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Earth, Wind & Fire

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FunkRhythm and blues

Earth, Wind & Fire is a Funk and Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Donny Hathaway, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Chicago, War and Sly Stone. Those roots explain a lot about how Earth, Wind & Fire arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Kool & The Gang, Rufus, The Whispers, The Gap Band and Patrice Rushen, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Emotions, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nas and Gabrielle, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Earth, Wind & Fire, reaching back through Donny Hathaway and forward to The Emotions. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Earth, Wind & FireDonny HathawayBlood, Sweat and TearsChicagoWarSly StoneStevie WonderLittle FeatThe DellsThe EmotionsRed Hot Chili PeppersNasGabrielleKool & The GangRufusThe WhispersThe Gap BandPatrice RushenLakesideThe JacksonsRick James

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Earth, Wind & Fire connections

Earth, Wind & Fire grew out of Donny Hathaway, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Chicago and War, shares an orbit with Kool & The Gang, Rufus, The Whispers and The Gap Band, went on to shape The Emotions, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nas and Gabrielle. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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