Chicago

Chicago is an American rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1967. The group was initially billed as The Big Thing before calling themselves the Chicago Transit Authority in 1968, and then shortening the name in 1969. The self-described "rock and roll band with horns" blended elements of Classical music, jazz, R&B, and pop music. They produced numerous top-40 hits over two decades, and continue to record and perform live.
Growing out of several Chicago-area bands in the late 1960s, the line-up consisted of Peter Cetera on bass, Terry Kath on guitar, Robert Lamm on keyboards, Lee Loughnane on trumpet, James Pankow on trombone, Walter Parazaider on woodwinds, and Danny Seraphine on drums. Cetera, Kath, and Lamm shared lead vocal duties. Laudir de Oliveira joined the band as a percussionist and second drummer in 1974. Kath died in 1978, and was replaced by several guitarists in succession. Bill Champlin (singer of Sons Of Champlin) joined in 1981, providing vocals, keyboards, and rhythm guitar. Cetera left the band in 1985 and was replaced by Jason Scheff. Seraphine left in 1990, and was replaced by Tris Imboden. The band's lineup has been more fluid since 2000, but keyboardist Robert Lamm and the entire horn section of Loughnane, Pankow, and Parazaider have remained constant members.
==Links to Peel==
Peel was enthusiastic about the band's debut album in 1969 and would play tracks from it on the shows, but by the early/mid 70's he got disillusioned by them. When reviewing their Just You 'N' Me single in Sounds, published on 27th October 1973, he described their current music as music for groovy supermarkets:
"When they first burst on the scene (ahem) Chicago were pretty neat, exciting even. Now they're studied and rather less soulful than a cold compress. They're good technically but automatic and uninspired. They produce music for groovy supermarkets." 
In 1996, DJ Kaos used a sample of Chicago's Hard To Say I'm Sorry, in his Hold Me Now track, which was one of Peel's favourite tunes in that year. The track later was selected by Peel for his Peelenium 1996, which was broadcast in 1999.
==Shows Played==
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*29 June 1969: South California Purples (LP - Chicago Transit Authority) CBS 
*09 July 1969: Listen (LP - Chicago Transit Authority) Columbia
*27 July 1969: Listen (LP - Chicago Transit Authority) CBS
*10 August 1969: Questions 67 And 68 (2xLP - Chicago Transit Authority) CBS
*24 August 1969: Prologue, August 29, 1968 (LP - Chicago Transit Authority) Columbia
*24 August 1969: Someday (August 29, 1968) (LP - Chicago Transit Authority) Columbia
*27 September 1969: South California Purples (LP - The Chicago Transit Authority) CBS 
*13 December 1969: I'm A Man (LP - Chicago Transit Authority) CBS
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*23 September 1982 (TOTP): Hard To Say I’m Sorry 
*22 November 1984 (TOTP): Hard Habit To Break 
== See Also ==
*Punk Fiction
*Singles Reviews
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Official Website
Category:Artists