Chicago - I'm a Man

[bigsue1223]

none of these videos sound very good!

[pronatorgator]

Ten years ago there was no (FREE!) youtube, and the only way to hear live versions of songs such as this was either by shelling out for very expensive bootlegs or by being fortunate enough to be in the right place at the right time.

And here you are, in 2010 moaning that the free on-demand upload you are enjoying - which is 41 years old - doesn't sound perfect.

My, how ungrateful we quickly become!!!

[eddhouck]

It's 41 years old, even decent cassette recorders didn't exist. Unless a decent reel to reel recorder was present there was no way to record! I wish it was better as well but still it's worth hearing another Terry Kath performance!

[Starlitblond]

is it me or was the tape stretching?

[Starlitblond]

they are jammin here.. what a great song!

[guitarclaydo]

my next door neighbor was Terry Kath's guitar tech. sadly he died a couple years ago on his band due to overdose i think.

[pronatorgator]

@guitarclaydo If you'd taken 30 seconds to fact check before sending your errors out onto the internet for all eternity, you might have learnt that Terry Kath accidentally died as a result of self-inflicted gunshot wounds in 1978.

[guitarclaydo]

@pronatorgator

hmmm, I see wrote "band" instead of "bed" for whatever typo reason, but maybe if you would've taken literally 1 second to read the first four words of my comment, than YOU probably wouldn't have sent your errors out onto the internet for all eternity...

[pronatorgator]

@guitarclaydo How's that grammar thing working out for you?

[guitarclaydo]

@pronatorgator

oooooo we got a feisty one here!

[akers6328a]

who did the cover thats on the advert with the dog singing?

[ArsenalAsh1976]

i believe that song on the ad was the original.. spencer davis group.. chicago covered it..

[juantoletemex]

Maybe. Beer and pot, you know. I suggest you to watch Tanglewood gig videos. They were stoned. No doubt!!

[MattHatter]

Jimi Hendrix saw Chicago play and commented to one of the guys, "you know your guitarist is better than me." That would be Mr. Terry Kath, if you've never heard him play on one of the bands first three albums, you need to do yourself the favor. Some of the songs have incredible long jams!

[teegeemedia]

Apparently, Parazaider was ill at this time and the band used a temporary sub for a few gigs, as they did in Hamilton, Canada when they played there a few days later.

[eddhouck]

Nice... 1. he's dead, and 2. childish dig toward someone who was obviously a gifted musician. All of the members of Chicago rate him as one of the greatest guitarists ever. They know at least a little about music and toured with Terry for 10 years. Your credentials for slighting him would be.....?

[mister2drums]

This is actually the video for "Does anybody really know what time it is?" and "i'm a Man". ChicagoKid1969 posted the "Does anybody....." video in its entirety. The guy playing the sax is not Parazaider. I have no idea who it is.

[juantoletemex]

No. This footage is completely out of sync and with parts of other songs, too. "Does Anybody..." is previous to this, as you can see in the barcode. Audio and video came from Texas Festival anyway. I have another copy of better quality, I'll reload this clip soon. Regarding Parazaider, original program of festival reads: "WALT PERRY ...studied with woodwind players in the Chicago Symphony and has been playing 14 years..." Is this a misspelling? Hope you understand, this is not my language.

[mister2drums]

Juan, este video lo puso ChicagoKid1969 pero el de el es solo de el tema "Does anybody really know what time it is?" Es el mismo festival. Gracias por todos los videos de Chicago que has puesto en youtube!

[TheKifrob]

@juantoletemex That IS Parazaider. Perry/Parazaider. It is the same person. When he started and before he grew his hair he had a moustache.

[n0ne001]

Juantoletemex, thanks for posting this, simply awesome!!!! Five stars!

What a shame that video and audio where out of sync.

This is not Parazaider, isn't this?

[juantoletemex]

Yes, the quality is poor, the guys that bootlegged this version manipulated it. Some people say that there's an entire, good quality footage in the archives of a film company. Who's playing sax? I don't know. It's not rare to see Chicago concerts with substitutes. Thanks!