Chicago: 'This music has transcended time'

CNN's Poppy Harlow traveled to Omaha, Nebraska to sit down with the "rock and roll band with horns" on the last leg of their 49th tour. Watch "Now More Than Ever: The History of Chicago" New Year's Day at 8p ET on CNN.

[@stellaalonzo5495]

One of the greats from my youth. So talented!

[@v.german11b]

Chicago fan forever! And Terry Kath lives in our hearts, loyal fans. Terry was the soul of Chicago, the leader, the greatest guitar player with a unique manly voice. Unforgettable.

[@prometheus_common7728]

I have loved Chicago since I was a kid. This is one of my favorite bans that I grew up listening to! I still listen to their music and love it to this good day and will always love CHICAGO (Transit Authority).

[@johnweaver4564]

A great great band!!

[@Angbwillinspireu]

Decade for Decade, Chicago was(is) the soundtrack of my youth; when I hear their music, now, it takes me back to great moments from the past.

[@Lori-zh2hv]

What a way to listen to them as a my birthday gift from my son July 24th at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs 2024. ❤

[@briantakashima1018]

One of my favorite bands in the 60's, and now, they are my favorite Classic Rock band! Long Live Chicago!

[@Qameasmoke]

never get tired of playing their albums - love the arrangements, the songs, the playing, the production, the sound

[@2wrdr]

Took the words right out of my mouth.

[@shaitanxul6]

Every time I hear a song by Chicago it takes me back to Lake Shore Drive..Thank you for that.

[@chrissimon8368]

I am a Michiana Hoosier. Like many others from there, we'd go to Chicago ILL regularly for events, to see museums, Christmas shopping, etc. We'd also go to Rush street and hit the themed bars. Just as we entered the lobby of a Latin-themed bar, I saw two guys in suits come out of nowhere pulling out their guns and grab and handcuff two Latino guys. Two Latino women, dressed to the Nines, started screaming their heads off. It was like it was right out of a movie. I didn't see any cameras. I told my wife "Let's get the hell out of here."

[@mteevie1609]

I was growing in the Peter cetera years so it was heart breaking they didn't mention him by name only shown a few videos.

[@lauralynthacum920]

Like Bill Chaplin?

[@ranger1959ful]

I wish I were a member of Chicago. Great music.

[@joaquinr.delagalaramos6075]

Im 22 and i freaking love this band. Counting the days to watch them in México.

[@miltonlopez1214]

I just saw them in Thousand Oaks, CA on February 2017 and they sound better than ever. Love them forever

[@joannedarling6809]

Milton Lopez l

[@joannedarling6809]

I love Chicago th eff ir music always made me ferl good

[@amd1273]

How can they sound better than ever when Terry karth and Peter cetera are not in the band anymore. It was shameful how Peter was forced out of the band because of jealousy

[@user-zr2lt6dh8j]

One of the best bands ever...here's a big shout out from us to you . Thank You Boston for many years..

[@chrissimon8368]

How in the world did take until 2016 for Chicago to get inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

[@TheBach2rock]

I heard them on A Capital 4TH in 2023 They were Fantastic

[@aeromamakinforever]

Just love the music, don't get wrapped up in who's not still in the band. Loving the music is a tribute to former members like the genius of Terry Kath

[@thomaspick4123]

If he was the guitarist, too bad he was not thoroughly trained about guns. People are taught there is always one bullet left in the chamber. Also, gun action gets stuck. Monkeying around, by accident he blew his brains out. So terrible, what a waste of human life, tragic. No one talks of Blood, Sweat, and Tears. Of the initial era, they were very good. BS&T had good charting songs, an explosive drummer, and a great vocalist also.

[@ijeff2005]

Too much booze and drugs never ends well. It will make you stupid and careless.

[@debrabryan2596]

Terry Kath to me was one of the best guitar player ever.

[@debrabryan2596]

Absolutely

[@pereraddison932]

Thomas Pick ... what goes up? ... and B.S.&T. wonderful lead singer was as good as T.K. ever was, and as gr8 a g'tar player, too...

[@fenix7858]

I am 60 years old and the music of chicago opened that wonderful door of sounds and percussions of jazz and rock when I was only 12 years old. Forever will be in my heart and memory and, Now More Than Never: Oh, Thank you Great Spirit for allowing me to share time and space with this wonderful band. Thank you very much Chicago, Thank you very much Danny, Peter, Walter, Robert, Lee, James and Terry. I hope this message reaches every one of you and wherever you are, Terry. With love. Ruben from Monterrey, Mexico.

