Me! I got to see them 5 times in concert-Terry Kath and all! Best music ever!

Me

Me

I am!

Absolutely!!

Right on! 71 myself and we had the best music.

How right you are!

@@jaketanner20001 I'm 50, and I'll admit to that!

I am 70 and I agree with you!

I hear ya. I'm 70 8:29 and feel bad for the young having to be raised in this up side down world 😢

I agree with you brother....... I gotta have my cow bells

Thank Jimmy Pankow, the trombone player for that. He wrote a few of their songs, too. An awesome musician like the rest of the band.

Amen!

Agreed, but semi-naked dancers are always welcome.

Exactly. 😊

Well, don't forget Taylor Swift!

@@danbrennan7348 🤣

@@danbrennan7348 🤣

The 70s were the best for music

I think we need a little more cow bell here guys !

More cowbell. Really explore the space

Love. 💜 The cowbell... Fondest of memories, events, good folks, hamming to these Dudes. Legendary!!

@@peterhammel1094 was he one of the horn section? Trombone?

@@TheRelger yes. James Pankow.

Indeed! Eargsam!! ❤❤❤❤

You're right my friend. 😃👍

Absolutely

Amen. Sometimes I have a need to hear that guitar feedback. He's amazing.

you lived to tell about it ✌🏽

why didnt you stop Terry from playing with guns??

@@fyoukungflu5881 he probably wasn't there anymore, plus he says "at the time" which probably means 1970-ish, he only started playing with guns towards the end of his life

Good Morning! Two semi truck full of musical instruments equipment. And only three guys to bring all in. That amazing. They should pay you more for your work. And hired some more guys to help you. Terry Kath should have played around with a hand gun and play Russian roulette with it. I guess his parents never had a chance of talking to him about what not to do with a gun. He should be carrying one anyway. He should hired a trained military security guard to protect him and his band and crew members. Marlene Toledo Grayson

A.¹ Congratulations!

You're so right!

There show is entirely like that. They are musicians!

Jimi rocked the world of all the musicians in the 60s. Who rocked Jimi? Terry Kath. Terry was just the best. Just his guitar, his amp, and his fingers.

@@rsplines12 - One Cry Baby wah-wah pedal.....one pedal...compared to today's standard pedal board with 20 pedals....

Jimi actually hired CTA to front for him and his tour. I was fortunate to see them together before the CTA was released in the spring of 1969. Jimi told Terry that Terry was better than he was. Great times!!!!! @@rsplines12

He was amazing.

I agree with you .

You can't get too much better than Terry

​@@glennmorgan937 and I agree with you! Totally! 😊

I agree 100%. So much more to give us.

God Dang Right

Totally agree, possibly the most underrated guitarist in rock and roll history… when Jimi Hendrix is saying “I think he’s better than me.” That is saying something!

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

Getting down and digging in

He is my favorite drummer.

@@davidleigh443 im the trumpet and word man 4 this jam Diamond Dave.com

According to the documentary Danny was fired because he couldn't keep good time. I always thought he was quite good.

Tris Imboden was no slouch with them...

You got that right!!!!

He was Mr Hendrix favorite guitarist.... So there you go....

The great Jimi also liked Billy Gibbons, said that to Johnny Carson

It's like John Fogerty big powerful cousin...

I Hope to get at your edge,could be a honor. This band l will never forget very good music.

I played some day in a litlle band, and i know that feeliings.thanks for gimmy the oporrtuniti to know your kind of music that you like.

Gloria im 51 and I agree with you 💯 %, they are awesome 💥!!!, and 🙏you!!...yes I watch Tanglewood all the time also, incredible...

@@xXx-tt6lq lol. I'm 52 and agree.

I get rush after rush of goosebumps listening to these guys. . . I remember having a nostalgic feeling about Chicago the very first time I heard them and I was too young to be waxing nostalgic about anything. Now it all kind of makes sense - we are so lucky to have Chicago in the soundtracks of our lives

Definitely better. The vocal harmonies

@@joaquinlezcano2372 This video was made 53 years ago. I think it's up there with the best live recorded performances ever.

If they have talent, why don't they use it.

@@martinstubs6203 ??? They are using it, you know...

They are musicians

Oh man I love telling people how much I love Chicago...they look at me like, really! Then I clarify CTA ....before they went pop. The good Chicago when they rocked the seventies. Rey important band of the era. Horns, percussion, kath on lead and rhythm ....the list goes on, all true musicians.

Glad to have lived during a time when Rock was "Rock" and not the crap that's being "vomited" onto the public today.

