He wasn't underrated. And you're right a great vocalist. He's still a great, he just got pissed and screwed up and unfortunately it cost him his life. But he'll alway's be remembered for how good he was.
The greatest... not "one of the".... he was the greatest.... is the greatest since nobody has ever come close to his natural playing... did you know he had no other effects on his guitar than the natural distortion of the pickups he was using and the whammy bar during that concert? No pedals, no effects generators or anything else plugged in between the guitar and the amp.
Imagine you're in Chicago, it's 1970, it's summer, and you're driving on Lake Shore Drive, windows down, completely enjoying the experience. Good times!
Incredible. Watch his bandmates. They are in awe of his playing and knew they were witnessing history up close. This is one of my favorite songs of all time.
Terry Kath's guitar solo in this gives me chills everytime I watch it!!! R.I.P. Terry Kath....Never forgotten 😪 Btw...When I listen to 25 or 6 to 4 so do my neighbors. They listened yesterday ✌❤🎶
I was very fortunate to have seen them at Fillmore East about 3 weeks before the Tanglewood concert. Terry was on fire that night as well. RIP guitar master. 🎸🔥
I haven't timed it but wasn't that guitar run about 5 minutes long...I was lucky to have seen and met them in the early days. What a time to be young!!! 1968 - 1974 is probably the greatest music produced of all time.
During one of the interviews with Chicago members, it is reported that while playing the Traubadour Jimi Hendrix said the Terry Kath was one the best guitarist he had ever seen.
My dad was a roadie for Chicago very early in their career. The guitar player Terry Kath grew up with my dad they used to come over to the apartment back in the late 60's for dinner I was just a baby then.
I consider myself blessed that I got to see them live twice before Terry died. Randy mentioned that Chicago died when Terry did and for a lot of us long long time fans that's sad but true.
A song literally about the songwriter having writer's block, refusing to go to sleep until he writes one more song, staying up late into the night, glancing blearily at the clock and seeing that the time was either 3:34 or 3:35am.
They were in the studio and needed one more song and the janitor went by and they asked him what time it was and he said 25 or 6 to 4. The rest is History.
One of the very best guitar solos in the history of music. Even Hendrix thought that Kath was amazing. He was! I saw this band when they were in this groove and Terry was still with us.
@Brittany Garrison…. Jimi said Terry Klath was the greatest guitarist that ever lived. It’s criminal that he’s not mentioned on Rolling Stones Top 100 Guitarists. Living a short life shouldn’t negate recognition for an abundance of talent. It wasn’t so for Hendrix and shouldn’t have been for Terry Klath! RIP good sir!
Terry Kath was among the very best of all time! Hendrix, Page and Blackmore each gave Terry their nod as a true master pushing the envelope of their day. As with Jimi, foolish behavior took him from the world too soon.
I saw them last year in Iowa and I must say for a metalhead like myself I was incredibly impressed with the quality of musicianship and performances by all 10 people in the band, that's right 10 band members! Easily the most talented band that I have ever seen.
I grew up 60 miles south of Tanglewood, in West CT. It is usually a venue for classical music,but Chicago was CLASSIC!!! R.I.P. Terry Kath, one of the best from my generation,the band was'nt the same after his passing- True Genius!
They needed one more song for the album. Everyone was up really late and a security guard walked by and they asked what time it was. He said "25 or 6 to 4", meaning it was 3:34 or 3:35 am. That was their last song; album done.
I was lucky enough to meet the boys of Chicago in the late 60s when they were playing a gig at San Bernardino Valley College. The CTA album had just been released and they were starting to get some exposure on FM radio. My friend was the college radio DJ and we spent about an hour with them before the concert. They were shy and humble, and I became a fan after I heard them live. Bought every recording available until Terry's accident, and then lost interest.
I'm 67 and remember the day I was riding around with a friend of mine and he put in an 8 track tape of them on and man I was hooked on Chicago and still am. Great band and was sad when Terry died. I still jam to them but not on a 8 track tape anymore😂😂.
Wow!!!! What have I just heard? Wow, just wow. I know the band since the 60's (born in 64),but never heard anything from them. What a surprise, I tell you. And a good one, too. Starting today, I will be listening to more stuff. And that guitar is crying for more during the solo. What this video shows me, is that you don't need a huge stage loaded with big speakers, huge drums, 100 annoying dancers, big productions, nothing like that. This is a right "in your face" kind of music, and there's only two options: you either like it or not. For me, I loved it. Thank you for introducing me into the world of Chicago. Kind regards.
