Earth, Wind & Fire--September (1978)

     Every so often (a lot less than you would believe) I get stumped for a blog subject. Usually it will be something that I've been reading about, or came across in my research for the radio station or the Omnibus Live! program. This morning however, nothing came up of note, so my plan B is to just go to a quiet place and listen to the music that comes up in my head.....and we have our subject for this morning!

     Earth, Wind, and Fire were already very well established as one of the best bands of the 70's. However the peak period for the group chartwise was between July of 1978 to July of 79. They produced four top 10 hits: Got To Get You Into My Life, Boogie Wonderland, After the Love Has Gone, and September. The great thing about EWF was the creativeness of the work. It was a welcome sound because in an era where disco was everywhere, they were favorites on the dance floor, but the sound was always intelligent and creative at the same time. Even now, September just comes at you with a beat that insists that you move....hope this livens your day up....Happy Tuesday everyone!

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Happy Belated Birthday to Bob Dylan.....

    Yes, yes, I realize that his birthday was several days ago, but time got away from me....

     Dylan's influence in modern music is almost incalculable. His role in the folk, electric folk, country rock, and singer/songwriter genres is groundbreaking. He proved (which was an impossible notion at the time) that you didn't need a great voice to be successful. Much of the introspective writing that the Beatles were given credit for would have never happened without Dylan. For a child of the 70's however, he never seemed to :"click" like he does for a child of the 60's. It's not the music because many of his albums from the 70's were among his best. He had a bit of an up and down decade in the 80's, but since 1993's, "World Gone Wrong" he has consistently been on his game. So for me and many others who's formative musical years was not in the 60's the question has been, "what was the fuss?"

     As one looks back it's clear that by the mid 70's all of the groundbreaking had been done. Everything I mentioned at the beginning of this article had been accomplished by 1975, which is why I believe he went through a bit of a downturn in the 15 years after that. He had done it all and more...and it was obvious he was a bit without direction. Thankfully that has changed and he is not only considered the accolades for his groundbreaking work in the past, but also given credit for the wonderful songwriter that he continues to be......

     Here are three classics and one new one from the great Bob Dylan

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