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Chicago
Chicago is an American rack band formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. The self-described "rock and roll
band with horns" began as a politically charged, sometimes experimental, rock band and later moved to a
predominantly softer sound, generating several hit ballads. The group had a steady stream of hits
throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Second only to The Beach Boys in Billboard singles and albums chart
success among American bands, Chicago is one of the longest-running and most successful rock groups
in history. According to Billboard, Chicago was the leading US singles charting group during the 1970s.
They have sold over 38 million units in the US, with 22 gold, 18 platinum, and 8 mufti-platinum albums. Over
the course of their career they have had five number-one albums and 21 top-ten singles.
Group history
Chicago Transit Authority and early success
The original band membership consisted of saxophonist Walter Parazaider, guitarist Terry Kath, drummer
Danny Seraphine, trombonist James Pankow, trumpet player Lee Loughnane, and keyboardist/singer
Robert Lamm. Parazaider, Kath, Seraphine, Pankow and Loughnane met in 1967 while students at DePaul
University. Lamm was recruited from Roosevelt University. The group of six called themselves "The Big
Thing", and continued playing top 40 hits. Realizing the need for a tenor to complement baritone Lamm
and Kath, they added local tenor and bassist Peter Cetera. Jimi Hendrix once told Parazaider, "Jeez, your
horn players are like one set of lungs and your guitar player is better than me."
While gaining some success as a cover band, the group began working on original songs. In June 1968,
they moved to Los Angeles, California under the guidance of their manager James William Guercio, and
signed with Columbia Records. After signing with Guercio, The Big Thing changed their name to "Chicago
Transit Authority". Their first record (April 1969), the eponymous The Chicago Transit Authority, was a
double album, which is rare for a band's first release. It sold over one million copies by 1970, and was
awarded a platinum disc. The album included a number of pop-rock songs — "Does Anybody Really Know
What Time It Is?", "Beginnings", "Questions 67 and 68", and "I'm a Man" — which were later released as
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singles. When the actual Chicago Transit Authority threatened legal action soon after the album's release,
the band's name was shortened to Chicago.
The 197Os: 'Chicago'
The band released a second album, titled Chicago (also known as Chicago II), which was another double-
LP. The album's centerpiece track was a seven-part, 13-minute suite composed by Pankow called "Ballet
for a Girl in Buchannon". The suite yielded two top ten hits: "Make Me Smile" (No. 9 U.S.) and "Colour My
World", both sung by Kath. Among the other tracks on the album: Lamm's dynamic but cryptic "25 or 6
to 4" (Chicago's first Top 5 hit), which was a reference to a songwriter trying to write at 25 or 26 minutes
to 4 in the morning, and was sung by Cetera with wah-wah guitar by Kath; the lengthy war-protest song
"It Better End Soon"; and, at the end, Cetera's 1969 moon landing-inspired "Where Do We Go from
Here?". The double-LP album's inner cover includes—in addition to the playlist—the entire lyrics to "It
Better End Soon", and two declarations: "This album should be experienced sequentially", and, "With this
album, we dedicate ourselves, our futures and our energies to the people of the revolution. And the
revolution in all of its forms."
Chicago III would contain two hit singles. "Free" from Lamm's "Travel Suite" would become the album's
biggest hit. The band would release LPs at a rate of at least one album per year from their third album in
1971on through the 1970s. During this period, the group's album titles invariably consisted of the band's
name followed by a Roman numeral, indicating the album's sequence in their canon. The exceptions to
this scheme were the band's fourth album, a live boxed set entitled Chicago at Carnegie Hall, their twelfth
album Hot Streets, and the Arabic-numbered Chicago 13. While the live album itself did not bear a
number, each of the four discs within the set was numbered Volumes I through IV. In 1971, the band
released Chicago at Carnegie Hall Volumes I, II, Ill, and IV, consisting of live performances, mostly of music
from their first three albums, from a week-long run at the famous venue. The packaging of the album
also contained some rather strident political messaging about how "We [youth] can change The System",
including massive wall posters and voter registration information. Nevertheless, Chicago at Carnegie Hall
went on to become the best-selling box set by a rock act, and held that record for 15 years. The fact that
the none of the first four titles were issued on single LPs was due to the productive creativity of this period
and the length of the jazz-rock pieces.
