Let’s Groove: 5 Highlights From Grammy Salute to Earth, Wind & Fire

Fifty years aft Earth, Wind & Fire broke done to the apical tier of popular and R&B bands, they were subjects of a two-hour Grammy salute that aired connected Sunday (Sept. 21). The airdate was a clever interaction – “the 21st nighttime of September” is enactment from 1 of their astir celebrated hits, “September.”

Unlike past Grammy Salute specials wherever different artists screen the subject’s songs, this peculiar was built astir a filmed EWF performance astatine the Hollywood Bowl, wherever the set was backed by the LA Philharmonic. But determination were besides inserts of performances of EWF classics by Jonas Brothers, Jon Batiste and Janelle Monáe and a warm, mostly spoken, tribute by Stevie Wonder.

EWF person been showered with awards and honors successful this century. The set was voted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame successful 2000. Five members of the radical were voted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame successful 2010. They received a beingness accomplishment grant from the Recording Academy successful 2016 and the Kennedy Center Honors successful 2019.

Fulwell Entertainment and Grammy Studios produced A Grammy Salute to Earth, Wind & Fire Live: The 21st Night of September. Ben Winston (who is an enforcement shaper of the yearly Grammy telecast), Patrick Menton (a co-executive shaper of that show) and Harvey Mason jr. (CEO of the Recording Academy) served arsenic enforcement producers.

Fans of these Grammy Salutes specials won’t person agelong to hold for the adjacent one. A Grammy Salute to Cyndi Lauper: Live From the Hollywood Bowl will aerial connected Sunday, Oct. 5 (8-10 p.m., ET/PT). Guests see Joni Mitchell, Cher, Angelique Kidjo, John Legend, SZA, Mickey Guyton, Trombone Shorty and Jake Wesley Rogers, with a video tribute from Brandi Carlile.

Here are the 5 champion moments from A Grammy Salute to Earth, Wind & Fire Live: The 21st Night of September.