Read comment I left earlier. For his voice the song I mentioned earlier and one called 'Alma Mater,' 'Byblos,' ' Hour In The Shower.' In 1969 they did a song that was not recorded until the mid 70's called 'Mississippi Delta City Blues.' This song was way ahead of it's time and also written by Terry. Documentary was done about him by his daughter whose Mom remarried to Kieffer Sutherland.
Saw an interview With Joe Walsh, where he claims Terry used a house stereo receiver with a plug in the back as an amp, no pedals, and if you look at the lead he doesn’t use the whammy bar at all…? This is Hendrix caliber guitar work… no doubt and Jimi knew it too.
I can still remember my older sister having the 8 track stereo with the volume cranked up in her bedroom jumping up and down on her bed and was playing the air guitar. That was waaayy back in the 70’s.
Saw them back when anyone could afford good seats at a concert. 6 dollars in Dallas Texas in 1971. No tiered prices first come first served no fing ticketron.
Tanglewood is the venue, Chicago is the band, and 25 or 6 to 4 is the song title. The song is a stream of consciousness of a songwriter trying to write a song at 3:34 or 3:35 AM, i.e. 25 or 26 minutes before 4 AM (25 or 6 to 4). It's a method of telling time unique to the analog clock generations.
@@howardgreene8720 After being together for 55 years, they’ve earned the right to play and record what they want. They’re actually coming out with a new album soon though.
The day he died was sadly the first day he was to start recording his solo album with his new band. No horns either. A sample of what it might have sounded like can be found on his last album recording with Chicago. Song is called; "Takin It On Uptown." No horns and his guitar and voice are at their best. Rumor had it that Joe Cocker and Ray Charles wanted to record with him. Joe called him 'The White Ray Charles.'
Live At Carnegie Hall was their live recording from that era, just in case anyone thinks this performance was a fluke. LOL. Chicago died when Kath died.
I had heard parts of this song along the dial but I never knew who they were and had no idea they were this good until now. The horns are the clincher for me.
Jimi Hendrix said Terry was a better guitarist than he was. What a compliment! My parents asked me if I'd like to go see Chicago in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1970 and I was 7 yrs old. I said I wanted to play with the kids next door instead. They had front row seats and a lady friend had to go to dr next day cause of loss of hearing. Still wish i would have went.
Not just one of the best solos for Terry-one of the best solos of all time, no question
RIP Terry Kath In my opinion one of the most underated guitarists ever. Also he was a great vocalist check out Make Me Smile from Chicago.
I yes Liz, but don't forget Color My World
Ah yes Liz but don't forget Color My World!
RIP Dusty
He wasn't underrated. And you're right a great vocalist. He's still a great, he just got pissed and screwed up and unfortunately it cost him his life. But he'll alway's be remembered for how good he was.
The white Ray Charles was Terry Kath...rip gone too soon..terrible passing
And now you understand why Terry Kath is consistently rated as one of the greatest rock guitarist ever.
You dig?
I can dig it!
Well said
The greatest... not "one of the".... he was the greatest.... is the greatest since nobody has ever come close to his natural playing... did you know he had no other effects on his guitar than the natural distortion of the pickups he was using and the whammy bar during that concert? No pedals, no effects generators or anything else plugged in between the guitar and the amp.
One of the top 5 guitar solos of all time. Jimmy Hendrix said Terry Kath was the best guitar player he'd ever seen, and that's quite high praise.
Yup, when asked how’s it feel to be the best guitarist ever, Jimi said, I don’t know, ask Terry Kath. RIP Terry.
Possibly the original shredder
That's because to this day, nobody is as good as Kath was... and Jimmy knew that.
No gadgets, just players who could play. Epic band.
Imagine you're in Chicago, it's 1970, it's summer, and you're driving on Lake Shore Drive, windows down, completely enjoying the experience. Good times!
It was also interesting how early Chicago (the band) was interested in incorporating horns in the rock experience.
Early Chicago was an incredible blend of rock and jazz. When Terry Kath died, they became a prom band.
