for y'all that only knew Chicago for their schmaltzy mid-80s ballads like "Hard to Say I'm Sorry", or Peter Cetera for schlock like Glory of Love, check them both out in this incendiary performance of State of the Union from 1972, the same year Chicago V came out.
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agreed, Kath was awesome. The first three albums were tremendous, and V is really good. production quality began to get in the way after they went to Caribou, but there is some good stuff on Vi & VII. maybe one good track on VIII, then all down hill from there. also, III has the best cover art.
CTA was a hell of a band. Sounded great in concert. A really tight sound. They played a terrific set at the Dallas Pop Festival in 1969. Q .
Just between me and you and basso and whoever... I would make sure that the gun is unloaded before I put it to my head and pull the trigger. What a waste.
A very unique sound, @Mango, especially then. Terry Kath? Yes, an incredible waste. At the pop festival, Terry reminded me of Hendrix, which is as good a compliment as I can give a guitarist. A very large guy with big hands that made his guitar look almost like a toy, the way Jimi’s did, and boy, could he play. They played twice during the 3 day weekend, on consecutive days, so I got a good look at them. They hadn’t played Houston yet and I think it was their first time playing in Texas. The video below (hope it plays - skip the ads after 5 seconds) will give you a great idea of what they sounded like early on. Just fantastic. This is from July, 1970. Crank it up!
incredible. tempo is faster than the version on CTA. also like the way they arranged themselves, with the drums front and center (same on the tokyo show. hard to imagine they fired Danny Seraphim because he "couldn't keep accurate time."
On FB I'm doing a playlist of songs for the days of the week each day since some people are saying that they don't know what day it is. I'm kicking the week off with this.
