Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4 (Live)*DayOne Reacts*

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  • Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024

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  • @andrewmadeloni7173
    @andrewmadeloni7173 Год назад +127

    After guitarist Terry Kath's tragic death, Chicago became a ballad driven band. He was amazing and irreplaceable...😟

    • @rondohunter8966
      @rondohunter8966 Год назад +3

      I gave up on the band after Terry's passing. The music just wasn't the same. They were still good for sure, but they weren't the band I knew and loved.

    • @angelomaurizio1668
      @angelomaurizio1668 Год назад +5

      Yeah, after his death, I dont think the group ever recovered. Kath was the heart and soul of the group, Chicago had steady success with him. Chicago had to change their sound to a power ballad band to finally find success again.

    • @mr.snicker-doodles7081
      @mr.snicker-doodles7081 Год назад +1

      Hmm, some ppl are saying there is more to his death than meets the eye...?? Was he killed...?? Possibly...why no one knows!?? Owed money maybe for drugs..??

    • @angelomaurizio1668
      @angelomaurizio1668 Год назад +2

      @@mr.snicker-doodles7081 Guess everyone is just sticking to what the band and manager said, the man loved his guns and it was a playful stunt that went bad.

    • @rondohunter8966
      @rondohunter8966 Год назад +5

      @@mr.snicker-doodles7081 I did read that he was into drugs and liked to drink. According to what I can determine there was another person in the room that was known to him and partying with him. He related the accident to investigators. Personally I think it was an accident. Too many drugs and a loaded gun seldom ends well.

  • @arnoldcox9128
    @arnoldcox9128 Год назад +43

    Kath was in the zone with that solo, one of the best live performances all time in my opinion

  • @pamagnolia
    @pamagnolia Год назад +83

    Terry Kath guitar solo. Doesn’t get much better. Fabulous guitarist and had a beautiful, soulful voice. His tragic death was so, so sad. RIP Terry. 🙏

  • @michaelv9929
    @michaelv9929 Год назад +56

    Amazing….Chicago was great from 1969-1979…..The early years were the best 🙏🏻☮️❤️

    • @clare1061
      @clare1061 Год назад

      They took me from 8 years old to my senior year. What a time for music to form my teen years.

  • @pamagnolia
    @pamagnolia Год назад +58

    The legendary guitar play Jimi Hendrix was blown away by Terry Kath’s guitar playing. When first hearing Terry Kath play, Jimi Hendrix was quoted as saying that he thought Terry Kath played guitar better than he did.

    • @Mr.56Goldtop
      @Mr.56Goldtop Год назад +5

      They had great mutual respect for each others abilities, and they were supposed to hook up together for a project that they had discussed. BUT circumstances dictate.

    • @magneto7930
      @magneto7930 Год назад +3

      ​@@Mr.56Goldtop what a treasure that would have been!

    • @Mr.56Goldtop
      @Mr.56Goldtop Год назад +1

      @@magneto7930 Without a doubt.

    • @magneto7930
      @magneto7930 Год назад +2

      @@Mr.56Goldtop I regret never having seen him live. I was about 17 when he passed away. I saw Chicago in the 80s and I was glad that they still did those older songs but it just wasn't the same.

    • @MoMoMyPup10
      @MoMoMyPup10 Год назад +1

      And the kicker is, when they approached Terry to join CTA, he was a bass player.

  • @DanielFrost21
    @DanielFrost21 Год назад +20

    Angela, the guitarist was the late, great Terry Kath. He tragically passed away in Jan 1978. He was playing around with a gun he didn't think was loaded, and shot and killed himself.
    He was the heart and soul of Chicago. They were never the same after his passing.

  • @cspaikido
    @cspaikido Год назад +14

    Jimi Hendrix once told Chicago "your guitarist is better than me." However, Jimi Hendrix was extremely humble.

    • @tomcollens4621
      @tomcollens4621 Год назад

      They were both great. Just different styles. Kath more jazzy rock; Hendrix very psychedelic!

  • @jag6477
    @jag6477 Год назад +1

    Hi A. The meaning of the song is described here. simply a reference to the time of day, as in “25 or 26 minutes until 4am”. This lends further to the theory about the song’s meaning having to do with psychedelics,

  • @MrJohnw2454
    @MrJohnw2454 Год назад

    They had 7 original members. 3 lead singers. Peter, Terry Kath(Guitar), ----------- Lamb(Keyboard).

