If you haven't seen it yet, Terry Kath, the guitarist shreds one of the best rock solos ever on the song "I'm a Man", from that same Tanglewood concert.... You WON'T regret it!!!
Terry Kath's guitar and Danny Seraphine on drums are the heart of the rhythm section of Chicago. Check out "Poem 58" on their debut album Chicago Transit Authority. Kath's guitar exemplifies the funk and soul influence on the band so well on that track along with Peter Cetera's bass line for several minutes before a tempo change and keyboard player Robert Lamm's vocals appear. The horn section is Walt Parazaider on woodwinds and sax, Jimmy Pankow on trombone and Lee Loughnane on trumpet.
You have to hear "Saturday in the Park", "Colour My World". They remind me of my childhood con la Familia bbqing at the Park here in San Antonio Texas. Pos chingao, that was back in like '72-'73. Mas Viejo ... 😆✌😎
THIS is their opening anthem...after 50 years these bruddahs still kicking!!! Enjoy your journey into their loooong list of hits. How lucky I grew up in the 70s listening to Chicago, Earth Wind and Fire, Doobie Brothers, Eagles, Aerosmith, etc. High school and college bands still play this at football games!!
I thought my playback speed was at 0.75x. Big difference from the album version for sure, but that "jamming session" feel in this live performance, dayummm.
The members that did not change until Terry's death in 1978. Members: Robert Lamn: keyboards, songwriter, vocals Terry Kath: guitars, vocals, songwriter Peter Cetera: Bass, vocals, in those years a minor songwriter James Pankow: Trombone, songwriter, horn arranger Danny Seraphine: Drums and minor songwriter Lee Loughnane: Trumpet, background vocals, later a minor songwriter Walter Parazaider: Sax & flute, background vocals I suggest: Dialogs part 1 & 2 I'm a Man Questions 67 & 68 I'll send you more if you want hear more. There is plenty to choose from.
Love your reactions man. I can tell you really dig music. Once while staying with my brother in El Paso we went to Juarez and while walking past a club we could hear a band playing, horns and all. Sounded just like Chicago. Until they started singing lol. Great talent though. Danny Serraphine the drummer still performs although not with Chicago but sometimes with former members like Bill Champlain? Danny also performed with Geddy Lee of Rush a few years ago. The Dude gets around. Terry Kaths daughter was 2 when he died and was adopted by her Moms new husband a few years later, Kieffer Sutherland. Encouraged by him she, as an adult created a documentary on her father Terry. Check it out but bring the Kleenex! Walter Parazaider, the woodwind player retired for health reasons a few years ago. It's just Lee Laughnane trumpet player and James Pankow trombone. All that's left. Peter Cetera of course went solo years ago. Terry had he lived was to begin recording his first solo record with a band he put together. The recording was to have taken place later that evening on the day he died. There is a sample of what might have been on the last Chicago album he was on. It's called 'Taking It On Uptown.' Another piece he wrote in 1969 was not recorded until years later. Their label said it did not fit. 'Mississippi Delta City Blues.' There is definitely a similarity in style between these last two songs, the later being ahead of it's time. Peace!
"introduction" and "Questions 67 & 68" are 2 songs that stood out to me on Chicago's 1st album. Also "Liberation" (Studio version) a little long in the middle but well worth the ride. Just when you are going "What's this noise" it breaks out in the clear with the artistic and beautiful guitar of Terry. Written by James (Trombone) to show off Terry's skills on the Guitar.
Love that you've gotten into Chicago, one of the best American bands ever. I agree with another commenter below that you must listen to the studio recording of this song there are quite a lot more parts of the song there, more nuances to Robert Lamm's lead vocal and, of course, the high fidelity. Robert is my favorite Chicago vocalist but Terry Kath is an extremely close second - at some points their two voices have a similarity, and nice that they happened to be very close, like brothers. Haven't checked the rest of your channel but would love to hear some other Chicago tunes - a lot of folks below have suggested some good ones like Make Me Smile and Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is. One more thing: your voice! Talk about resonance! You got one that's deep & smooth. May I ask - what kind of mic do you use and do you use any EQ or compression? But, very well done, sir! I wish you well.
"Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon" live (Tanglewood 1970) Make sure the time is 14:43 otherwise you are not getting the whole song. When people are suggesting "Make Me Smile" or "Colour My World" they are just short cutouts of 'Ballet'. At the time AM radio was king standard in cars and there was a 3 minute time limit. So the record company cut and patched pieces to make the separate short songs. Terry sings 3 parts of it. (make me smile) (Colour my world) and (Now more than ever.) Robert sings (so much to say, so much to give) part. "Ballet" takes up three-quarters of side two of Chicago and consists of seven tracks, three of which are instrumentals: "Make Me Smile" (Lead vocals by Terry Kath) "So Much to Say, So Much to Give" (Lead vocals by Robert Lamm) "Anxiety's Moment" (Instrumental) "West Virginia Fantasies" (Instrumental) "Colour My World" (Vocals by Terry Kath) "To Be Free" (Instrumental) "Now More Than Ever" (Lead vocals by Terry Kath)
Their first song on their first album is called, Introduction. I highly recommend it and also Poem 58, South California Purples and I'm A Man. These are their harder songs and as an AC/DC fan, I know you will love them.
Chicago was my first real concert at the Iowa State Fair in 74. The warm up band didn't dhow up and Chicago played two sets over 3+ hours music. You can't go wrong while Terry was alive or up through Chicago VIII. Thanks for the visit.
James Pankow is on trombone, he and his solos are well known amongst trombonists. This solo being famous, another on the top of my head is the tag he does on the end of “does anyone really know what time it is.”
Robert Lamm: Keyboards, vocals Terry Kath: Guitar, vocals Peter Cetera: Bass, vocals Danny Seraphine: Drums Walt Parazaider: Sax James Pankow: Trombone Lee Loughnane: Trumpet
*INSTANT SUBSCRIBE* Besides the 3 Chicago songs you've hit, your loaded with SRV.!!!!! Being an X touring musician, I can see you have taste and appreciate musicianship, not ANOTHER, " *Smash the like button and hit the notification bell* " Guy.! So...... Nice catalog brother.! I got a ton I could suggest but I'm sure you've got 50 in the pipeline already so I will just sit back and appreciate. *Respect* ! *David* .....
Terry Kath lead guitar/vocals, Peter Cetera Bass/vocals Bob lamb keys founder vocals Danny Seraphine Drums You can look up the rest those are off the top of my head lol
Brilliance . Please if possible : 1. Sing A Want Tune Kid 2.Lowdown 3. It Better End Soon 4. While The City Sleeps Blessings to you and your dear ones .
Chicago Personnel: Robert Lamm - keyboards, lead vocals Terry Kath - guitar, lead vocals Peter Cetera - bass, lead vocals James Pankow - trombone, percussion Lee Loughnane - trumpet, percussio, background vocals Walter Parazaider - woodwinds, percussion, background vocals Daniel Seraphine - drums
Chicago, man, that's a deep rabbit hole! This one's great. But there are many better! Keep going. Try Free, it really showcases the guitarist, Terry Kath, both his picking and his vocals. He was freaking amazing!
Hey Julio, Cooch here. You need to Critique 25 or 6 to 4 Live at Tanglewood, 1970. I am a Hard core 'Rocker" I'm 63 and seen a million concerts. The lead in this song as absolutely jaw dropping. Check it out man. Later man.
Mixing seemed to favor the higher octaves, probably because this was a jazz audience, so favoring horns. The song also contains some awesome bass lines that were difficult to hear on this. Should check out Dialogue and Hideaway.
Dialogue pts. 1 & 2, Question 67 & 68, Does Anybody Really Know What Time it is?, 25 or 6 to 4, Introduction, Listen and plenty of other hits. Love this group. What happened to real musicians now. They're nothing compared to the bands back in the 70s or late 60s. Groups today are just dancing around trying to pretend they can even sing something worthwhile. Terrible the way they try to call today's music worthy of even playing on AM. I would not even select today's music from Spotify except for Jazz-Rock Blues-Fusion, Smooth Jazz, Contemporary Jazz music.
