Chicago - Terry Kath - "Once or Twice" (Live)

[cutewittykath]

Wish I could have been there!

[kcastille1]

terry was so underrated. i am a musician and he is definately in my top 5 best ever guitarists, and in my top 10 on vocals. check out my video impersonation of colour my world.

[chicagofan1ful]

Yes, Terry is great & big!

[cutewittykath]

Play-it-again :)

[cutewittykath]

Miss you:( whiting you were still here.

[smittykins]

I think this should've been releaased as a single instead of "If You Leave Me Now."

[CircleCityEric]

The best way to demonstrate to classic rock listeners how exciting and innovative Terry Kath was would be to produce a radio showcase, alternating between Hendrix' best-known studio/live recordings and examples of Terry's sound. They'll be thinking they're by the same guitarist after the first 20 minutes.

[hateangie]

HENDRIX WAS IN AWE OF TERRY.........THOUGHT TERRY WAS A GUITAR GOD

[trumpetman514]

THIS is Chicago.....not the"train wreck "that tours today. This was poorly recorded....but you can tell that the performance was really good. I remember that tour in 1977. I saw them at three major venues in NYC that year.

[woodsprout]

I have no harsh words for the other members of the band.

Yes they lost Terry, (lead vocal/lead guitar) & no band could lose these leads without being devastated,

...but with 6 band members left, were they supposed to stop making music, stop playing the old songs?

What would you do if you were one of the remaining members?

I loved Terry and still do.

...but if you

[woodsprout]

...but if you describe the rest of the band as a "train wreck" then the driver of the train (Engineer) was Terry Kath. And although it was an accident, it was still a careless action and his own responsibility.

[TheD4ddyh]

u think it was poorly recorded? my dad has the original vinyl and it sounds perfect

[cdadave83814]

For some reason, the vocals on the Chicago 'X' album were really poorly recorded; you could barely hear the singer over the instruments; here, it's nice to hear Terry's voice turned up...

[jazmincaliz]

Terry destaca como el mejor de la banda tocando asi su guitarra

[evhisagodtome]

Terry Rocks

[terrykaren]

I couldn't have said it better myself!! TERRY ROCKS!!!

[takemeback1969]

Happy 63rd B-day Terry 1/31/09 RIP

[kevinwisbith]

This guy won a Darwin award.

[nishigata4154]

日本でのタイトルは「ロックンロール・シカゴ」です。

[stingray1964]

How come Terry doesn't get the cred he deserves.....? For God sakes he was Hendrix's favorite guitar player along with Billy Gibbons!

[CobaltBlue76]

Too sad. Hendrix said that Terry was the greatest guitarist in history. That being said, it's amazing Hendrix was rated #1, but Terry did not even make the list of Top 100 guitarists of all time. Like he's just plain invisible.

[stingray1964]

Yeah no shit man...he could play circles around so many guys. That's true in life in general though, a lot of great people get over looked!

rock on bro!

[KarmicOmen]

Yeah, it is very sad ... pathetic in fact that Terry isn't give the respect and credit he deserves! Chicago was playing at the Whiskey a Go-Go in LA in 1968. Jimmy Hendrix was there ... he said to Walt Parazaider (sax), "Hey man, your guitarist is better than me" and then said to Chicago's manager, "Man, I'm pretty good, but that cat blows me away" -- what a huge set of compliments. Terry must have been thrilled, as he was in awe of Hendrix.

[fletch2240]

@KarmicOmen iwas looking for someone to say that... no one seems to know hendrix said that... and i agree with him.

[Trashfished]

yeah that is pretty strange.! I like Terry more than Jimmy. Do you think "maybe" Hendrix is a little over rated??

[MiGrm9]

@stingray1964 u got that right honey. TK is the man!!!  Listen to that vocal and you know it doesn't get any better than this.

[adamnusername]

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[MiGrm9]

Terry Kath is my favorite. Thank you for posting another gem!

[Bytheshore1960]

I just loved Terry...Still miss him to this day. What wonderful things he could have done. RIP Sweetie

[Mattbluhalofan]

Definitely one of the best songs from Chicago X. I love the huge, loud, big band-rock sound of this one. The lyrics are great too. It doesn't take itself seriously at all, and casually conveys the message of "Hey, we're both pretty screwed up in the head, we're pretty alike, and we've got chemistry".

[TimeAndChange]

Were do you rate Chicago X? Gotta be my favorite.