  • @MarkMcLT
    @MarkMcLT Год назад +1

    There also a great cover of this and several other Chicago songs by the super-talented Russian band "Leonid and Friends."

  • @ALifeThatRocks
    @ALifeThatRocks Год назад +1

    There are a handful of live rock performances that become historic in their energy. This performance by Chicago is one of them. Much is celebrated about guitarist Terry Kath and he deserves it all. But Peter Cetera is a fantastic bass player not to mention rock singer.

  • @brucevidito4923
    @brucevidito4923 Год назад +10

    The greatest horn driven rock & roll band of all time.

  • @charlesf2804
    @charlesf2804 Год назад +54

    Terry Kath was the guitarist, who also sang lead on "Make Me Smile," which you reacted to previously. If you want more Terry Kath on guitar, try "Poem 58." He, Peter Cetera, and Danny Seraphine (the drummer) make a killer power trio on that one. "South California Purples" is another good Chicago track as well, which is more blues-oriented. And if you're feeling REALLY adventurous, you could check "Liberation," a 15-minute jam where Terry Kath cuts loose big time. I'm done now. 🙂

    • @rhwinner
      @rhwinner Год назад +2

      Liberation is amazing.

    • @craigw1911
      @craigw1911 Год назад +3

      Poem 58 PROVES Jimi Hendrix was right when he told Chicago that their guitar player was better than Jimi himself. Terry Kath was criminally underrated by the media.

    • @RobertSmith-iw2kb
      @RobertSmith-iw2kb Год назад +1

      Just shows,that if your drunk,don't play Russian roulette.tragic waste of a gifted player.

  • @rhwinner
    @rhwinner Год назад +16

    Terry Kath was a beast on the guitar. Just amazing. RIP, friend.

  • @angelomaurizio1668
    @angelomaurizio1668 Год назад +1

    When you have a man like Jimi Hendrix say Terry Kath was a better guitarist than he was (per James Pankow when Hendrix discovered Chicago in Los Angeles' Whisky a Go-Go) You know Kath was the heart and soul of Chicago that never recovered after his death in 1978. Hendrix asked the group to go on tour with him and the rest is history. Pankow added, there were talks both Hendrix and Chicago recording an album together! But it never happened since Hendrix passed away.

  • @Dazza13Bravo
    @Dazza13Bravo Год назад +1

    Sounds great and it was live. Most bands rely on tech to cover their voice.

  • @deanhills6745
    @deanhills6745 Год назад

    Back then, Chicago didn't have just one lead singer, they had three: Teri Kath, Robert Lamm and Peter Cetera. After Kath's tragic death, Cetera did most of the singing. All three had excellent voices.

  • @MrCyberShow
    @MrCyberShow 22 дня назад

    Peter Cetera’s voice is timeless.

  • @Loy72bob
    @Loy72bob Год назад +2

    Terry Kath was incredible! RIP❤️🙏

  • @davidhapka5410
    @davidhapka5410 Год назад +6

    Chicago was never the same band after Terry Kath died.

  • @timgrady4630
    @timgrady4630 Год назад +23

    Excellent version .
    Really shows out guitarist Terry Kath's phenomenal virtuosity .
    The Chicago with him (first 8 albums) had this gutsy , visceral tone ...bluesy/funk/jazz/rock at the highest level .

  • @lamusiclover2264
    @lamusiclover2264 Год назад +10

    Earth Wind and Fire has done quite a few tours with Chicago, which is perfect because they are both horn-driven bands.

  • @jjflash1645
    @jjflash1645 Год назад +18

    The early group was GREAT. Every song/ album a winner. Beginnings was our (my wife and me) wedding song.

  • @dannycasson1551
    @dannycasson1551 Год назад +18

    A Classic. Also a truly great live performance. This is old school. The live horns
    take it to another level.What a great group!

  • @johnthegreek5836
    @johnthegreek5836 Год назад +23

    Great song, I think Chicago’s early records are the best, thanks for doing the live performance, great music from the 70’s

  • @chitownlee
    @chitownlee Год назад +4

    Jimi Hendrix said Terry was his favorite guitar player. They had three lead singers.

