The Tanglewood, Ma. version from 7/70 was pulled off YouTube but is a must view for early Chicago fans. It makes this performance seem tame. The audience goes nuts when they do it for the encore.
Now this a jam of the highest degree! All talented! I once read an interview with Jimi Hendrix and he went to see them at the Whiskey A Go-Go when they were House band, probably high Jimi said "he wasn't as good as Terry Kath"! Terry, one of the good ones forever!!!
This is the only Chicago lineup that is worth listening to, 3 fantastic lead singers, one of the best lead guitar players who ever lived, great drummer/ horns/ songwriting by Pankow...what talent! Years later in an interview someone asked Kath why he stayed in a band that featured the horns as much as his guitar when he could obviously start his own band featuring himself and be fantastically succesful, he replied "I would never want to be in a band that DIDN'T have a great horn section as well"
First time I heard these guys, I thought, what the heck, a horn band with three good singers and a smoking guitar player? Played those first few albums to death.
This is the Chicago I have come to know, love, and respect. Long gone are the days set forth by the blues/jazz/soulful sounds that only Kath, Cetera, and Seraphine were capable of producing.
Today, sadly, what we have is a glorified lounge band playing 'pop' tunes
The greatest American rock band of all-time! RIP Terry Kath. Who knows to what length this band would have continued to evolve accept for Kath's tragic passing.
@angrydonny yeah thats exactly it, todays musicians simply reflect the fake pretence of the modern world.There are some exceptions but come on really how many?Its a real big deal when someone comes along who has got it together for REAL.Punk rock and the long shadow it cast is to blame despite it having some immediate early advantage and pruning effect
@jejozi If you're telling me that this is the best version of the Chicago name, well i totally agree, the drummer is very underestimated here and deserves some kudos..
My first favorite from Chicago. I loved it cause it just felt like a spontaneous jam from a group of well studied musicians. Terry Kath was blazin' up the guitar like nobody's business and the rest of the band was just rockin. Just don't get playing like that on popular music anymore. Glad I was a around when it first came out!
Ahhhh! The days when they made the guitars talk and sing loudly! They made their instruments scream! You will never hear the like of this again my friends these days are gone i think for good!
IM just so glad i was born in 1947, and that i took care of my vinyl disks! And i can still enjoy such great rock! Thanks for this video!
I do believe that danny s. is a great drummer. He is in rolling stones top 100 of all time. What puzzles me is y Terry Kath missed the top 100 guitarist. That is a fuckin crime
this CTA aka CHiCAgO is extremely priceless! thank u "TaserTracks" for load'n this incredible legendary hard to find concert video on youTube, cheers to ya! x0]
Can you even believe Chicago IS NOT in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?? With all that talent..all the hits...all the years??? Let alone the genius of Terry Kath. Its a crime.
Similar to Peter Green era Fleetwood Mac, another group that later decided to go down the wank rock route in the 70s/80s though I must admit due to my age only became aware of them in 76 after 'If You Leave Me Now'.
Saw them In Wilkes-Barre, Pa. right after ChicagoII came out. Before show, curtain closed, you hear...Terry alone playin "slow and funky" " High Heeled Sneakers" all by himself.....Knew it was gonna be GREAT. Nothin will be like the origional ("Windy City Seven"). And the way Terry and Danny played off each other, MAGIC!!
@thebbks seems to me, in the liner notes of the "CTA" album, Terry used a Bogen PA lid & Fender DuelShowman Cab. A Strat on "Free form.." and is pictured w/ an SG. Really... nobody like him!! Sure hope his family Knows how admired he still is.
@crazonianmaster ha ha ha It's a you-better-not-pussy-out-you-wimp look just to keep his ass in check. Cetera in the old days was a bad-ass bass player & singer but that was probably due in no small part to Kath kicking his ass up a good 10 notches to where it had to be.
What made this group so fantastically good over anybody else in the 1960s, yes including the Beatles, The 4 Tops and son, was their artisanship in playing just about any musical piece known to mankind. For them to play just about any string and wind was a no-brainer. The original group consisted of seven members, featuring traditional rock instruments combined with a versatile list of brass instruments including a saxophone, trombone, and trumpet.
Thanks so much for this upload...this song is so fantastic. I love the way they all come together so perfectly in harmony. I always loved Terry's voice, to me it always reminded me of the "old" Chicago sound.