They have two good songs: the "I'm a Man" cover and "25 or 6 to 4". That's it. They are both fantastic live. The rest of their music is crap.

I may not agree with ''the best ever'' but, they certainly do represent a Great Period in Time.. A Fave for sure, thank you you tube and Chicago for the wonderful memories. I was 7 years old and this was before my appreciation for Sou, Rock and even Disco..yup I puked in my mouth just a little when I said disco...schit I did it again. Loven the acoustics right now at the 4 minute mark !!!

@@napalmwarrior9540 It appears that you are either brain dead or a Bieber follower and perhaps both!!

Je suis d'accord, il est terrible ce mec !!!

Somewhere is a clip where someone asked Jimi Hendrix how it felt to be the greatest guitar player in the world and his response was "I don't know, ask Terry Kath".

@@ericfrance1792 You two may have missed each other's meaning in the translation.

YOU NAILED IT!

Kath was a good as anyone I've ever heard.

So true, it's as though his guitar is an extension of his arm !! Amazing !

Jimi Hendrix said, "He's a better guitar player than I am!" Can't argue with that?

Jimi Hendrix once named "the best guitarist in the universe"

Blistering....

@@buggemon3607actually you can

Fuck yeah

He is my number two behind Alex Lifeson.

Even Jimi Hendrix admired him

Terry was a beast... outstanding singer too. The band just wasn't the same after he died. They still managed to sell a ton of records, but the music went in a different direction. Very sad, as this is the type of Chicago music I love.

Damn he can play the shit out of that Strat!

David Nissim 25/6/4 is his other. It's on here. Same concert.its truly sublime!!

Bro it isnt..seriously

Jimi had several favorites.

Listen to 25 or 6 to 4 live 1971 in Boston I think you tube has it. Shows terry as the Great player he was. It's sad many rock fans dint realize the greatness of this band, after kath's death they went pop, it's a shame !!

@@bob733333 Rory Gallagher was one as well

Yeah, no cell phone, video games, and no guns.

amen brother

Terry had that great voice, could shred if he wanted, bends, slides, wah pedal and tremolo master, but retained the flow and spirit of the song. I only wish the sound man would have allowed simply more volume, for his guitar!

You Sir are 100% correct!!

He could do everything well.

I should be happy when I hear Terry play - but I'm sad when I think of the magic we missed when we lost him...

Mike Romigh you bet,and still loved!

Amen!

Absolutely!! Voted guitar god of 1970 as good as any of them Hendrix Eddie van Hanlon Clapton etc.

Jimy Hendrix said" I am good guitarist but this cat "Terry Kath" blows me away."

Underrated by whom? Madonna fans? Beyonce fans? J-Lo fans? Those opinions are worthless.

He was the complete package...guitar, vocals, writing. I was fortunate, I saw them in November 1977.

Terry Kath was one of top best guitarists ever in the early band of chicago

I've seen them 5 times!!! Saw the Beatles once too

Sadly - you could say that about many things today. ….

I'm a mere 57. Where are all the lights, lasers, Pyro, dancers? Oh, yeah. They actually played MUSIC!

I think because this was during the era of so many guitar orientated bands being so popular, he was overlooked by most rock fans. Chicago was truly a team effort, the way the songs were written and arranged, there no keying in on one person frequently, everyone got their chance to contribute and shine in the songs and during their shows. I think that was their core idea when they first formed the band. Many bands start out attempting that but personalities, different talent levels, and swollen egos quickly change the dynamics of the bands. They were all talented but they all looked to Terry, he was a natural leader, he was very good with people, they trusted him, liked his ideas, and his arranging. I think he could of lead the band in any direction he wanted and they would've followed. Had he lived longer who knows what would of happened. He may of decided to try different things on his own. I think if he stayed, he wouldn't of allowed it to become the Peter Cetera Show, but that happened because he was gone and no one had anything new in song ideas except Cetera. Kath's leadership style was to include and inspire all, he knew how help and support the other's song ideas.

Not in the top 100 axe men according to Rolling Stone mag! They are a fuckin joke...

TERRY KATH is not underrated among guitar players ......He is still a huge reference on top of the guitar " heroes " ......musical , fast and furious and so bluesy . This piece is nothing but a " musical chef d'oeuvre " ....Vocals , instrus , groove ....are just MAGIC .

@cockyhemi He also described their horn players as “one set of lungs”. He admired the whole band, but Kath especially.

@@frankkolton1780 The label C.T A . ......was not allowed and leads to a trial from the town of Chicago ...RIDICUL..U.S . !!!!!

