LOL, before Cetera started writing songs. Pankow wrote “Just You and Me”, Bobby Lamm wrote most of their early hits.
Then out of nowhere, Pete goes and writes their first Number One song, and the rest was history.
Seraphine’s “Street Player” is a fantastic book about the band.
“before Cetera started writing songs.”
It is unfortunate they couldn’t keep the basic energy within the band after they made it and we starting to develop new areas, like work with the Beach Boys and other groups.
But the band broke down into two different theologies with the musicians wishing to use more instrumentals and the vocalists, generally Cetera, wanting to go more toward vocals. The fences were built, and while going through another of a series of drug binges, it blew up. Chris Pinnick left about the same time feeling he was not even considered a major part of the group. They were having their problems at that time even though they were putting out great charts. But the separation of theory finally poisoned individuals within the group and the trails split.
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