Earth Wind and Fire - Magic Mind live 1979 Japan

[@増田浩-m9g]

この日、ここにいました！ まだ１８歳の自分は初めて見るブラックミュージックに度肝抜かれました！ホーンもベースもパーカッションも！

[@joeribot7810]

I was so blessed to be born I the perfect time and place. My very 1st. Concert was seeing EARTH WIND AND FIRE ! Weve seen just about everyone live in concert nearly 20 times from The great Tower of Power -Santana-Stevie wonder Wonder- The Isly brothers Michael Jackson but nobody Brought the house down like EARTH WIND AND FIRE !!

[@ourlegacylectures8937]

I’m afraid folks these days will never come again, I feel so blessed to have seen this performed live.

[@geminirhythmspirit2573]

These days will not come back because they never left, goes around comes back around get ready my friend, 💕

[@janc9608]

@@geminirhythmspirit2573 we will never have a group like Earthwind and fire Again !! SO SO SAD !! That old saying !!! THOSE WERE THE DAYS !! THE. BEST DAYS !!!

[@thpmasperry1179]

PURE Magic SHOWMANSHIP at its best!!!!!! make no mistake, you can take any BAND over the last 30 or 40 years all together they CAN'T HOLD A FLICKER OF FLAME TO EARTH WIND & FIRE!!!!! YES I SAID IT!!!!!!!!

[@ourlegacylectures8937]

I concur sir.

[@karencoleman6442]

And l agree!

[@nealparks5768]

Fo’Sho

[@arthurbrown2567]

And I SAY IT TOO!!!!!!!!!!!

[@salvooch4]

I was blessed to see these live shows back in the 70's & 80's many, many times, sometimes we'd go see them 3 straight nights in different cities...the best live shows I've EVER seen in my life. Love comin on here and re-living them...

[@misterjones30044]

I’ve only seen the 4x. ‘77, ‘78 and twice in ‘88🏳️‍🌈

[@Torihope1000]

I understand. Saw them about three to four ti,es during that period. Just AMAZING! Actually stood up on a folding chair dancing like a nut, and fell over the aisle behind. Got up and kept going. 🤣🤣🤣. TIIIIGGGHHT

[@janc9608]

@@Torihope1000 just the thought of earthwind and fire OMG,, the feeling is UNBELIEVABLE..

[@janc9608]

@@Torihope1000 I would of loved to see your folding chair act !!! LOL

[@Torihope1000]

@@janc9608 🤣🤣🤣. T'wasn't pretty

[@BlessStargazer2010]

this is WHY THEY WERE/ARE THE GREATEST BAND EVER ON THE PLANET!!!!

[@reginaldstyles3129]

Camille Lourde Wyatt ABSOLUTELY THE GREATEST BAND EVER💙😇😁

[@reginaldstyles3129]

error YES EVERYTHING U SAID IS DEFINITELY TRUE💙💙💙💙

[@edwardwright7042]

Insane group!! My favorite group of all time!! The elements of the universe!!

[@patrickboulware7159]

MASTERPIECE!! AGREE

[@edwardwright7042]

Maurice white's vision almost didn't happen. It was his manager That encouraged Him to bring in younger people to support His vision I said this before A lot of people didn't know that Philip Bailey And the rest of The guys Did not start in the very beginning of Earth wind and fire. The earlier guys were Maurice white Age Maurice white did not wanna be a routine black Group He wanted to cross over And expand The sound! That was very hard to do back then The radio stations were very segregated But a little tenacity And he did it With the help of Charles stepney That's the way of the world put them on the map that was their 1st biggest hit! The rest is history 40 years and still going.!💯

[@zzzddd7]

A testament to the Phenix Horns, the BEST HORN SECTION EVER. R.i.P my uncle Don Myrick (Hippmo)and his good friend Louis Satterfield (LUI LUI).

[@williamparker3328]

The James Brown horn section of the 60s WAS THE BEST EVER TO DO IT!!!!