  • @drobichaud1000
    @drobichaud1000 7 месяцев назад

    I love how she starts the video, then busies herself with other things

  • @Mr.56Goldtop
    @Mr.56Goldtop Год назад +1

    3 lead singers in Chicago at that time. Peter Cetera (Bass), Terry Kath (Guitar), Robert Lamm (Keyboards).

  • @cliftonparago4547
    @cliftonparago4547 Год назад

    Unfortunately, guitarist Terry Kath passed away after a gun accident and base player/singer left to go solo. Current members include the 3 horns and the organ/keyboard player from the original group

  • @thomasripley1548
    @thomasripley1548 Год назад +2

    This is early chicago ,before Terry Kath died....his death changed their sound completely....

  • @PhilPastor
    @PhilPastor Год назад +1

    Terry Kath (RIP), one of the best to ever pick up a guitar... awesome performance!

  • @Java8427
    @Java8427 Год назад +7

    Guitarist was the Amazing Terry Kath!
    He also had an equally incredible and soulful voice.

  • @bscott5965
    @bscott5965 Год назад +3

    Find out all you need to know from the Documentary The Terry Kath Experience. Filmed by his daughter, who lost her dad when she was young. It was her tribute to him and equally a good way to know her father she didn't really know. And yes, Terry Kath is the Guitarist. Must see documentary!

    • @4everPhloyd
      @4everPhloyd Год назад +2

      Yeah she was able to track down 2 of his guitars. They are worth a fortune.

    • @dggydddy59
      @dggydddy59 Год назад +1

      Free on RUclips, BTW.

  • @bobmessier5215
    @bobmessier5215 Год назад +2

    The guitarist is Terry Kath.

  • @georgedolen1486
    @georgedolen1486 Год назад +5

    That’s Terry Kath on guitar.

  • @edwardcrews2952
    @edwardcrews2952 Год назад

    Magical guitar solo

  • @davidwoosley3705
    @davidwoosley3705 20 дней назад

    Terry Kath on guitar. The brass section referred to Terry Kath as their "show stopper".

  • @MrVillamike
    @MrVillamike Год назад

    That solo was insane.

  • @frankd1682
    @frankd1682 Год назад +1

    Terry Kath, one of the best guitarists of his generation and a soulful singer. He died tragically and incredibly young. Chicago survived but was never the same after his death.

  • @robertstoner8244
    @robertstoner8244 Год назад

    Yes you got this one right 👍. Terry Kath was the main band member. Plus he setup the other guys for success. By giving them advice on how to be a great musician ❤

  • @dennislee5524
    @dennislee5524 Год назад +3

    Terry Kath acting a fool on lead guitar!

  • @Nomad-vv1gk
    @Nomad-vv1gk 4 месяца назад

    You should listen to the studio recording of this song. Live versions can never duplicate the mix done in the studio and that's the way we heard it on the radio in 1970. This song was recorded in August for the self titled album "Chicago". The album was released in January 1970 and this song was released as a single in June1970. This live version is inferior to the studio recording. The band is from Chicago and was originally known as 'Chicago Transit Authority'. The CTA is the name of the mass transit system of Chicago, IL. They threatened to legal action if the band didn't cease and desist using that name, so they shortened it to 'Chicago'. The name of their debut double album is Chicago Transit Authority, recorded January 27-30, 1969 and released April 28, 1969 on the Columbia Records label. It didn't do well at first but fortunately, this during the advent of FM radio and eventually it sold 2 million copies on its initial pressing. The impact of FM radio can not be understated, it is what was directly responsible for the explosion of album sales and relegated the 45 rpm disc to a marketing tool to initiate /invigorate album sales. This was the beginning of the Golden Age of the music business.

  • @michaeleast9675
    @michaeleast9675 Год назад +8

    Angela, now you should compare this live version with the current group LEONID & FRIENDS. They play this song and a plethora of Chicago songs incredibly well.

