Shining Star: Braving the Elements of Earth, Wind & Fire

Prelude - the Concept -- 1 Mother Wit - 9 "Bailey, get off the field!" -- 20 Somebody say Amen! -- 29 The Free Spirit -- 36 The Most Interesting Man in the World -- 43 New Horizons -- 47 "Reese" and Verdine Jr. -- 50 City Slicker, Country Boy and a Yellow Kazoo -- 59 Stars and stripes hippie shirt -- 69 Open Vessels -- 77 Maurice and the Whiz Kids -- 86 The Imaginary lock and key -- 93 Will I hear them from my dressing room? -- 99 Not a Funk Band -- 107 The Station Wagon Tours -- 115 Mighty, Mighty Charles Stepney - 124 Shining Star -- 133 TTWOTW (That's the Way of the World) -- 139 Ridiculously Fine -- 145 Jupiter! Jupiter! What Is the answer? Sing a Song of Spirit and Imagination -- 162 Got to Get You Into My Life -- 176 The White Boy behind the Black Velvet Curtain -- 186 "Man, the tunes is pissed ..." -- 194 The Meeting -- 201 Easy Lover -- 210 Wandering the Wilderness -- 220 Awards and Accolades -- 227 Index -- 237