Verdine White
Verdine White was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States on July 25th, 1951 and is the Bassist. At the age of 72, Verdine White biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Verdine White (born July 25, 1951) is an American musician best known as the Earth's longtime bassist. Wind & Fire was a television show by the artist.
White was ranked No. 1 in the United States. On Bass Player's list of the Top Bass Players of All Time, 27.
Early life
Verdine Adams, Jr. was born in Chicago, Illinois, on July 25, 1951. Verdine Sr., his father, was a doctor who also played the saxophone. He grew up listening to Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and other jazz artists. He was also influenced by Cleveland Eaton, the Beatles, the Motown band, and his two drummer brothers, Fred and Maurice. He heard a double bass in his high school orchestra class and knew he wanted to play bass when he was 15 years old.
He soon acquired a red electric bass, and took private lessons from Radi Velah of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, learning the Billè double bass technique, and learning the Billè double bass technique, and learning the trombonist Louis Satterfield of Wind & Fire's famed horn section, The Phenix Horns, on weekends. Verdine claims to know everything about the bass guitar from Louis Satterfield, and that James Jamerson, Paul McCartney, and Gary Karr were among his early bass influences.
Verdine began playing with local bands on the Chicago club scene rather than the upright bass. Meanwhile, brother Maurice, a former session drummer with Chess Records and a member of pianist Ramsey Lewis' trio, had formed the Salty Peppers, scoring a local hit that piqued Capitol Records' ears.
Maurice moved to Los Angeles in early 1970, attempting to capture the crew, which had renamed Earth, Wind & Fire, and called up Verdine, asking if he wanted to join, which he did, arriving in Los Angeles on June 6, 1970.
Personal life
Verdine White, a widow of 40 years, and his partner Shelly Clark live in Los Angeles in a house built in 1919. She was once a member of The Ikettes and Honey Cone, a R&B group. They have a son and a granddaughter. Geraldine is also a twin brother. Maurice White, the younger brother of drummer Fred White and Monte White (October 16, 1953 - April 21, 2020) is the younger half-brother of Earth, Wind, and Fire band founder Maurice White and his older brother Fred White and Monte White. Both were members of Earth Wind & Fire. Fred performed drums and percussion as a band member from 1974 to 1984 and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. Monte was Monte's tour manager from 1974 to 1984.