[@patriciaantonopoulos8573]

My #1 favorite band of all times!! 🥰

[@josejuanespinosadelgadillo5565]

Best band ever!!!

[@dalehoward3704]

I Absolutely Love Chicago ❤❤❤❤❤❤🎶🎵🎸🎺

[@scorpio8uonline209]

Dialogue (Part One & Part Two). One of my favs.

[@McLennonHStarr]

Chicago Forever!!!!

[@annikapc]

No mention of Peter Cetera . . . the most well-known member of Chicago. :(

[@anthonyalger1994]

Of course I love Chicago... They have some real good ones..

[@4life867]

Legendary.

[@pinterelectric]

I always lived my life by the lines, We've all spent years preparing before this band was born With heaven's help it blended And we do thank the lord.

[@marcgrey6993]

BEST BAND OF ALL TIMES

[@TerryUniGeezerPeterson]

Jeff Coffey looks like Owen Wilson

[@franciscohernandez465]

Lo más excelso en jazz rock por siempre

[@WarriorMigs24]

Classic music forever thank you.

[@nateb19604]

One of my favorite groups back in the day.

[@ladyduchezz4239]

I love watching this video over and over before I sleep because I want to see Lou Pardini ,extremely handsome...his charm defies his age...too perfect to be human....

[@m.f.gradaograda2897]

I love Chicago from the first time I saw them live at Auditorium in Chicago. I was an Andy Frain usher and Terry was tuning his guitar and I said Mr. Kath you're the greatest guitarist and my favorite. He laughed with a kind of high pitched and then in his deep bass voice he said Thank you. I remember camping out at old Stadium to get 25 tickets for the Chicago Beachboy concert...one of their best along with Earth, Wind, & Fire concert outdoors at Tinley Park, Il. I was a gaffer there. I said this year it's about time they're inducted into Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame. Finally they get the ultimate reward as well as TERRY KATH's being recognized as a great guitarist and musician. Everytime they're in town in Chicago I see them play. Too bad Pete Cetera has an EGO issue but it is what it is. I also miss Demon Dogs Mr. Schivarelli. I lived in area for 20 yrs. Great hot dogs...shakes and Chicago's Band memorabilia. GOD BLESS YOU ALL...NOW & FOREVER

[@v.german11b]

Well said. I agree.

[@RCGoetzke]

Chicago was an innovative music maker during their first two or three years, the most popular American band until shortly before Kath accidentally killed himself in 1978, and a commercial money machine until Cetera left in 1985. Since that time, they've been a self-tribute band, albeit a very good one.

[@aarontrainor9918]

Robert G. And Saraphine Left in 1990

[@DIESEL0759]

+Robert G. How do you figure a "self-tribute band" when new releases are still being produced that are NOT "greatest hits" albums? Since 1985, we have: 18, 19, Twenty 1, Night & Day Big Band, XXV, XXVI, XXX, XXXII, XXXIII, and XXXVI. I didn't include anything that was a "Greatest Hits", even if it included new material. If I did, then The Box, Love Songs, and probably a few others would be included.

[@RCGoetzke]

All of their chart hits after Cetera left were written by non band members, and for the past three decades they have only played their hits from the Kath and/or Cetera era.

[@moodylicious]

@@RCGoetzke tis true. Cetera was the man with the voice who wrote the songs - when nobody else could do it - that finally took them to stratospheric success. Poor guy was forced out; some brotherhood, just like Danny being kicked out. Warner records refused to promote Peter for ten years when he went solo. Can you imagine? Hog-tying that passion, talent and musicality for a ten year virtual exile on non-representation even though he was under contract w/ those sadists (Warner)? Yet he STILL overcame the dirty trick Warner arses forced on him and continued writing one hit song after another. Love the band, can't accept their hypocrisy, lies and digs against former band members.

[@Weird_Old_Uncle_Kenny]

"Chicago" (now known as Chicago II) was one of the first albums I ever bought. "25 or 6 to 4" pulled me in, the "Ballet" made me a lifetime fan. Finally got to see the band around 1996, it was a great show. That horn section just gets me "right here". But the thing that just blows me away today is experiencing this music all over again by following Leonid & Friends on KZbin. It sounds new and fresh, as if was written today and performed for the first time, not 50 years ago. Who knows, maybe we will experience a "Russian wave" of great classic rock that will inspire a new generation of American kids to discover their roots?

