3 Terry Kath Licks From 1977

[@nickf9392]

In his time, Terry wasn't as underrated as people today seem to think. Chicago sold millions of albums, had a solid college crowd following, toured more than any other band in history, filling seats with countless more millions. These Chicago fans knew who Terry was, and they still do. Chicago band members were kept under wraps by their management, the band them selves were literally at war with most of the critics of the time, and Terry was known for insulting the entire country of England when he said in front of a live audience that one of their guitar hero's sucked. Chicago, along with Terry, were purposely omitted by the critics for these reasons. Terry was a true innovator, a true artist and a powerful force musically. His leads and rhythm work are nothing less than stunning. Thank you for taking time to show case some of his work, excellent job!

[@jamescpotter]

THANK YOU for recognizing and demonstrating Terry's art. I was fortunate to see him 8 times from 1970-75 and he never disappointed. He was a titan among the gods.

[@adc9521]

Oh man. Terry just as huge as Clapton, Page, Beck and Van Halen in my youth and upbringing. I’m going to be 53 in June and hearing those popular early Chicago tunes brings back the best childhood music filled memories. Thank you for this one 🙏🏼

[@MASTERTHEMEME]

I honestly think Terry was much better than those guys, but that's just me.

[@Teleman73]

Shared on Terry Kaths official Facebook page.

[@voronOsphere]

Awesome!

[@_richardleon]

send to michelle kath

[@Teleman73]

@@_richardleon she is in the group, has an admin that probably showed her already.

[@JMK-kb1yq]

I appreciate you analyzing the styles of "underdog" virtuosos. Terry Kath is amazingly underrated, that is quite true. Danny Gatton is another one.

[@richardjewett7702]

Danny Gatton AND Roy Buchanan!.....Two of the greatest to pick up a Telecaster

[@JMK-kb1yq]

@@richardjewett7702 Danny Gatton was by FAR the best mostly unknown guitarist of all time

[@tallpaul1020]

Thx for the lesson. Terry Kath might be the most forgotten, criminally underrated guitar players in history. He was an absolute beast!!!! We all lost something when he died. Fantastic guitarist. RIP. Dave , keep up the great work 🎸🤘👍

[@davidvik589]

Along with his great guitar playing, he had an amazing voice. So much emotion in both instruments.

[@PTam09]

Thanks so much for this. I was a little girl of 8 years old when I heard 25 or 6 to 4 for the first time. I had already been tinkering on the guitar but Terry was my idol and inspiration. I am so grateful to him for contributing to my life’s passion and my career as a musician. And I am so grateful to you for keeping his name in the conversation. Great job!!!

[@gordonnewman9037]

I saw them in Fort Worth in 73. The whole band was amazing and Terry was on fire that night! Yep, Terry was a super great player and mighty spirit as well. He is missed!

[@cherrypickerguitars]

I’m a dozen years younger than Terry would be. Chicago Transit Authority was one of the first ten albums I owned. Two years ago I build a clone of his famous late 60’s telecaster. Chopped Tele bridge plate, 6 saddle. Strat trem bridge, routed correctly, the PAF in the neck. I passed on the stickers and the extra string trees. Is it my fav Tele? No, my Jeff Beck 50’s Tele clone is - but I’m not a Strat guy - so my “Terry Kath” comes out whenever I want a wiggle stick or a humbucker - so, frequently! Great vid. Well demonstrated. Thanks for doing a Kath vid! He’s why I’m a dedicated Tele guy. Currently 5 of my 12 electrics are Teles - but I’ve owned and played 45-50 Teles over the years. New sub. Peace

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Merci beaucoup for highlighting Terry. I agree with you about CTA. One of THE best bands.

[@roccopatrone8843]

saw Chicago with Kath 3 times . its amazing seeing a younger generation recognizing what most from my era ignored when I was going to those shows. dude was the real deal.

[@FreeSociety1]

Robert Lamm was the main songwriter during their early years --- and wrote all the big songs of that time period { 25 or 6 to 4, Beginnings, Does Anybody Really Know What Time it is, Saturday In The Park, Make Me Smile, etc. }

[@johnr1294]

Make Me Smile was part 1 of 7 of a suite written by James Pankow, Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon recorded for the second album.

[@patrickmayer9566]

,,,,,,yes,,,,,,,,DooooooooD !!!.............his playing,,the band's tight blues and r&b..music,,,always caught my good ear...who didnt!!!!.........tnx for this episode.......it's all what made Chicago so popular......great lesson!...pat,land o' lakes,wi.....I learn here ........

[@shauner1108]

Thank you for recognizing the greatness of Terry Kath!!!