Now that's a fact! What a loss. RIP TK
Incredible. Watch his bandmates. They are in awe of his playing and knew they were witnessing history up close. This is one of my favorite songs of all time.
Terry Kath's guitar solo in this gives me chills everytime I watch it!!!
R.I.P. Terry Kath....Never forgotten 😪
Btw...When I listen to 25 or 6 to 4 so do my neighbors.
They listened yesterday ✌❤🎶
Sadly, when Terry Kath died so did Chicago.
He and Peter and maybe even Danny were the soul of the band.
No band could stand losing probably the best lead guitarist in the history of Jazz Rock.
They turned into Air Supply.
I disagree. As long as the music is kept alive, Chicago and its members, will never, ever die.
I was in the symphony in HS. Played the trumpet. We did this. And I got to stand up for the lead trumpet part. And I ROCK IT !!!!
1970 Tanglewood great choice. The guitar solo is transcendent
yes! agreed
Anytime there is an option chose Tanglewood
Poem 58
Note the point in the solo where Terry's guitar seems to be LAUGHING AT US! About 2/3 to 3/4 thru solo.
that solo was an elite performance , amazing!!
One of the most underrated guitarists ever. Great voice too. Nobody can sing Colour My World like he did.
I love that song. Great to play on the guitar.
Best concert and absolute best guitar solo ever!!! No one like Terry Kath ever!!!
May be the greatest solo ever! RIP Terry - you are greatly missed
For me, this song is the gold standard in production for getting the EQ perfect on each and every instrument. You can hear each, clearly.
Ehh, this live version the horns are a little wonky.
We’ve become too we’ve become too spoiled by modern instruments and studio equipment. This performance is almost 50 years old! SO GOOD!
This solo is a top 10 all time in the history of rock music as far as I am concerned. Unbelievable talent gone WAY too soon.
On guitar (baritone vocal), Terry Kath !
On bass (tenor vocal), Peter Cetera.
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So long ago, saw them live in those early years.
I was very fortunate to have seen them at Fillmore East about 3 weeks before the Tanglewood concert. Terry was on fire that night as well. RIP guitar master. 🎸🔥
I haven't timed it but wasn't that guitar run about 5 minutes long...I was lucky to have seen and met them in the early days. What a time to be young!!! 1968 - 1974 is probably the greatest music produced of all time.
During one of the interviews with Chicago members, it is reported that while playing the Traubadour Jimi Hendrix said the Terry Kath was one the best guitarist he had ever seen.
I heard a story that Hendrix told their manager "people tell me I'm pretty good, but that guy is doing things with his guitar that I can't do"
The look on your face Travis during the solo is priceless!
Chicago has so many great songs that it’s difficult to name them all. The talent in this band is indescribable.
after Terry Kath passed on Chicago guitaring was never the same.
Neither the band or the guitaring became the same and it didn't get better when Peter Cetera left or if he got fired.
That solo takes you to anorher place ?? truly phenomenal
Terry Kath is phenomenal
Usually had to shorten that great solo for radio.😢
One of the best live rock and roll guitar solos ever recorded!
Terry Kath was a guitar god! Gone way too soon! Everyone who ever sees this (or hears it!) says “the guy in blue!!!!” You bet! Never gets old!
Nothing beats handmade music made by real musicians played on real instruments PERIOD
Great guitarist, vocals, horns etc. tons of success. Not just ballads. They could jam.
Incredible performance! RIP The great Terry Kath.
My dad was a roadie for Chicago very early in their career. The guitar player Terry Kath grew up with my dad they used to come over to the apartment back in the late 60's for dinner I was just a baby then.
TERRY KATH LEGEND
The singer is awesome,too!
I consider myself blessed that I got to see them live twice before Terry died. Randy mentioned that Chicago died when Terry did and for a lot of us long long time fans that's sad but true.
The worst thing to happen to the band wasn't the passing of Terry or Peter either quitting or got fired but getting in the hands of David Foster.
Same. Twice. Epic. 🔥💜
@@danielolson5378 You hit the nail on the head!
Horns are like a rhythm section that ‘attacks’
I was 10 when this song came out. In the summer of 1970. And terry just shredded that guitar 🎸🎶. One of the best guitar 🎸 player ever
A song literally about the songwriter having writer's block, refusing to go to sleep until he writes one more song, staying up late into the night, glancing blearily at the clock and seeing that the time was either 3:34 or 3:35am.
