I grew up in the San Francisco Bay area in the 60s and 70s, and we were just taking it for granted that these bands were always incredible! Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, Frozen Noses, etc., so fun! Still great today.
Ya - I played / lived with the two younger Cetera Brothers in the 70's. Our band heard about Terry as soon as it happened. We were also a rock band with a good horn section - it was shocking & tragic. He was the after burner of Chicago..
@carolvillines7616 He was supposed to meet up with people that night to start work on his solo album. He was also having a house built in Malibu. Definitely not suicidal.
Sorry to hear about Keith's accident. He was their best guitarist after Kath. He had a long ride though. And I never heard of Jason's drinking problem, glad he nipped it in the bud, Jason's a pretty awesome dude.
Terry had zero alcohol in his system and trace amount of cocaine in his tox screen. Nothing else. Not even an aspirin. Which was surprising having been at a party. But perhaps because he was starting his solo album that night he intentionally wanted to be focused. Just a lie he was drunk or high when he died. Or was playing Russian Roulette.
Most of the band went through their phase of substance abuse at one time or another. I wasn't aware about Walt and Keith's situation. Keith was the best guitarist to channel Kath. I don't recognize but 2 members of the band any longer, but as Lamm once said, EVERYBODY in this band is replaceable. Danny is doing great justice to Chicago with California Transit Authority and he still has his unmistakable chops. Perhaps we'll get to see more autobiographies from surviving members in the future.
I was laughing so hard during the part of the video that tells the tragic story of Walter Parazaider, the original sax player of Chicago but showing a video clip and photos of the new saxophonist instead. This is so wrong and misleading.
Love this band...even have one of THE 8 TRACKS from my early teens. I did lighting production for them in 1991 in a club in Lancaster Pa and got them to sign it!!!! ✌️😎✌️ ROCK ON 🎶🎶🎶🎶
They talk about Walter Parazaider but those pictures most of them are definitely not Walter Parazaider. When people rush putting a bio together, somehow they get sloppy and messed them up.
I will never forget where I was when I heard of the tragic death of Terry Kath as I was at a friends house. Chicago was never the same without Terry in my mind! In my opinion they were never the same for me anyway. I highly doubt he meant to kill himself like some have said.
@@lamarravery4094 Can you imagine what we fans missed out on? From what I know about the new project Terry was working on, it would have been a Blues Rock project fronted by Terry. Think SRV before SRV and that's what it would have been.
@@redbarchetta8782 Who knows how successful it would've been. Lamm's solo project wasn't a commercial success, either. A blues rock album in the disco late 70s, might be out of place.
No he didn't mean to as I said there were a few people there he literally forgot there was a bullet in it plus it was a party so he was not sober and his last words were don't worry ir's not loaded thats not the words of a man about to intentionally shoot himself
I love Chicago (the original band with Terry Kath)…I so wish that the three original members that are left ( Robert Lamm , Lee Loughnane , & James Pankow ) could write a book about Chicago. I know HBO a few years ago had a documentary (Now More Than Ever). I also wish their former producer/manager James William Guercio, Walter Parazaider- if he can get help and Peter Cetera could write a book as well. I don’t know if we’ll ever know the whole truths. I would like to know if Peter and Terry got along well. I’d like to know what Chicago thought of other new bands that came out around the same time as them as, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Allman Brothers, Led Zeppelin, & The Eagles… There was an interesting book that came along with the 1991 Chicago box set titled (Group Portrait)…. Peter Cetera takes part in this book .. He talks about his tenure with Chicago. He mentioned when they recorded the song (Lowdown) off of Chicago III Terry said something like “ Don’t ever tell anybody I played on this song” Peter felt like Terry played with (Peter’s quote from the book) “ I don’t give a shit attitude”. I don’t want to miss quote anything, but that’s what I remembered... Peter did not have anything else negative to say… Speaking of (Lowdown) I do kind of hear what Peter was saying, it seems like it was one of the only Chicago songs that Terry kind of played differently…I wish Danny Seraphine & Laudir de Oliveira could of partaken in that book as well.. James William Guercio their producer/manager also partook in the book. I wish they could’ve done a Christmas album during those years (1969-77).. As far as Bill Champlin ,I am sorry for the loss of his son. I saw him give an interview on a TH-cam channel titled (Rock History Music) … He seems like a down to earth nice guy. I was not really a fan of Chicago the period he was in the band though.
You show pictures of Bill Champlin in the late 80s when he was the main lead singer of their hits, when discussing Jason Sheff, who was the other lead singer at that time. The super long mullet with the gown & glove dressed girls is Bill, not Jeff.
