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After encouraging fans to “sing it if you know it,” Dunn looks at the bassist, shakes his head and gestures that he’s done for the evening.

“Festival sets now feel like a mini-game. You have no time to think and you go on stage, you play really fast — it’s awesome — and then you run off,” explained bassist and vocalist Alexandria Elizabeth.

By the late ’90s, Cordova had brought in a stage, borrowed sound equipment from original Fishbone bassist John Norwood Fisher and started working with local music promoters to host shows.

“Prior to that album, we were on our way,” says singer Philip Bailey, one of three core EWF members along with percussionist Ralph Johnson and bassist Verdine White who still play in the group.