night in 1978, I had a confession to make. I told Janet, “I have something to tell you. I’m having a baby.”

At the time Janet was pregnant with Creed, our third child. “I know,” she said. “We’re having Creed.”

“No,” I said. “I mean, I’m having another baby.” And I had to confess to her that I had had an affair on the road with Jeanette Hutchinson from The Emotions and that she was pregnant with my child.

Janet threw a huge fit so I put her out on the front porch to cool off.

Philip Bailey’s extramarital affairs took extreme toll on his wife, Janet: 

PB- Janet had her hands full raising our kids. (In addition to Sir James, who was born in September 1971, and Trinity Donet, who was born in March 1975, we would have Creed Ellington Bailey, names after my heroes Creed Taylor and Duke Ellington, who arrived in January 1978, and Philip Doron Bailey, who was born in August 1981.) As a mother, she was strict in terms of discipline. The children didn’t dare cross Janet or lie to her, but when it came to social activities, she was more permissive than I was (when I was around). When I was in town, the family adhered to a stricter, more regimented set of home rules, and once I left to go out on tour, it would revert back to Janet’s way of running the household and being more lenient.

Looking back, I realized that Janet suffered as a result of my extramarital activities. She was a great mom, but she would hibernate in her room a lot, going through down periods and dealing with her sadness, especially after my affair with Jeanette. She was dealing with her own life issues of raising the children and running the household without me. After we moved the family back to Denver for a few years, Trinity had memories as a young girl of sharing a large brass bed with her mother. She would pretend to be asleep but listen to Janet weeping on the telephone and discussing with her aunt Debbie the different women I was involved with at het time. After a while, Janet began to smoke weed and drink E&J brandy to numb her sorrows.

Things Got Worse For Wife:

PB- As Janet suffered through the rejection and isolation she was thrown into, she also started using street pharmaceuticals to mask her pain and hanging out wit people who were far beneath her. I was the “main dude” in the Bailey family and within our social circles, and as my wife, she lived in my shadow. She probably should have kicked me to the curb, but in our reality, we both felt that once you got married, you stayed married, no matter what. Besides, Janet felt she didn’t have the necessary job skills or a college education to start over. What was she going to do with four children without a husband?  Divorce scared the hell out of  her.  Staying together  made  sense. But with Janet using, and me womanizing on the road, we drifted apart.

Birth of Bailey’s & Jeanette Hutchison’s Baby:

PB- In August 1978 Jeanette gave birth to a daughter she named Pili Asabi Foluke Titilayo Bailey, whom I affectionately call “Pili.” Pili is a Swahili name, meaning “second born.: The rest of her name translates to: Asabi–she is a choice birth; Foluke–placed in care of God; Titilayo–where happiness is eternal. Janet was pragmatic about the situation. She decided there was nothing she could do about it, so she accepted it. Whenever I wanted to visit with Pili, Janet insisted that I bring her to the house, and nowadays she’s part of the extended Bailey family. Pili and I are very close. Today she’s a successful career woman who has college degrees and is happily married with a son who is my seventh grandchild.

Philip Bailey and Jeanette Hutchinson’s daughter, Pili Bailey:

Like we always say, there is a lot to be learned from the lives of our favorite celebs. Regardless of if their truths are good, bad, or ugly- there are lessons of what, and what not to do in all of them. We commend Philip Bailey for publicly man’ing up to his faults and shortcomings. Janet Bailey deserves the most respect of them all for being able to set aside her personal pain and welcome Philip’s and Jeanette’s daughter, Pili Bailey, with open arms.

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Did y’all know Verdine White, of Earth Wind, & Fire, had a twin sister? He and his twin sister celebrated their 67th birthday on July 25th. Although Verdine and his twin sis’ do resemble each other, it is his other sister who looks a lot like him. Everything from the hair, to their facial features, to their smiles, resemble one another. Check them out below…

See what we mean? The top pic is a photo of Verdine with his sisters. His twin, Geraldine, is on the far right (in the top pic), but Verdine’s other sister, on the immediate left of him, looks exactly like him. Don’t you agree?