Peter Cetera got a big break when he had 4 marines attack him and broke his jaw. They didn't like hippies and Peter Cetera had the long hair. Anyways he had his jaw wired. After that his voice changed and he had the perfect voice
I compared this band with the Temptations. Both bands had a baritone and a falsetto. In this case, Chicago had Terry Kath (baritone) and Peter Cetera (falsetto) and The Temptations had David Ruffin (baritone) and Birmingham, Alabama's Eddie Kendricks (falsetto). They're no longer in their respective bands although Cetera is still with us to this day.
0:56 that's a picture of Robert Lamm you are using while talking about Terry Kath dying at age 32.
You are correct, it is Robert Lamm.
Great band. I miss the old days of great music.
I grew up in the San Francisco Bay area in the 60s and 70s, and we were just taking it for granted that these bands were always incredible! Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, Frozen Noses, etc., so fun!
Still great today.
I love Chicago they are a great group
A story about Chicago without a mention of Robert Lamn? Impossible.
Lamm and his coke problem was tragic.
He was mentioned 30 seconds into the video?
and Dawayne Bailey....
Ya - I played / lived with the two younger Cetera Brothers in the 70's. Our band heard about Terry as soon as it happened. We were also a rock band with a good horn section - it was shocking & tragic. He was the after burner of Chicago..
Are you still playing music? I’d love to see something that remains from the era before me. Music is love but live music is Life.
They really need to recheck their facts
Wrong…terry Kath wasn’t playing Russian roulette….
I heard that he was depressed and a lot of people believe killed himself!
Terry was not depressed. He did not commit suicide.
Well it’s unfortunate either way.
@carolvillines7616 He was supposed to meet up with people that night to start work on his solo album. He was also having a house built in Malibu. Definitely not suicidal.
Terry died in an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound from an semiautomatic pistol. Substance abused was led to his shooting death.
Yes great band with great songs! I have their greatest hits.
One of America's standard bearers and flagship bands in the history of Rock music.. Absolutely no doubt about that...
Sorry to hear about Keith's accident. He was their best guitarist after Kath. He had a long ride though. And I never heard of Jason's drinking problem, glad he nipped it in the bud, Jason's a pretty awesome dude.
Such a great band!
Agreed
I love ‘em
For a band that has lasted more than a half a century and still performing, they had to be.
Thanks for making this! Taught me things I didn’t even know!
Terry had zero alcohol in his system and trace amount of cocaine in his tox screen. Nothing else. Not even an aspirin. Which was surprising having been at a party. But perhaps because he was starting his solo album that night he intentionally wanted to be focused. Just a lie he was drunk or high when he died. Or was playing Russian Roulette.
Most of the band went through their phase of substance abuse at one time or another. I wasn't aware about Walt and Keith's situation. Keith was the best guitarist to channel Kath. I don't recognize but 2 members of the band any longer, but as Lamm once said, EVERYBODY in this band is replaceable. Danny is doing great justice to Chicago with California Transit Authority and he still has his unmistakable chops. Perhaps we'll get to see more autobiographies from surviving members in the future.
So love and miss Keith, wish him so best. He makes it look so effortless while sounding so incredible.
Kath was the man at least in the early days. Sort of lost interest in them when he passed. Cetera leaving was another devastating blow.
I was laughing so hard during the part of the video that tells the tragic story of Walter Parazaider, the original sax player of Chicago but showing a video clip and photos of the new saxophonist instead. This is so wrong and misleading.
Love this band...even have one of THE 8 TRACKS from my early teens. I did lighting production for them in 1991 in a club in Lancaster Pa and got them to sign it!!!! ✌️😎✌️ ROCK ON 🎶🎶🎶🎶
The second tragedy David Foster getting involved.
They had no choice. Foster gave the band new life and resurrected careers.
And ironically. They were more financially and commercially successful during the Foster years.
They talk about Walter Parazaider but those pictures most of them are definitely not Walter Parazaider. When people rush putting a bio together, somehow they get sloppy and messed them up.
And Terry died at 31 not 32.
@elledeee1202 Right !!his birthday was a few days away.
I didn't even get 5 minutes in. It was NOT a game of Russian Roulette. Got to block you now.
I saw my home city Chicago band this Wednesday, August 16. 2023 in Prescott Valley, Arizona and let me say they were dynamite 🎺
I will never forget where I was when I heard of the tragic death of Terry Kath as I was at a friends house. Chicago was never the same without Terry in my mind! In my opinion they were never the same for me anyway. I highly doubt he meant to kill himself like some have said.
Kath was planning to leave Chicago anyway. He was working on some solo material just before he died.
@@lamarravery4094 Can you imagine what we fans missed out on? From what I know about the new project Terry was working on, it would have been a Blues Rock project fronted by Terry. Think SRV before SRV and that's what it would have been.
@@redbarchetta8782 Who knows how successful it would've been. Lamm's solo project wasn't a commercial success, either. A blues rock album in the disco late 70s, might be out of place.