[@redram5150]

Terry Kath was a fantastic guitarist, no doubt, but Hendrix was famously humble

[@uncleremus5046]

My buddies father got us listening to Chicago @ a young age. When I got older I realized what an incredibly talented band they were. Love Kath’s guitar playing & a great voice also. Great one 🍺’ski.

[@LoyalOpposition]

Terry Kath even plays some Middle Eastern stuff on "Poem 58" around the 2:20 minute. Such an eclectic player who was overshadowed by later success of Chicago, and being in a band with 7 other guys (my favorite line-up; I think they were best in 74 album/live).

[@davidjudson6710]

David - thank you very much for this excellent post. I remember the first time I heard Chicago Transit Authority and, in particular, Terry's incredible solos on Q67 and 68, South California Purples, I'm A Man, etc. It was 1971 and I was 15. I studied those solos by turning my turntable from 33 to 16, listening to them at half speed. 50 years later I'm incredibly fortunate to be the lead guitar player in a Chicago tribute band here in Dallas, and I'm still struggling to play them like he did. (Of course Terry never played the same solo twice, but we are a tribute band after all). These samples from your video really do a great job capturing the creativity and intensity of Terry's playing. You, by the way, are a terrific player yourself. Thanks again for doing this.

[@ct90twa]

Cool licks here thank you for sharing. Terry Kath was awesome. Vastly under appreciated guitarist / musician.

[@rorylisbon4723]

Thanks David! Always enjoy all your videos and share the same interests in guitarist styles. You can continue this series for years!

[@chrischarles1468]

Dave you’re great too. Thanks for all you do.

[@PatrickShubin]

I loved Chicago and especially Terry, he was my guitar idol. I saw Chicago a number of times, the last time was in Vegas at the Aladdin in 1977. I've got alot of slides of the band that night, in those days you could walk up to the stage and take pictures. He was one of the Greatest and the driving force of Chicago.

[@undango]

Always nice to be introduced to these guitarists

[@Krullmatic]

Terry Kath was phenomenal! A couple of months ago, I watched the Terry Kath biography movie. When he was up onstage playing, he looked like a man possessed!

[@elpolitemexa2272]

Really looking forward to this one. Terry is one of my fav classic rock guitarists and is also super underrated.

[@mutt8553]

That first lick is so killer. It doesn’t get more bluesy than that

[@ORION2180]

Awesome work, nice to see Terry get recognition these days. Another overlooked guitarist is Alvin Lee. In guitar circles, he was/is idolized by his peers, but Alvin never received the mainstream accolades he deserved.

[@rocknative70]

Love this demonstration, and especially the technical explanation for each ‘run’ and what Key each is in. Thank you for remembering Terry and bringing his greatness out for all to see and hear !

[@Reapprsr1]

Thank you! Your work is a very nice dive into greatnest. Love your juxtaposition playing the riff then the vid of Terry doing it on stage. Wish Terry could have gone on, but the good stuff he gave us is incredible. Guitar and Voice! Soul Talent Tone

[@voronOsphere]

OMG!!!!!! One of my requests uploaded just 2 hours ago!!!! Terry Kath!!!! Thank you, David!!!!!!

[@borntobewild9056]

Terry was so far ahead of his time....his influence cannot be exaggerated!

[@sotirios6882]

The sound, simplicity and phrasing of his guitar playing is what caught the eyes of musicians like Hendrix. BTW Great licks Dave , I enjoyed it TK Rocks! 👊 🎸

[@Stevo_Drums]

I knew TK was gifted, but you really illuminated his ability and style 👍🏼

[@williamj.sheehan2001]

Thoroughly enjoyed this! You are a fantastic player in your own right, too!

[@dethcult]

Definitely one of the most underrated guitar players ever.

[@frankmarrero2112]

Excellent video, thanks for sharing your great skills. Frank

[@STRAT62]

Great job! I enjoy your work and your down to earth personality. Thanks for the bonus lick, it made my ears perk up!

[@craigw1911]

Terry Kath is my all-time favorite guitarist. I'm almost 60 and grew up listening to Chicago. The Terry Kath albums from CTA to Chicago XI were the best. He had such incredible range in vocal and guitar playing styles. Songs that come to mind when I think of Terry are of course "25 Or 6 to 4", but also "Poem 58" (a MONSTER of a funky track led by Kath!), "Introduction", "Liberation", his parts in "Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon", "Dialogue", "Wishing You Were Here", "Byblos" (yes, a ballad, but a Terry Kath ballad, and a deep track beautiful song on Chicago VII), "Once Or Twice", "Mississippi Delta City Blues", "Uptown".

[@pomod]

Chicago was my father and I's musical compromise on long car rides as a kid as he liked the horns and I liked the Kath's guitar.