My response to your - "Dialogue pts. 1 & 2, Question 67 & 68, Does Anybody Really Know What Time it is?, 25 or 6 to 4, Introduction, Listen and plenty of other hits. Love this group. What happened to real musicians now." _ You got it right on.
it's unfortunate how poorly filmed these songs were... a camera should have been focused on Danny Seraphin drumming, Pete Cetera doing some of those bass riffs, and the horn section..
You have to see this whole concert. Terry will blow you away. In my humble opinion, the finest guitarist of all time
Without any doubt Chicago is one of the greatest American bands ever. Their music is timeless 😊❤
Chicago was an amazing, original band! Peter Cetera was an amazing singer/bassist in the band. Very groovy player.
One of my favorite songs!🥰
Those horn parts are brilliant
One of my favorite Chicago songs. As a matter of fact Beginnings was my wedding song (I’ve been married going on 51 years).
If you haven't seen it yet, Terry Kath, the guitarist shreds one of the best rock solos ever on the song "I'm a Man", from that same Tanglewood concert.... You WON'T regret it!!!
that whole freakin tanglewood concert is dynamite- a truly great band at their height. please do keep reacting.
Terry Kath's guitar and Danny Seraphine on drums are the heart of the rhythm section of Chicago. Check out "Poem 58" on their debut album Chicago Transit Authority. Kath's guitar exemplifies the funk and soul influence on the band so well on that track along with Peter Cetera's bass line for several minutes before a tempo change and keyboard player Robert Lamm's vocals appear. The horn section is Walt Parazaider on woodwinds and sax, Jimmy Pankow on trombone and Lee Loughnane on trumpet.
The studio version of Beginnings from CTA is well worth a listen as well. As a guitar fan you will LOVE Poem 58. Check it out.
25 or 6 to 4 also live at this same concert. Amazing solo guitar by Terry Gath
Terry KATH NOT gath
They are all great players but other than Terry Kath it’s Danny Serraphine in my book. What a great drummer!! Love his work.
You have to hear "Saturday in the Park", "Colour My World".
They remind me of my childhood con la Familia bbqing at the Park here in San Antonio Texas. Pos chingao, that was back in like '72-'73. Mas Viejo ... 😆✌😎
THIS is their opening anthem...after 50 years these bruddahs still kicking!!! Enjoy your journey into their loooong list of hits. How lucky I grew up in the 70s listening to Chicago, Earth Wind and Fire, Doobie Brothers, Eagles, Aerosmith, etc. High school and college bands still play this at football games!!
I thought my playback speed was at 0.75x. Big difference from the album version for sure, but that "jamming session" feel in this live performance, dayummm.
Three great singer in one band.
The members that did not change until Terry's death in 1978.
Members:
Robert Lamn: keyboards, songwriter, vocals
Terry Kath: guitars, vocals, songwriter
Peter Cetera: Bass, vocals, in those years a minor songwriter
James Pankow: Trombone, songwriter, horn arranger
Danny Seraphine: Drums and minor songwriter
Lee Loughnane: Trumpet, background vocals, later a minor songwriter
Walter Parazaider: Sax & flute, background vocals
I suggest:
Dialogs part 1 & 2
I'm a Man
Questions 67 & 68
I'll send you more if you want hear more. There is plenty to choose from.
Love your reactions man. I can tell you really dig music. Once while staying with my brother in El Paso we went to Juarez and while walking past a club we could hear a band playing, horns and all. Sounded just like Chicago. Until they started singing lol. Great talent though. Danny Serraphine the drummer still performs although not with Chicago but sometimes with former members like Bill Champlain? Danny also performed with Geddy Lee of Rush a few years ago. The Dude gets around. Terry Kaths daughter was 2 when he died and was adopted by her Moms new husband a few years later, Kieffer Sutherland. Encouraged by him she, as an adult created a documentary on her father Terry. Check it out but bring the Kleenex! Walter Parazaider, the woodwind player retired for health reasons a few years ago. It's just Lee Laughnane trumpet player and James Pankow trombone. All that's left. Peter Cetera of course went solo years ago. Terry had he lived was to begin recording his first solo record with a band he put together. The recording was to have taken place later that evening on the day he died. There is a sample of what might have been on the last Chicago album he was on. It's called 'Taking It On Uptown.' Another piece he wrote in 1969 was not recorded until years later. Their label said it did not fit. 'Mississippi Delta City Blues.' There is definitely a similarity in style between these last two songs, the later being ahead of it's time. Peace!