[Mattbluhalofan]

Low on the list, unfortunately. Most favorite to least favorite, my albums go: V, XI, Stone Of Sisyphus, VII, II, III, Chicago Transit Authority, VI, 17, 16, XXX, VIII, Hot Streets, 19, X, XIV, 13, 18, Twenty-1.

[m06een00]

Not well. This song demonstates how boring and derivative the band was/had become, Even the horn section steals the riff from Otis Redding's I Can't Turn You Loose.

[rwindows18]

i disagree, its one of my favourite songs of terry kath and chicago and i love the sax solo, it shows chicago jazz roots in full force until they became a mostly ballad based band. by the way it sounds completely different to I Can't You Loose

[slicktiger28]

What a great video. Thanks for posting.

"Once or Twice" is one of my favorite Chicago songs, and I have never seen or heard it performed live before. What a talented band, and what a talent in Terry Kath. I was 16 when he died, and I remember crying when my friend told me he was gone. He is missed to this day, and he will always be missed by those who loved the original Chicago.

[bellwaboy62]

A Hall of Fame performance from a Hall of Fame band. The fact that this is on the same album as IYLMN shows how versatile they were. And Chicago X isn't even a great album! They did so much and are so underappreciated. Looking forward to seeing them again this summer!

[at90percent]

On a lighter note. I like how on the studio version of this song, at the end he sings,

"Won't cha give it up

Won't cha give it up

Don't cha know the spirit of this stupid song."

That's classic Terry.

[at90percent]

I started listening to Chicago when I was 11 in 1972. I remember that I liked Peter's songs. As I bought the albums I used to skip over Terry's stuff because I was just too young for it. In 1976 a girl I liked was killed in a car accident. Terry's AM Mourning (Chicago II) comforted me. I became a great fan of his in 1977 shortly before his death in 1978. Still miss him to this day.

[chakagar]

Wonderful! Gosh I miss you, Terry.

[mtyemti]

Chicago is truly a highly underrated band.

[kvmusic]

This is MUSIC!

Thanks for posting

[TimeAndChange]

Wish they would have released this song in '76. That was THE YEAR of all Chicago's 40.

Kath was Chicago in so many ways...

[Philtertip]

Terry and his hockey sweaters.... thanks for the memories....

[terrykaren]

There is nobody like Terry. I miss you Terry.

[adamnusername]

myspacedotcom/terrykathfanpage­

[phatbackbeat]

it is heart breaking to see this man.what a power.what an unfortunate death.chicago died that evening..,but was it suicide? you hold a gun to your head and pull the trigger,that's no accident !!!

[bl200sx]

ya, it makes me wonder what was going thru his mind when he had pulled the trigger, but one might think he knew what he was doing that day, he was drunk, and possibly on drugs, To bad it had to happen!!! RIP

[itreeye]

bl200sx:

I agree with you and believe he will and IS resting in peace.

As to "what was going through his mind when he pulled trigger"? I can know that he didn't know what he was doing.

[peters9nine]

Nice to see Terry Kath late in his life (sorry to say).Miss you Terry.

[ShoneysRules]

Summer of 76. Yea baby.

[FatherHula]

What's up with Walt's prom tux? Great performance. Terry can sing some rock & roll, eh?

[PrisonPreacher]

King Kath. Nobody came close in trying to fill his shoes after his tragic death. Chicago, as we knew it,

died in 1978 with Kath.

[flashpenguin]

If that song doesn't make you want to get up and cut the rug or bust a move, NOTHING will. Terry was magic on this song....but then again, Terry was magic on ALL his songs.

[jhnstn1]

Goes well with Chicagokid1969's Taking it Uptown video. Very nice.

[BuckeyeBrothers]

chicago X was my fav; wish they had released this

[jwpbass]

thank you!!!!! great song. Terry rules!

[razzle007]

A nice rare track! Does anyone have "TOGETHER AGAIN" or "ANOTHER RAINY DAY IN N.Y. CITY?"

[radkr]

I have the whole album

[CobaltBlue76]

I have at least 21 of their albums. I consider my collection incomplete.

[TOMBRADYTRON]

I have 43 chicago albums.

[rucb1alum]

And in your opinion, which one is better...CTA or XLIII?

[sarniarocks]

@rucb1alum  Definitely CTA with all it's wondrous classics...imo :))

Hope you're having a great day/week/month/New Year!

[wonkavella]

love his voice