CTA - California Transit Authority Band Montage

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CTA's 'Full Circle' Now Available at Borders & Online!




Drummer Danny Seraphine's trip back to the future, effectively tipping his hat to his past as a founding member of the Grammy award-winning band Chicago CTA's 'Full Circle' Now Available at Borders & Online!

CTA (California Transit Authority) is drummer Danny Seraphine's trip back to the future, effectively tipping his hat to his past as a founding member of the Grammy award-winning band Chicago, with his feet firmly planted in the here and now. Aptly titled 'Full Circle', California Transit Authority's debut album brings Seraphine back to his roots.

While CTA revisits early Chicago classics "Make Me Smile" and "Colour My World" on 'Full Circle', CTA isn't just a nostalgia trip. For example, "Make Me Smile" has been transformed into an instrumental, with Marc Bonilla recreating the vocal lines on guitar. In addition, Bonilla has also re-imagined many of Chicago's classic horn parts on his guitar. Another twist is vocalist Larry Braggs, the voice of Tower of Power since 2000.

Aside from the re-workings of the Chicago tracks, 'Full Circle' revisits Bonilla's "Antonio's Love Jungle," which is given new life as Seraphine's human touch replaces the original's drum-machine rhythms; as well as "Something Different," the Cannonball Adderley track composed by a young Chuck Mangione. On "I'm The Man," guest artists Sheila E. (on timbales), Alex Acuna (on congas), and Keith Emerson (organ solo) make an appearance. And a new original track, "Several Thousand," features guest vocalist Wes Quave.

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CTA (California Transit Authority) is: Danny Seraphine (drums), Larry Braggs (lead vocals), Marc Bonilla (guitar), Peter Fish (keyboards), Edward Harris Roth (keyboards), Mick Mahan (bass) and Walter Rodriguez (congas)

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Exclusively at your local Borders store
http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=57297749&srchTerm...

"Full Circle" on iTunes
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=260786152&...

"Full Circle" on Napster
http://free.napster.com/view/artist/index.html?id=12402656

"Full Circle" on emusic
http://www.emusic.com/album/CTA-California-Transit-Authority-Full-Circle-MP3-...

"Full Circle" on Rhapsody
http://www.rhapsody.com/ctacaliforniatransitauthority/fullcircle

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• CTA
• California
• Transit
• Authority
• Chicago
• Danny
• Seraphine
• Marc
• Bonilla
• Jazz
• Funk
• Rock
• Drummer

[luke3jes]

Chicago has not been the same since this man left the band. It's terrific to see him behind the kit again. One of the all-time drum greats.

[Billykid514]

Chicago blows without DANNY AND PETER

[1111andrewjackson]

danny, only you can appreciate...terry, pete, yourself at pine knob...its just not the same..........Chicago screwed up, Big Time............not the same.no joke

[Gigler43]

The good ole days of Chicago the band with its original band members laying it down for us all. The CTA band sounds even better! The sound is much more polished and with a better competitive cutting edge then the past sound. I dig the "CTA" band.........

[Billykid514]

@MrJayBBluejay TRUE

[MrJayBBluejay]

@Billykid514 Chicago is still good, but it will never be as great as it was. I just wish Peter Cetera never quit the band, Danny Seraphine was never fired, and that Terry Kath had not shot himself by accident and taken his life.

[MrLammfan36]

um excuse me sir/mam this is not chicago. And peter played with them.

This is cali trnsit. not chicago tranit and if you by chance made the mistake of both/and logic i disagree chicago now uses tris and jason that is chicago. if your point is about an eithwr /or. that is chicago and i hppen to disagree because it is what it was meant to be. i sure mr serphine diagrees with you as well. Peter who might disagree was a fos baby and that is simple reality

[tmg1968]

Chicago's own...Chicago Tribute Anthology (CTA) is THE finest tribute to Chicago in the Country...BAR NONE! Including Seraphine's CTA!

[Milewskige]

@fiamike AMEN on both accounts!

If you are an ELO fan, check out "The Orchestra" for an example of the second point.

[MMEZAXX1]

Danny you are the man!!!!!!!!!!! thanks for picking up the sticks again. Terry is smiling down on you..

[tremebondo1]

che skifo