[@ankihansen2489]

I agree, Leonid & Friends is a lot better than the current Chicago.

[@julioaranton461]

Chicago, my Saturday in the Park...

[@MIKE-ej6ud]

my mom saw them at the Stardust Lounge in Rockford Il. 20 years later, I would discover them on the radio, buy every..single....album and had the incredible experience of seeing them live 3 times with Terry Kath and all the original members. they were the best band I have ever heard and I've seen and heard them all.

[@cedifrederick6470]

And fans in England are still waiting! Come on guys!!

[@annakimborahpa]

Although this segment flashed a photo of founding member Peter Cetera when discussing former members of Chicago and Terry Kath in particular, there was no mention of Peter's name. I assume this omission was agreed to by all parties involved, in light of Peter's importance in the development and success of the band. Keep going, guys.

[@RCGoetzke]

They've never been able to escape Cetera's shadow.

[@bruinsrulz]

I noticed that too. I assumed the band said "We don't agree to this interview if you are going to talk about Peter Cetera." Unfortunately, for them, he IS/WAS the voice of Chicago.

[@playlist55]

It was not an amicable split. Cetera didn't even show for the R+R hall induction. They were supposed to play, but they couldn't agree on even playing one song together, so Cetera didn't even show. It's too bad, I don't blame anyone, there's just some bad blood.

[@moodylicious]

@@playlist55 Peter made many attempts at communicating. Most of his missives went ignored. Misplaced disrespect for someone who brought them never imagined wealth.

[@billstout6159]

America's Band.

[@lauralynthacum920]

Where is Bill Chaplin? He was a great addition. Sad he was not accepted by some

[@joshuaarcilla6211]

He left the band in 2009 and Lou Pardini is no longer with them anymore

[@lamarravery7301]

They're the best. Who listens to the radio nowadays? With all the crap that's on there now. We need new Chicago music on the radio now more than ever.

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

I listen to the radio. I listen to classic rock/pop stations that play Chicago's most popular songs.

[@markusberndgeorg2385]

Lamarr Avery i love good music : chicago, santana, weather report, joe zawinul syndicate, beatles, hendrix, miles davis, george duke, stevie wonder, al jarreau, john mclaughlin, steve coleman, dave holland, wolfgang muthspiel and many more ! GOD BLESS !!!!!!! markus from vienna austria !

[@hm_nn_5633]

Where can I watch 'Now More Than Ever' documentary?

took 49 years but Jimmy Pantload finally has moved himself to the front of the stage

[@XavierKatzone]

Just watched the film yesterday. Started out interesting and (almost too) fast-paced, but it was often confusing who was who and who was talking as it proceeded, especially in a band with no real high-profile frontmen (along upwards of 20 ubiquitous Roman-numeraled, title-less albums), and with the wealth of interspersed historical film clips and images at different ages with various hairstyles and beards! The last third of the film devolved into a rather sad story of blame, finger-pointing, and "we can do this forever" fear of letting go of the past or breaking out of that original CTA mould. I loved the early group and it's output, but this film covered far too much territory, and sometimes not very clearly at all. No wonder more than a few associated with the band opted out of participating or no-showed the R&R hall of fame induction (and Chicago inducted with NWA? What a joke!).

[@JOHNNYFUTS]

I wish there was more horns in songs...I love horns

[@xguy592]

✔ You're always horny Johnny.... maybe try novocaine cream b4 you get arrested❗

[@maxinegener7381]

Check out Leonid and Friends.

[@dicklaing80]

Red rag to bull with that statement, Maxine. Nevertheless you are spot on ... L&F are terrific!

[@PragueImport]

@@dicklaing80 In the studio, yes. But live, the voices struggle

[@LordRufus]

It's been about eight or nine years since I saw Chicago in concert and even though I knew Bill, Jason and Walt had been replaced with newer and younger guys I'd never really seen them before except in grainy and shaky camera phone videos. I think I like Jeff's voice better than Jason's frankly even though Jason is obviously a talented guy. I feel badly... really badly... for Danny. It seemed as though last year he finally got his due and recognition, but this belittles his contribution. I know it's only about seven minutes of a two hour documentary, but I'll take Danny's word because from what I see from this they're really leaning toward the guys who have been there all along and not the important people who have passed through the ranks. I didn't know this was on and I'm kind of sad that I missed it, but frankly with respect to Danny I think it's just as well I did. Oh, yes, and Poppy Harlow is really pretty. Sorry. Sorry. I couldn't just ignore that fact.