[@jhalagan]

Anyone that puts a Maico sticker on their guitar is a badass!

[@colokor]

Great insight! Love this kicks! I love that he always had a hockey jersey on!

[@jackgillenwater1606]

Thank you for honoring Terry Kath, the best ever!

[@bobbyburrows724]

Thanks for doing a segment on one of my guitar heroes and a true master of his craft. Appreciate this!

[@thedude-jb7wx]

Prince also said Kath was one of the greats and listed on his top 10. When people as talented as Hendrix and Prince say youre the GOAT youre the GOAT. Kath is seriosuly underated cause he looked like Bonzo on guitar and Chicago was for a more sophisticated rock crowd. Kath has a daughter that made a doc to bring to light what Hendrix and others said about Kaths superb rhythm and lead guitar. Listen to his isolated tracks on you tube Kath was an open channel like Stevie often and his rhythm playing was so funky and in the pocket the guy is a true all around talent but raw which is really what a natural guitar player is.

[@jayartukovich2632]

Just discovered this. Thanks for your efforts, I love Terry Kath's style and the way he makes it flow.

[@liamkeane4214]

That third lick from the 77 live cut of “searching so long” always my favorite, I was pretty close but you helped me get there, sounds great!

[@mikemorgan548]

As always...another brilliant spot on job. As a seasoned guitar player myself this is the only guitar lessons where there are actually things I didn't know. All of the "nit picking" is done for me. thanks Dave. I know you've saved me days of rewinding/listening/playing. I've actually subscribed to "Late Night Lessons" and highly recommend it to other players...Thanks again!

[@Scottocaster6668]

Ah, another request answered👍. The only lesson where I got chills from these riffs! Thanks B🐓. Another underdog: Steve Lynch.🤔

[@bernardoconnor5512]

Brill as always David !!! Please, please do Gary Richrath soon !!

[@jamessator5564]

Thanks Bernard...... I thought I was the only one that made David crazy about Gary ! 🤟🏼🎸😎

[@crisprtalk6963]

You like to focus on lesser known players... Jack Pearson. There ya go!

[@harrygregorie8258]

Terry Kath’s 1970 solo on “25 or 6 to 4” at Tanglewood cements his legacy as one of the most gifted rock solo guitarists of all time. I do think he was better than Hendrix, Clapton, Page and Duane Allman who all stood out as pioneers in the early 1970’s. What a crushing to music he, Hendrix and Allman were. May they Rest In Peace.

[@markmckeever7483]

I'm so happy you did a Terry Kath episode!

[@frankiedonofrio5438]

Great Lesson, didnt realize how talented Terry Kath was!!

[@mikeivey8471]

Love this lesson !! Great job !!

[@koho]

What a great topic. There are a few other live videos of Kath from before that era on YT worth checking out. The live 25 or 6 to 4 is a burner. And these are great renditions of his playing and tone! Joe Walsh did the catch thing really well.

[@MR.KERNAN]

Terry was amazing him and Evh are tied at my number 1 Terry had so much soul such powerful voice always in a great mood a true players player 🤙

[@TreatzTMA]

So great. Thanks for giving him the modern exposure he deserves. Love the hockey jerseys!!

[@davidjames387]

Great lesson, thanks!

[@pauljude]

Great lesson as always sir.

[@Craig_Fussell]

Terry Kath was a monster player! Such a tragic loss for rock music.That first lick you showed kinda reminds me of how Billy Gibbons starts a lot of his solos with a high bend...like on the first lick on La Grange. ✌🏻🎸

[@jamessator5564]

Fantastic as always David !

[@oliversteffensen5498]

Beautiful playing and great lesson as always.

[@tomfoolery2082]

Always been a Chicago fan but a bigger fan of Terry Kath .

[@MrJegabo]

THE great Terry KATH, thanks for the Terry licks. I saw CTA twice in the 70's.. absolutely fantastic. I just bought a Vidami player and it really helps me to slow down the Lick and repeat it till I get it! Very fun! Thanks again. I discovered that your voice slowed down is very fun too! I've played a slow downed version of some of your tutorial of the first lick with my family and just had a hoot of laugh. Jimmy

[@tomjankowski6440]

thanks very cool

[@gabrieldesouzateixeira2360]

Man, I love your lessons. ❤

[@steveparkes1]

Beautiful riffs, thank you.

[@300gjw]

Fantastic! And this is coming from a bass player. Love your videos Dave.

[@Jay-wk9xj]

Moat underrated guitarist eva

[@jimrichens665]

Q

[@crisprtalk6963]

What an amazing player Terry was!!

[@chrisdeleo800]

Ah yes... I was waiting for this!

