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Now that he's 47, Verdine White, longtime bass player for Earth, Wind and Fire, is old enough and wise enough to fully appreciate his band's accomplishments. "We're living in gratitude now because we've discovered how very lucky we were to have made the impact that we did," he said in a telephone interview from Las Vegas. The group plays Thursday night in Anaheim. "When you start your career, you think you can be successful when you want to be. That's not true.

Now that he's 47, Verdine White, longtime bass player for Earth, Wind and Fire, is old enough and wise enough to fully appreciate his band's accomplishments. "We're living in gratitude now because we've discovered how very lucky we were to have made the impact that we did," he said in a telephone interview from Las Vegas. The group plays Thursday night in Anaheim. "When you start your career, you think you can be successful when you want to be. That's not true.