Jason Scheff & Jeff Coffey of Chicago TOGETHER "25 or 6 to 4" 2/19/20 at 70's Rock & Romance Cruise

[@phsycopiano]

So privileged to have seen Coffey sing with Chicago

[@davidcowan4705]

Jason was my favorite lead singer for Chicago. He is great at his job and he has no ego issues. He also was the longest term singer Chicago had.

[@kennethcurtis1856]

... and also the son of legendary bass player, Jerry Scheff.

[@susanjarett9609]

Jason was my favorite Chicago singer. Once he left the group I stopped going to their concerts

[@donmitchell6695]

both amazing!!!!!

[@MrFrankqu58]

The real Peter Cetera influence!! I really enjoyed both Jason and Jeff on stage together. both are awesome and very impressive!

[@JasonicaPR]

That was pretty good, both of them are great singers!!👏👏His son connor did a great job in bass, Chris was awesome as guitarist, and all the musicians did a fine, excellent work!!😃🎶

[@lesliekozachik8503]

I’ve attended Chicago concerts with Cetera, Scheff, Coffey & Donell on lead vocals, and each show was amazing.

[@douglasshriver52]

that was cool

[@estelarosales2586]

O ‘ yesss my time im in few 70 Still listín song brink me high memories

[@angelovenuto3049]

Imagine Jasons father was the bass player of the KING Elvis. TCB

[@bethtyree6346]

Super cool

[@lorrainerutherford2399]

This has been my ear worm for months!

[@user-vi6lg8wr1s]

とても、かっこ良いです💓♥️❤️

[@waltersimmons946]

Both guys hit those high notes so clean . It's loose and it works.

[@robertnobody]

Jason went back to his 1992 hair style, except it looks a bit strange now when your 60 yrs. old....lol.

[@hiflyer1168]

looks like Tiny Tim

[@tonyde52]

Looks REALLY BAD. too old for that look.

[@PriorityNewsNow]

Yeah the shorter hair looked better.

[@Lance37a]

​@@PriorityNewsNow yea older than 50's long hair looks bad

[@jeffguenther223]

His hair looks terrible...

[@ericjohnson829]

Crazy the amount of negativity for one or both of these guys in this thread, I thought they did a respectable job, I'm a fan of Scheff's voice overall.

[@edgardavidd_]

Incrível

[@thierryjulien572]

Jason has the Voice to replace P. C. Without a doubt. Jeff was a good substitute. Long life to them.

[@dwanenewbold5279]

I have enjoyed watching Coffey on the Chicago II live on stage they did a few years ago. Wish that he could have stayed with the group a bit longer. He and Pardini had a great chemistry on stage during his time with Chicago.

[@hollijones-white506]

It's nice to see Chris Rodriguez on lead guitar in the background. He toured with Peter Cetera for several years as well.

[@waltersimmons946]

Chris Rodriguez lol 😆. I recognized him , he sang the verses to Hard habit to break and Wishing you were here, while he was part of Cetera's band 👉 The Bad Daddies.

[@BarneyRq1d]

Talented cats. Awesome

[@Petergalvan]

Jason is such a great guy! Jeff did a splendid job when he stepped in for Chicago until the karaoke singer they have now. I had seen Chicago over 100 times and won’t spend another dollar on the current line up.

[@vlada]

I was in high school when Kath died and for a long time it wasnt the band I loved as a kid. But now I cherish every time I can see them. Even though no Bill. No Danny. Or Jason. It doesn't matter. What's important is someone is keeping the music alive whether it's this lineage or the wonderful musicians of Leonid & Friends. Every artist that has helped along the way deserves our respect. Enjoy the music while you still can. Sure, its not exactly the lineup you might want but this is true of the last 40yrs but its live performances of songs you love.

[@gingerwong3986]

@@vlada Yes. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. And the beat goes on….

[@ClintThomsen]

Donnell is actually pretty great. Even the guy you got the “karaoke singer” mantra from has changed his tune.

[@gingerwong3986]

@@ClintThomsen I noticed Neil seems to be more comfortable being the new frontman for Chicago. I saw him 3x and last June there was a vast improvement compared to when he 1st started out. Neil has a great voice & deserves more respect.

[@BeachBoys379]

Neil has gotten much much better! And i couldn’t stand him when he started out.

[@salthedrummer1]

They could've supplied two microphone? Jason sounds better now than he did with Chicago... Bands sounds greats too...

[@Lurifax38]

Chicago is peter cetera voice no more to say

[@pauli6043]

The two of you singing together is fabulous! Wow. And the guitar player is very good - I would say better than Keith Howland's replacement in Chicago

[@bobburroughs6241]

Oh dear, two more living on other, betters memories.