  • @vicprovost2561
    @vicprovost2561 Год назад +9

    Original Chicago in the late 60s and 70s, while Terry Kath is still alive, is remarkable, no one else sounds like them. Great ensemble, so remarkable that horn section but everyone in that band was a super talent. They went soft in the 80s after Terry passed but what you saw is how good they were. Try Beginnings, another classic from them.
    Also, Tanglewood, where this was filmed, is 20 minutes away from me, here in the Berkshire Hills of Western Mass. It is a world famous music facility that is home to the Boston Pops in the summers and has seen a ton of great popular artists stop there in season. Some all time shows you can see on You Tube are The Who, Jethro Tull, Santana, the Jefferson Airplane and of course, Chicago. Well worth taking a look. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶

  • @rondohunter8966
    @rondohunter8966 Год назад +2

    That man in the blue denim shirt and jeans on the killer guitar is the late great Terry Kath. He was a confirmed guitar god. Even Jimi Hendrix admitted that Terry was a better guitarist than he was. Of course Jimi had his own style and technique and was a guitar god in his own right and was known to compliment other musicians and did not have a "godlike" persona. He was real, down to earth. I'm not one to grade guitar legends cause there are many who are good, a few who are damned good, and several who are a dimension above. B.B. King once said that Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac) was the only man who gave him the cold sweats, his chords were so sweet, such a great, distinctive sound. I love it when great men in their field are gracious enough to state their attention and attraction to others at or near their level.

  • @bonester50
    @bonester50 Год назад

    One of the great Guitarist Terry Kath. He is outta sight so we used to say. Another Terry Kath guitar solo on youtube is the song Uptown.

  • @Chargerfanclub
    @Chargerfanclub Год назад +3

    Guitarist Terry Kath's death tore the soul out of the band. What a guitarist and a bandleader.

  • @mikelundquist4596
    @mikelundquist4596 Год назад +1

    So good... I think I'm gonna learn that noodling around stuff TK plays before he kicks it off.

  • @slowrollout
    @slowrollout Год назад

    Terry Kath was a beast of a guitarist, sadly he died way too young. Check out "Colour my world" Terry Kath sings lead on that song. Im glad you can appreciate the music I grew up listening to when I was a kid. Im in Vegas in 8 days I found out Chicago is playing in Vegas, Im going to try and get into the show and see them 1 night Im there.

  • @richiewest7495
    @richiewest7495 Год назад

    Great comparison... those two bands toured together... oh the horns. RIP Terry, he was destined. damn russion roulette I heard.

  • @Miqlintock
    @Miqlintock Год назад

    Telling time on an old fashioned analog clock is different than on a digital device. Quarter to, half past, quarter til; Three thirty-four AM - Song Time.
    What songs did Robert Lamm write?
    He wrote many of the band's biggest hits, including "Questions 67 & 68," "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?," "Beginnings," "25 or 6 to 4," "Saturday in the Park," "Dialogue (Part I & II)" and "Harry Truman."

  • @charliecochran3035
    @charliecochran3035 Год назад +1

    I've watched this performance more times than I can count. Each time I'm just amazed at what I just saw. I've never seen a guitar player go that hard for that long. He was amazing.

  • @shineshine63
    @shineshine63 Год назад +7

    Love the horn section, KC & The SunShine Band had an awesome one as well. This one here is the horn section that played for the Bee Gees on Too Much Heaven as a favor to the BG's for singing back up on a song for Chicago earlier that year

  • @musicairplanes4884
    @musicairplanes4884 Год назад +1

    Originally the band was CTA or Chicago Transit Authority.

  • @scottyhotty1003
    @scottyhotty1003 Год назад +2

    Finally a good request!!! 🎶🔥♥️👍

  • @GR65330
    @GR65330 Год назад +5

    One of my all time favorite Chicago tunes!

  • @briansam2524
    @briansam2524 Год назад

    TERRY KATH is the name of the guitarist!!! He was a badass and can play the HELL out of it!!!

  • @chuck7356
    @chuck7356 Год назад

    What I don't see in the comments is that the song was written as the last song for an album they had to fill. They were up in the middle of then night and this just became a jam... at about 25 or 6 to 4. If you listen close enough... the lyrics prove this to be true...

