Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Blood Brothers” From Their 1993 Album Millennium

From Earth, Wind & Fire’s 1993 release, Millennium, here’s the track, “Blood Brothers.”

Maurice:
In late 1992 we started recording our next album, Millennium. In my mind Millennium was supposed to be Earth, Wind & Fire’s last album, and in many ways it is. I saw it as symbolic that EW&F’s career would end where it started, at Warner Bros. I wanted to conclude Earth, Wind & Fire’s recording career in a manner that was respectful to our musical legacy. For the most part Mo Ostin gave me complete creative freedom; the whole idea was that this was to be a return to the classic EW&F sound. And I achieved some of that on the album.

– Maurice White. My Life With Earth, Wind & Fire, by Maurice White with Herb Powell, 2016.

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Maurice’s message from the album:
“In the last thousand years, mankind has made extraordinary strides in technology of all kinds; but in human communication, we have not progressed as well. There is still great anguish in the world. Hopefully, art and music can play a contributing role in touching that place in our hearts that will awaken us to a brighter future for all humanity. We dedicate this music, to that purpose, as we approach the end of this millennium.”
Peace. -Maurice White, Earth, Wind & Fire, 1993

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“Blood Brothers”
Written by Maurice, Jon Lind, Nicky Brown, Brock Walsh
Produced by Maurice for Kalimba International
Strings and Horns arranged by Thomas (Tom-Tom 99) Washington

Maurice: Lead & Background Vocals
Philip Bailey: Lead & Background Vocals
Verdine White: Bass
Sheldon Reynolds: Guitar, Background Vocals, Rhythm Programming
Nicky Brown: Synthesizers
Paulinho da Costa: Percussion
Mike McKnight: Rhythm Programming, Synthesizer Programming
Ray Brown: Trumpet
Michael “Patches” Stewart: Trumpet
Gary Bias: Saxophone
Reggie Young: Trombone
Violins: Bruce Dukov (Concertmaster), Barbra Porter, Endre Granat, Sid Page, Berj Garabedian, Haim Shtrum, Clayton Haslop, Dimitrie Leivici, Peter Kent, Henry Ferber, Ron Clark, Armen Garabedian
Celli: Suzie Katayama, Larry Corbett, Stephen Erdody
Violas: Robert Becker, Roland Kato, Hershel Wise