[@CLAelev1]

Just saw Chicago at the Concord Pavilion (2022). Give Neil Donnell credit for being Cetera’s replacement, but Coffey and Scheff, especially Scheff were the best.

[@waltersimmons946]

Actually, Donnell replaced Jeff Coffey . Cetera never wanted to go back to Chicago (the band) and he's enjoying retirement. He could care less about what Chicago is doing.

[@Torontobankruptcytrustee]

The band is excellent. Singing? Not so great. But the music brings back so many wonderful memories from back in the day.

[@mattparker2323]

That is Peter Cetera's lead guitarist. Peter had just retired when this was filmed.

[@willissellars6304]

Isn't that Chris Rodriguez?

[@willissellars6304]

Yes it is.. he said it at the end of the song!

[@mikehenningsen8796]

These boys left Chicago to play Chicago?

[@jakfuki]

Then Peter Cetera walks out to join them.

[@zgfit]

We could only wish!!

[@vincentscarpitti734]

….except Peter was nixed from the R&R HOF performance because he insisted this very song be lowered from E all the way down to A. This would have meant a new horn arrangement, etc. At least Jason & Jeff are still singing it in the original key.

[@waltersimmons946]

@@vincentscarpitti734 You got it backwards Vincent. It was from A to key of E. Actually it was A-minor to E-minor but it was Robert Lamm who said on CHICAGO VI "We can cut it in any key". The band just didn't want to do that. Very slack on the horn players part.

[@fredsinger3894]

2guitarist to take Terrys place

[@garydecker8311]

No One Can Take Terry's Place.

[@candiekane12]

Even Jimi Hendrix said Terry played better than himself.

[@stevelove5125]

Not even close, Terry Kath, the best...

[@ikelasider1051]

Cruise Ship where they belong ...or playing a Bar Mitzna !!!! The 3rd stringers are in the game

[@kennethcurtis1856]

and you are sitting with a phone in your hand😅

[@ikelasider1051]

@@kennethcurtis1856 laptop, never use phone..

[@donalddixon6541]

Boy they really had to dumb this song down for all these fellas. Pretty bad that a cover band (Lenoid and friends) can blow these guys right out of the water. Hope they're playing for free............

[@LetzBeaFranque]

Jason seems to be much less inhibited than he was in Chicago.

[@tristankthirkill]

This is an awesome song but no one is moving on stage. If I saw this live after 15 beers I would be moving more. These guys have the potential to make an awesome live show but they just want to get the song across which is fine, but at the end of the day we all just want to dance. If your gonna write such an awesome song at least move with the crowd :)

[@stothal]

well, gotta say their voices have improved since they joined the band, Scheff really made me ill during the tours in the 90's n 2k's. but then, Champlin blew chunks in vocals...Terry's guitar will never be topped, and Cetera's tenor was the perfect foil for the voices of Lamb and Kath. Eh, it is what it is. The actual band should hang it up now, with only 3 participating originals left.

[@georgehartman3189]

At least they HAVE 3 originals members left. Foreigner? No original members left. Yes? No originals members left. Boston? 1 original member left, etc., etc.

[@jimbowers5402]

The hairdo is not working.

[@tonyde52]

Too old to wear hair that long, He looks like Weird Al Yankovich

[@kennethcurtis1856]

​@@tonyde52If men of my generation can wear hair in pony tails, there is nothing wrong with Scheff.

[@v.german11b]

Two great talented musicians and nice guys, BUT, passed their prime, and it didn't sound like the original "Chicago." Move on.

[@dennis8318]

Arnel pineda is better he can sing chicago

[@timsanderson5572]

But Deen Castronovo can sing Journey better than Arnel.

[@lesliekozachik8503]

Jason is cocky, and full of himself. Never cared for the way he threw his voice and over exaggerated when singing. Jeff, I do like his voice, and the new lead singer, Neil as well.

[@jacktfowler246]

No one sings it like Peter did. Jason was horrible live, Peter sounded the same live as he did in studio.

[@donalddixon6541]

Very bad audio, but they couldn't beat the original anyway, so no big loss..........

[@vlada]

You seem to have missed the point of music... it lives past its origin to help keep the music alive.

[@donalddixon6541]

@@vlada Nope, this is just messing up the original and preserves nothing.....

[@Charles53412]

Never cared for Scheff ! LOL, I remember the dude even hitting on Arnel Pineda at a Journey concert right after he joined Journey. He has always looked spacey !

[@ericjohnson829]

Do what ?

[@Charles53412]

@@ericjohnson829 Yeah, it was in Journey's Documentary " Don't Stop Believin' " about Arnel Pineda joining the band.

