Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, 122, 126
Harris, Michael, 148, 149, 204
Hathaway, Donny, 45, 133–34
Hayes, Isaac, 92
Head to the Sky (album), 118–19
health food, 86
Henderson, Joe, 21
Henderson, Marlo, 198
Hendrix, Jimi, 41, 91
Henning, Doug, 170, 171
Herb Alpert presents Sérgio Mendes & Brasil ‘66 (album), 84
Heritage (album), 220
Hey, Jerry, 191, 196, 208
Hightower, Wayne, 30
Hill, Napoleon, 87
Hinton, Clarence Dale, 30
Holiday, Billie, 88
Hollywood RockWalk, 228
Holt, Isaac, 53
Holzman, Jac, 47–48
Hooks, Janet Don, 36–42, 46, 67–68, 78, 89, 146, 149, 167–68, 178, 207–8, 210, 228, 230–31
Hornbook, 32, 38, 66
Howlin’ Wolf, 125
Huff, Leon, 126
Hughes, Billie, 210–11
Hums of The Lovin’ Spoonful (album), 95
Hunter, Joe, 93
Hutchinson, Jeannette, 167
I Am (album), 189–93, 196
“If You Go Away,” 126
“I’ll Take You There,” 2
“Imagination,” 175
Ingram, Billy, 155–56
Inside Out (album), 213
“Interlude #1,” 109
“Interlude #2,” 109
Israel, Yackov Ben, 59
“I Think About Loving You,” 82
“I’ve Had Enough,” 204
“I Wanna Be Your Lover,” 202
Jackson, Jesse, 51
Jackson, Michael, 148, 191, 197–98, 202, 206
Jackson, Randy, 213–14
Jackson Center, 30
Jacob, Austin, 233
Jacobsen, Erik, 94
Jamerson, James, 93
James, Bob, 211
James, Etta, 52
Jazzmen, 52–53
“Jealous Guy,” 133
Jet, 191
Johnson, Krystal, 229–30
Johnson, Ralph, 2, 80–81, 85, 134, 143, 179, 199, 208, 211, 216
Johnson, William “Hop,” 69, 71, 112–13
Jones, E. Rodney, 64, 131
Jones, Jean, 4, 89, 90
Jones, Perry, 43–49, 63–76, 110–12, 125, 202
Bailey and, 43–46
EWF and, 63–65, 74–75, 110–12, 165
recommends Bailey and Dunn for reconfigured EWF, 76
at Warner Brothers, 47–49
White and, 49
Jones, Philly Joe, 21
Jones, Quincy, 81, 175
Joplin, Janis, 101
Joyner, Tom, 223
Juneteenth, 37–38
Junior, Marvin, 126
Jupiter incident, 152–53
kalimba, 53, 129
“Kalimba Story,” 129
Kaye, Carol, 93
KDKO, 65
Keitel, Harvey, 141, 142
Kendricks, Eddie, 61
KFML, 43, 74–75
King, Carole, 32
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 51
King, Morgana, 21
Klarwein, Mati, 109
Knechtel, Larry, 93
LaBelle, Patti, 70, 163
Lady Sings the Blues (movie), 88
LaFaro, Scott, 54
Lah, Radi, 54
“La La Time,” 56
Last Days and Time (album), 2, 105, 109, 114
Laws, Hubert, 81
Laws, Ronnie, 2, 81, 109, 115
Led Zeppelin, 166
Lennon, John, 133
“Let’s Groove,” 201
“Let’s Stay Together,” 2
Lewis, Ramsey, 53, 55–57, 87, 125–26, 184
Lieberson, Goddard, 101
Life Center Church of God in Christ, 154
Lind, Jon, 191, 220
Linn, Roger, 195
Linn drum machine, 195
Little Feat, 94, 134
Little Richard, 21, 70
Live (album), 133–34
“Lonely Broken Hearted People,” 162
Los Angeles Times, 227
Love, Erlene, 21
Love, Phyllis, 21
“Love Is Life,” 61
The Lovin’ Spoonful, 94–95, 227
Lukather, Steve, 196, 198
Lynn, Cheryl, 187
McCartney, Paul, 182, 227
McClain, Daniel, 233