  • @sonnymilano4303
    @sonnymilano4303 Год назад +4

    I'm surprised how good this live version is

  • @robincochran7369
    @robincochran7369 Год назад +1

    3 lead vocalists: Peter Cetera that you heard in this performance, Terry Kath who was that brilliant guitarist and Robert Lamm jamming on the keyboards.

  • @dddube12
    @dddube12 Год назад +7

    So glad you liked this!!!!! ❤

  • @joepimentel306
    @joepimentel306 Год назад

    This was live in Lenox MA at the Tanglewood venue

  • @jimcole9751
    @jimcole9751 Год назад +1

    They have 3 lead singers Peter Cetera Terry Kath and Robert Lamm

  • @RJ-oy7cq
    @RJ-oy7cq Год назад +1

    Peter Cetera was lead singer sometimes, the great guitar player Terry Kath also sang lead on some songs with a deeper, grittier voice and also Robert Lamm sang leads too.

  • @jeraldkimball494
    @jeraldkimball494 Год назад

    Chicago was my jams growing up. I wore out countless 8 tracks and cassette tapes. Never got enough of this music. It just filled my soul!!!

  • @t.r.1708
    @t.r.1708 Год назад +10

    Loved it! You will love “Colour my world” by Chicago! Terry Kath sings lead on that one!

  • @STILL-KICKIN
    @STILL-KICKIN Год назад +3

    Terry Kath was the beating heart of the original Chicago sound. His death was tragic beyond measure.
    If you want to hear what the intention and feel of the original Chicago band was meant to be… listen to their first song, off their first album… the song is appropriately called “Introduction”… and what an introduction it was!
    Many of the band members were graduates of the Julliard School for the Performing Arts, extremely talented and highly trained actual musicians. They decided to form a band… Thank God they Did!!!!

    • @russellmaddox2437
      @russellmaddox2437 Год назад

      None of them went to Julliard - they were all from the Chicago (some of them did attend DePaul). Could you be thinking of Blood, Sweat and Tears (I think they might have had a Julliard grad or two in their ranks).

  • @jerroldjennymichaudzhenmic3966

    Another comment ....Terry Kath must have had hands like Ironman. They way he is bending the strings so vigorously and for so long takes super human strength. I can vouch as a guitar player. I would have hated shaking hands with him, it would probably have been painful.

  • @stephenhuber1219
    @stephenhuber1219 Год назад +4

    Terry had a great voice too. Dialogue 1 &2 Peter and Terry sing a story of two friends one went to work and the other went to college.

  • @paigemills67
    @paigemills67 Год назад

    Terry Kath hands down is one of the greatest lead guitar players ever! He was an absolute musical genius! Unfortunately, a game of Russian Roulette would end his life at the young age of 31. It was a devastating blow to the music industry at the time. RIP Terry! 🎸

  • @jeraldkimball494
    @jeraldkimball494 Год назад

    This song was written when the guys were up all night trying to right music and come up with a new song and one noticed it was almost 4 in the morning thus the 25 or 6 to 4.

  • @grantharrismusic
    @grantharrismusic Год назад +1

    This is one of my favourites to play live. Our drummer never knows when I'm going to end my solo - sometimes I don't. So I always have to turn around and give him a signal that the end is coming.

  • @briany7658
    @briany7658 Год назад

    Terry Kath one of the greatest guitarists ever. Gone to soon. RIP

  • @timmiszkowski9222
    @timmiszkowski9222 Год назад

    Legend of Terry Kath. So great 👍

  • @iowafinn2602
    @iowafinn2602 Год назад

    I saw them when I was in college. We had the cheap seats: upper deck behind the stage.

  • @carolgordon4785
    @carolgordon4785 Год назад

    Chicago on my Mt.Rushmore of best bands ever!....

  • @benridge6570
    @benridge6570 10 месяцев назад

    Cool reaction, happy you did old folks' music. Keep Rocking.

  • @imnothim8183
    @imnothim8183 Год назад

    Fun fact ,jemi Hendricks said terry Kath was one of the best he ever seen play guitar

  • @veadairavani5692
    @veadairavani5692 Год назад +1

    Terry Kath blew Jimi Hendrix's mind. He thought he was the best guitarist he ever heard. THAT says a lot!

