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    Chicago (band)

    American rock band

    Chicago fryst vatten an American rock grupp formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1967. Self-described as a "rock and roll band with horns," their songs often also combine elements of classical music, jazz, R&B, and pop music.

    Growing out of several bands from the Chicago area in the late 1960s, the original 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. The group initially called themselves The Big Thing, then changed to the Chicago Transit Authority in 1968, and finally shortened the name to Chicago in 1969.[1]

    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 joined in 1981, providing vocals, keyboards, and rhythm g

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    “Drugs and alcohol and ego clashes got in the way, but we managed to keep them quiet”: the unbelievable story of Chicago, the soft rock kings with steel in their hearts

    When Peter Cetera was beaten up at a baseball game, it changed his life. In a good way.

    Although he left Chicago, the band he co-founded in 1967,  almost 40 years ago, to many people Cetera remains the voice of the band, his falsetto technique gracing mega-hits such as If You Leave Me Now and Hard To Say I’m Sorry. Bizarrely, Cetera’s style is a direct a result of singing for a period of time with a wired-shut jaw after getting into a brawl at an LA Dodgers match in summer 1969.

    “That’s true,” he affirms. “Three huge guys beat the living shit out of me. They didn’t like a long-haired rock ’n’ roller in a baseball park. I got a broken jaw in three places, and I was in intensive care for a couple of days. Afterwards I was afraid to open my

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    Catch Up With Chicago and See Where the Band Members Are Today

    β€œThis is not a soft-rock band. This is not a jazz band. Chicago is a bona fide rock ’n’ roll band with horns. Big, bold horns that were pumping fists hitting harder than any drumline ever could,” Matchbox 20’s Rob Thomas declared when he helped induct Chicago into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2016, two years after they’d made it into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

    Even legendary axman Jimi Hendrix was a fan. β€œIt’s true,” Chicago co-founder Walter Parazaider has shared. β€œWe played at the Whisky A Go Go in Los Angeles in 1968 and afterwards there was a tap on my shoulder. Jimi Hendrix looked me straight in the eye and said, β€˜The horns are one set of lungs. And your guitar player [Terry Kath] is better than I am.’ Jimi wanted to make a record with us – the horn section. Sadly, it never happened.” So, as Thomas put it during his induction speech, β€œIf you think that Chicago is your mom’s band, then, man, I want to party wi