[@Katherine-ms5gw]

💖👼🏾🤴🏾🫅🏾🙏🏾🎊Zzzddd7 🎊 Peace and Blessings to you and your family always and Hallelujah to both Don Myrick and Louis Satterwhite Precious Soul and Righteous Spirit from 🫅🏾🙋🏾 Katherine in Chicago Illinois on Wednesday November 27, 2024 at 10:30pm 💖🙏🏾🤴🏾🫅🏾👼🏾🎊

[@ebruceii]

This takes me back to being a kid at family BBQ's in the park, drinkin' lil hugs and running around til it got dark outside and mom had to call us in as the streetlights came on!!! The good old days!!!!

[@merchantsmithimages]

Best EWF live footage on the internet. This is why they are in a class by themselves. PHENIX HORNS ARE GETTING SILLY ON THIS ONE!!!

[@jeffreygrimes7313]

The great live album gratitude one great show wow rip mw mis you

[@patricialeecomo4142]

Just the best. Read Maurice's autobiography. Absolutely OUTSTANDING.

[@ourlegacylectures8937]

That was a heck of a read wasn’t it?!

[@charlesbatts3676]

MAURICE THE MUSICAL GENERAL DIRECTING HIS TROOPS. THIS WAS TRULY AWESOME TO WATCH. THIS SONG ALONE IS WORTH THE PRICE OF THE CONCERT TICKET.

[@stoneman127]

Their concerts from 1979 seem to be their best. Always good no matter what or when. But the energy here at that time seemed to be at their most highest. And always it's such a pleasure to see Maurice White perform. Amazing!!!!

[@stagesixx]

A lot of musical energy right there. Used to crank this song on my dad's Yamaha CR1020 with the big Jensen LS6 speakers. Saw EWF at Cleveland Richfield Coliseum in 78, I was blown away, still am, fan forever.

[@StubbyCub]

Judging by Maurice's face it looks like he is having the time of his life!!!!

[@jeffreygrimes7313]

The horns and band so powerful wow one great band

[@hanslesolo]

I would pay just to see those trumpets spinning!.

[@salvooch4]

I did!

[@dexxtur]

I love watching them spin!😁

[@gerritsteenbreker4781]

@@salvooch4 I did too. April '79 Rotterdam

[@EarthWindandFirepower0990]

I LOVE ME SOME EARTH,WIND&FIRE.

[@reyybarra390]

I was at all 3 of their concerts at the Oakland Coliseum Arena in 1981 and experienced this live!!! I will never forget the experience!!!!

[@dhampex]

love larry Dunns Fender Rhodes Piano Hits on here!!!!!!!!!

[@kenzuercher7497]

I used to play this in a band when it was new. Almost impossible at the record tempo but this makes my arm ache just watching Al MacKay funking out on guitar! Greatest band ever!

[@zzzddd7]

Ewf at their peak 75'-81. Total powerhouses. Each player was gifted phenomenally, Together they made the baddest group in the UNIVERSE. Maurice,Verdine,Al,Johnny,Fred,Ralph,Larry,Philip,Andrew,DON,Rahmlee,Satterfield& Michael Harris. Best LIVE SHOW EWF Had! Today EWF dont measure up.

[@AlexaZinkhan]

A True Classic........so thrilled it has been preserved!!!!

[@DerekSoyemi]

Heavy! What a band, having a ball with the sound. Earth Wind and Fire.

[@nataliebrownbrown3992]

DYNAMIC!! G-d bless Maurice White & EWF! I am blessed to have seen them live 3Xs in the 70s! What a great memory to have in my mind for the rest of my life! ❤️🎶🎵

[@Luevernon]

An amazing band! Love this!

[@mcclendonreport]

Those shows were transcendent. I went to several. Nobody can even touch this today.

[@LUTONVIDS]

Nothing Ever can touch this performance Live ever or ever will be.

[@galenhubbard8784]

My GOAT fast song by the GOAT band.I saw this epic performance,back in the day ❤

[@redhairedstepchild]

thanks for posting this magnificent live tune ..rest in Peace Maurice White.

[@cymbya]

what passion for music and life!

[@TheLastOilMan]

One cant even imagine the effort that was put into the EWF gig ! Practice skill technique ..repeat ...ditto !