They were in the studio and needed one more song and the janitor went by and they asked him what time it was and he said 25 or 6 to 4. The rest is History.
Terry Kath gives you a tingle up the spine. It’s what we call this thing life is all about.
One of the very best guitar solos in the history of music. Even Hendrix thought that Kath was amazing. He was! I saw this band when they were in this groove and Terry was still with us.
A young Peter Cetera singing first and playing Bass
As much as we marvel at Kath's guitar, Peter Cetera is throwing down some pretty tasty bass licks in there too.
Terry Kath did lead & rhythm guitar and sang at the same time! Not many could do that
Saw Chicago in concert about 5 yrs ago. Front row, about 10 feet from that original horn section...BLEW ME AWAY!!!!
On any given night you can go to a show and see magic happen. Thank God we have that recording of pure fucking magic in the form of a guitar solo!
Greatest guitarist EVER. Keep your Jimmy's and Jimi's.
@Brittany Garrison….
Jimi said Terry Klath was the greatest guitarist that ever lived.
It’s criminal that he’s not mentioned on Rolling Stones Top 100 Guitarists. Living a short life shouldn’t negate recognition for an abundance of talent. It wasn’t so for Hendrix and shouldn’t have been for Terry Klath!
RIP good sir!
Can never get tired of hearing Terry Kath on that lead!
Terry Kath was among the very best of all time! Hendrix, Page and Blackmore each gave Terry their nod as a true master pushing the envelope of their day. As with Jimi, foolish behavior took him from the world too soon.
Well said
Same with terry
I saw them last year in Iowa and I must say for a metalhead like myself I was incredibly impressed with the quality of musicianship and performances by all 10 people in the band, that's right 10 band members! Easily the most talented band that I have ever seen.
And yet not close to the original.
Not the same band at all now
Only this band can have a sound/tuning check that's better than the produced sound of most groups today. Lol
Giants walked the earth.
I grew up 60 miles south of Tanglewood, in West CT. It is usually a venue for classical music,but Chicago was CLASSIC!!! R.I.P. Terry Kath, one of the best from my generation,the band was'nt the same after his passing- True Genius!
They needed one more song for the album. Everyone was up really late and a security guard walked by and they asked what time it was. He said "25 or 6 to 4", meaning it was 3:34 or 3:35 am. That was their last song; album done.
RIP Terry Kath .
I was lucky enough to meet the boys of Chicago in the late 60s when they were playing a gig at San Bernardino Valley College. The CTA album had just been released and they were starting to get some exposure on FM radio. My friend was the college radio DJ and we spent about an hour with them before the concert. They were shy and humble, and I became a fan after I heard them live. Bought every recording available until Terry's accident, and then lost interest.
The entire band is tremendous talents.
This was off the charts !!! Voted the greatest guitar solo of all time by M. O. R. This was LEGENDARY ! PEACE !
One of the longest, best and iconic guitar solo.
Chicago was great so many albums, man I miss the old days where their was so much great music!!!!
I'm 67 and remember the day I was riding around with a friend of mine and he put in an 8 track tape of them on and man I was hooked on Chicago and still am. Great band and was sad when Terry died. I still jam to them but not on a 8 track tape anymore😂😂.
Love watching your reactions, thanks again! You guys are such a wonderful couple, you're an inspiration in so many ways ❤
The greatest jazz band to ever play rock music.
Greatest guitarists of our time
I saw them twice in concert.
Wow!!!! What have I just heard? Wow, just wow. I know the band since the 60's (born in 64),but never heard anything from them. What a surprise, I tell you. And a good one, too. Starting today, I will be listening to more stuff. And that guitar is crying for more during the solo. What this video shows me, is that you don't need a huge stage loaded with big speakers, huge drums, 100 annoying dancers, big productions, nothing like that. This is a right "in your face" kind of music, and there's only two options: you either like it or not. For me, I loved it. Thank you for introducing me into the world of Chicago. Kind regards.