Music will never be played like this again. I was a teenager in the 60's, and grew up with the best music that will ever be. No country music fans during this era, it was all rock and roll. Rock On.......
TK was the absolute best on guitar. This version even though a remake of the orig is far and away better ..... Chcago at this time i was 10yo my very first transistor radio and the first year of FM music. The band was amazing and brought me to play the trumpet and chicago music for many years. The BEST band and most talented group of all time. Fuck the Music Hall of Fame This band could have its own museum.
TK was the absolute best on guitar. This version even though a remake of the orig is far and away better ..... Chcago at this time i was 10yo my very first transistor radio and the first year of FM music. The band was amazing and brought me to play the trumpet and chicago music for many years. The BEST band and most talented group of all time. Fuck the Music Hall of Fame This band could have its own museum.
@fucheduck All about "Lamb"? Perhaps you should learn how to spell his name before spouting crap you don't know!!!! Founding member: Parazaider. Leader- they ran the band as a democracy!
Terry was a genius. Smooth, precise, funky, jazzy, far out and all about the blues all at the same time. Chicago was the best at what they did and Terry was the leader. Nastier by far than most of the so-called British guitar gods. What a terrible loss.
By the time I was interested in Chicago, it was quite an old band. It was 1976. In spite of this, I thought then it was most exhilarating music making I ever heard. I am a professional musician & would like to endorse Chicago's reputation.
@fletch2240 Absolutely brilliant. Master of the SG... but hell, not so bright otherwise, I guess. Silly bugger shot himself accidently. Dead as a mackerel at 31. A great loss.
My favorite venison of this song. I like it better than the studio version, which is very rare for me. Also, I like it better than any of the many bands who also played this song.
This sound comes from Santana ? Very interesting because the album this song is from (CTA) was released on April 28, 1969 while Santana's first album (Santana) wasn't released until August 1969. Nice try.
You just gotta get your priorities straight. The Orange isn't for volume, it's for feedback. Against a brass section, an Orange isn't even THAT loud. Probably blended nicely onstage. But yeah, that's a hell of a loud cowbell. Maybe it has its own Orange stack.
But both this song and Beginnings - where would they be without the cowbell?
Cetera was tweaked so much better with Kath on the stage. Terry was the blues and the soul - with amazing technique and phrasing! Don't forget about Terry Kath.
Man, I miss those guys when they were all together with Terry. the don't make 'em like that anymore. Check out Terry tapping the SG for more sustain @ around 4:15
Back in the late 60's, there was nobody like CTA/Chicago...NOBODY! They were utterly UNIQUE! Imagine this churning, molten, jazz/rock band with a horn section featuring a freakin' trombonist! They had everything--superb individual musicians
AND great vocals! Every once in a very great while all the stars aline and the perfect ingredients all turn up in the right place. The result was Chicago. However, the heart and soul of the band was Terry and when he died, the band you see here was doomed.
I've loved the EARLY Chicago since 1979 or so. I can identify every member of the band that was in every photo taken during that era, I know the words to almost every song, and have talked to Jimmy for 25 minutes after 1 show in Atlantic City about 15 years ago while he was sitting on a park bench right in front of the band bus.
I've never seen a video of the group from before 1972. I'm gonna save this one as long as I live.
That's not an SG per se. It looks like a 61 Les Paul Custom during the period when Les Pauls looked like SG's.Never saw Terry play this guitar before.He had a Les Paul Recording model with Low impedance pickups that he liked too.RIP Terry, you were one of the best!
@MrJacklips You aren't wrong, but I think your explanation might be confusing those unfamiliar with the history of the solid body guitar. Yes, the first run model of what we now call the "SG" was a Gibson attempt to update the Les Paul (LP) model by doing the double cutaway, etc. However, Les himself didn't care for the changes and requested that his name be removed from the model. Gibson came up with the "SG" for "solid guitar" designation. The LP didn't look like the SG; it WAS the SG,
@desertswo Point taken, I see what you mean, you are of course correct that for that period Les Pauls were in fact that shape. Thanks for your input..Didn't mean to confuse anybody.Take care.
That's not an SG per se. It looks like a 61 Les Paul Custom during the period when Les Pauls looked like SG's.Never saw Terry play this guitar before.He had a Les Paul Recording model with Low impedance pickups that he liked too.
to all the rappers, hoppers, jammers, and bammers...this is how we did it in the 70's and this is why the music in that generation will never be repeated.
