Posted on 08/20/2018 12:07:08 PM PDT by simpson96
Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4
Recorded Live: 7/21/1970 - Tanglewood - Lenox, MA
Robert Lamm - keyboards, lead vocals
Terry Kath - guitar, lead vocals
Peter Cetera - bass, lead vocals
James Pankow - trombone, percussion
Lee Loughnane - trumpet, percussio, background vocals
Walter Parazaider - woodwinds, percussion, background vocals Daniel Seraphine - drums
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Terry Kath - May very well be the best rock guitarist ever. He was the engine that drove Chicago in those days.
I read someplace that Jimi Hendrix said Terry Kath was a the best guitarist in America.
Jimi may very well have been right.
And a helluva singer to boot.
I saw Joni Mitchell there years ago and Steely Dan recently. Nowadays they feature James Taylor and the Boston Pops.
One of the best songs ever. Who would have ever thought that a song about how hard it is to write a song would have decades of longevity?
Here’s a really fun version from when Chicago and Earth Wind and Fire toured together.
I just like watching EWF Bassist Verdine White own the stage.
Saw their concert at The Igloo in The Burg in ‘71. Saw it, but don’t remember much of it. Good thing they didn’t open the roof.
Look up Steve Morse, he can play just about anything.
So which came first, “25 or 6 to 4” or Zep’s “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You”?
Can Morse sing like Kath could?
Kath, did everything SRV could do, only better. And I loved SRV.
Morse is considered one of the hardest working guitarists in the world.[10] He is widely known for his stylistically diverse compositional skills and was voted “Best Overall Guitarist” by Guitar Player magazine for five years in a row,[11] qualifying him for their “Guitar Player Hall of Fame”, the only other members being Steve Howe of Yes and Eric Johnson.
He is regularly cited by John Petrucci as a major influence. Guitarist Shawn Lane regarded Steve Morse as one of the most talented guitarists of his time.[12] Ritchie Blackmore, who preceded Morse in Deep Purple, has stated, “Steve Morse is an incredible player. A lot of people try to get some wisecrack out of me, but when you’re talking about guitar players along Morse’s caliber, they’re brilliant.”[13] Morse has proven himself throughout his career as capable of playing highly complex chord structures in classical sequences, as well as being able to play fast, alternate picked arpeggios. He is well known for using harmonics and improvising them in songs during live performances, such as in Deep Purple’s “Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming”.
They tore that song a new one.
25 or 6 to 4.
A drug reference...
According to composer Robert Lamm, the song is about trying to write a song in the middle of the night. The song’s title is the time at which the song is set: 25 or 26 minutes before 4 AM.
“So which came first, “25 or 6 to 4” or Zep’s “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You”?”
Yeah.
Very similar.
But it’s not like either was original.
It’s the simplest pattern in the world.
And say what you will about Cetera, he was a damn good bass player.
Just too bad he managed to write Chicago’s biggest hit, and then it all went downhill from there.
Daily shooting counts.
One of my fav Chicago tunes.
In the early ‘70’s when I was in junior high kept hearing what sounded like Terry Kath singing. Sure, I thought I was out of my mind.
My sister came running up to me after school was out to give me his autograph and to tell me he was visiting her class. He was a friend of the art instructor and she dated Pete Cetera briefly.
I was ecstatic! She gave us Terry’s hotel phone number but he had already checked out.
One of my fun memories at that time.
LOL these days that's a bit on the low side, in Chicago.
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