[@ericjohnson829]

You must have been smokin crack. Jason Scheff showed up at a backstage at The Greek for a meet and greet in LA, along with other LA celeb types, if anything it was somewhat awkward in that he explained who he was, but there weren't any vibes that he was hitting on Arnel. Jason Scheff is married with kids, if he's guilty of anything he's guilty of bad hair and styling for his age and weight.

[@Charles53412]

@@ericjohnson829 LOL, He was hitting on him and he also kept trying to touch him! Married and kids doesn't matter to someone that swings both ways!

[@ericjohnson829]

@@Charles53412 It was a somewhat awkward interaction, but, I don't agree with your take. He was just trying to bro out and relate with someone in a similar position to him.

[@bobburroughs6241]

Dreadful noise - 2 guys thinking they've still got it if they ever did.Off key. Hear it done well by Leonid.

[@yeahsure8323]

Actually the solo and performance best done by that Lab band….only band to not screw up the Kath solo

[@lesliekozachik8503]

I’m not a fan of Jason…. Never have been. His voice is not my favorite.

[@romaynecarlin1249]

sheff looks horrible, coffey not bad. performance - mediocre

[@18parman]

Scheff is and always has been a terrible singer. Coffey is much better, but there is only one Peter Cetera! One of the most underrated singers in rock. Neil Donnell was doing vocals for BRASS TRANSIT before joining CHICAGO, yet refuses to acknowledge BT in any interviews.

[@kimberley1449]

Well he's gotten older. Everyone else. Cetera might not be able to hit these notes any better. They were both awesome in Chicago!!!

[@lolmarcos9912]

Jason has a good voice when he doesn't try to go beyond his obvious vocal range. If you listen to Chicago's first album with Jason, Chicago 18, and then 19, his voice was good. Unfortunately, it was David Foster who encouraged him to sing and sound more like Peter. Problem was Jason just never had the vocal range like Peter. Jason's voice at times sounded forced, and he had to cut notes short as he couldn't hold them long like Peter. I always wondered why on the song, 'Call on Me', they would always cut it one line short. Rarely would they have Jason sing the entire song. He just didn't have the singing chops like Peter. Had David Foster just left him alone, and let him sing within his vocal talent and range, I think Jason would have been a lot better and happier. It was bad enough the enormous shoes he was having to fill. But, to be a 2nd Peter, was just not reasonable to ask of anyone coming into that position.

[@dwanenewbold5279]

Donnell has done a good job with the new Chicago album.

[@waltersimmons946]

​@lolmarcos9912 Jason has the range . According to Bill Champlin in an interview with John Beaudin on Rock History Bill said "Jason had pitch problems and I worked with him a lot privately on that while we were in Chicago because there was a lot of pressure on Jason to sing like (the younger) Cetera .Since Jason left Chicago (in 2016) he's a much better singer now than ever"

[@semmcstevenson]

Chicago has sucked ever since Peter Left.

[@dennamartin9901]

Neil Donell is better than all 3!!!

[@gman4860]

@@dennamartin9901 Youve been using the hard stuff too, Peter Cetera at his worse was better than Neil will ever be. Not to mention the man could write great hit songs!

[@derhandtrommler]

Why quit Chicago if you're going to go around playing their songs ? I'm sure they both made better cash in the real thing.

[@ImCallingYouOUT1]

Because the founding members never treated others like family. They snubbed Jason at the hall of fame after 30 years of faithful service.

[@derhandtrommler]

Then you do something else. Don't just sing the songs of the band that jerked you around. Have some self respect.@@ImCallingYouOUT1

[@waltersimmons946]

Thats not why Jason left Chicago. It had much to do with caring for an ill family member. But I believe Scheff and Coffey got worn down by Chicago's NON STOP touring just like Cetera did and that I'm sure had played a major part in Scheff and Coffey (who actually said so) leaving the band. 5:33

[@waltersimmons946]

​@@derhandtrommlerFans (of these guys) most likely want to hear them sing the songs from the bands catalog. Plus being outside of Chicago (the band) there's far less pressure on Scheff and Coffey to "sing like Cetera " who himself said that "I always thought 25 or 6 to 4 was always too high to sing" that's why even Cetera lowered keys later as a solo performer. Bill Champlin recently said Jason sings better now than he did in Chicago. Lots of pressure obviously just being in that band.

[@derhandtrommler]

Fine, but why play their songs ? Especially ones you had nothing to do with creating ?@@waltersimmons946

[@yeahsure8323]

Why bother leaving Chicago to do this BS?

[@24theMoney]

Founding members are a-holes.

[@raddodson971]

Jeff left because of the travel schedule.