To bad Terry Kath is gone and the band is old as hell These were the days of great Tunes from Chicago One of the best bands from the late 60s and 70s Hendrix even thought Terry Kath was one of the greats!
too bad terrry shot himself in the f*cking head and the band almost overnight became a sappy cheese ballad singing band of fairies! ohhh and btw.... too much cowbell and annoying tambourine!
Back at the very beginning - before they went schmaltzy for the money, they were an absolute MONSTER of a band!!! Rock, jazz, a pinch of blues, with a killer horn section to top it all off - with ferocious original lead guitarist Terry Kath they could blow anyone else off the stage with the possible exception of Cream or The Who!!
I'm reading Danny Seraphine's soon-to-be released autobiography right now, so I came looking for a good video of them from the early days. I think I found one. Wow!
TERRY! All you have to do is watch how he plays with abandonment at about 4:10, the intensity of his focus as he's tossing to Pete picking up the vocal at 4:44 and how he makes sure he's FOLLOWING Danny's drums for one of their most powerful closes EVER, to see why he was the unsung LEADER of the band. To see this on display in their early career says it all. Also see "Uptown at Rockpalast" for more great TK guitar work, probably his last and best. We got cheated. Miss you Terry!
This is the best video on Youtube.Whats better than this? Terry Kath's accuracy & speed was beyond Hendrix in 1968. Jimi's innovative gift is beyond.They were both genius level.
yeah Jimi Hendrix was quoted as saying," I'm Good.. Really good, but this guy Freaks me Out !"
TheJuan091 17 minutes ago
Excellent Jamm !
gibsg62 4 days ago
The Tanglewood, Ma. version from 7/70 was pulled off YouTube but is a must view for early Chicago fans. It makes this performance seem tame. The audience goes nuts when they do it for the encore.
EnlightenedRogue 1 week ago
Now this a jam of the highest degree! All talented! I once read an interview with Jimi Hendrix and he went to see them at the Whiskey A Go-Go when they were House band, probably high Jimi said "he wasn't as good as Terry Kath"! Terry, one of the good ones forever!!!
rondy702 2 weeks ago
Daaaaaamn!
Terry, man, I am still pissed at you!! Hope you found you peace.
jejozi 2 weeks ago 3
Heaven must have one hell of a band!!
sindilee 3 weeks ago
This is the only Chicago lineup that is worth listening to, 3 fantastic lead singers, one of the best lead guitar players who ever lived, great drummer/ horns/ songwriting by Pankow...what talent! Years later in an interview someone asked Kath why he stayed in a band that featured the horns as much as his guitar when he could obviously start his own band featuring himself and be fantastically succesful, he replied "I would never want to be in a band that DIDN'T have a great horn section as well"
johnnykov 3 weeks ago 3
He's bout to break that guitar in half......unmuthafuckin real!!!!!!!!
lczoid 3 weeks ago 2
First time I heard these guys, I thought, what the heck, a horn band with three good singers and a smoking guitar player? Played those first few albums to death.
TSaxman74 3 weeks ago 2
They all met while attending DePaul University in the music department.
wlangley88 3 weeks ago
Terry Kath R.I.P
RepublicOfTexasTV 3 weeks ago
SG Custom thru and Orange full stack. Wow does this sound great!
heritage80elite 3 weeks ago
This is the Chicago I have come to know, love, and respect. Long gone are the days set forth by the blues/jazz/soulful sounds that only Kath, Cetera, and Seraphine were capable of producing.
Today, sadly, what we have is a glorified lounge band playing 'pop' tunes
GinoAtlanta 1 month ago
Happy Birthday Terry... (and thanks so much ! )
Playtonerecords 1 month ago
Big house
q13491 1 month ago
The greatest American rock band of all-time! RIP Terry Kath. Who knows to what length this band would have continued to evolve accept for Kath's tragic passing.
jlmusicfan57 1 month ago
Hows come they don't need auto tune? Is it possible musicians actually had talent at one time?
angrydonny 1 month ago 7
@angrydonny you said it mate!
maghole 2 weeks ago
@angrydonny yeah thats exactly it, todays musicians simply reflect the fake pretence of the modern world.There are some exceptions but come on really how many?Its a real big deal when someone comes along who has got it together for REAL.Punk rock and the long shadow it cast is to blame despite it having some immediate early advantage and pruning effect
marrakeshexpressuk 2 weeks ago
RIP T.K. 34 years.
xsploder 1 month ago
THIS SONG NEEDS MORE COWBELL!!!!!!!! lol
455Transam 1 month ago
@455Transam AH yes. The ole cowbell...LOLOL
Bigearn003 1 month ago
I didn't know that Terry Kath played guitar like that! That was incredible.