In 1972 the band released its first single-disc release, Chicago V, which reached number one on both the
Billboard pop and jazz album charts. It featured "Saturday in the Park", which mixed everyday life and
political yearning in a more subtle way. It peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1972. Chicago
would long open their concerts with the hit song. Another Lamm-composed hit song therein was
"Dialogue (Part I & II)", which featured a musical "debate" between a political activist (sung by Kath) and
a blasé college student (sung by Cetera). In 1973, the group's manager, Guercio, produced and directed
Electra Glide in Blue, a movie about an Arizona motorcycle policeman. The movie starred Robert Blake
and featured Cetera, Kath, Loughnane, and Parazaider in supporting roles. The group also appeared
prominently on the movie's soundtrack. Other albums and singles followed in each of the succeeding
years. 1973's Chicago VI was the first of several albums to include Brazilian jazz percussionist Laudir de
Oliveira and saw Cetera emerge as the main lead singer. Chicago VII, the band's double-disc 1974 release,
their 1975 release, Chicago VIII, featured the political allegory "Harry Truman" (#13) and the nostalgic
Pankow-composed "Old Days" (#5). That summer also saw a joint tour across America with The Beach
Boys, with both acts performing separately, then coming together for a finale.
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1976's Chicago X featured Cetera's ballad "If You Leave Me Now", which held the top spot for two weeks.
The song also won Chicago their only Grammy award, for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group in
1977. The tune almost did not make the cut for the album. "If You Leave Me Now" was recorded at the
very last minute. The success of the song foreshadowed a later reliance on ballads.The group's 1977
release, Chicago XI, included Cetera's ballad "Baby, What a Big Surprise", a No. 4 U.S. hit which became
the group's last top 10 hit of the decade.
Death of Terry Kath and transition
1978 began with a split with manager Guercio. On January 23 of that same year Kath died of an accidental,
self-inflicted gunshot wound. After auditioning over 30 potential replacements for Kath, Chicago decided
upon guitarist/singer/songwriter Donnie Dacus, who joined the band in April 1978 just in time for the Hot
Streets album (he was also being filmed for the musical Hair at the time). Its energetic lead-off single,
"Alive Again", brought Chicago back to the Top 15; Pankow wrote it "originally as a love song but ultimately
as recognition of Kath's guiding spirit shining down from above."
The 1978 album Hot Streets, with producer Phil Ramone now at the helm, was Chicago's first album with
a title rather than a number and was the band's first LP to have a picture of the band (shot by
photographer Norman Seeff) featured prominently on the cover (with the ubiquitous logo downsized),
two moves that were seen by many as a way to indicate the band had changed following Kath's death. To
a degree, the band returned to the old naming scheme on its subsequent releases, although most titles
would now bear Arabic numerals rather than Roman numerals. Hot Streets, the band's 12th album,
peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard charts; it was Chicago's first release since their debut to fail to make the
Top 10. The release also marked a move somewhat away from the jazz-rock direction favored by Kath
and towards more pop songs and ballads. Dacus stayed with the band through the 1979 album Chicago
13, and is also featured in a promotional video on the DVD included in the Rhino Records Chicago box set
from 2003. Again produced by Ramone, was the group's first studio album not to contain a Top 40 hit.
Dacus departed from the band shortly after the album's release.