As you probably already know, Verdine White is the brother of his band mate, and founder of Earth, Wind, and Fire, Maurice White, as well as the brother of EW&F member, Fred White. Their parents had a total of 10 children! That’s a whole lot of people in one house!

Their father was a doctor and Verdine paid homage to him by posting this pic on Facebook…

Verdine also sent a birthday shout-out to his twin sis, Geraldine, on Facebook…

Wow, so Verdine is a twin with a very talented fam.’ Much love to the Verdine White and the rest of the White fam!’ May their beloved Maurice continue to rest peacefully.

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Well ILOSM fam, in case you’re wondering what potato salad has to do with today’s musical topic, the answer is EVERYTHING. Why? Because what pop star, Taylor Swift, just did to the iconic Earth, Wind, and Fire’s song, “September,” is giving many the exact same feeling of messing with their momma’s or aunt’s sacred potato salad recipe.

Why People Are Bashing Taylor Swift’s EWF Remake

The 28 year old singer is catching all kinds of hell on social media for: (1) remaking a soul classic that should never be remade; and (2) for butchering EW&F’s song like you would not believe.

In other words, Taylor Swift done came to the company picnic with cranberries, walnuts, and low-fat yogurt added to her potato salad.

Now, Taylor is great for her pop audience, they love her folk/pop/country inspired musical style and understandably so, she’s not a bad artist. In fact, her audience may even think she invented a brand new song, because many of them probably have no clue who EWF is, given that they were still non-existent at the time of EWF’s 1978 “September” release…that includes Ms. Swift.

Although the pop crowd may be diggin’ Taylor’s “September” remake, it’s a gigantic ‘HELL TO THE NAW!’ she’s getting from most R&B fans. In fact, many feel like what she’s just done to EWF’s classic, should damn near be considered illegal…it’s THAT hated.

So what exactly is wrong with Taylor Swift’s version? She jacked up the potato salad- she tainted the song that so many of us, EWF fans, hold sacred to our hearts. She tarnished our memories of being at the family cookouts, eating some ‘greens, beans, potatoes, tomatoes, hams, yams’…AND our cousin’s perfect potato salad, as “September” blasted through the house speakers.

Taylor’s “September” remake is void of everything that made EWF’s “September” what it is – a soulful, joyful, uptempo, melodic, horn filled, classic. Instead, Ms. Swift’s version is tamed waaay down, with a folk-country vibe to it. I’ve already had to listen to it, in order to write this article, so in case you’re in the mood to go through the same thing I did, feel free to check out Swift’s new EWF joint below…

Fans Give Brutally Honest Reactions To “September” Remake

Y’all already know that when it comes to comments on social media, it can be a harsh world out there. Taylor’s just learned that lesson the hard way. After hearing Swift’s “September,” EWF fans all over the internet, have seized the moment to tell Taylor exactly what’s on their minds. **Scroll down to see what Earth Wind & Fire’s Philip Bailey had to say about this as well**

https://twitter.com/xxrocqstarxx/status/984731010695917569

#TaylorSwift in studio covering Earth, Wind, and Fire. pic.twitter.com/IGdyqR8nsk

— Bashon W. Mann (@bonsaidream) April 13, 2018

https://twitter.com/Awwpts/status/985189446931894272

Okay I love Taylor Swift, but whoever let her cover September by Earth, Wind, and Fire should not have let her done that.

— Trent Henry (@trentthenry44) April 15, 2018

Literally no one is tryna hear Taylor Swift sing an Earth, Wind and Fire song pic.twitter.com/CLizNYXzV7

— eu-IV (@euIVmusic) April 13, 2018

When did Earth Wind and Fire break up with Taylor Swift to get dissed like that?#September #TaylorSwift

— Maudi B (@maudi_mejia) April 15, 2018

i actually didN’T THINK i could dislike Taylor Swift more….,,. and THEN!!! AND THEN????? she cover’s Earth Wind & Fire’s September????? THE magical n iconic boogie itself??!!!!?! HONEY PLEASE go back to ur child’s play, Maurice White is turning in his grave

— El (@ellieslorick) April 13, 2018

https://twitter.com/yashar/status/984821217281609728

https://twitter.com/Freeyourmindkid/status/984840346025807874

Hearing Taylor Swift sing Earth Wind and Fire's "September" has killed my spirit!