Two Words.. HOLY SHIT
The drummer is on fire!!
"introduction" and "Questions 67 & 68" are 2 songs that stood out to me on Chicago's 1st album. Also "Liberation" (Studio version) a little long in the middle but well worth the ride. Just when you are going "What's this noise" it breaks out in the clear with the artistic and beautiful guitar of Terry. Written by James (Trombone) to show off Terry's skills on the Guitar.
Love that you've gotten into Chicago, one of the best American bands ever. I agree with another commenter below that you must listen to the studio recording of this song there are quite a lot more parts of the song there, more nuances to Robert Lamm's lead vocal and, of course, the high fidelity. Robert is my favorite Chicago vocalist but Terry Kath is an extremely close second - at some points their two voices have a similarity, and nice that they happened to be very close, like brothers. Haven't checked the rest of your channel but would love to hear some other Chicago tunes - a lot of folks below have suggested some good ones like Make Me Smile and Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is.
One more thing: your voice! Talk about resonance! You got one that's deep & smooth. May I ask - what kind of mic do you use and do you use any EQ or compression? But, very well done, sir! I wish you well.
Thanx for the live one! Now you’ve felt the live Chicago experience
"Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon" live (Tanglewood 1970) Make sure the time is 14:43 otherwise you are not getting the whole song. When people are suggesting "Make Me Smile" or "Colour My World" they are just short cutouts of 'Ballet'. At the time AM radio was king standard in cars and there was a 3 minute time limit. So the record company cut and patched pieces to make the separate short songs. Terry sings 3 parts of it. (make me smile) (Colour my world) and (Now more than ever.) Robert sings (so much to say, so much to give) part.
"Ballet" takes up three-quarters of side two of Chicago and consists of seven tracks, three of which are instrumentals:
"Make Me Smile" (Lead vocals by Terry Kath)
"So Much to Say, So Much to Give" (Lead vocals by Robert Lamm)
"Anxiety's Moment" (Instrumental)
"West Virginia Fantasies" (Instrumental)
"Colour My World" (Vocals by Terry Kath)
"To Be Free" (Instrumental)
"Now More Than Ever" (Lead vocals by Terry Kath)
Their first song on their first album is called, Introduction. I highly recommend it and also Poem 58, South California Purples and I'm A Man. These are their harder songs and as an AC/DC fan, I know you will love them.
Make Me Smile is my favorite, well besides my other favorites
Fo sho. Make Me Smile is a must!
Chicago was my first real concert at the Iowa State Fair in 74. The warm up band didn't dhow up and Chicago played two sets over 3+ hours music. You can't go wrong while Terry was alive or up through Chicago VIII. Thanks for the visit.
You are now addicted! I was a big AC/DC fan until I stared listening too Chicago
BLESS YOU STAY WELL AND HEALTHY ENJOY LIFE 🎯💯🙏
My favorite Chicago song
James Pankow is on trombone, he and his solos are well known amongst trombonists. This solo being famous, another on the top of my head is the tag he does on the end of “does anyone really know what time it is.”
Robert Lamm: Keyboards, vocals
Terry Kath: Guitar, vocals
Peter Cetera: Bass, vocals
Danny Seraphine: Drums
Walt Parazaider: Sax
James Pankow: Trombone
Lee Loughnane: Trumpet
If you like chicago and the horn sound, check out the band Chase and the song Get It On and also the canadian band Lighthouse with One Fine Morning.
Try the song Introduction off there first album. Basically introduces you to the players.
You have a ton of great music to look forward to. Lucky man.
Love that you appreciate that!
