Chicago - video footage of recording session

Chicago recording their new single "Somethin' Comin', I Know" during their 2013 tour. For more info or to download the track, visit chicagotheband.com or iTunes.

[@thejohnlocke]

Like getting a backstage pass without the cost. Thank you. When I was a kid I played your albums at 16rpm so I could pick out the horn parts at about an octave lower, and wrote the whole score to Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon, Introduction, 25 or 6 to 4, and Saturday in the Park. We put together a teenage band and I still have a recording.

[@pinkzebra74]

Jason Scheff is so adorable. He's older but those eyes and that smile haven't changed a bit. I feel like I'm a teenager Again when I first saw Will You still Love me.

[@davidhunter3140]

love these guys. real musicians.

[@ronjennerphotography2555]

Those three were born in a same eggshells! One of a kind and best horn section in the world❤️❤️❤️❤️👍🏼🎶

[@HansonMusicStudios]

Fabulous video...very inspiring. We have our own home based studio in Las Vegas and have a literal "blast" recording stuff like this. Just downloaded the song from iTunes. Can't wait to hear Chicago live in Vegas again after this entire album is done. Keep it going another 46 years guys... Wally Hanson Hanson Music Studios

[@1956alrad]

I can already tell I am going to like this new CD. Love the Chicago horn section.

[@kikivolauvent1]

Sooooo coooool - those guys, at their age, so alive, one feels the fun, the ‘fuelage’, the spirit. SO GLAD to be able to hear this.

[@gumbly]

Incredibly refreshing to hear new Chicago horn licks and part of a new song that has some of the old seventies spirit to it! C'mon Chicago knock one out of the park!

[@jml-rj5re]

They did, IMO. Now is a return to the OG sound.

[@TonyGPizza]

These guys never lost their chops except to Warner Brothers records. Something exhilarating about those horns after all these years.

[@jml-rj5re]

Now is a fantastic album guys. Glad Chicago got to arrange the numbers their way!

[@RED083102]

( R.I.P. ) TERRY KATH :(

[@michellebabicz2143]

Right on, baby.

[@chipperporter123]

Wow!!! Loved it!

[@macsnafu]

This was great! Best song and album the band has done in a long time. It *sounds* like Chicago!

[@bethmcavoy8062]

What a privilege to see these guys working together! Chicago Now XXXVI is really compelling stuff!

[@robertbdesmond]

Love Chicago!

[@nickf9392]

"Music is my life, I hope you understand".....

[@bryanmory]

I really enjoyed that. Thanks for posting!

[@GlobalMiles]

It’s all...Lamm. One of the greatest rockstars ever.

[@mvwade]

Very very awesome...! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@eddiewalker59]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this!

[@PriorityNewsNow]

Love this "making of" stuff, keep it coming!

[@brenfalt]

Great Sound!!! I Can't wait to download a copy.

[@joannthompson3764]

great sound great behind the scenes

[@bettybennett1240]

Many years ago I heard Beginnings at the Cow shed in Coneaut Lake Pa. Fell in love with the music and am a long time fan. Little did I know how Great you would be. Hardest working Band EVER!

[@oldbandguy]

If you haven't downloaded the entire track...WHAT R U WAITN 4. It's really good!

[@WingchickWindyWarren]

Cool. I dig the behind-the-scenes!

[@EddieThe5thBeatle]

Parts of the horn section remind me of "You Are on my Mind" great stuff Chicago! I'll be sending this song to Vegas when it comes out to be played in all the clubs ;)

[@slangofagespodcast]

Fantastic! Thanks for a look behind the curtain!

[@joantraywick5599]

Love you guys!

[@hardlines4]

Great tune penned from Lamm and Gerry Beckley from the group America

[@MeTuLHeD]

No soundproofing. No sound treatment on the walls. And the production sounds killer.

[@ChicagoJT]

being a long time horn player is omfg sooooooo dayum good even practicing sooooo tight!!!!

[@adrylegs]

IT'S SUPER! AND SOUNDS COOL. CONGRAT. AND THANKS CHICAGO. I LOVE YOU.

[@marygcrown8864]

Genios!! 😍 👏👏👏👏💓

[@DrRonGrassi1953]

In typical elegant Chicago form. Under my skin already. Dr Ron. Boca, Fla.

[@Gregoryt700]

Great stuff! Between SofS, Lamm's S&P, some stuff on XXX and now this... The boys are back in 70s form, but 21st cent. vintage...

[@letiziagonzales7804]

❤ Walter...

[@lamarravery4094]

They really got my hopes up when they put this album out. I thought this would be the first of many new albums. They invented a new mobile recording technology and I thought they were going to make new music wherever they went. Then Scheff left, one of their lead songwriters. The new guy who replaced Scheff doesn't write, so it's up to Lamm and Pankow. This was their last album they put out and it was a damn good one.

[@artcorvolet]

Yup, all over now, just a shell of a band

[@lamarravery4094]

@@artcorvolet I haven't seen them in concert since 1999. They were playing the same old songs, never doing anything new. I wouldn't pay to see them now, only if Peter came back and that's not going to happen.

[@razorback9926]

Lamm and Pankow have written a ton of Chicago hits, it’s probably just a case of making easy money touring, and not really caring about writing new music since it won’t get played on radio anyway, and the sales will be minimal. I’d settle for a new CD every 5-10 years.

[@brianpearis1478]

Awesome

[@WordsandSoundsMusic]

A treat seeing this legendary brass section in action working on their parts. Would have been nice to see the result a bit more natural and "up front" in the final mix.

