Chicago - Live '80 Pine Knob Theater

[@jacobheaney3836]

Chicago is one of my favourite bands of all time. They have the melodies that weak my knees, they have the virtuosic musicianship that bring tears to my eyes. Seriously, no one else that I’ve listened to can bring a group of people together and have them be equally talented in both vocal & instrumental ability.

[@randyzacharias5099]

had the honor of seeing Peter Cetera in concert a couple weeks ago.August 12 2017. At 71 he still is touring and is still one of the greatest voices in Rock!!

[@RCGoetzke]

Actually, Cetera will turn 73 in a month. He's aged very well for a 1960s-1980s rock and roller, probably because he morphed into a laid-back lounge crooner many years ago.

[@dfgall]

i don't know if lounge crooner is a meant to be a dig or what but we saw him last year in pompano. he is still the voice and no 3rd or 4th replacement can change that. loved all the chicago stuff he did. if you ask me youtube is a killer for current Chicago since people can see what it really was

[@RCGoetzke]

Not really a "dig", as I was a huge Chicago fan with a particular admiration of Cetera as a killer bassist and unique vocalist. I thought that he could have been so much better as a rock and roller after he left Chicago when he was still young enough to be so.

[@AllisonDancerChick1982]

This is the only way I get to see these older concerts - I'm 34 years old and I watch these with utter fascination. I saw them live in 2015 and loved it so much, I've been watching any of their concerts Ican find.

[@meowiekat]

@@RCGoetzke Agreed! I remember very well their road manager at the time (NOT producer) told Peter "(people)... didn't want to hear him scream his ass off". And look were that advise got them.

[@onnostomp7138]

the excellent voice of Peter, no one reaches his limits...such an excellent artist. He and Terry were the best Chicago could ever have

[@sharonlaforest6134]

I agree. Those two really made that band as great as they were in the 70's. Chicago was never the same after they lost Terry and Peter.

[@dennisjudd7550]

@@sharonlaforest6134 I couldn't have said it any better! Terry and Peter jibed off one another. When Terry died and Peter left, Chicago crashed.

[@donnamccall8063]

I disagree. The band still had great voice in Lamm -w backups in the brass. Donnie Dackus -he did not fit. Glad he left pretty quickly.

[@richd3044]

@@donnamccall8063 Agree with you. To me, Lamm's vocals were most consistent with the jazzy rock genre that put the band on the map. He also wrote most of the big hits on the first few albums. Kath and Cetera were unique talents, but I don't think Chicago would have become as big as they did if not for Lamm's early influence.

[@donnamccall8063]

@@richd3044 and he is still doin it!

[@jonshonebarger5707]

A troubled time for The Band. Through thick & thin, I always remained a fan. Will always miss TK....

[@TheBerlin1993]

Man i loved going to pine knob to watch Chicago... always the field..... blanket... picknet basket.... the vibe in the 80s at pine knob was soooo awsome!

[@redwings1158]

I was there also Ozzy Steely Dan Hewy Lewis Volunteer Jam Santana Bob Dylan

[@sharonlaforest6134]

Love Peter's facial expressions when he sings. He could sing in any style and any type of song. What an amazing talent he was and still is today.

[@PragueImport]

He has the same expressions today. The hair is less blond...

[@RCGoetzke]

@@PragueImport But he still has most of it at age 75. We all should be so fortunate.

[@PragueImport]

@@RCGoetzke Totally agree!

[@LoyalOpposition]

It's because he got his jaw broken in 3 places in 1969ish.

[@ramirogamboa2382]

Chicago, the best band in all the times

[@esparka]

“The best band of all time’”.. ok, you really like Chicago Transit Authority

[@stevesample2795]

I was there!! Robert is at his heaviest I had seen him but he sounded great!!

[@manguera9]

Pete Cetera greatest vocal moments, he was in his peak , sounded like the recording, perfect note

[@lamarravery4094]

Peter sounded great here, but really honed in when Foster worked with him, but he did lose some of his soul.