[@Stevenross83]

What ever happend to Walt?

[@bethmcavoy8062]

The documentary "Now More Than Ever" is available on Amazon Video

[@DIESEL0759]

+TNA52383 From what I understand, he's retiring from touring, but still records. He's on XXXIV.

[@playlist55]

I haven't seen the whole thing, but I heard it was produced by an in-law of one of the current members so they left the guys that left out of it.

[@moodylicious]

@@Stevenross83 Walt has some heart issues. We miss him and love him.

[@msimaker]

They wrote out Dawayne Bailey....bloody sad!!!

[@speakonianjny5004]

Lol, now Chicago is called Owen Wilson, because Owen Wilson replaced Jason and Pete.

[@none6936]

Saturday, in the park, I think it was the New Years Eve.

[@Anonymous-mk3vf]

The Ladyman Trump Fourth of july*

[@none6936]

I know they both have fireworks but I am quite certain that this Saturday is New Years Eve.

[@xguy592]

In the late 60s , many of my psychedelic voyages would have plunged into a psychotic abyss, but Chicago DELIVERS‼️ Students in music schools a hundred years from now will listen and SMILE.⛔

[@eveaso994]

+xguy Best Band Ever!! Looks like they're, "feeling stronger everyday" :)

[@radwulfeboraci7504]

This was enjoyable little time trip, good footage etc. Story got spoiled at the end by them fucking the drummer over because Foster said so. Tech/electro drums - ya they lasted about 2 weeks. When Foster had nearly written the horns out, the drummer didn't say ... kick them out. Only one of those remaining guys seemed to get that.

[@DIESEL0759]

+Radwulf Eboraci I'm confused, as well. "fucking the drummer over because Foster said so" Danny Seraphine has stated in an interview that he was the one who brought in David Foster. He encouraged it. He also programmed a lot of the electric drums, again, by his own admission. So how did Foster do anything? David Foster isn't even a partner in the band. He's an employee, hired to produce.

[@lynnturman8157]

Pound for pound, the original Chicago may be the the most talented band ever. They had hit after hit after hit and have lasted for decades because they are the real deal: They can play & sing & write. But to me, the most amazing thing about them wasn't their endless string of hits but how great their first few albums were. This was rock music that was completely experimental and original. Sgt Pepper? Brian Wilson? Chicago deserves a seat at that table as well.

[@samsulbahri4193]

I'm indonesian, i hear chicaco in 1978. Spinning whell .... Chicago is fhe best band from america.

[@fayette202]

Spinning Wheel was not recorded by Chicago. You may be thinking of Blood Sweat & Tears

[@LordRufus]

I'm looking at the group seated for the interview and I see Lou Pardini in the far corner, but I'm thinking it's Walt all botoxed up or something. XD

[@avbpolicarpio]

@6:10 Did i hear suck-cago?

[@tadwasmund7958]

More Cowbell please

[@7771sandi]

LOL!!! Love Chicago!!! Sandi [from Buffalo!]

[@xguy592]

❓Need an accoustic reset❓KZbin search : Chicago performance

[@davidtosh7200]

Chicago did not have a hit songs in 1978, 1980, 1981, and 1983. Lead singer, Peter Cetera left the group in 1985, and being replaced by Robert Lamm.

[@RSEwell9]

C'mon man. Robert Lamm is a founding member and Peter was replaced by Jason Scheff.

[@vamsm]

David Tosh Chicago did have hits in 1978 with “Alive Again” and “No Tell Lover”, both reaching the top 15.

[@aarontrainor9918]

David Tosh More Like 1979-1981

[@pereraddison932]

... uhh huh ...

[@speakonianjny5004]

Did Tris Imboden really played with Pete Cetera before replacing Danny Seraphine?

[@joshuaarcilla6211]

No, Tris replaced Danny in 1990 when he was dismissed

[@Stevenross83]

What happend to Walt Parazaider??

[@RCGoetzke]

Health issues, primarily a heart condition.

[@daisyjane1070]

What?! Walt isn't in the band anymore? OMG, what a bummer.

[@DIESEL0759]

Walt plays, just doesn't tour.

[@v.german11b]

Walter has a heart condition that demands a low stress life and touring every year for over 6 months is something his doctor advised against it. Walter Parazaider is the founder, frontman and a saxophone player extraordinaire!