— Jason Elias (@Zebop) April 13, 2018

Philip Bailey Reacts

Despite the criticism Taylor’s getting virtually hit upside the head with in cyberspace, there is one person who thinks her cover is beautiful- none other than Earth Wind and Fire’s lead singer, Phillip Bailey. He stated that “music is free like that,” and cheered Taylor on by saying, “Ain’t Got Nothing But Love for Ya #freedominmusic.”

From a music artist’s standpoint, I get where Phillip Bailey is coming from- its always cool to hear someone take your art into a totally different direction, to the point that you barely hear any remnants of your original piece within it. Taylor Swift DEFINITELY accomplished that feat! But again, some classic songs are better left untouched and not all potato salad is created equal.

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Although the upcoming EW&F tour will highlight the euphoric days of the 70’s/80’s soul R&B era, they’ll also incorporate a special tribute to their leader, Maurice White, who passed away last year (2016) at 74 after suffering from Parkinson’s disease. Prior to his passing, the three other original members- Philip Bailey, Ralph Johnson, and Maurice’s brother, Verdine White- had always paid tribute to Maurice ever since he stopped performing with the group in 1995 (for health reasons). However, they admitted that this upcoming tribute will be extremely sad for them, because now Maurice is no longer here.

See what EW&F revealed to ABC News about how they’ve been having to pretty much conceal their pain publicly, while trying to cope with it at the same time:

Via ABC News: “We’re still healing,” said drummer Ralph Johnson, one of three original members still playing the band’s infectious hooks. “I think the way we’ve dealt with it has been to do the music.”

“It’s not something you get over. Maurice will always be part of us. We cut our teeth on Earth, Wind and Fire. He was our mentor, our leader, our Elvis, our John Lennon, all in one guy,” said White’s brother, Verdine.

Each night, after unleashing a top-heavy string of hits, Earth, Wind & Fire get serious during the White tribute. It comes during the song “That’s the Way of the World,” when a video memorial of Maurice White plays.

Johnson and Verdine White — joined by fellow original member, singer Philip Bailey — said they try to avoid looking at each other during the show’s memorial part for fear that tears will fall. Many fans stop to pull out cellphones and capture the moment. “Everything is fun, fun, fun, fun. Then we get to that section and that’s when the show gets heart. All we see is just phones,” said White. “It’s heavy. It’s deep. It’s beautiful, though.”

If you’re in the area between July 12th and Aug. 22nd, when their The Tour hits these cities, be sure to check them out: EW&F will make their way through Oakland, New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Boston, Washington, D.C and their last stop will be in Detroit (in that order). Rest well Maurice White after a phenomenal job well done.

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The little boy in this photo is a very well known actor who starred in the film, New Jack City. He went on to do many more movies after that and if you’re from the Old School, you know him well.

Test your Old School IQ and see if you got this one right…

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Philip Bailey revealed in his recent book, Shining Star: Braving The Elements of Earth, Wind & Fire, that he had an affair with a member of a popular soul group and that the affair produced a child that many probably didn’t know about. His wife was obviously infuriated in the beginning, but that didn’t stop Philip from taking care of his responsibilities and becoming a constant figure and loving father to his child. Philip and his child are very close to this day. See who the singer is and what Philip explained about how this all happened…

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Here’s a hint: His Dad’s voice is recognizable anywhere on the face of this earth. You think you know who he is? Flip the page to see him.[kkgallery kid=”1529″ title=”His Dad Is A Soul Legend! Wait ‘Til You See Who He Is!”]

 
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