The 1980s: changing sound, and the ballads
Chicago XIV (1980), produced by Tom Dowd, relegated the horn section to the background on a number
of tracks, and the album's two singles failed to make the Top 40. Chris Pinnick joined the band to handle
the guitar duties, and the band were also augmented by saxophone player Marty Grebb on the
subsequent tour. (He would remain with the band through 1985.) Believing the band to no longer be
commercially viable, Columbia Records dropped them from its roster in 1981 and released a second
"Greatest Hits" volume (also known as Chicago XV) later that year to fulfill its contractual obligation.
In late 1981the band had a new producer (David Foster), a new label (Warner Brothers), and the addition
of keyboardist, guitarist, and singer Bill Champlin (Sons of Champlin). Percussionist Laudir de Oliveira and
Marty Grebb departed from the band. During Foster's stewardship, less of an emphasis was placed on the
band's horn-based sound, being replaced by lush power ballads, which became Chicago's style during the
1980s. The new sound brought more singles success to the band than they had ever had prior to that
point, but it caused internal friction within the band members, which ultimately led to Cetera's departure
in 1985.
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For the 1982 album Chicago 16, Foster brought in studio musicians for some of the tracks (including the
core members of Toto), and used new technology (such as synthesizers) to "update" and streamline the
sound, further pushing back the horn section, and in some cases not even using them at all. The band did
return to the charts with the Cetera-sung ballad "Hard to Say I'm Sorry/Get Away", which was featured in
the soundtrack of the Daryl Hannah film Summer Lovers.
1984's Chicago 17 became the biggest selling album of the band's history, producing two more Top Ten
(both No. 3) singles, "You're the Inspiration" and "Hard Habit to Break". The album included two other
singles: "Stay the Night" (No. 16) and "Along Comes a Woman" (No. 14). Peter's brother, Kenny Cetera,
was brought into the group for the 17 tour to add percussion and high harmony vocals. By 1985, the band
was embracing the newest medium, the music video channel MTV, by releasing music videos for four
songs. They featured a track titled "Good for Nothing" on the 1985 global activist album, We Are the
World.
The departure of Cetera
Concurrently with Chicago's existing career, lead vocalist Peter Cetera had begun a solo career. Cetera
ultimately left Chicago in the summer of 1985. He soon topped the charts with "Glory of Love" (the theme
song of the movie The Karate Kid, Part II), and with "The Next Time I Fall" (a duet with Amy Grant). Two
more songs reached the Top Ten: a 1988 solo hit called "One Good Woman" (No. 4 U.S.), and a 1989 duet
with Cher called "After All" (No. 6 U.S.).
For the final Foster-produced album, Chicago 18, Cetera's former position was filled in September 1985
by bassist/singer/songwriter Jason Scheff, son of Elvis Presley's bassist Jerry Scheff. The album included
the No. 3 single "Will You Still Love Me?", and Top 20 Pop song ("If She Would Have Been Faithful..."), and
also an updated version of "25 or 6 to 4" with a video that got airplay on MTV. Soon after the album was
recorded, the band hired guitarist Dawayne Bailey, formerly of Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band. Bailey and
Scheff had previously played in bands together, so Scheff introduced Bailey to the band in time for the
Chicago 18 tour.
With the 1988 release Chicago 19, the band had replaced producer Foster with co-producers Ron Nevison
and Chas Sanford, and they topped the charts again with the Diane Warren-composed single "Look Away".
The album also yielded two more Top 10 hits, both with Champlin singing solo lead for the first time, and
released a Top 5 single titled "What Kind Of Man Would I Be?". The latter would be included on the
forthcoming greatest hits record.
Chicago 19 was followed in short order by their twentieth album, Greatest Hits 1982-1989. This included
a slightly remixed version of Chicago 19's No. 5 hit "What Kind Of Man Would I Be?", sung by Scheff. The
album's other Top Ten hit, "You're Not Alone", reached No. 10 in early 1989. In closing out the decade on
an all-time high of four hit-making albums, Chicago began a duet tour with The Beach Boys through the
summer and fall of 1989.