I was a fan of albums 1-3 and even some IV, but after that, not so much.
CLKBlkSrs 1 month ago
@CLKBlkSrs Jimmy Hendrix said Terry Kath was the BEST guitarist he ever saw!!
455Transam 1 month ago
Chicago were never Chicago after Terry Kath's death, they turned into Los Angeles, all plastic and false tits.
TheMushroommagick 1 month ago
@TheMushroommagick This is Chicago Transit Authority. A very different animal than Chicago.
jejozi 2 weeks ago 2
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TheMushroommagick 2 weeks ago
@jejozi If you're telling me that this is the best version of the Chicago name, well i totally agree, the drummer is very underestimated here and deserves some kudos..
TheMushroommagick 2 weeks ago 2
Smokin!
CadillacL 1 month ago
Chicago and BS&T were the manliest bands
Gravelgutband 1 month ago
Truly amazing.
pete7138 1 month ago
brutaaaal!
adnsaurus 1 month ago
FDED....Then Terry and Robert Sahared the vocals
69MC97gc 1 month ago
This is incredible! Theirs has always been my favorite version of this song.
6828Lu 1 month ago
Before Kath died, the other members sold out, half the band left, and the few left got really shitty.
IamMrFat 1 month ago
My first favorite from Chicago. I loved it cause it just felt like a spontaneous jam from a group of well studied musicians. Terry Kath was blazin' up the guitar like nobody's business and the rest of the band was just rockin. Just don't get playing like that on popular music anymore. Glad I was a around when it first came out!
MrBillc1023 1 month ago
This is everything i believe in when it comes to music.
smithkj04 1 month ago
What a Track by a great group.Dave N.
DavidNathan13 2 months ago
B sure 2 put this on 11!!!
zachisaniceperson 2 months ago 6
@zachisaniceperson
marrakeshexpressuk 2 weeks ago
wah!
SeattleLA 2 months ago
Ahhhh! The days when they made the guitars talk and sing loudly! They made their instruments scream! You will never hear the like of this again my friends these days are gone i think for good!
IM just so glad i was born in 1947, and that i took care of my vinyl disks! And i can still enjoy such great rock! Thanks for this video!
babyRoses7 2 months ago 2
Nobody Jam's This Song Like Terry Kath And Chicago ,He's Got Gibson SG Screeming 4 Mercy.
donibegood 2 months ago
more cowbell
tundrahood 2 months ago
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I do believe that danny s. is a great drummer. He is in rolling stones top 100 of all time. What puzzles me is y Terry Kath missed the top 100 guitarist. That is a fuckin crime
lczoid 2 months ago
Great cover of the Spencer Davis Group original. Up and coming bands take note, this is how a cover version should tackled.
f12sysrq 2 months ago
Top Knotch stuff..where has music gone these days?
VANISHTHEWEAK 2 months ago
is that jack bruce?
TheGeneLightShow 2 months ago
@TheGeneLightShow
Peter Cetera was the bass player on this.
f12sysrq 2 months ago
1968???!!! So very. very far ahead of their time. Tasertracks, thanks for posting this timeless track.
wvburkert 2 months ago
Gotta love that cowbell
carterconklin 2 months ago
this CTA aka CHiCAgO is extremely priceless! thank u "TaserTracks" for load'n this incredible legendary hard to find concert video on youTube, cheers to ya! x0]
tornmask1 2 months ago
kath. 'nuff said about love.
journey46 2 months ago
I've heard this song for 40 years and appreciate Chicago more and more...
rvisual 2 months ago
Yes!
susantyrellfans 2 months ago
Send this video to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and tell em THIS is rock and roll, not Beastie Boys Madonna and Neil Diamond!!
stickitinske 2 months ago 2
@stickitinske
send the video coz it ain't about comparisons
it's about history
kath loved nd's sound and he woulda loved the bb and m.
journey46 2 months ago
Terry Kath was one of Hendrix's favourite guitarists... it's easy to see why.
