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Originally Posted by squonk 
Ramm, you are a true blue old schooler, that's for sure. Unfortunately, the EWF/Chicago DVD he speaks of is from their tour of last year or the year before, so no, those guys are long gone. I too am a big Chicago fan from almost the very get go--I bought Chicago V when I was 14 and it was one of my first 3 albums I ever bought. Proceeded to very quickly get I, II, and III, and was a dedicated Chicago lover until about XI or so when they started to get a little too sappy(too much Cetera influence after Kath died). I love that early Chicago sound, especially the real brassy stuff--Question 67/68, Listen, Ballet for a Girl in Buchanon, Searchin, Wishin, Feelin Stronger, Just You and Me, Lifesaver etc.
But you are unecessarily cutting yourself off from what is still a good band with pretty much the same sound. I saw the EWF/Chicago concert live 2 summers ago and it was a fantastic concert. Chicago still has Lamm and the most important element--the 3 original brass guys who know those brass charts inside and out. So those old songs still sound great and they play virtually every one you'd want to hear, including the ENTIRE Ballet for a Girl In Buchanon. The guy who sings Cetera's songs has been with them now longer than Cetera was with the band, and he sounds pretty darn identical. Pankow is still the real soul of that group, and they put on a great live show. It seems you have a tough time ackowledging that these older groups can still make great music even though they are older. And the interplay and trading off of songs between these 2 great brass groups is truly unique and makes for a great time. Don't give them short shrift. BB King still plays great blues guitar and he's 80.
Ramm, you are a true blue old schooler, that's for sure. Unfortunately, the EWF/Chicago DVD he speaks of is from their tour of last year or the year before, so no, those guys are long gone. I too am a big Chicago fan from almost the very get go--I bought Chicago V when I was 14 and it was one of my first 3 albums I ever bought. Proceeded to very quickly get I, II, and III, and was a dedicated Chicago lover until about XI or so when they started to get a little too sappy(too much Cetera influence after Kath died). I love that early Chicago sound, especially the real brassy stuff--Question 67/68, Listen, Ballet for a Girl in Buchanon, Searchin, Wishin, Feelin Stronger, Just You and Me, Lifesaver etc.
But you are unecessarily cutting yourself off from what is still a good band with pretty much the same sound. I saw the EWF/Chicago concert live 2 summers ago and it was a fantastic concert. Chicago still has Lamm and the most important element--the 3 original brass guys who know those brass charts inside and out. So those old songs still sound great and they play virtually every one you'd want to hear, including the ENTIRE Ballet for a Girl In Buchanon. The guy who sings Cetera's songs has been with them now longer than Cetera was with the band, and he sounds pretty darn identical. Pankow is still the real soul of that group, and they put on a great live show. It seems you have a tough time ackowledging that these older groups can still make great music even though they are older. And the interplay and trading off of songs between these 2 great brass groups is truly unique and makes for a great time. Don't give them short shrift. BB King still plays great blues guitar and he's 80.
No, I actually think they still sound great. I've seen them here and there on TV and enjoyed it a lot. It's just that, like you said about the earlier stuff, I was really into them then, too. I just probably wouldn't pay a high ticket price to see them now without those guys. I was just a REAL big diehard fan of theirs back in the day. They do sound a heck of a lot better now than they did way back on the Chicago IV live set. The quality of that album was a bit of a disappointment back then. (In fact, I don't think that set's even in print.) They seem to have done a decent job replacing Cetera and Seraphine, but they'll always miss Kath, no matter what. But, like you said, as long as they've got that original brass section, they're always gonna be enjoyable and worth listening to. So no, I didn't mean that to sound like I thought they suck now or anything. I'm too big of a fan to ever say that. One of these days, I've got to start replacing all my LP's with the remasters. The only ones I've actually gotten so far are III and V. (I really don't want anything after VII.)