The 1990s: more changes and Stone of Sisyphus
The beginning of the 1990s brought yet another personnel change; founding member Danny Seraphine
was succeeded in 1990 by Tris Imboden, a longtime drummer with Kenny Loggins and former session
drummer with Peter Cetera. Imboden made his first appearance on the 1991 album Twenty 1, which
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yielded an eleven week stretch on Billboard, a peak at No. 66, and the song "Chasin' the Wind" which
peaked at No. 39. Twenty 1 would be their last released album of original music for fifteen years. The
band was recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on July 23, 1992.
In 1993, Chicago wrote and recorded their 22nd album (which, due to circumstances beyond their control,
eventually became their 32nd release) Stone of Sisyphus. This album was to have marked their return to
their traditional composition of the 1970s, emphasizing major horn accompaniment and much more solid
writing. However, following a reorganization of the record company, the new executives at Reprise
Records (now part of the newly formed Warner Music Group) spontaneously and controversially rejected
the completed album. It remained unpublished for fifteen years, aside from bootleg tapes and Internet
files. This contributed to the parting of the band from the record label. Fans were left in the dark by the
failure of the label and of the band to issue any official press releases regarding the album's shelving and
regarding the subsequent departure of guitarist Dawayne Bailey, leading to many years of debates and
conjecture about the events surrounding the recordings. It was also suggested some years later that the
band's management was negotiating with the label regarding a licensing of the extensive Chicago back
catalog, and when those talks stalled, the label apparently retaliated by scrapping the project. The album
eventually saw an expanded release on Rhino Records in June 2008 to favorable reviews from both fans
and critics and made it to No. 122 on the album charts.
After finishing their 1994 tour, and after signing with the Warner Brothers' imprint label Giant Records,
they released their 1995 album Night & Day: Big Band, consisting of covers of songs originally recorded by
Sarah Vaughan, Glenn Miller, and Duke Ellington. Session guitarist Bruce Gaitsch handled the guitar work,
and the album featured guest appearances by Paul Shaffer of David Letterman fame, and Aerosmith
guitarist Joe Perry. In 1998, Chicago released Chicago XXV: The Christmas Album and a live album in 1999,
Chicago XXVI.
The 2000s
In 2000, the band licensed their entire recorded output to Rhino Records, after having recorded it at
Columbia Records and Warner Brothers. In 2002, Rhino released a two-disc compilation, The Very Best of
Chicago: Only The Beginning, which spans the band's career. The compilation made the Top 40 and sold
over 2 million copies in the US. Rhino also began releasing remastered versions of all of the band's
Columbia-era albums. Chicago continued to appear worldwide, touring with the band Earth, Wind & Fire
in 2004 to 2005.
On March 21, 2006, their first all-new studio album since Twenty 1 arrived with Chicago XXX. It also
marked the first time the band's music was available as a digital download. The album peaked at No. 41
in the US, spawning two minor adult contemporary hits: "Feel" and "Love Will Come Back". Two songs
from this album, "Feel" and "Caroline", were performed live during Chicago's fall 2005 tour. Chicago made
multi-week appearances at the MGM Grand Las Vegas in March and May 2006. In July 2006, the band
made a series of US appearances with Huey Lewis and the News. They toured the summer of 2007 with
the band America.
On October 2, 2007, Rhino Records released the two-disc The Best of Chicago: 40th Anniversary Edition
(Chicago XXXI), a new greatest hits compilation spanning their entire forty years, similar to The Very Best
of: Only the Beginning, released four years earlier. In 2008, Stone of Sisyphus — once known as the
aborted Chicago XXII, now listed officially as Chicago XXXII — was released with an expanded format. In
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2009, Chicago again toured with Earth, Wind & Fire. Drew Hester joined the band in January 2009 to
temporarily fill in for an ill Imboden, and continued with the band as a percussionist upon Imboden's
return later in the year. In August 2009, Champlin left the band to focus on his solo career. His new lineup
counterpart became keyboardist Lou Pardini.