MrMymanalishi 2 months ago 2
just 25 or 30% more cowbell..
beluvid1 2 months ago
Was this from German TV?
thamnosma 2 months ago
more cowbell baby....
ggjackpot1 3 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
katz was a teacher. i love how he connects with each musician and throws out so much encouragement to let go and play. lotta love there.
he was a super conductor.
i also dig what he adds at the end of the keyboard work in the intro.
i understand what terry did.
talent can be bought.
genius under certain conditions or circumstances.
but genius can't be owned or frustrated too much.
any of us may as well not have it in the world we perpetuate.
journey46 3 months ago
Can you even believe Chicago IS NOT in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?? With all that talent..all the hits...all the years??? Let alone the genius of Terry Kath. Its a crime.
jpodunk60 3 months ago
Similar to Peter Green era Fleetwood Mac, another group that later decided to go down the wank rock route in the 70s/80s though I must admit due to my age only became aware of them in 76 after 'If You Leave Me Now'.
flaxonx3 3 months ago in playlist live shit
Amen to that , Kath was a master. J. hendricks said it himself!
41223978 3 months ago
what a BAND!!!
LostMyMojo100 3 months ago
素晴らしい！
tobitto1 3 months ago
C O W B E L L !!!!!!!!!!
tedGEGI 3 months ago
Saw them In Wilkes-Barre, Pa. right after ChicagoII came out. Before show, curtain closed, you hear...Terry alone playin "slow and funky" " High Heeled Sneakers" all by himself.....Knew it was gonna be GREAT. Nothin will be like the origional ("Windy City Seven"). And the way Terry and Danny played off each other, MAGIC!!
thebbks 3 months ago 2
@thebbks seems to me, in the liner notes of the "CTA" album, Terry used a Bogen PA lid & Fender DuelShowman Cab. A Strat on "Free form.." and is pictured w/ an SG. Really... nobody like him!! Sure hope his family Knows how admired he still is.
thebbks 3 months ago
Awesome!
jazzjanne1 3 months ago
i like the look kath gives cetera at 4:50 like he knows how much the douche will ruin the band. R.I.P terry kath. Cetera stop making music
crazonianmaster 3 months ago
@crazonianmaster ha ha ha It's a you-better-not-pussy-out-you-wimp look just to keep his ass in check. Cetera in the old days was a bad-ass bass player & singer but that was probably due in no small part to Kath kicking his ass up a good 10 notches to where it had to be.
metamorphosis67 3 months ago
Three words....FAB- U- LOUS
antharc1 4 months ago
Oh, man this is so fuc*in' boss.
Every one on that stage is struttin' so hard,
that's one bad-ass band!
R.I.P. Terry, 40 years later and you're still showin' us what swag is.
nakameguroyakkyoku 4 months ago
chicago was HIS band. WhaWhaBaby!
YaleRoth 4 months ago
What made this group so fantastically good over anybody else in the 1960s, yes including the Beatles, The 4 Tops and son, was their artisanship in playing just about any musical piece known to mankind. For them to play just about any string and wind was a no-brainer. The original group consisted of seven members, featuring traditional rock instruments combined with a versatile list of brass instruments including a saxophone, trombone, and trumpet.
Montery12 4 months ago 2
Thanks so much for this upload...this song is so fantastic. I love the way they all come together so perfectly in harmony. I always loved Terry's voice, to me it always reminded me of the "old" Chicago sound.
mari66101 4 months ago
Fuckin' kick ass jam!!!
sindilee 4 months ago
Holy crap! Saw these guys in Tx while I was in Army flight school...... This is perfect!
ASFLLM 4 months ago
This performance KICKS ASS!!!!!!!!!!
rffolchi 4 months ago
Music will never be played like this again. I was a teenager in the 60's, and grew up with the best music that will ever be. No country music fans during this era, it was all rock and roll. Rock On.......
pedigofarm 5 months ago in playlist pedigofarm's Favorited Videos
more cow bell , i need more cow bell
wisky450 5 months ago
Kath,Page,Hendrix,SRV.. Mabe not in this order but you gey my drift!!