[@tedkay3750]

i woke up this morning with this playing in my head! then i had to look it up ..to find the title of it so i could find it! i found it! LOL! this is da JAMmmmmm!! I WITNESSED as least 3 EWF live performances ..unreal! mind blowing performances...i was speechless after leaving the show!!

[@LUTONVIDS]

Best band of all time and i got to see them Live,Never beaten all these years later.

[@sblove99]

The best live band ever.

[@aplleyva]

Well .... This^.

[@TheLovePowerGoddess]

Freakin outrageously fantastic! I love EWF forever!

[@randythirdsun6751]

Thank you I'm in the hospital alone this put a a-smile on my face.

[@SportyGirl811]

The greatest band I have ever seen perform live!!! Kisses to Paradise to you Reese....

[@willisjr12169]

Real music, just talk my breath away!!!!!!!

[@donnagreen6049]

Where is the Love button!!!!

[@oneperson1138]

I'm a musician and this is what real music is. Maurice White and his brother the Bass Player of Earth Wind and Fire are from my home town Memphis.

[@smittyboyify]

No they're not their from Chicago.

[@oneperson1138]

tracy smith Maurice White and his Brother are from my city MEMPHIS, TN. He was born in MEMPHIS on DEC, 19, 1941. He later became a session drummer in 1963 for Chess Records and later in 1969 started his own band which was i believe the salty papers. I know cause i'm a musician in Memphis where i was born and raised. I also have met on more than one occasion Al Green who's church is in the same district in Memphis where i live. Maurice and his Brother like i said were born in Memphis Tn, as well as Aretha Franklin who later with her family moved to Detroit. We've also met the late Issac Hayes who also was a Memphian. And i used to live in the very neighborhood Elvis Presley's uncle lived, as a matter of fact i lived down the street from him where i grew up. Look up the different people who was born and or raised in Memphis. Peace and Love.

[@oneperson1138]

tracy smith Also when you do your research you will find out that k. Michelle, the actress Kathy Bates, The Bar-keys, Mable Staple and the Staple singers, Eight Ball and MJG, Yo Gatti, Richard Hamilton, Cybill Sheperd, and Steve Harvey's wife, are all from Memphis. And that is not even half of the many people either from or have lived in Memphis for years, such as Steven Seagal. When you ask Justin Timberlake where he's from, yep, you guested it, he will tell you Memphis. Even though he's from Memphis county, which is Millington, its in the Memphis area, and he will tell you Memphis. Many of them either still lives here or comes back from time to time to visit. Peace

[@smittyboyify]

Malachi Matthews Yea but EWF is from Chicago.

[@oneperson1138]

tracy smith I can dig it,and have no doubt the rest of EWF are from Chi town, but if you read my first comment you will see that i said that the one who started the band, Maurice White who is the leader along with his brother are from Memphis....lol I've always liked Earth Wind and Fire and its good to also see someone like yourself who's into music. Peace and love to you.

[@jcotugno1]

When Maurice and company were at their peak . Outrageous !!!

[@standaman1963]

Yes indeed!

[@TheMarnaiz]

Simply the best band...EVER!!!

[@StubbyCub]

@1980Triumph I agree with you. They both had a great sound and nobody to this day can touch them or their music!!!!

[@stillphil]

AL MCKAY ! driving the groove HARD. This is a great clip, thanks for posting 1980Triumph

[@reginaldstyles3129]

stillphil THE LEGENDARY AL MCKAY💙💙

[@eveatsea]

This is the definition of FUNK! This is as good as it gets...crazy good!

[@harryrodriguez-coll4040]

EWF & The Phenix Horns!!! Amazing!!!

[@rodneywilliams6564]

The dam Best Group of all time!

[@toobadd2802]

Behind the original Temptations!

[@veightengine]

Algo mas que decir a todo lo que se ha dicho aca?; nunca había visto este video y realmente envidio a todas esas personas que tuvieron el privilegio y bendición de haber estado alli durante ese show. EWF una de las mejores bandas de todos los tiempos. Dios bendiga a Maurice White , Philip Bayley y a todos los que pertenecieron a EWF.

