Pumpkinman’s "Rock and Roll" thread.

Toni Rambold · « **Reply #9780 on:** 5 Jul 2017, 06:35 pm »

... misread - my bad - sorry !

Kenneth Patchen · « **Reply #9781 on:** 5 Jul 2017, 09:15 pm »

Quote from: vinyl_lady on 5 Jul 2017, 02:38 am

I miss Terry Kath. Hendrix said Kath was the best guitar player he had ever heard.

What is that album and where in the Chicago discography does it fall?? Obviously it's early if it has Kath on it but I've never seen it.

pumpkinman · « **Reply #9782 on:** 5 Jul 2017, 09:18 pm »

Quote from: Kenneth Patchen on 5 Jul 2017, 09:15 pm

What is that album and where in the Chicago discography does it fall?? Obviously it's early if it has Kath on it but I've never seen it.

I think it's Chicago VI

Kenneth Patchen · « **Reply #9783 on:** 5 Jul 2017, 09:38 pm »

Quote from: pumpkinman on 5 Jul 2017, 09:18 pm

I think it's Chicago VI

Oh... I thought Kath was only on CTA and Chicago (1 and 2), i.e., I only 'heard' his playing on the 3 earliest.

vinyl_lady · « **Reply #9784 on:** 5 Jul 2017, 09:51 pm »

Quote from: pumpkinman on 5 Jul 2017, 09:18 pm

I think it's Chicago VI

It is Chicago VI, the first Chicago album (1973) of 5 recorded at James William Guercio's Caribou Ranch Studios in Nederland CO.

The studio was damaged by a fire in the 1980s. It is being inducted in the Colorado Music Hall of Fame on August 13 at a concert at Fiddler's Green Amphitheater in Greenwood Village CO. Also being honored are Joe Walsh and Barnstorm and Dan Fogelberg. Performing are Garth Brooks, Amy Grant & Vince Gill, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Richie Furay, Randy Owen of Alabama, Todd Park Mohr (Big Head Todd and the Monsters), Michael Martin Murphey and more, plus a reunion performance from Joe Walsh & Barnstorm. I have tickets and looking forward to it.

vinyl_lady · « **Reply #9785 on:** 5 Jul 2017, 09:55 pm »

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vinyl_lady · « **Reply #9786 on:** 5 Jul 2017, 09:57 pm »

Quote from: Kenneth Patchen on 5 Jul 2017, 09:38 pm

Oh... I thought Kath was only on CTA and Chicago (1 and 2), i.e., I only 'heard' his playing on the 3 earliest.

Terry played on all of the Chicago albums through Chicago XI in 1977.

Kenneth Patchen · « **Reply #9787 on:** 5 Jul 2017, 10:18 pm »

Quote from: vinyl_lady on 5 Jul 2017, 09:57 pm

Terry played on all of the Chicago albums through Chicago XI in 1977.

Double Yikes!!

Of the 3 - 11, are there any that compare with CTA and 1? Through the haze I seem to remember that wasn't the case. I'm particularly interested in standout records for Kath.

Kenneth Patchen · « **Reply #9788 on:** 5 Jul 2017, 10:21 pm »

Imo, 'the' Terry Kath record.

vinyl_lady · « **Reply #9789 on:** 5 Jul 2017, 11:18 pm »

Quote from: Kenneth Patchen on 5 Jul 2017, 10:18 pm

Double Yikes!!

Of the 3 - 11, are there any that compare with CTA and 1? Through the haze I seem to remember that wasn't the case. I'm particularly interested in standout records for Kath.

No, none, nada. Cetera, Lamm and Pankow dominated the song writing after Chicago III and the band went in a more pop sounding direction. I kept buying them hoping to hear more Kath. The albums from V through XI had a good song here and there, mostly top 40 hits like Saturday in the Park, You and me and Feeling Stronger Everyday.

To this day, IMO, CTA (Chicago 1) and Chicago II are light years better than anything that followed.