[@lionheartroar3104]

Good track!

[@brianpearis1478]

They learned from EARTH WIND and FIRE

[@p18hux]

Really? Even though Chicago formed years before Earth Wind and Fire? Interesting.

[@leafl75]

@@p18hux that's quite surprising.

[@Piero9551]

Los chabelos ; los originales oh Dios 😲🇪🇨🇪🇨🇪🇨🌷🌷❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏

[@13towerofpower]

CHICAGO...recording session Nashville pieseň Something ´s Coming I Know.....

[@RCGoetzke]

Loughnane, Pankow, and Parazaider were cigarette smokers in their early years, which I presume they ceased being long ago, however, it's surprising that they have any lung power left to continue to play their horns at their ages of nearly 70.

[@lamarravery4094]

Lung muscles, years of playing.

[@snootzie78]

I knew Walter P smoked.

[@user-ot1dc7np5l]

Друзья ,не возвеличиваю вас ...но...вырос как муз. слушая и учась манере игры именно у вас ...мы вас любим...

[@markkleindorf4151]

Pro's at their best... Reunions tomboys.. Nola!;:'"*

[@deborahhyatt7519]

Skinny Boi's gettin' some meat on the bones!

[@funch357]

+Deborah Hyatt Just a bit. He's still looking pretty good.

[@uncool13]

"you should hear the horns, you will". Oh you bet I will Jason.

[@pinkzebra74]

I thought that was the best part. He is still funny and adorable.

[@bgregg10]

Not Pankow's horn chart and it doesn't sound like his. I read who wrote it but can't remember. damn wine!

[@caribouneighbour1]

While Jason, Keith, and Tris are talented in their own right, quality control should go through these four guys. Makin' music the way they did it originally....not overproduced ala Foster and the others. Do it guys from the heart....

[@PaulFred1970]

Great stuff. When does the cd get released?

[@jml-rj5re]

The only thing Now was missing for me was Danny. He would have played the **** out of these numbers.

[@PriorityNewsNow]

So true! Danny rules.

[@oldbandguy]

Another great Robert Lamm chart! I assume he did the brass chart as well with some revisions as suggested by the guys?

[@hardlines4]

oldbandguy , Great Tune penned by Lamm and Gerry Beckley from the group America

[@eddieposluszny5585]

SOUNDS LIKE "TAKE A CHANCE" WITH THE OLD DONNIE DACUS YEARS

[@sturoc0]

A long way from the years at Caribou. Stop by a hotel room do a couple hours of PT takes and leave. For the old guys its new and convenient- they don't have the time, energy or patience to spend weeks in a recording studio. Now its just all manufactured music. Sadly the days of being 'sequestered' in that mountain studio are gone.

[@Frau44]

sturoc0 The best music of Chicago came with Terry Kath. Caribou Ranch was a double edged sword Imo, but I cannot deny CTA's early years at the Ranch. Fantastic music. Missing Terry especially on the eve of the 40th anniversary of his tragic death. 1/23/2018 RIP Terry

[@MeTuLHeD]

As great as Terry Kath was...and I'm not taking anything away from his guitar skill...these guys were always the compositional core of Chicago. And the production on this disc is pristine. Can't really be faulted.

[@michellebabicz2143]

No one can touch the chops and soul of Terry Kath to this day. He was spectacular!

[@bandbyoneMIDI]

Can anyone tell me what kind of mics are those? Please.

[@PriorityNewsNow]

Neumann?

[@tomsmith9011]

1:38 trumpet is a little sharp

[@BenjaminGessel]

Just a wee bit. 🤓🤓

[@runesundb3448]

This is so cool. You can`t sit still. I have to practice on my `bone... Bye for now..

[@anchmcle]

Leave it to Chicago, recording in a hotel between shows...lol

[@demongene]

Great to hear the horns sounding like they used to. I do wish they'd stop with the crappy drum sounds though. Lets have some raw, analogue drum tones with groove & feel rather than compressed, drum-machine-like tones....

[@BTritone]

You'll never get the old great drum sound with them horns without Danny!

[@3989Mike]

Baaaaa ... you should known them in the days of Caribou ... this is weak sauce ...

[@AllTheBestCO]

So true. I agree.

[@Rylan101]

@@AllTheBestCO Caribou was also 40 years ago

[@BTritone]

Should know them even before Caribou, 1st 3 albums!

[@michellebabicz2143]

Yep. The only Chicago that matters were the Kath years. He was the heart and soul of the band.

[@daisieb7547]

Torturer

[@MrLeftfootlouie]

A band that opted for cheese instead of grit.Then blamed Peter .You went on to produce schlock hiring outside writers and losing the integrity of the original band. Donnie Dacus was right to feel less than compelled to stick with you guys as the music quality declined rapidly . Then losing Jason and Bill. Sure you're all very professional and talented but your time is long, long gone. The latest offerings...laughable and you thought you'd compare yourselves to Steely Dan..hardly. An Old fan of the Chicago that wasn't bought by L.A.types. Sell outs alright.

[@PriorityNewsNow]

Can't disagree. They could have been as big as Pink Floyd.

[@donaldhixon7038]

Chicago cover bands sound better

[@bgregg10]

Kinda odd. Not exactly the big studio, but still, about as intimate with the guys as I've ever seen.They're not exactly ripping it up, but maybe that's the trick; they don't play loud? The feeling I get is, they're not necessarily the brightest bulbs in the chandelier, but I suppose that is the only way they could possibly stand doing it still after 46 years...