    • @4everPhloyd
      @4everPhloyd Год назад

      I read that Zappas guitar work blew Hendrix away. I think there are numerous stories that allege that Hendrix said so and so was the best guitarist he has ever heard.

  • @tommarks3726
    @tommarks3726 Год назад +1

    Good ol fashion jam session. They as a band are just feeling it on stage. I was lucy enough to see them twice but not til the 80's. I can still feel that bass thumping in my stomach haha

  • @rikardo1070
    @rikardo1070 16 дней назад

    yes yes yes yes forever yes !

  • @j.w.matney8390
    @j.w.matney8390 Год назад

    Thank you so much for playing the entire song without interrupting. Made your reaction that much better.

  • @paulhackett3836
    @paulhackett3836 Год назад

    When the band hit a lull in popularity David Foster got involved and reshaped the sound identity of the group around Cetera and his voice and they regained their popularity and success but legend has it that several other band members despised the new David Foster version of Chicago.

    • @loilt5091
      @loilt5091 Год назад

      After leader, Terry Kath's death, they became a lightweight, elevator fluff, ballad band...losing their horns and soul, selling out 👎
      🇨🇦

  • @alonzocoyethea6148
    @alonzocoyethea6148 Год назад +1

    Terry Kath HAD to be playing that solo by feel and sound...Because he didn't look like he could see anything with all that hair flying around!!

  • @briany7658
    @briany7658 Год назад

    You should react to 'If you leave me now ' by Chicago. This was their first #1 hit on the Billboard charts.

  • @thomast8539
    @thomast8539 Год назад +1

    Please react to Leonid and Friends doing Chicago covers, including 25 or 6 to 4. They are fantastic.

  • @Royal_BLT
    @Royal_BLT Год назад

    🇨🇦 One of my favourite groups of all time !

  • @oldmanghost219
    @oldmanghost219 Год назад +2

    TERRY KATH on guitar. He was on FIRE in this Tanglewood concert ! Now hear him sing the lead in 2 parts of - "Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon" Tanglewood 1970 - ( people cut this one up so look for 14 minutes ) You have already reacted to and liked one of the two, 3 minute cutouts of it.

  • @michaelv9929
    @michaelv9929 Год назад +2

    Also I know you are not a big fan of cover bands….BUT Check out Leonid and Friends….they are a Chicago cover band 🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @dh2392
    @dh2392 Год назад

    Terry Kath was the guitarist. He unfortunately shot himself in the head when he put a gun he thought was unloaded to his head, and pulled the trigger.

  • @allensaunders449
    @allensaunders449 Год назад

    Early Chicago was great

  • @worldfamouslanglois4805
    @worldfamouslanglois4805 Год назад

    Love the smile when the horn section kicks in! -- me too every time

  • @timothyburnside3229
    @timothyburnside3229 8 месяцев назад

    Chicago and Earth Wind and Fire are touring this year as a double bill!

  • @danielbenincasa770
    @danielbenincasa770 Год назад +1

    One of the best solos ever.. I saw them in concert

  • @waynesolomon9313
    @waynesolomon9313 Год назад +1

    Chicago and Earth, Wind and Fire have Chicago roots I believe, and they used to feed off of each other. The horn section for Chicago was the truth!

  • @stevetanner3019
    @stevetanner3019 Год назад

    My favourite Chicago tunes. The lead guitarist is the late great Terry Kath. Lead singer on this one is Peter Cetera. He doesn’t sing all of their songs

  • @terrymoss758
    @terrymoss758 Год назад +2

    Terry Kath was the heart & soul of Chicago, & as many have already said one of the all time great monsters on guitar!
    Terry was also one of the better lead singers, check out “Make me smile”.

  • @fantasyguru26
    @fantasyguru26 Год назад

    They were called the Chicago Transit Authority when they released this. Lead vocals courtesy of Peter Cetera and the amazing guitaring by Terry Kath. He was the heart and soul of the band. Chicago was a Rock Orchestra you really need to look up all their music from 1969-1977.

  • @BonScott-t3u
    @BonScott-t3u 9 месяцев назад

    Sir Terry Kath is Rock and Roll.

  • @quicktastic
    @quicktastic Год назад +4

    Wonderful reaction! I knew you would love it.