[@timcox9021]

PHENIX HORNS, featuring the late, great Mr. Donald Myrick on alto saxophone; I can't recall the other three ... wait, Louis Satterfield on Trombone; he showed Verdine how to play bass ... the others are Michael Ramlee, trumpet and the last hornman I can't recall. PHENIX HORNS would eventually leave EWF, and join Phil Collins' touring band ... I saw em at Pittsburgh's Civic Arena in 85 - they wore melon-orange suits, against the grunge look of Phil's band. Still an unforgettable music night in the Burgh. PhilC is still a legendary talent. drummer/vocalist/arranger.

[@barebarekun161]

The last guy would be Michael Harris.

[@nyja33]

Barami Snaeha The fourth guy in this lineup is not Michael Harris. Not sure of his name, but the guy next to Rahmlee isn't Michael.

[@MrBassist64]

Tonna Thomas one of the guys that played horns for them was henry miles sax man from springfield,il keyboards was larry dunn i knew his mother ms,dunn for yrs back in the late 70's 80"s R.I.P ms dunn..she was a sweet! sweet! woman...from 70th and eastend.chicago,il

[@DoubeEdged7]

He played so beautiful don't you agree?

[@keithsatterfield]

@@nyja33 The Phenix Horns Esq., are my dad, Lui-Lui Satterfield * Trombone Don yrick * Sax - RahmLee Michael Davis * Trumpet and Michael Harris * Trumpet 🙂

[@heckto35]

It was fun going down memory lane watching lil bow wow videos, but i'm glad to be back to my favorite stuff watching these cats just JAM!!! The first minute and a half really puts a huge smile on my face, and the horns solo just really ices it!

[@jmbrougham]

I watch this EVERY DAY, thank you.

[@geoffpaugam5778]

1979 Mobile Civic Center, Mobile Alabama....that's how far we go back!

[@janc9608]

Maurice had to of been so proud of the band he put together,, he should be !! The best is EARTHWIND AND FIRE GROUP!!!

[@merchantsmithimages]

@1980Triumph This right here is Epic!!!! Ralph Johnson and P. Bailey are killing it on the Congas.

[@oneperson1138]

May you rest in Peace Maurice White. Dec 19, 1941- Feb 4, 2016

[@yvettegibson8889]

does Larry dunn or Maurice white. have any children? yg

[@oneperson1138]

Yvette Gibson That's a good question, i'm not sure, but will have to look that up.

[@shfpdx]

oh baby...what a groove.

[@jesuschrist8998]

I can hardly believe how wonderful they were then as well as now!

[@musicfreakboy]

F A N T A S T I C! I love this song! Thank you for this post!!!

[@oldskoolmusicforever0724]

THIS WHY THE GREATEST BAND EVER TO DO IT.MY BOYS FOREVER.

[@ryanhallwrites]

Jeez! The Phenix Horns were just radioactive! Some of the licks they could pull off...man! I'm the world's biggest Tower of Power fan, but some of the licks these guys could pull off...my god!

[@eugenetam1]

@1980Triumph This clip is so SICK!!!! Thanks for posting ... luv EWF Live ... unforgettable moment

[@thomasbridges7323]

Yup that was how it was done a real band thanks

[@janc9608]

I think VERDINE is adorable!! ❤😮🎉

[@reginaldstyles3129]

ABSURDLY FANTASTIC THE GREATEST BAND OF THEM ALL💙😇😊 THE GOAT💙😇😊

[@channelonesuite]

That was some hella awesome horn-playing! And I used to play jazz for 35 years on sax, flute and clarinet. Really tight section playing there. Drum Corps brass sections should try that.

[@cleopatrabonz]

@newmonii I understand michael harris was the master mind behind the rapid horn playing..I met louis and ramlee at a 1981 concert in Oakland California..never forget it..

[@raymabalot8739]

What a tremendous hard groove!