[@spaceantelope1]

Great video as always!

[@davidflint12]

I have the original CTA vinyl. So cool.

[@sixstringer3783]

Adding the Major 3rd wonder if Warren De Martini was influenced by him ? Cool just ordered my Late night in white 🤘

[@charickter]

Terry Alan Kath. Legend. Thank you for this.

[@iLanFrid]

Hi David - isn't it time for a Danny Gatton 3 licks video? Asking for myself.

[@dekalbes335]

Thank you !

[@timcullimore7443]

really cool! good job! keep up the good work!

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

Great lesson 😃 I really need to check out Terry's recordings

[@markteboe4757]

Kath used a Maestro phase shifter. Thanks for the video!

[@eggmangoogoogajoob1466]

Thank you.

[@kevinmusso2397]

Love this... have you done Dan Huff? If not, it would be great

[@mihalyvigyikan9114]

Late night lessons is my favorite guitarist channel! The most humbled person on this planet, whom you can learn a lot! For example I have just discovered Terry, after listening tonnes of Gallagher, the algorithm just gave him to me, and I was thinking to tell late night lessons this, but already has a class about him, and I was soooooo way shocked, like.... Man this channel is the best! There is Gallagher, Bolin, Terry and I think they are the real pioneers and of course Hendrix too, but not Page and Clapton... Compared to them, Clapton and Page are like middle class players... And there are many channels on youtube, where not the music but the maker is important, and there is an extremely big hype for nothing as like Paul Simon... I hate that guy, he climbs on you and get in your face with tricks and manipulation for the youtubers... Like Chris Buck, Late night lessons they are real pioneers, humbled people whom you can learn a lot! Thanks for all of your work and job for us, for real musicians :)

[@ToddGillespie1977]

Excellent as always. How about Jason Becker and showcase his DLR stuff? It’s Showtime has eluded me for years

[@randysteele6741]

Awesome playing by Terry on Sing A Mean Tune Kid. Mindboggling speed on one of his licks on the fade-out. Don't know how he did it. Check it out on Chicago III. Also give a listen to his work on This Time (11) and Song of the Evergreens (7). Oh, hell...just listen to everything he ever played! Haha!

[@Old-Skull.]

good stuff , thank you .

[@love4thetruth]

How many people will now do a KZbin search for Terry Kath?

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

Done.

[@hue75]

I think the third lick was Terry incorporating the solo style from Hendrix's song Bold as Love.

[@rjc7289]

Love your wah sound. You get just the right amount of the effect without the sound being too nasally and sharp.

[@prkeene]

In the vein of your statement about obscure/forgotten players, I STRONGLY suggest a three-for-all on Peter Green and/or Danny Kirwan.

[@scottcummings8602]

David, great vid as always..... wondering if you could shed some light on the year/model your strat is and what all is changed on it from stock. Always sounds like a million bucks, thanks.

[@susandell8476]

I’d like to study the jazz or jazz rock of Terry Kath. Riffs in It Better End Soon and Poem 58. I was introduced to the Chicago 1,2,3 records in 1977 and at some point learned some jazz standards but the energy of his riffs; I’m trying to pick up ideas from him.

[@CC-te5zf]

Terry was amazing.

[@6969jezabel]

Thanks! More, please 🤞 Links to the sourced material?

[@waynegram8907]

LNL, Hendrix used those bends with an echoplex on albums Crash landing and Midnight Lightning by Alan Douglas producer. You would make a lesson on those types of hendrix country double stop bending. Hendrix was going to make an album with Chicago in 1970 which the trombone player confirmed it was true. Dawayne Bailey from Chicago had some 80's licks you can make a lesson Dawayne Bailey

[@Craigres11]

Terry Kath Part 6...... Can't find the set reminder button...Please help!!

[@ThrashRoC]

damm cool stuff man ...

[@hammer44head]

I dont think it is fair or really true, that peter "took over" after Terry passed away. Chicago's last few albums had been pretty pop and their drug habits (cocaine) really hurt them to not really taking chances in their music and just playing safe with the pop ballads and such. Peter was in the early band also and is a incredible and very 'underrated" bass player. They're arent too many bands in the rock world that still make great music after a ten year mark much less last that long. Thats where Chicago was at when Terry died tragically and Peter was never the principal song writer in the band Robert was and as he said in the doc he was burnt out to a frazzle by then. I sure miss Terry though he along with David Gilmore were my faves in the early 70's. RIP Terry.

[@barryhaynes103]

Excellent !!! ...what three lick from Kerry Livgren ?

[@brianruyack7632]

Had the sane thought! Underrated because of his keyboard and writing skills but lived his solo tones. Especially Hold On.