McCurdy, Roy, 91
McKay, Al, 115–18, 135, 140, 164, 178, 183, 184, 191, 196, 198–200, 208
McKuen, Rod, 126
magic tricks, 170–71
Mahal, Taj, 39, 92
Maiden Voyage (album), 126
“Make It with You,” 4, 108, 109, 114, 126
Maltz, Maxwell, 87
Mandel, Johnny, 228
Mandrill, 145
The Manhattans, 3–4, 113
Maranatha Community Church, 156
Martin, George, 181
Masekela, Hugh, 31
Mason, Harvey, 23–24, 77, 211
Massenburg, George, 135, 137–38, 164, 179, 191, 196, 204, 206–7
The Master Key to Riches (Hill), 87
Mayfield, Curtis, 92, 141, 145
the Meeting, 204–5
Mendes, Sérgio, 84
Metropolitan State College, 38
The Midnight Special (TV show), 172
“Mighty, Mighty,” 128–29, 130
Miles, Buddy, 41
Millenium (album), 220
Mitchell, Joni, 45, 69
Mohammed VI, King, 228
The Moonglows, 227
“Moonlight Shadows,” 31
Moroder, Giorgio, 192
Morrison, Van, 71
Mother Nature’s Son (album), 126
mother wit, 17, 27
Motown Records, 93
Mottola, Tommy, 214
Music Is Unity, 232
“My Guy,” 52
Myrick, Don, 52, 53, 148, 149, 204, 210, 220–21
Myrrh, 208–9
Mystic Moods, 30, 31, 38
NAACP, 194–95
Nagaoka, Shusei, 153
“Nashville Cats,” 95
National Foster Youth Action Network, 232
natural high, 88–89
The Need of Love (album), 1, 62–63, 74, 75, 82
New Birth, 3, 4, 113
Newton, Huey P., 62
Nitzsche, Jack, 93
Nixon, Richard, 119
nonachievers, 27
Now, Then & Forever (album), 232–33
Nyro, Laura, 101
Obama, Barack Hussein, 233, 234
Obama, Michele, 233
Off the Wall (album), 191, 197
Ohio Players, 108
“One Less Bell to Answer,” 126
“One Life to Live,” 4
“On Your Face,” 173, 214–15
“Open Our Eyes,” 160
Open Our Eyes (album), 124, 127–31, 133, 145
orchestras, performances with, 231–32
originality, 136–37
Osborne, Jeffrey, 208
Oskar, Lee, 45
Ostin, Mo, 47, 49, 75, 202, 203
Paich, David, 186, 187, 191, 196
Palmer, Earl, 93
“Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone,” 32
Parker, Ray, Jr., 213
Parkinson’s disease, 218–19
Parliament Funkadelic, 108, 122–23
Patillo, Leon, 157, 158
Peebles, Melvin Van, 61–62
Perry, Phil, 221
Perry, Quentin, 195
Peters, Jerry, 179
Phenix horns, 148–49, 163–64, 178, 204, 210, 211
Phillinganes, Greg, 204
philosophical approach, of EWF, 86–89
Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ’Em (album), 214
Porcaro, Jeff, 186, 191, 196
Porcaro, Steve, 186, 196
“Power,” 6, 109, 114
Powerlight (album), 203, 204
Prince, 202–3
Protocrat’s, 30
“Psychedelic Shack,” 39–40
Psycho-Cybernetics: A New Way to Get More Living Out of Life (Maltz), 87
Purple Rain (movie), 203
racism, 33, 75, 121–22, 157
“Rainbow,” 30
Raise! (album), 201, 204
Raitt, Bonnie, 227
Ramey, James “Baby Huey,” 45
Ramsey Lewis Trio, 53–54, 55–56
Randi, Don, 93
Reagan, Nancy, 153
“Reasons,” 34, 140, 190, 221
Reprise Records, 47, 220
reunion, of EWF, 215–17
Reynolds, Sheldon, 216
Richards, Mr., 23, 54
The Rill Thing (album), 70
Ripperton, Minnie, 44, 125