2010 to present
In 2010 Chicago toured with the Doobie Brothers. A performance in Chicago, Illinois, became a video for
the HDNet cable channel that featured the Doobie Brothers joining Chicago for two encore tunes. The
band also appeared on the season nine finale of American Idol. On July 24, 2011, the band performed at
Red Rocks in Colorado, accompanied by the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. This was the first time
Chicago played a full-length symphonic concert. With Chicago XXXIII: O Christmas Three, the band re-
teamed with producer Ramone (he had previously released the new tracks for the expanded Christmas
re-release What's It Gonna Be, Santa?) to record a new Christmas album. It was released in October 2011.
In the meantime, Rhino released Chicago XXXIV: Live in '75, a two-disc set containing two hours of
previously unreleased performances recorded June 24-26, 1975 at the Capital Centre in Largo, Maryland,
featuring the original members of Chicago performing some of their greatest hits up to that point. In
2012, Chicago and the Doobie Brothers held another joint tour. That same year, Hester left the group to
be succeeded, first by percussionist Daniel de los Reyes, then by Daniel's brother and former long-term
Santana member, Walfredo Reyes, Jr. May 1, 2013, it was announced that Chicago would be performing
the opening night concert at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, the world's biggest aviation "fly-in".
The band maintains a weblog with fan commentary, providing free public previews of musical works in
progress, and actively encouraging audiences to record memorabilia of their live concert performances
for possible publishing on the band's official web site. As of May 2013 Chicago has been recording a new
album. As of May 2013, four of the six surviving founding members (major songwriters Lamm and
Pankow, plus Loughnane and Parazaider) have remained, providing continuity since the beginning. Scheff
has been with the band for 26 years, Imboden for 23 years, Howland for 18 years, Pardini for 4 years, and
Reyes for 1 year. In 2013 Robert Lamm, Lee Loughnane, James Pankow, and Walter Parazaider appeared
in the HBO movie Clear History as the band Chicago. In the fall of 2013 the band began releasing singles
for their new, forthcoming album starting with "Somethin' Comin', I Know" in August, "America" in
September, "Crazy Happy" in December 2013, and "Naked in the Garden of Allah" scheduled for January
2014. Chicago and Robin Thicke performed together at the Grammy Awards on January 26, 2014 singing
"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?", "Beginnings", and "Saturday in the Park".
Graphics
Upon being renamed from Chicago Transit Authority to Chicago, the band sported a new logo. Its
inspiration was found in the design of the Coca-Cola logo, in the attitude of the city of Chicago itself, and
in the desire to visually transcend the individual identities of the band's constituent members. It was
designed by the Art Director of Columbia/CBS Records, John Berg, with each album's graphic art work
being done by Nick Fasciano. Berg said, "The Chicago logo...was fashioned for me by Nick Fasciano from
my sketch."
The logo would serve as the band's chief visual icon from Chicago II, onward. In various artistic forms and
visual similes, it has been the subject of every subsequent album cover, except the fifteenth album,
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Greatest Hits, Volume II. For example, it appeared as an American flag on III, a piece of wood on V, a U.S.
dollar bill on VI, an embroidered patch on VIII, a chocolate bar on X, a fingerprint on XIV, a computer
silicon chip on 16, a parcel on 17, and a mosaic on 18. Chicago IX's incarnation was a caricature of the
band itself, in the shape of the logo.
The album cover series has endured as a cataloged work of art in its own right, described by Paul Nini of
the American Institute of Graphic Arts as a "real landmark in record cover design". In 2013, the iconic
status of Chicago's album art was featured in a New York art museum exhibit, which centered upon ninety-
five album covers completely selected from John Berg's career portfolio of hundreds. Having overseen the
design of approximately fourteen Chicago album covers across more than twenty years, Berg stated that
this artistic success resulted from the combination of Chicago's "unique situation" and his position in "the
best possible job at the best possible time to have that job, at the center of the graphic universe".