Don't over-think it...but thank you for your service!

Thank you for your service friend.

I was born in the wrong generation 😭

@Gisselle ST i dont blame you music these days are 🤢

@Gisselle ST well some

@Gisselle ST i was born 2007

I was born in 65 and so thankful for growing up with meaningful kick ass rock and roll music. What they call music today is a joke!!

He was a genius. They are almost always self taught.

He did take music lessons. But abandoned them because he thought they were too limiting. Lucky for us he did.

u can be taught an instrument,u can't learn soul!

@@hmackie6823 don't understand..?

@@hmackie6823 fortunately Chicago had plenty of soul.

Peter Centara was a good bass player and great voice too.

@@cliffbrown2566 Not world class though. Just ask Entwistle, Squire or Pastorius.

They had soul, man..and with Pete Cetera on base with a voice like an angel and Lamm on the Keyboards, also a great singer & songwriter, along with the the three best horn players in the world of rock and roll!

@@pepeboy234 you might be stretching it a bit on the horn sections. They are outstanding yes but Tower of Power's horn section set the standard by which others are judged W

Danny Seriphin on drums!!!!

I had never noticed Terry tuning that string before you mentioned it - and I have viewed this video a number of times. Good catch!

Only other one I saw do that in stride, even drop his pick and make it part of the performance, to the point we're people even laughed with him about it was Hendrix. And as everyone knows, Jimi thought Terry was great. No secret two had a lot of respect for each other. And sadly, they both left us way too early.

The best musicians in the world right hear guys.

Prince definitely comes to mind.

@@MASTERTHEMEME here

Yes it is

They were exceptional !

Cerati

@@josarchila2 Not at Terry's level.....

That's pretty much all Neil young does is rhythm and vocals he does lead and vocals to . Srv and Hendrix are the masters at playing rhythm guitar and vocals 🤘

Steve Gaines Rory Gallagher

@@chrisberg2083 Steve Gaines is Rory Gallagher??

Roger Steinbrink yup, more cowbell! puts B.O.C to shame!

When I played drums, people used to ask me who I thought was the best drummer or if I could take lessons from anybody, whom. I always said Danny Seraphim of Chicago.

Great line. Cow bell, just right. Not too much, not too. Yeah, what you said. Wonderful dumb solo, well everyone included!

MORE COWBELL!!!!!!

@@lostintime8651 Jimmy Pankow is the AUTHORITY on COWBELL!

This song was originally done by the Spencer Davis band with Steve Winwood

So true! My daddy and I just had this conversation.

Awsome

I agree Susan Tanglewood is a great concert I keep coming back to it all the time love Chicago the best

No wonder he was a fave of Hendrix, he slaughters that guitar!!

Yes, indeed!

Me too. One of the best recorded concerts ever. And theres alot.

He is a great drummer but the truth is he is the only weak link in this concert. He is dragging pretty bad & is why Kath & Pankow are in his face. He must've taken a quaalude or something before this concert.

@David Marskell Didn't know that.

Yeah! Terry Kath is the underrated guitarist of all-time, but Danny Seraphine is definitely the underrated drummer, especially by his OWN BAND! They kicked him out because (in their words) “he couldn’t figure out where ONE was!” He was really kicked out because he took an interest in their contracts. He was on a radio show I was producing, and when the host asked who was responsible for getting rid of him, he said “I’ll just give you the initials: RL.” I always had a feeling...

There were certainly no slouches in Chicago.

@@lynnturman8157 Not really. This has got to be a bootleg recording (not a bad one), so you're not getting proper desk mix, AND, Danny lost his bass drum part way through the song, but carried on very well regardless. I like it because it made it different.

He had great taste in music 🤙🏻🤙🏻

I’m sorry for your loss. Your dad killer taste in music.

You should join your high school band. And take it as far as you can. I'm a self taught guitarist, drummer , and I'm 66 years old. Make your Dad proud and learn some Chicago! Although I'm sure he already was. Start with drums. Get a snare drum. Anything! You will not regret it.

Yes, I got to see them Live as well back then

Henry Arevalo, I also seen the full lineup at Hampton Roads Coliseum in Virginia in 1975 when I was in the Navy on my first ship the USS BLANDY DD-943. AMAZING SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

me to

Lucky

I saw them in Cincinnati Ohio in 1976. Phenomenal!!

I couldn't agree more.

Jimi Hendrix said in an interview that Kath was the greatest guitarist

Without a doubt.....he was one of the best of all time

Agreed!!

