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live at the pineknob theatre in 79,funny how pc changes his voice

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• Chicago
• peter
• cetera
• lamm
• pankow
• kath
• 13

[jwjeffrey]

Thanks for posting this,now here's a question for you,do you have Chicago doing reruns from Chicago 13?

And I remember watching this concert on T.V,The show was sponser by Donnie And Marie of all people.Most of the songs they did was from 13.

[sopranoppc]

do you mean from this particuler concert?..if so i think its on there but one of the kids has moved it an cant find it at the mo,which is really frustrating...sure it will turn up..

[at90percent]

A ha. I knew it was Peter Cetera that sang that song, not P.C. Mobley as the album states. LOL. Yeah I guess that was his jazz name for himself when he put on that gutteral sound to his voice.

[sopranoppc]

yea..i was abit confused at first..then i saw the vid an thought who else coud it have been..i mean who else could sing like that..lol..hes got good vocal range.

[DOCTORxHOUSE]

This song is funky. Love how Peter Cetera keeps changing his vocal range in this. Dacus is simply distracting with his gyrating. He looks so out of place.

[bibchr]

P. C. Moblee!

[teegeemedia]

@maysno24 I'd agree, except maybe adding that James William Guercio's departure was the final coup de grace.

[Ricktpt1]

There was a televised concert of this band (included this tune) when thirteen was "new" and it aired on Broadcast TV as part of a weekend series marketed as "The BLUE JEAN Network". In that rendition the Horn Section's Dixieland component was dialed up a few notches higher than here and I'd REALLY like to find that performance. (The stop times at the end were much longer and Loughnane's plunger work was a lot more "gut bucket...." Thanks for posting this overlooked iteration......

[terrykathforever]

Wow - I´ve heard P.C. singin so many times, but at this concert his was was so fresh and in perfect condition - outstandig vocals.

[ibjamin5]

Danny plays this "half time shuffle" very nicely.

[drkam6]

Sounds a bit like "Mama" from Toto's Hydra album.

[drummerboyjac]

Alot of people think that when "If You Leave Me Now" became a hit, then the band was on its way to AC hell. But what you said sums it up...when Peter "took over." When 'Happy Man' and 'Wishing You Were Here' became part of the bands set, well when Peter started writing in general, the band's sound softened massivley. That was even before IYLMN.

But you're right. When Peter rose to prominence, the band's sound suffered.

[maysno24]

The four worst things to happen to Chicago: Terry Kath's death, "If You Leave Me Now" being such a big hit (the beginning of the WIMP factor), David Foster coming on as producer (totally screwing up their sound with all those cheesy keyboards, even going so far as playing the bass parts on keyboards), and of course, the firing of Danny Seraphine.

[maysno24]

What a dumbass thing to say. Is ignorance REALLY bliss? Listen to the early stuff. They were a BAND. They all "carried" each other. The two most prolific writers were Robert Lamm and that "french fry" making trombone player, Jimmy Pankow. If ANYTHING, once Peter "seemingly" took over, the WIMP factor set in, and they've never quite recovered from it.