The book titled Type and Image: The Language of Graphic Design described the logo as "a warm vernacular
form, executed in thick script letters with Victorian swashes in the tradition of sports teams and orange
crate labels." The book mentions the cultural and material background of the city of Chicago as inspiration
for the logo; for example, describing the leather embossing of Chicago VII as representative of the great
fire and the stockades. The author connects the album art to the atmosphere of the band's namesake
city, quoting the band's original manager, James William Guercio: "The printed word can never aspire to
document a truly musical experience, so if you must call them something, speak of the city where all save
one were born; where all of them were schooled and bred, and where all of this incredible music went
down barely noticed; call them CHICAGO."
Personnel
Members
Current members Former members
• Robert Lamm - keyboards. guitar, vocals (1967-present) • Danny Seraohine — drums, percussion (1967-1990)
• Lee Louohnane - trumpet, guitar, percussion, vocals (1967-present) • Peter Cetera — bass, guitar, vocals (1967-1985)
• James Pankow - trombone, percussion, keyboards, vocals (1967-present) • Tem Kath — guitar, bass, vocals (1967-1978; died 1978)
• Walter Parazaider - woodwinds. backing vocals (1967-present) • Laudir de Oliveira — percussion (1974-1981)
• Jason Schaff - bass, vocals (1985-present) • Donnie Dacus — guitar, bass, vocals (1978-1980)
• Tds Imboden - drums. percussion (1990-present) • Chris Pinnick — guitar (1980-1985)
• Keith Howland - guitar, vocals (1995-present) • Bill Champlin - keyboards, guitar, vocals (1981-2009)
• Lou Pardinl - keyboards, vocals (2009-present: touring - 1999, 2007) • Dawavne Bailey - guitar, vocals (1986-1994)
• Walfredo Reyes. Jr. — percussion (2012—present) • Drew Hester - percussion (2009-2012), drums (touring—:
• Daniel de los Reyes — percussion (2012)
Touring musicians
Current touring musicians Former touring musicians
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• Nick Lane - trombone (1999-present) • Bob Roberts - woodwinds (1969)
• Larry Kiimas - woodwinds (2003-present) • Guille Garcia — percussion (1973)
• Ray Herrmann - woodwinds (2005-present) • Brian Hicks — trumpet (1976)
• Rock - percussion (2010-present) • Many Grebb — saxophone, guitar, keyboards, backing vo
• Kenny Cetera — percussion, backing vocals (1984-1985)
• Steve Jankowski - trumpet (1992. 2006, 2007)
• Lee Thornburg - trumpet (1992. 2008. 2009. 2012)
• Bruce Gaitsch - guitar (1995)
• Tom Timko - woodwinds (2005)
• Art Velasco - trombone (2011)
Lineups
1967-1974 1974-1978 1978-1980 1980-1981
• Peter Cetera - bass, • Peter Cetera - bass, • Peter Cetera - bass. • Peter Cetera - bass,
guitar, vocals guitar, vocals vocals guitar, vocals
• Terry Kath - guitar. • Terry Kath - guitar. • Robert Lamm - • Robert Lamm -
bass, vocals bass, vocals keyboards, guitar, vocals keyboards, guitar, vocals
• Robert Lamm - • Robert Lamm - • Lee Loughnane - • Lee Loughnane -
keyboards, vocals keyboards, guitar, vocals trumpet. guitar, trumpet, guitar,
• Lee Loughnane - • Lee Loughnane - percussion, vocals percussion, vocals
trumpet, guitar, trumpet, guitar, • James Pankow - • James Pankow -
percussion. vocals percussion. vocals trombone. percussion, trombone, percussion.