Ritenour, Lee, 211
Robert Stigwood Organization, 183
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 227
“Rocky Mountain High,” 40
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (movie), 186
Rogers, Desiree, 233
Rogers, Nile, 213
Rolling Stone, 219
Rotary Connection, 44, 125
Roundtree, Richard, 61
RSO, 183
Ruffalo, Joe, 94, 97–98, 111, 130, 202. See also Cavallo-Ruffalo
“Runnin,” 179–80, 185
Russell, Brenda, 197
Russell, Leon, 93
“Sailaway,” 197
Salma, Lalla, Princess, 228
Salty Peppers, 56
Salvato, Richie, 223–24
Santana, 45, 101, 156
Santana, Carlos, 45, 70
Satterfield, Louis, 52, 53, 55, 148–49, 171, 204, 210
Saturday Night Fever (movie), 181
Schultz, Michael, 182
Scott, Lydia, 9–10
Scott, Sherry, 59
Scott-Heron, Gil, 39
Sebastian, John, 94, 95, 103–4, 105
Seeff, Norman, 139
Seeger, Pete, 108
Seeman, Roxanne, 197, 210–11, 220
“See the Light,” 143
“September,” 183, 184, 186, 197
“The Sermon,” 31
“Serpentine Fire,” 178
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (album), 180–82
Shaft (movie), 91–92
Shapes, 46
Sheila E., 77
“Shining Star,” 137–38, 140, 142–43, 150, 164, 183, 197
Shoop, Jamie, 210
Shore, Sig, 141–42
Signature Governors Award, 228
Simpson, Darrin, 233
Sing Along with Mitch (album), 101
“Sing a Song,” 164, 229
Sister Sledge, 208
The Sisters Love, 83
Skylark, 187
Sly and the Family Stone, 2, 4, 57, 70, 83, 87–88, 103
Smith, Damien, 223
Smith, Jimmy, 31
Smith, Joe, 47, 49, 61, 100
Smith, Leonard, 89, 111, 131, 170, 185
Songwriters Hall of Fame, 228
songwriting process, 135–36
Sons of Champlin, 187
Soul Brothers, 30
“Soulful Strut,” 31, 53
Sounder (movie), 91–92
Sparks, Billy, 195
“Spasmodic Mood,” 127
Spector, Phil, 93
“Spill the Wine,” 44
“Spirit,” 174, 175
Spirit (album), 173–75
Springsteen, Bruce, 101
“Sprits in the Sky,” 72
stage clothes, 4, 90, 147–48, 172–73, 180
Staple Singers, 2
Star Wars (movie), 179
station wagon tours, 119–23
Stepney, Charles, 44, 53–54, 56, 124–29, 131, 136, 140, 143–44, 148, 164, 174–75, 214
Stepney, Ruby, 175
Stewart, Billy, 52
Stigwood, Robert, 180–81
Stone, Debbie, 70
Stone, Sly, 70, 83, 90, 103, 131, 165, 220
Stovall, Joyce, 72
Stovall, Lillian, 72
Stovall, Netta, 72
Stovall Sisters, 72–74
The Stovall Sisters, 48
“Straight from the Heart,” 204
Summer, Donna, 192
“Summertime,” 52
“Sun Goddess,” 221
Sun Goddess (album), 184
“Sunshine,” 164
Superfly (movie), 91–92, 141
The Supremes, 30
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (movie), 61–62, 91–92
System, 213
“System of Survival,” 216
“Take Me Home, Country Roads,” 40
Taylor, Creed, 23
Taylor, James, 32, 227
“Tee Nine Chee Bit,” 128
The Temptations, 30, 32, 208
Tennille, Toni, 55
Tequila Mockingbird (album), 184
Terry, Bill, 54
“That’s the Way of the World,” 183
That’s the Way of the World (album), 135, 139–44, 145, 156, 164, 196
