I remember when there were horns - real ones - in pop music.
These guys (oh, and that guitar player was pretty good too)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oAoSZ2y1cw
My brother and I wore out ‘Chicago Transit Authority’.
I have watched parts of that concert probably about fifty times, mostly to see Terry Kath’s guitar playing. But the thing that stands out to me as surprising was that Peter Ceterra played a killer bass. I didn’t even know he played bass at all, by the 80s he dropped it and just sang schlocky songs that high schoolers like me rolled our eyes at. But back in the day he was able to hold his own in the original lineup of Chicago ... no small feat of musicianship. Who knew?
I still listen to Chicago about once a week. They have so many songs, that one will just pop in my head, and just I hit the play button on my iphone.
The stories about Jimi Hendrix discovering them are classic, and how he signed them as his opening act. You probably know, but he supposedly even told them “your guitar player is better than me” after a concert one night.
I wish someone had told that guitar player “Don’t forget about the round still in the chamber.”