Kath put on quite a guitar solo on "Sing A Mean Tune Kid (Part Two)" which could never be duplicated.
No he didn't mean to as I said there were a few people there he literally forgot there was a bullet in it plus it was a party so he was not sober and his last words were don't worry ir's not loaded thats not the words of a man about to intentionally shoot himself
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I love Chicago (the original band with Terry Kath)…I so wish that the three original members that are left ( Robert Lamm , Lee Loughnane , & James Pankow ) could write a book about Chicago. I know HBO a few years ago had a documentary (Now More Than Ever). I also wish their former producer/manager James William Guercio, Walter Parazaider- if he can get help and Peter Cetera could write a book as well. I don’t know if we’ll ever know the whole truths. I would like to know if Peter and Terry got along well. I’d like to know what Chicago thought of other new bands that came out around the same time as them as, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Allman Brothers, Led Zeppelin, & The Eagles…
There was an interesting book that came along with the 1991 Chicago box set titled (Group Portrait)…. Peter Cetera takes part in this book .. He talks about his tenure with Chicago. He mentioned when they recorded the song (Lowdown) off of Chicago III Terry said something like “ Don’t ever tell anybody I played on this song” Peter felt like Terry played with (Peter’s quote from the book) “ I don’t give a shit attitude”. I don’t want to miss quote anything, but that’s what I remembered... Peter did not have anything else negative to say… Speaking of (Lowdown) I do kind of hear what Peter was saying, it seems like it was one of the only Chicago songs that Terry kind of played differently…I wish Danny Seraphine & Laudir de Oliveira could of partaken in that book as well.. James William Guercio their producer/manager also partook in the book.
I wish they could’ve done a Christmas album during those years (1969-77)..
As far as Bill Champlin ,I am sorry for the loss of his son. I saw him give an interview on a TH-cam channel titled (Rock History Music) … He seems like a down to earth nice guy. I was not really a fan of Chicago the period he was in the band though.
There are so many holes in your story that I laughed like never before. Thanks
Cetera also was involved in a baseball game in 1971, where he was beaten up by four US Marines.
Great band Peter Centera is such underrated vocalist.
Poor Walter and Bill
You show pictures of Bill Champlin in the late 80s when he was the main lead singer of their hits, when discussing Jason Sheff, who was the other lead singer at that time. The super long mullet with the gown & glove dressed girls is Bill, not Jeff.
Was Keith Howland the one screaming "I'm addicted you" In the song.. "hard Habit to break" ?
Terry's last words were "Don't Worry It's Not Loaded. it was a tragic accident he took the clip out but forgot there was a bullet inthe chamber
Without Walt Bill Terry Peter and Jason Chicago should just call it a day honestly especially without Bill Champlin
Jason was great too
Terry was not playing Russian Roulette there was witnesses he genuinely forgot it was loaded
Still stupid and irresponsible. All he had to do was take the mag out and pull the slide back to clear the gun. Easily avoidable negligent discharge.
That story on Wikipedia about Kath and his death. My gawd, I believe that is the Darwin Award. Drugs and alcohol are terrible.
He wasn't drunk or high. Autopsy said no alcohol and trace amount of cocaine below level to be high.
wrong gun...
I didn't know this about Keith Howland but he sure has put on a lot of weight. I hardly recognize him.
He fucked around and found out! How incredibly STUPID!
Peter Cetera got a big break when he had 4 marines attack him and broke his jaw. They didn't like hippies and Peter Cetera had the long hair. Anyways he had his jaw wired. After that his voice changed and he had the perfect voice
Please do a video on traffic life of the Backstreet boys
I compared this band with the Temptations. Both bands had a baritone and a falsetto. In this case, Chicago had Terry Kath (baritone) and Peter Cetera (falsetto) and The Temptations had David Ruffin (baritone) and Birmingham, Alabama's Eddie Kendricks (falsetto). They're no longer in their respective bands although Cetera is still with us to this day.
AGREED
We must have been born the same year
@@kateskeys 1975, the year the Temptations released "Shakey Ground" while Chicago released (oddly enough) "Old Days".
Cetera is a tenor.
@meyerj75 Cetera is a High tenor. In music 🎶 its called FIRST TENOR.
How do you play " russian roulette" with a semi auto ?
Chicago died when Terry Kath died.........end of story.
its seems that to old first fans cetera is the phil collins of this band
Mandatory oaths and sacrifices‼️
Tell me Terry
If Terry had attended Alec's firearm safety course prior to this tragedy, he might be alive today.
This video feels wrong on talking about my favorite band
You give Peter Cetera very little credit for his role in the band. And youre inaccurate on the ones you do give time to.
Bobert Lamm? crap video
Guns are never "unloaded!"