C: Chicago

C: Chicago

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It was 1967 when Walter Parazaider, Terry Kath, Danny Seraphine, Lee Loughnane, James Pankow, Robert Lamm, and Peter Cetera formed a group Chicago Transit Authority, subsequently the group shortened its name simply to Chicago. Chicago is one of the longest-running and most successful rock groups. After early and mid 1970’s golden age of the band, the disaster happened on 23 January of 1978. Kath died of an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound from a gun he thought was unloaded. The band released their fourteenth album “Hot Streets” with the new guitarist Donnie Dacus, the first album with a title instead of a number that failed to make the Top 10 on the chart. The next big thing of the band history must be In late 1981 when the band had
David Foster as the producer and the man, Bill Champlin. Foster brought big commercial success. Peter Cetera left the band to peruse his solo career in the summer of 1985.
Chicago continued their commercial success with the new singer and bassist Jason Scheff who perfectly filled the gap of Cetera’s absence.
In 1993, the incident totally changed the band’s fate and their direction. Chicago finished their 22nd album “Stone of Sisyphus” that should have been marked their return to their creative composition, emphasizing major horn accompaniment. However, the executives at Reprise Records stupidly rejected the completed album.

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