That’s the Way of the World (movie), 141–42, 182
“The In Crowd,” 53
Think and Grow Rich (Hill), 87
“Thinking of You,” 216
Thomas, Alex, 59
The Time Has Come (album), 101
Tom Tom 84. See Washington, Tom
Toto, 187
“Touch the World,” 216
Touch the World (album), 216
Transcontinental Distributing, 45, 47
“Treat Her Like a Lady,” 208
23rd Street East, 30, 44, 46, 66
“U Can’t Touch This,” 214
“Uh Huh Yeah,” 56
“Uhuru,” 53
UNICEF benefit, 184–85
universalism, 5, 87–88, 96, 140, 153, 158
Upchurch, Phil, 125, 133–34
Uptown Theatre gig (1972), 3–7, 113
Uriah Heep, 145
Van Dyke, Earl, 93
Vaughn, Sarah, 21
Vesta, 221
Video Soul (cable TV show), 201
Vocal Group Hall of Fame, 228
Voters Club, 30
“Wade in the Water, 56
Walking in Space (album), 81
“Walking on the Chinese Wall,” 210–11
“Wanna Be with You,” 204
War, 83, 145
Warner Brother Records, 1, 47–49, 61, 65, 100, 105, 202, 203
Warwick, Dionne, 30, 84
Washington, Chester, 59
Washington, Tom, 53–54, 174–75, 179, 211
Waters, Muddy, 52, 125
Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, 48
WBCN, 74–75
WBLS, 64, 131
WDAS, 131
Weather Report, 107–8
Weintraub, Jerry, 217
Wells, Bill, 173
“What’s Going On,” 133
What’s Going On (album), 92
“Where Have All the Flowers Gone,” 108, 109
The Whispers, 31
White, Barry, 218
White, Edna, 50, 56
White, Freddie, 50, 52, 133–35, 137–38, 208
White, Maurice, 1, 214. See also Earth, Wind & Fire
assembles second lineup of EWF, 1–2, 78–82
Cavallo and, 96–98, 99, 105–6
childhood of, 50–51
disbanding of EWF, 204–7
early touring days of EWF and, 2–3
forms ARC Records, 183–84
forms EWF, 59
Jazzmen and, 52–53
leadership qualities of, 124
moves to California, 57–58
natural, holistic philosophical approach of, 86–89
Parkinson’s disease diagnosis of, 218–19
Perry Jones and, 49
Ramsey Lewis Trio and, 53–54, 55–56
Salty Peppers and, 56
as session musician, 51–52
Uptown Theatre gig (1972) and, 3–7
White, Verdine, 2, 3, 5, 52, 53, 59, 60–61, 63, 66, 74, 169, 184, 208, 216, 222–23. See also Earth, Wind & Fire
childhood of, 50–51
KIFM gig with Benoit/Freeman, 221–22
moves to California, 57–58
musical education of, 54–55
recommends hiring Bailey for EWF, 78
Whitehead, Don, 56, 59
Whitten, Bill, 172–73, 180
The Who, 166
WHUR-FM, 108
“Wildflower,” 187
Wildlife Waystation, 148
Williams, Phillard. See Israel, Yackov Ben
Williams, Tony, 21
Willis, Allee, 183, 190, 191, 192, 220
Wilson, Nancy, 21, 84
Wissert, Joe, 61, 94, 95, 109, 143, 164
The Wiz (Broadway show), 172
Wolf, Earl, 47
Wonder, Stevie, 109, 163
Wonders of Love (album), 208–9
Woods, Georgie, 3, 5, 64, 131
Woolfolk, Andrew, 40, 115, 127, 146, 154, 199, 216
Word Records, 208–9
Wrecking Crew, 93
Wright, Charles, 48
WVON, 131
Yanovsky, Zal, 94
Yetnikoff, Walter, 131
“You and I,” 216
Young, Eldee, 53
Young-Holt Unlimited, 31, 53
“Zanzibar,” 118–19
Zawinul, Joe, 91