[@ewffan]

OMG!!! MAGIC MIND!!! 'movin soon...upper room...paid your dues now your through feelin blue!" LOVE IT!!! They always followed deep lyrics with funky instrumentation! This live version is amazing! Check this song out on LIVE IN RIO 1980, the horns out do themselves on that one!!!

[@thumper5927]

The Fire at their best

[@ricwatt]

WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@FrankSax77]

Thanks, this is a bigger show thatn I ever got to see. Dang, the horn section's work is off the hook! Check the "solead' at 4:11. OH YeEah!!

[@RAMLIA1]

So good!!!

[@jeffreygrimes7313]

What great show the band so powerful the voices rip mw wow

[@fulgencioperezgarrido-4544]

Calidad EXCELENTE los músicos de VIENTO y PERCUSION,unida a las voces EXCEPCIONALES dan una calidad insuperable,GRACIAS por ser UNICOS.🎉🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🎉

[@wrenchofpower]

So good

[@yvettegibson8889]

GUESS WHAT FOLK'S 2DAY IS NEW YEAR'S EVE AND THIS MY 1ST CHOICE OF SONG LOVE LOVE THIS !!!!!HAPPY NEW YEAR'S TO THE ENTIRE EWF FAMILY THANK YOU MAURICE ANDREW LARRY PHILIP VERDINE FRED AL RALPH JOB WELL DONE! !!!!!!!!! 👍👍👍👍😛

[@DudeRoss72]

Most Amazing Band EVER! Hand Down!

[@meandmy2only877]

Earth Wind & Fire with the Phoenix Horns. The best sound in the world. ❤️

[@Tonypelle64]

Mio Dio, come avrei voluto esserci.......... FAVOLOSIIIIIIIIIIII

[@OGdesu]

I was there! at the Budokan.

[@hangingwiththegrlz4891]

Awesome horns section! I didn't remember there being that many guys.

[@spritualdiary]

best horn section ever.. loved them then.. lovem still

[@terrylowe258]

My ringtone..lol. So much energy

[@mannybrucesalvador]

RIP MW You will be missed.

[@MikeStone3000]

Elements forever. 👍🏼

[@showtime3700]

Thatz that Shssss!!!! None better!! Great Post!

[@Assis1984]

Gods of Funk

[@TheLastOilMan]

and Soul jazz rock .....cool !

[@MusicLoverPearson]

This was when Earth,Wind & Fire were off the chain unlike the watered down version that's out now.

[@4evernate28]

Any other band...you'd probably be saying...GET ON WITH IT!!!!!!!!!!! But, EWF...you can really enjoy them doing their thing. I swear, even if this were twenty minutes, this would still be SICK!!!!!!!!

[@erickthefantabulous1]

actually didn't think I would see this live just punched in the title of the song this is one of my favorites from EWF

[@LUTONVIDS]

SIMPLY Untouchable,To all that Reality Show Bile,Watch this,it`s called MUSIC.

[@Scentedflowers]

MOST AWESOME!!

[@patrickboulware7159]

WOW LOVE EWF!!!!!!!!!!

[@Jairitomiunicoamor]

Grandiosa orquesta.....

[@blexacano33]

WOW! Great post!

[@meandmy2only877]

Best horn section ever "THE PHENIX HORNS" Rahmlee Davis, Don Myrick (RIP), Lui Lui Satterfield (RIP) and Michael Harris.

[@chico213]

Meandmy2 only Absolutely agree!!! The BEST!!!

[@groundhog713]

With a little help from Andrew Woodfolk, EWF's resident sax man.

[@ianharrismartinez6534]

AND EARTH WIND AND FIRE HORNS Gary Bias Raymond Lee Brown and Reggie Young

[@Daniel49987]

Es una aplanadora!!

[@RonHerron-i2m]

I came home to see the birth of my first born on the 6th of October 1976 in South Bend Indiana then seen the same show in Bloomington Indiana the next day

[@UnchainedGrace]

What many don't realize is that the groove they got going is directly reminiscent of Gospel "Shout" music. Fast, tight and in the pocket. Check the bassline and the horn parts.

[@cupcakejonez7923]

Them Phoenix horns were badass 4 real.

[@gregorycarroll3613]

Too much Love