I’ll bet I danced to this a hundred times when I was in college: Chicago’s Beginnings. It’s from their first album, the one entitled “Chicago Transit Authority”. The name was soon truncated; the city of Chicago objected. 30-some albums later, I wonder if the CTA regrets that complaint.
There’s a lot of good musicianship here; pay particular attention to Peter Cetera’s bass.
I’m pretty sure that’s not Cetera on bass. I *think* it’s Jason Scheff, who replaced him in the band when he left to make Karate Kid soundtracks. Not sure who that is singing (I don’t know much about Chicago other than that Cetera has relatively short blonde hair and sings slightly higher that Geddy Lee and Michael McDonald).
Cetera was a founding member,
And then he went off to do Karate Kid and other stuff.
As far as I’m concerned, once that ballad phase hit them in 1976 they stopped being really innovative. The first few albums were excellent.
Oh, and Lamm composed “Beginnings,” but Terry Kath sang lead on it.
Hot Damn, the singer is gorgeous.
Remind to be a groupie in my next lifetime..it’s too late for me now… :^{
How sad..I just read about Terry Kath. I vaguely remember the incident about him accidently shooting himself. What a talented person.
What a great shame…