https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oAoSZ2y1cw
This is the greatest early Chicago video that I have come across. A concert set from start to finish. No lip syncs, not auto tunes, no backing tapes. Just seven guys and some amps. Undeniable talent.
IMHO the best concert video on YT, period.
There is a fungus amongst us, and it’s flat-out wrong. As a heavy metal/hard rock guy I went to the Chicago concert I’d won tickets for and was utterly blown away by how great they were.
They really made me wish I stayed on the music track until thinking on the hardships they endure, on the road most of the year playing a set that HAS to pall with repetition no matter how greatly written. Schedules not unlike pro wrestlers - but those guys get to change partners (aka opponents), moves and story lines to keep fresh. Musicians representing a firmly established legacy have to be all-in or pursue something else.
They have discipline and determination I note is sorely lacking in this latest “Gen Z” so we’d best enjoy these classic groups while we can.