1i1feat 5 months ago
walter parazaider: the most badass tambourine player in the world
coltrainification 5 months ago
Wow, the days when people actually played and sang without any help. Amazing, who can believe it??
powergirl901 5 months ago 22
@powergirl901 , Yeah, I'm old and was around for all of it and I'm very greatful for that to!!!...
Goupul7 1 month ago
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TK was the absolute best on guitar. This version even though a remake of the orig is far and away better ..... Chcago at this time i was 10yo my very first transistor radio and the first year of FM music. The band was amazing and brought me to play the trumpet and chicago music for many years. The BEST band and most talented group of all time. Fuck the Music Hall of Fame This band could have its own museum.
ChicagoJT 5 months ago
TK was the absolute best on guitar. This version even though a remake of the orig is far and away better ..... Chcago at this time i was 10yo my very first transistor radio and the first year of FM music. The band was amazing and brought me to play the trumpet and chicago music for many years. The BEST band and most talented group of all time. Fuck the Music Hall of Fame This band could have its own museum.
ChicagoJT 5 months ago
cow bell guy
llib90630 6 months ago
Robert Lamb to me was the leader, not Peter Cetara. Though Terry Kath was Chicago! not #14!
fucheduck 6 months ago
@fucheduck I think Lamb was always the leader of the group, but Terry was its soul.
SLagonia 5 months ago
@fucheduck All about "Lamb"? Perhaps you should learn how to spell his name before spouting crap you don't know!!!! Founding member: Parazaider. Leader- they ran the band as a democracy!
Debish1000 5 months ago
this was the sound in my head when I went to Viet Nam. Chicago kept me alive. God Bless em.
foneBro 6 months ago
Holy Mother of God!
I remember seeing this on TV back in the day.
Hearing it now it sounds so amazingly fresh.
This became the first song I ever tried to cover in a band in 7th grade.
What a voice, what a player.
Thanks for posting this...
floobuscanoobus 6 months ago 2
BEST GROUP EVER
SOUL POWER AND WORDS
WE NEED IT TODAY
THE WORLD IS MONEY
THE WORLS IS BUSY
BETTER DIE DIE DIE
PETER
klump1953 6 months ago
Terry was a genius. Smooth, precise, funky, jazzy, far out and all about the blues all at the same time. Chicago was the best at what they did and Terry was the leader. Nastier by far than most of the so-called British guitar gods. What a terrible loss.
Gordrixny9 6 months ago
They were prolific songwriters... a lot of albums
nckey42 6 months ago
By the time I was interested in Chicago, it was quite an old band. It was 1976. In spite of this, I thought then it was most exhilarating music making I ever heard. I am a professional musician & would like to endorse Chicago's reputation.
Long live Cicago!
vichniakov 6 months ago
I remember hearing this at age eight, hearing Kath's voice on this, and then seeing the album cover and noticing that these guys were all white!!!
ShadesBelow03 7 months ago
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4fingersinge 7 months ago
hell yeah
portrayedbyjim 7 months ago
just flat out the baddest man who ever picked up a guitar.
fletch2240 8 months ago 20
@fletch2240 hells ya!
kayjay111111 7 months ago
@fletch2240 Him and SRV
CryShitWolf 5 months ago
@fletch2240 AMEN!... Hendrix isnt shit next to Kath.... easily the best ever... so sad he wasnt with us long... great ones never are.
leonakita 5 months ago
@fletch2240 Heard Jimi was scared of him
rudolfmusic 4 months ago
@fletch2240 Absolutely brilliant. Master of the SG... but hell, not so bright otherwise, I guess. Silly bugger shot himself accidently. Dead as a mackerel at 31. A great loss.
dreyam 3 months ago
My favorite venison of this song. I like it better than the studio version, which is very rare for me. Also, I like it better than any of the many bands who also played this song.
SeattleLA 8 months ago 2
This sound comes from Santana ? Very interesting because the album this song is from (CTA) was released on April 28, 1969 while Santana's first album (Santana) wasn't released until August 1969. Nice try.
raddmann99 8 months ago
Danny S - jazz based drummer. Outstanding!
GroffinTiffin 8 months ago 2
@MrJacklips. See comment from fungk1.
StevenJDakota 9 months ago
grand funk energy here, phenomenal
joeyinempirestate 9 months ago
Les Paul?