• James Pankow — • James Pankow - keyboards, vocals keyboards, vocals
trombone, keyboards, trombone, percussion. • Walter Parazaider - • Wafter Parazaider -
percussion. vocals keyboards, vocals wcodwinds, backing woodwinds. backing
• Walter Parazaider- • Walter Parazaider - vocals vocals
woodwinds, backing woodwinds, backing • Danny Seraphine — • Danny Seraphine —
vocals vocals drums, percussion drums, percussion
• Danny Seraphine - • Danny Seraphine - • Laudir de Oliveira - • Laudir de Oliveira -
drums, percussion drums. percussion percussion percussion
Touring musicians • Chris Pinnick — guitar
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• Laudir de Oliveira - • Donnie Dacus - guitar, Touring musicians
• Bob Roberts -
percussion bass, vocals
woodwinds (1969) • Marty Grebb -
Touring musicians
• Guille Garcia — saxophone, guitar,
percussion (1973) • Brian Hicks - keyboards, backing
trumpet (1976? vocals (1980-1981)
1981-1985 1985-1986 1986-1990 1990-1995
• Peter Cetera - bass, • Robert Lamm - • Robert Lamm - • Robert Lamm -
guitar, vocals keyboards, guitar, vocals keyboards, guitar, vocals keyboards, guitar, vocals
• Robert Lamm - • Lee Loughnane - • Lee Loughnane - • Lee Loughnane -
keyboards, guitar, vocals trumpet, guitar, trumpet. guitar, trumpet, guitar.
• Lee Loughnane - percussion. vocals percussion, vocals percussion, vocals
trumpet, guitar. • James Pankow - • James Pankow - • James Pankow -
percussion. vocals trombone, percussion, trombone. percussion, trombone, percussion.
• James Pankow - keyboards, vocals keyboards. vocals keyboards, vocals
trombone, percussion, • Walter Parazaider - • Walter Parazaider - • Walter Parazaider -
keyboards. vocals woodwinds, backing woodwinds, backing woodwinds. backing
• Walter Parazaider - vocals vocals vocals
woodwinds. backing • Danny Seraphine — • Danny Seraphine - • Bill Champlin -
vocals drums, percussion drums, percussion keyboards. guitar, vocals
• Danny Seraphine - • Chris Pinnick - guitar • Bill Champlin - • Jason Schell- bass.
drums. percussion • Bill Champlin - keyboards, guitar, vocals vocals
• Chris Pinnick — guitar keyboards. guitar, vocals • Jason Schaff - bass. • Dawayne Bailey -guitar,
• Bill Champlin - • Jason Schaff — bass. vocals vocals
keyboards, guitar, vocals vocals • Dawavne Bailey — guitar. • Iris Imbcden — drums.
Touring musicians vocals percussion
Touring musicians
• Kenny Cetefa —
percussion. backing • Steve Jankowski -
vocals(1984-1985) trumpet (1992)
• Lee Thornburg -
trumpet (1992)
1995 1995-2009 2009 2009-2012
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• Robert Lamm - • Robert Lamm - • Robert Lamm - • Robert Lamm -
keyboards, guitar, vocals keyboards, acoustic keyboards, acoustic keyboards. acoustic
• Lee Loughnane - guitar, lead vocals guitar, lead vocals guitar, lead vocals
trumpet, guitar. • Lae Loughnane - • Lee Loughnane - • Lee Loughnane -
percussion, vocals trumpet. guitar, trumpet guitar. trumpet, guitar.
• James Pankow - percussion, vocals percussion, vocals percussion, vocals
trombone. percussion. • James Pankow - • James Pankow - • James Pankow -
keyboards, vocals trombone. percussion. trombone, percussion. trombone. percussion.
• Walter Parazaider - keyboards, vocals keyboards, vocals keyboards, vocals
woodwinds. backing • Walter Parazaider - • Walter Parazaider - • Walter Parazaider -
vocals woodwinds, backing woodwinds. backing woodwinds. backing
• Bill Champlin - vocals vocals vocals
keyboards. guitar, vocals • Bill Champlin - • Jason Schaff - bass, • Jason Schaff- bass.
