In this episode of the State of Black Music podcast, our co-hosts talk with musical shapeshifting and pioneering band Earth, Wind, and Fire at the honorable National Museum of African American Music, Root's Theatre.  Join us as we journey through the dynamic minds of Verdine White, Philip Bailey, and Ralph Johnson as SOBM co-hosts Louis York (Chuck Harmony & Claude Kelly), Phil Thornton, and Tamone Bacon discover from the source the degree of hard work, craftsmanship, and brotherhood that went into establishing one of the world's most iconic and leading bands of our day which elegantly presented a catalog fusing Jazz, R&B/Soul, Rock, Pop, Classical, and Funk genres which would go on to sell over 90 million records worldwide.