StevenJDakota 9 months ago
@StevenJDakota, Gibson SG
fungk1 9 months ago
Freakin' amazing! Good camerawork too....no psychedelic headache shots. Luvit!
podiebodhi 9 months ago
Terry Kath. Need I say more??? Early 60's LES PAUL. ( not an SG) through an Orange amp. What a TONE! RIP Terry.
Ronrazz57 9 months ago
An Orange stack, and the loudest thing in the mix is the cowbell/
TimmyP1955 10 months ago
@TimmyP1955
You just gotta get your priorities straight. The Orange isn't for volume, it's for feedback. Against a brass section, an Orange isn't even THAT loud. Probably blended nicely onstage. But yeah, that's a hell of a loud cowbell. Maybe it has its own Orange stack.
But both this song and Beginnings - where would they be without the cowbell?
Pobnifus 4 months ago
Actualy it's a Spenser Davis Group song written by Steve Winwood and producer Jimmy Miller.
bozokarl 10 months ago
yes , good song but this sound comes from Santana.
brokeandhungryxx 10 months ago
Devil music! SCANdalous!
ArtsPatron2008 10 months ago
funky pleasure.....
shaund28 11 months ago
Cetera was tweaked so much better with Kath on the stage. Terry was the blues and the soul - with amazing technique and phrasing! Don't forget about Terry Kath.
diverdance 1 year ago
Man, I miss those guys when they were all together with Terry. the don't make 'em like that anymore. Check out Terry tapping the SG for more sustain @ around 4:15
Cheshowjr 1 year ago
4:42 - 4:52
Entropy56 1 year ago
No wonder Hendrix said Kath was a better guitar playing. He's tearing up here.
MuzicmanPresents 1 year ago
Back in the late 60's, there was nobody like CTA/Chicago...NOBODY! They were utterly UNIQUE! Imagine this churning, molten, jazz/rock band with a horn section featuring a freakin' trombonist! They had everything--superb individual musicians
AND great vocals! Every once in a very great while all the stars aline and the perfect ingredients all turn up in the right place. The result was Chicago. However, the heart and soul of the band was Terry and when he died, the band you see here was doomed.
thet0nzz 1 year ago
Wow,
I've loved the EARLY Chicago since 1979 or so. I can identify every member of the band that was in every photo taken during that era, I know the words to almost every song, and have talked to Jimmy for 25 minutes after 1 show in Atlantic City about 15 years ago while he was sitting on a park bench right in front of the band bus.
I've never seen a video of the group from before 1972. I'm gonna save this one as long as I live.
nudist1033 1 year ago
Note to Lee Loughnane.
Get a HAIRCUT dude!!!!!!
(8^)
nudist1033 1 year ago
That's not an SG per se. It looks like a 61 Les Paul Custom during the period when Les Pauls looked like SG's.Never saw Terry play this guitar before.He had a Les Paul Recording model with Low impedance pickups that he liked too.RIP Terry, you were one of the best!
MrJacklips 1 year ago
@MrJacklips You aren't wrong, but I think your explanation might be confusing those unfamiliar with the history of the solid body guitar. Yes, the first run model of what we now call the "SG" was a Gibson attempt to update the Les Paul (LP) model by doing the double cutaway, etc. However, Les himself didn't care for the changes and requested that his name be removed from the model. Gibson came up with the "SG" for "solid guitar" designation. The LP didn't look like the SG; it WAS the SG,
desertswo 7 months ago
@desertswo Point taken, I see what you mean, you are of course correct that for that period Les Pauls were in fact that shape. Thanks for your input..Didn't mean to confuse anybody.Take care.
MrJacklips 7 months ago
That's not an SG per se. It looks like a 61 Les Paul Custom during the period when Les Pauls looked like SG's.Never saw Terry play this guitar before.He had a Les Paul Recording model with Low impedance pickups that he liked too.
MrJacklips 1 year ago
to all the rappers, hoppers, jammers, and bammers...this is how we did it in the 70's and this is why the music in that generation will never be repeated.
2468oldschooltimes 1 year ago
possibly the best version of this song, btw anyone know what year of the sg kath is using
ktownkid1001 1 year ago
To bad Terry Kath is gone and the band is old as hell These were the days of great Tunes from Chicago One of the best bands from the late 60s and 70s Hendrix even thought Terry Kath was one of the greats!
