elbeau said...
The lead break is by Terry Kath. Better than Hendrix....according to Hendrix. He sat in on their concert and stated as much. The horns kick in at 1.07 Lead starts at 2.49. This is probably one of the best and certainly one of the most underrated albums of the sixties.
Not only is the album underrated. The band is underrated.
Below is quoted from the uploader of the following song.
According to Billboard chart statistics, Chicago is second only to the Beach Boys as the most successful American rock band of all time, in terms of both albums and singles. Judged by album sales, as certified by the R.I.A.A., the band does not rank quite so high, but it is still among the Top Ten best-selling U.S. groups ever. If such statements of fact surprise, that's because Chicago has been singularly underrated since the beginning of its long career, both because of its musical ambitions (to the musicians, rock is only one of several styles of music to be used and blended, along with classical, jazz, R&B, and pop) and because of its refusal to emphasize celebrity over the music. The result has been that fundamentalist rock critics have consistently failed to appreciate its music and that its media profile has always been low. At the same time, however, Chicago has succeeded in the ways it intended to. From the beginning of its emergence as a national act, it has been able to fill arenas with satisfied fans. And beyond the impressive sales and chart statistics, its music has endured, played constantly on the radio and instantly familiar to tens of millions. When, in 2002, Chicago's biggest hits were assembled together on the two-disc set The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning and the album debuted in the Top 50, giving the band the distinction of having had chart albums in five consecutive decades, the music industry and some music journalists may have been startled. But the fans who had been supporting Chicago for over 30 years were not.
I have in mint condition the four LP vinyl record set of Chicago Live at Carnegie Hall complete with posters and album book.
The rendition of the above song on that album surpasses this one. Haven't found it on the tube yet.
Same song live on TV 1970.