Live On Stage: Earth Wind and Fire's Gratitude
Earth Wind and Fire: Gratitude: (1975) 1975 was Earth Wind and Fire's year. In March, they released breakthrough chart topper That's The Way of the World. 30 days later, it sold a million copies. Embarking on a triumphant tour in support of the album, EWF sprinted past other funky contenders in the race for 70s R&B supremacy and emerged victorious. Eight months later, they dropped Gratitude--- a four-record double album of live performances with a couple new studio tracks thrown in for good measure. Gratitude captured the band in its arena-rocking album element. The crowd roared with approval at Philip Bailey's soaring vocals on Reasons and the band's driving rhythms and blistering solos on up-tempo jams like Sun Goddess , Africano and Yearnin' Learnin.' By the time Maurice White goes into his party-rocking bag on Devotion , he has the audience in the palm