And no brigade of dancers

I only saw them once at Wesley in Middletown Connecticut. My mind is still blown there were the greatest thing ever

@@mmcn4933 Nope... you're wrong again there too... "copy catting" isn't the same as "Original Creation". I agree with you about the cover band they are great, but they don't play ORIGINAL music and sounds. When I said recreate... i meant original. No body today could originally recreate this kind of soulful sound and music.

maybe Nightwish .. but they would be about the only ones .......

Brass Transit, cover band

Check out Leonid & friends, a Russian group that recreates early Chicago perfectly.

@@boataxe4605 Yes I've seen their videos and they are great . . . but I'm talking about an original band and sound. That's not going to come out of a garage sounding and feeling like bands like Chicago any time soon. (or commodores, earth wind and fire, blood sweat and tears, etc; etc.) Pure music.

He is not human incredible

The interplay between the band on percussion and the drum solo is phenomenal

Mine too........definitely a member of a very very exclusive club !!

Unreal how good they are

Truth.....Chicago Transit Authority...

At that time...no doubt!

Try the original from Spencer Davis Group, with an 18 year old Steve Winwood.

@Rudy Overlord Ahhh you speak the truth, nothing like a little Hole In My Shoe etc to start the day, or end it.

I fuckin hated Chicago, till I saw this. Didn't know this was their song.

..wait? Is it?

I thought Spencer Davis

They are that good wow

I feel he made the ORIG band! 70s

I bet hes up in heaven singing with Ray Charles. Made me smile thinking about it.

One of THE greatest rock guitar players ever

Je suis français, j’ ai 71 ans aussi, j’ ai presque tous les albums de Chicago également et je suis toujours fasciné par ce groupe jamais égalé.

Well I'm 49 and as you say this brings back so many memories I remember seeing Chicago with my father in 76 Terry Kath rest in peace

This is rock n roll.

im just amazed that at age 71 you know how to use the internet.. good for you. my dad's 77 and about 5 years ago he took a sledgehammer to his laptop....

Best of times

Only 40,000 times?

Definitely ! I have always liked "Chicago" but they were never better than when Terry Kath was in the band !

Even now, when I'm in a good mood, which is rare amidst all the crap goin' on, I use Terry's saying. "Alright, let's kep it goin'!"

Terry Kath was so talented. Miss him so. Thank God for these old videos. When he passed the frenetic energy of Chicago left with him.

Plus he lead and drove the band!

so true...

@@michaelmoss6110 sort of like Carlos Santana?

Awesome AWESOME, AWSOME REALLY AWESOME MAN!!!!

Amen!

You were the luckiest 12 yr old alive..

Lucky bastard 😉

AMEN to THOSE camp leaders...WAY F ING COOL!!!

+Andrew Kling Because people get older and change and then they change things and it affects people and then more changes...it is a never ending cycle of life...for better or for worse...

I agree!!

+Andrew Kling I saw your comment and simply want to say... you got my vote! It was the best year of my life.

+Andrew Kling Cause I was 13 and that would suck for me. Give me 1975!

I was only seven at the time, but would still agree :)

Chicago was never the same without him

Well, they turned into a ballad band later on, so the garage was definitely taken out of them.

King of the music world

awesome, correct spelling of beast.

CHICAGO is great, Love Karth on the guitar🎸🔥❤🎶

Jan Akkerman was also an underrated guitarist.

I live in Youngstown, OH and was lucky enough to get to go to Pittsburgh AND Cleveland! Mom bought a lot of tickets since I was too young to drive!...lol

I saw Chicago 6 x so far ..humid July weather each year 80 yard's from the bank of the Ohio river fightin bat sized skeeters a plenty plenty.

@@user-gn8lc3uu4g They played on a pier in Venice Beach CA for free in the summer of '69. They were CTA and i'd never heard any of their music but it was a free concert on the beach. I was tripping on lsd and they were so f**kin' amazinlgy good it really blew my mind. All kinds of wild psychedelic cartoon stuff was flying out of the horns of the horn player guys. And Terry Kath's amp had crazy-ass stuff flying of it, too.

Me 2

Amen to that. I don’t call it music today my friend. I think people didn’t know that real musicians actually played live. And with instruments!!!!’ Seriously

They were never quite the same without Terry Kaths guitar and vocals.😞

Damn straight!

Fuckin A..

Amen. Saw them freshman year of college in ‘69, Philadelphia, PA.

Not a Chicago song, done amazingly and on of the best Covers ever.