MrLemmy2000 1 year ago
too bad terrry shot himself in the f*cking head and the band almost overnight became a sappy cheese ballad singing band of fairies! ohhh and btw.... too much cowbell and annoying tambourine!
leonakita 1 year ago
Good price longfellow56,but saw them at City Hall,Newcastle,England.21st Dec 1969.....£1 and 5 shillings(old money...ha ha)
theledge52 1 year ago
@theledge52
I didn't add that I got my ticket half price $3.00,military discount.
longfellow56 1 year ago
a triple humbucker SG!!! Whew
Cheshowjr 1 year ago
I have to save this and send it to a old friend who saw CTA with me in 1971.
6 bucks people,6 bucks
longfellow56 1 year ago
Memphis coliseum 1974 ! Fantastic!
Kptuser 1 year ago
Kath with an SG and Orange - unbelievable!
deepunderdirt 1 year ago
To hell with the Rock & Roll hall of Fame ... Chicago is too good for them. They should have their own Museum.
ChicagoJT 1 year ago
With Terry Kath, this band had no peers in the USA.
Vocals, backbeat, the horns, Lamm's Keyboard, Kath's guitar... a monster of a band.
andlon16 1 year ago 2
Back at the very beginning - before they went schmaltzy for the money, they were an absolute MONSTER of a band!!! Rock, jazz, a pinch of blues, with a killer horn section to top it all off - with ferocious original lead guitarist Terry Kath they could blow anyone else off the stage with the possible exception of Cream or The Who!!
1953jazzman 1 year ago
@1953jazzman Idk, If skynard could blow the who off stage I'm positive that Chicago woul Anhilate them.
Shepard1100 1 year ago
WHAT CAN I SAY......UNBAFUCKENREAL ! WHEW......
drumbs 1 year ago
there should be a "love" button!
myaqui 1 year ago 2
I saw them in 1974 in Lafayette, LA. Awesome band.
jvidr 1 year ago
Make that guitar scream, Terry !!!!!
Karenfan09 1 year ago
I'm reading Danny Seraphine's soon-to-be released autobiography right now, so I came looking for a good video of them from the early days. I think I found one. Wow!
Jhensy2012 1 year ago
@Jhensy2012 Yeah you did!!
jncyt 1 year ago
It's a clasic alright . Sad you don't hear that hardly at all on main stream radio
jim13904 1 year ago
THAT is CHICAGO !
JohnnyRottweiler 1 year ago
@JohnnyRottweiler Was my friend, that WAS Chicago.
jncyt 1 year ago
TERRY! All you have to do is watch how he plays with abandonment at about 4:10, the intensity of his focus as he's tossing to Pete picking up the vocal at 4:44 and how he makes sure he's FOLLOWING Danny's drums for one of their most powerful closes EVER, to see why he was the unsung LEADER of the band. To see this on display in their early career says it all. Also see "Uptown at Rockpalast" for more great TK guitar work, probably his last and best. We got cheated. Miss you Terry!
jncyt 1 year ago 2
Saw them in Memphis at Coliseum in 1973. Was an awesome show!
Kptuser 1 year ago
love terry
GuitarPhi1 1 year ago
THE BEST EVER.......HANDS DOWN.....LONG LIVE CTA
sdsck 1 year ago
This is the best video on Youtube.Whats better than this? Terry Kath's accuracy & speed was beyond Hendrix in 1968. Jimi's innovative gift is beyond.They were both genius level.
drummingface 1 year ago
@drummingface Hendrix loved this guy apparently.
thefoppa1000 1 year ago
@thefoppa1000 Hendrix told their sax player, "Your guitar player is better than me."
APcaveman 1 year ago
@APcaveman can't get better praise than that, tho I'd personally take Hendrix over anyone.
thefoppa1000 1 year ago
This is the best video on Youtube.Whats better than this?
drummingface 1 year ago
Yeah ma brothas....
OrisLover 1 year ago
how is it possible that Chicago is NOT in the RNRHOF already?? What an absolute disgrace.
richardr105 1 year ago
MAGIQUE TERRY RESPECT
skeptyky 1 year ago
Bruce Dickinson's favorite band...
ugmodude 1 year ago
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MiGrm9 1 year ago
Love this....shows the band at its best!!
lala5732 1 year ago
speechless!!
2468oldschooltimes 1 year ago