• Jason Schaff - bass. keyboards, guitar, lead lead vocals lead vocals
vocals vocals iris imboden - drums. • Tris imbcden - drums.
• Tris imboden -drums, • Jason Schaff — bass. percussion percussion
percussion lead vocals • Keith Howland - guitar. • Keith Howland - guitar,
Touring musicians • Ms imboden - drums, vocals vocals
percussion • Lou Pardini — keyboards. • Lou Pardini - keyboards,
• Bruce Gaitsch -
• Keith Howland - guitar. lead vocals lead vocals
guitar (1995)
vocals Touring musicians • Drew Hester -
Touring musicians percussion
• Nick Lane —
Touring musicians
• Nick Lane - trombone (2009)
trombone (1999-2009) • Larry Klimas - • Nick Lane -
• Lou Pardini - keyboards. woodwinds (2009) trombone (2009-2012)
vocals (1999.2007) • Ray Herrmann - • Larry Klimas -
• Larry Klimas - woodwinds (2009) woodwinds (2009-2012)
woodwinds (2003-2009) Drew Hester - • Ray Herrmann -
• Rav Herrmann - drums (2009 woodwinds (2009-2012)
woodwinds (2005-2009) • Rock -
• Tom Timko - percussion (2010-2012)
woodwinds (2005) • Art Velasco —
trombone (2011)
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• Steve Jankowski -
trumpet (2006. 2007)
• Lee Thornburg -
trumpet (2008. 2009)
• Drew Hester -
drums (2009)
2012 2012-present
• Robert Lamm - • Robert Lamm -
keyboards. acoustic keyboards, acoustic
guitar, lead vocals guitar, lead vocals
• Lee Loughnane - • Lee Loughnane -
trumpet. guitar. trumpet. guitar,
percussion, vocals percussion, vocals
• James Pankow - • James Pankow -
trombone. percussion. trombone. percussion.
keyboards. vocals keyboards, vocals
• Walter Parazaider - • Walter Parazaider -
woodwinds. backing woodwinds, backing
vocals vocals
• Jason Schaff — bass. • Jason Schaff — bass.
lead vocals lead vocals
• Tris Imboden - drums. • Tris Imboden - drums,
percussion percussion
• Keith Howland - guitar. • Keith Howland - guitar.
vocals vocals
• Lou Pardini - keyboards. • Lou Pardini — keyboards.
lead vocals lead vocals
• Daniel de Ins Reyes - • yValfredo Reyes. Jr -
percussion percussion
Touring personnel Touring musicians
• Nick Lane - • Nick Lane -
trombone (2012) trombone (2012-
present)
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• Larry Klimas - • Larry Klimas -
woodwinds (2012) woodwinds (2012-
• Ray Herrmann - present)
woodwinds (2012) • Ray Herrmann -
• Rock - woodwinds (2012-
percussion (2012) present)
• Rock
percussion (2012-
present)
• Lee Thornburg -
trumpet (2012)
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Discography
Studio albums
• The Chicago Transit Authonty (1969)
• Chicago (1970)
• Chicago 111(1971)
• Chicago V(1972)
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• Chicago VI (1973)
• Chicago VII (1974)
• Chicago VIII (1975)
• Chicago X (1976)
• Chicago Xl (1977)
• Hof Streets (1978)
• Chicago 13 (1979)
• Chicago XIV (1980)
• Chicago 16(1982)
• Chicago 17 (1984)
• Chicago 18(1986)
• Chicago 19(1988)
• Twenty 1 (1991)
• Night 6 Day Big Band (1995)
• Chicago XXV: The Christmas Album (1998)
• Chicago XXX (2006)
• Chicago VOCII: Storte of Sisyphus (2008)
• Chicago XXXIII: 0 Christmas Three (2011)
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