Read comment I left earlier. For his voice the song I mentioned earlier and one called 'Alma Mater,' 'Byblos,' ' Hour In The Shower.' In 1969 they did a song that was not recorded until the mid 70's called 'Mississippi Delta City Blues.' This song was way ahead of it's time and also written by Terry. Documentary was done about him by his daughter whose Mom remarried to Kieffer Sutherland.
@@jeankutzer1556 Thanks for the advice, buddy. I will look into those. Kind regards.
Saw an interview With Joe Walsh, where he claims Terry used a house stereo receiver with a plug in the back as an amp, no pedals, and if you look at the lead he doesn’t use the whammy bar at all…? This is Hendrix caliber guitar work… no doubt and Jimi knew it too.
This band is so good...they named a city after them...
I can still remember my older sister having the 8 track stereo with the volume cranked up in her bedroom jumping up and down on her bed and was playing the air guitar. That was waaayy back in the 70’s.
Saw them back when anyone could afford good seats at a concert. 6 dollars in Dallas Texas in 1971. No tiered prices first come first served no fing ticketron.
You should hear "Poem 58" from Chicago.
South California Purples is a masterpiece.
I was 10 when this song came out. And loved Chicago from then on
Chicago fan since 1968. Still a fan
That's the fine music I grew up with!!!
Why does this old Music make me want to smoke something? Loved hearing my parents play this on the old turntable back when I was a kid in the 70’s.
Tanglewood is the venue, Chicago is the band, and 25 or 6 to 4 is the song title. The song is a stream of consciousness of a songwriter trying to write a song at 3:34 or 3:35 AM, i.e. 25 or 26 minutes before 4 AM (25 or 6 to 4). It's a method of telling time unique to the analog clock generations.
Way back when Chicago was a good band :)
Still a good band, but they’ve been resting on their laurels for a long time. Sort of a tribute act to themselves.
@@howardgreene8720 After being together for 55 years, they’ve earned the right to play and record what they want. They’re actually coming out with a new album soon though.
The day he died was sadly the first day he was to start recording his solo album with his new band. No horns either. A sample of what it might have sounded like can be found on his last album recording with Chicago. Song is called; "Takin It On Uptown." No horns and his guitar and voice are at their best. Rumor had it that Joe Cocker and Ray Charles wanted to record with him. Joe called him 'The White Ray Charles.'
The lyrics say it, after that guitar solo, I feel like I need to sleep too.
Damn you have a wicked channel intro. 🎸shift refresh just to see it again! This performance is one of the top ten live moments in rock history.
RIP Terry. Thanks for the great music you left us. The band was never the same after you passed.
Terry Kath!!! RIP... The bands greatness died with him. Loved their early stuff ever since I bought their debut album at 13/14 years old.
I saw Chicago live 5 years ago. If only I could have seen Terry. Alas I was just a kid.
The lyrics describe my uni days trying to get my essays written up.
Love them for a chill out day!!!!
Live At Carnegie Hall was their live recording from that era, just in case anyone thinks this performance was a fluke. LOL. Chicago died when Kath died.
It does help too when you start rolling up a doobie and spark it while listening to this amazing song.
need to do Rush YYZ live in Rio the crowd is insane also Rush Xanadu live(1981) the doubleneck guitar and doubleneck bass are kick ass
I had heard parts of this song along the dial but I never knew who they were and had no idea they were this good until now. The horns are the clincher for me.
Priceless...
Hard to believe this was way back in 1970. Yes that is 53 years ago. Now imagine how limited the technology was back then.
Jimi Hendrix said Terry was a better guitarist than he was. What a compliment! My parents asked me if I'd like to go see Chicago in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1970 and I was 7 yrs old. I said I wanted to play with the kids next door instead. They had front row seats and a lady friend had to go to dr next day cause of loss of hearing. Still wish i would have went.
This was when they actually played instruments!
Hendrix was once asked how did it feel to be the greatest guitarist to which he replied "I don't know ask Terry Kath"!
Terry Kath was possessed on his guitar solo . A top 5 guitar solo I
Probably my favorite solo ever....
Just pure Rock in fucking Roll! AHA those were the days!
Old school rock n roll. I love it. Thank you
They are so awesome 👍😎
Terry Kath was so underrated. Amazing guitarist
He sings lead on Im A Man and kills the guitar on that one too.
Whoop Whoop!!!! Yas this is the long intro... justvgetting ready.... you got the right one!!!!