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Shining Star

Tribute to Earth, Wind and Fire

Chicago, Illinois70's80'sDanceDiscoFunk
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Tribute To

Earth Wind & Fire

Published

Sep 27, 2023

Updated

Mar 11, 2025

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Ten highly talented vocalists and musicians harmoniously join forces to present A TRIBUTE TO EARTH, WIND AND FIRE, a celebration of the four decade strong success, popularity and resilience of one of the most successful musical stories ever told...

Maurice White along with his brother Verdine and Philip Bailey, began in the Sixties as R&B's first super crossover group, and in the Seventies became just that in the music industry. Today, no party is complete without them & no night on the town can end without hearing at least one of their harmony laden tracks. Earth, Wind & Fire's music is 'timeless', and fans around the world constantly crave the opportunity to hear their songs

performed live. Shining Star now fills that void! This amazing recreation of Earth, Wind & Fire's music and show is based on the 1970's thru 1980's the peak time of Earth, Wind & Fire's magical career, and the highly acclaimed live recordings of their concerts later released on DVD's. This show's playlist has been hailed as the definitive collection of Earth, Wind & Fire's top charting hits, and includes best loved songs such as After The Love Is Gone, Sing A Song, September, the remake of the Beatles classic song Got To Get You Into My Life from the movie Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band and their name sake "Shining Star", along with disco tracks, Boogie Wonderland, and Let's Groove Tonight. Earth, Wind & Fire has performed at countless award shows where they have also received 6 Grammy Awards and 4 American Music Awards. They have been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame. Rolling Stone Magazine has described them as "innovative, precise yet sensual, calculated yet galvanizing" and has also declared that the band "changed the sound of black pop". In 1998, they were ranked at number 60 on VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of Rock N' Roll. Earth, Wind & Fire is known for the dynamic sound of their horn section and the interplay between the contrasting vocals of Philip Bailey's falsetto and Maurice White's tenor. Shining Star 's live show consists of Lead Guitar, Bass Guitar, 2 Keyboardist, Drums,

3 Piece Horn Section & The exact vocal reproduction of Maurice White and Philip Bailey. Shining Star will deliver a national quality performance for a fraction of the price tag of a band of their magnitude and size. Your guest will leave this musical and visual extravaganza feeling as though they have been entertained by the legends and most well known R&B pop bands ever... EARTH, WIND & FIRE.

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Kalimba

Tribute to Earth Wind & Fire

New profilePublished Jul 27, 2018
Seattle, WA
70's80's
A Tribute To Earth Wind and Fire

Kalimba, The Spirit of Earth Wind and Fire is considered by some as being the best Tribute to Earth Wind and Fire in the country. Based out of the Pacific Northwest, Kalimba’s has been together since 2011 spawning from the dream of Lead Vocalist, Thomas “Chazz” Smith, started Kalimba with the vision of playing the music that he listened to growing up, Earth Wind and Fire. Since 2011, Kalimba has evolved to a 10 piece group with full horn section, performing the hits including but not limited to, Shining Star, That's the Way of the World, Devotion, Sing a Song, Can't Hide Love, Getaway, Fantasy, Love's Holiday, September, Boogie Wonderland", After the Love Has Gone and Let's Groove just to name a few. Kalimba performs nationally across the country at Casino’s, State Fair’s as well as at the some of the country’s most prestigious Jazz Clubs. In 2013, Sheldon Reynolds, former Earth Wind and Fire guitarist (87-01) reached out to Kalimba to collaborate on certain ventures. As he puts it “out of 1000 other bands that I have heard play this material, Kalimba is the first band that gets it like it’s supposed to be played”. Kalimba is a treat for the eyes and ears, and has a true passion for the music, and they look forward to spreading the message of Earth Wind and Fire to the masses..

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