*INSTANT SUBSCRIBE* Besides the 3 Chicago songs you've hit, your loaded with SRV.!!!!! Being an X touring musician, I can see you have taste and appreciate musicianship, not ANOTHER, " *Smash the like button and hit the notification bell* " Guy.! So...... Nice catalog brother.! I got a ton I could suggest but I'm sure you've got 50 in the pipeline already so I will just sit back and appreciate. *Respect* ! *David* .....
Terry Kath lead guitar/vocals, Peter Cetera Bass/vocals
Bob lamb keys founder vocals
Danny Seraphine Drums
You can look up the rest those are off the top of my head lol
Luv it!
Such talent!
Brilliance .
Please if possible :
1. Sing A Want Tune Kid
2.Lowdown
3. It Better End Soon
4. While The City Sleeps
Blessings to you and your dear ones .
POEM 58! By Chicago...please! Out of the "Chicago Transit Authority" ( 1st album)
Chicago, the best band int he world!!!
Chicago Personnel:
Robert Lamm - keyboards, lead vocals
Terry Kath - guitar, lead vocals
Peter Cetera - bass, lead vocals
James Pankow - trombone, percussion
Lee Loughnane - trumpet, percussio, background vocals
Walter Parazaider - woodwinds, percussion, background vocals
Daniel Seraphine - drums
The interesting part of the early Chicago was 3 lead singers.
React to “ wishing you were here” “ feeling stronger everyday “ “searchin so long” “ Saturday in the park” “ does anyone really know what time it is”
More Chicago gems:
Dialogue
Question 57&58
Saturday in the Park
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
25 or 6 to 4
Feeling Stronger Every Day
Chicago, man, that's a deep rabbit hole!
This one's great. But there are many better! Keep going. Try Free, it really showcases the guitarist, Terry Kath, both his picking and his vocals. He was freaking amazing!
Blood Sweat and Tears might be right up your alley!
Oh and try checking out some SCORPIONS too. Bueno, al Rato! ✌😎
Hey Julio, Cooch here. You need to Critique 25 or 6 to 4 Live at Tanglewood, 1970. I am a Hard core 'Rocker" I'm 63 and seen a million concerts. The lead in this song as absolutely jaw dropping. Check it out man.
Later man.
Mixing seemed to favor the higher octaves, probably because this was a jazz audience, so favoring horns. The song also contains some awesome bass lines that were difficult to hear on this. Should check out Dialogue and Hideaway.
This is awesome.How I wish I was into it back then.Too young.
Dialogues Pt I & II and/ or A Hit By Varese. Many others, their early output was quite prolific and severely underlooked these days.
Try "25 or 6 to 4" from the same concert.
introduction off the first album
ROBERT LAMM LEAD VOCAL ON BEGINNINGS.
South California Purples
Try Chicago and REO Speedwagon live at Red Rock
Try "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is"
Do you think there is a Latin influence in the song? The horn interlude at 4:21 ?
I can see you are perhaps into Orange Amps!
Brandy
Check out Happy Man , lot more, you haven’t heard nothing yet
Dialogue pts. 1 & 2, Question 67 & 68, Does Anybody Really Know What Time it is?, 25 or 6 to 4, Introduction, Listen and plenty of other hits. Love this group. What happened to real musicians now. They're nothing compared to the bands back in the 70s or late 60s. Groups today are just dancing around trying to pretend they can even sing something worthwhile. Terrible the way they try to call today's music worthy of even playing on AM. I would not even select today's music from Spotify except for Jazz-Rock Blues-Fusion, Smooth Jazz, Contemporary Jazz music.
My response to your - "Dialogue pts. 1 & 2, Question 67 & 68, Does Anybody Really Know What Time it is?, 25 or 6 to 4, Introduction, Listen and plenty of other hits. Love this group. What happened to real musicians now." _ You got it right on.
Please react to No Tell Lover by these guys!
Love that song. Wish that they would play it in concert
it's unfortunate how poorly filmed these songs were... a camera should have been focused on Danny Seraphin drumming, Pete Cetera doing some of those bass riffs, and the horn section..