I have the first three - great aswell, especially CTA - don't know the rest of the catalogue. I'm not so keen on the Cetera ballads or the disco bits - what would you recommend I listen to ? Have heard a bit of V, seems pretty good. So many albums there, don't know where to start ....
Chicago's Terry Kath: Inside Guitarist's Life and Tragic Death Terry Kath is finally featured in the Rolling Stone magazine. Even though Rolling Stone is a piece of sh—t, Terry and Chicago certainly deserve this pub. The article is from an interview with Michelle, his daughter regarding the new film Chicago: The Terry Kath Experience. It is a well written article.
Get in deep to the first seven albums. They are the best. I actually consider VII (7) to be their best work. But there is still some great music on the other three albums that round out the Guercio/Kath era from 1969 to 1977. The albums VIII (8), X (10), and XI (11) are definitely worth a listen. IX (9) is a Greatest Hits album.
Watched the documentary again-really well done. I have never heard of Chicago Presents the Innovative Guitar of Terry Kath. Any good?
Its just a bunch of old Chicago tracks, and not necessarily the ones you'd pick for a Kath centric comp.
I saw it on Amazon last night. It was pretty interesting. I suspect that the Blu-ray an dvd versions will have more content. Here is Michelle Kath with her dad's legendary Telecaster:
While obviously not Chicago, it is Robert Lamm with the Les Deux Love Orchestra, Bobby Woods, Larry Treadwell, and Walfredo Reyes Jr. Really love this song. It reminds me a bit of Lamm's solo album, The Bossa Project. Yet this song is far more interesting than most of the simplistic tracks on that album. AEROPLANE Aeroplane - Les Deux Love Orchestra Featuring Robert Lamm
That is awesome. I think I would have just recorded albums up in the mountains and left touring to the rest of the band.
Just begun to listen to the Quadio Box. Brought back memories about just how great they were pre-Terry Kath's death.
For now I don't know much about Chicago's works but I gonna buy their early albums next year around January.
If you consider V from start to finish, it is arguably their best album. “Now that you’ve gone” is a fabulous song with all the elements of The Chicago sound. All other songs are very good too.....top of their game.
Seems like a lot of people rank VI really low. I don't get it. I find its packed with some really great music.
I see 6 as the least of the 5/6/7 trio. Not that 6 is bad, just that 5 and 7 have no weak tracks IMO. I find "Critic's Choice" (the lead-off track from 6) to be especially cringe-inducing.
I've never owned a single recording, but Chicago is nevertheless one of the most important groups in my musical life. In high school my band director designed marching shows around a strange mix of Sousa and Chicago arrangements, and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be a musician today were it not for those freezing Friday night performances of 25 or 6 to 4, Make Me Smile, and Beginnings!