[@williamlobur6181]

why did Peter Cetera leave

[@playlist55]

LOL, Philosophical differences... These guys from the start were a bunch of buddies that just wanted to rock with horns. Peter came on after they were already together, but still before CTA. I don't think he ever fit in the "brotherhood". He wanted to do solos and stay in the band. They didn't want someone that was not solely dedicated to "the brotherhood". I think there was tension (jealousy of Peter) while he was there even though he made them better. Peter left because they wouldn't give him what he wanted. I don't blame anyone, but it was a shame.

[@moodylicious]

@@playlist55 very nicely put. It was a shame. They let Bobby have what Peter wanted.

[@AnaCarvalho-qb4hd]

and Peter Cetera?

[@moodylicious]

he's the one they hate to this day and talk down every time a recorder is in front of them and unfortunately that hate had transferred to Chicago fans who take side and refuse to give any credit to Peter for saving them when they were at rock bottom, unable to create. Peter had a talent for a type of song the world wanted to hear after the stress and chaos of Vietnam years. He gave record producers and label what they demanded. Peter was hurt badly by the band. He has more self control and class than Lamm and Pankow.

[@stevencochran5301]

Well this is news ?

[@scdeville]

One of the worst music documentaries I've seen, of one of the most ungrateful and greedy bands I've listened to. It's so sad to watch an hour of pure dissing of the former members, except the late Kath. I'm sure that if he had left the band at some point he would have been treated as garbage too.

[@DIESEL0759]

That's why you took the time to specifically come here and comment on the clip.. It's a true testament to your hatred of the group that you took the time to seek out this particular clip, even though it doesn't have the name of the documentary, listen to it, and then comment. Kudos to you. I wouldn't do all that work for a group I couldn't stand.

[@scdeville]

@@DIESEL0759 I was going to make this comment in a REO Speedwagon music video, but it ocurred to me that this video was a bit more suitable. Sorry if that offended you...

[@DIESEL0759]

@@scdeville RIght. You were going to go to the page of a totally different band and comment how you watched the entire documentary from beginning to end of a different band and comment on how much you hated it, taking time out of your day to obsess over the documentary of a group you claim to despise. Yet, I'm confident that you're not only in everything Chicago-related waxing on about how you hate them so much, making sure everyone knows how you took the time to watch the video and comment, but I'm also confident you probably have tickets to every event of theirs within a 1,000 miles radius and own all their albums.

[@scdeville]

@@DIESEL0759 Lol you are amazing, you can't even get sarcasm. I don't hate Chicago, I didn't even say I despise them. The band, of wich i indeed own (almost) all their albums and that I have followed for manyh years, is now empirically a sad shadow of what it has been. They keep despising some ex bandmates but on the other hand they keep profitting from the songs they left behind. The used to sound amazingly, now they sound like crap. Chicago was much more than a horn section and a keyboardist with the most awful voice I've heard. The documantary is garbage, deal with it.

[@DIESEL0759]

@@scdeville +scdeville I understand completely. You hate them sooo much, they are so ungrateful and greedy, that you decided to seek out their documentary, watch it, and comment on it. THEN, you thought, "No, I will put this comment on ANOTHER band's KZbin page, because that makes so much more sense to me!!" I get it. Totally. You decided to let the world know how much you hate them by watching an hour and a half documentary, and then talk about how they are so greedy and ungrateful, because you are so intimate with the members that you have all the first-hand experience with all of it, but in order to REALLY make the comment stand out, you wanted to post it to a different page! I've always wondered if someone could survive with the birth defect of having no brain, and you have proved to the world that you can indeed live with no brain.

[@AAA-yr4lm]

Could you imagine what they would have been like if Terry Kath didn't die ?

[@judyledbetter3915]

I Know. 😢.,Rest in Peace, Dear 👼. God Bless.

[@moodylicious]

yes, Terry was ready and practicing for his new band, Cook County, going solo. So he'd have been out of Chicago.

[@mrgjg]

@@moodylicious This is true. Terry had his fill of the horns.

[@cerebrynueby9668]

igual que ahora, él no fue el único que tocó la guitarra en esa banda...¡¡ DEJEN LOS FANTASMAS DESCANSAR EN PAZ !!

[@jm-rf7kl]

interviewed by a fetus named 'Poppy"

[@fuerlobo3536]

Ich bin mit euch gross geworden ... where is terry?

[@oooyess1237]

What a CROOKY-mentary😅

[@robertorodriguez2609]

my favorite group but the romantic balads beginning in the 70's suck big time