[@lamarravery4094]

@Chris (aka Juan) Peter was rising, it probably became noticeable to the group in the mid 70s when all their hits had his vocals attached to them. And he started to write and then he really became a threat to the other writer's, primarily Pankow and Lamm. Then later when Foster came in and Cetera and Foster wrote all their hits, he decided it was time to try going solo.

[@lamarravery4094]

Peter's perfect here. He really carried this concert on his back. How he came up with his vocal style on Aloha Mama, shows that he's the master.

[@PattyLandolfi]

Saw them the same year (1979) live many times In August. They were just fantastic!

[@stevepila2731]

Chicago should released the 1980 Pine Knob Theatre Concert supporting the "Chicago XIV" Album. That is something me and many longtime fans of Chicago want to hear and to the people who love the music of Chicago over the years. Who's with me?

[@Ricktpt1]

I am, but it wasn't XIV. It was in support of 13. It may have been broadcast in early '80 (I thought it was in the fall of '79) but XIV wasn't released until the dog days of late Summer 1980. I remember sweatin' my way to Ye Olde "Record Bar" and buying it. I think Donny Osmond owns or owned the rights to this video. But I could be wrong. Either way, it'd be nice to see in a cleaner rendering than this one.

[@small_ed]

@@Ricktpt1 Donnie Dacus is still with the band, so this concert was definitely performed in '79. Chris Pinnick replaced him for XIV.

[@Ricktpt1]

@@small_ed I didn't say otherwise. I have the aforementioned Concert now and it's the tightest 13 band performance I've seen.

[@MrJsfingers]

small ed was about to say that. Donnie was gone by then!

[@LoyalOpposition]

I wanted to see them at Pine Knob last summer, but Robert didn't show up. Still haven't seen them and can't find anyone to go with anymore -- people suddenly stopped caring about music, movies, humor, literature, etc.

[@scottym9778]

Cetera and Lamm, Wow!

[@lamarravery4094]

Lamm looks pretty bloated here.

[@waltersimmons946]

​Lamm was hungry . The munchies will do it everytime.

[@PragueImport]

Thanks for posting! Great work on something 40 years old!

[@AnitaBanks777]

I was there with my sister, six times at Pine Knob now called DTE, just 4 Chicago. Get's no better!!!!!!

[@LoyalOpposition]

I wanted to see them at Pine Knob last summer, but Robert didn't show up. Still haven't seen them and can't find anyone to go with anymore -- people suddenly stopped caring about music, movies, humor, literature, etc.

[@LoyalOpposition]

Chicago has played Pine Knob (Clarkston, MI) 83 times!

[@DRAGON_FAN_TIM]

make it 84 in 2024

[@mikefelmeten]

Falling In Love With You is Happy Man!!

[@84koolkid]

Missed The great Terry. Kath by a year. But I have to say saw the next tour 1978 man these guys knocked it out of the park! Great shoes great time will never will forget!

[@gloriawoodie1447]

IAM IN LOVE WITH PETER CETERA. CAN U AMAGINE THIS MAN SINGING TO U.I WOULD DIE!!

[@zgfit]

Been in love with him since I saw him in person in 1977 in Chicago. I was 15 yrs old. I loved his voice singing with Chicago since 1970 but never knew what he looked like until 77. I couldn’t believe how good looking he is! He was a crazy good bass player & singer

[@13towerofpower]

úžasný koncert skupiny CHICAGO mojej najobľubenejšej americkej skupiny ešte s Donnie Dacusom september 1979

[@Gregoryt700]

Wow, brings back memories! Thanx for posting

[@Lambert1386]

Saw them a month earlier at Castle Farms. One of my very favorite Chicago concerts along with my three Terry Kath shows.

[@armandogrima701]

Chicago Band La mejor banda de rock En su genero Donny Dacus Excelente!

[@debzdestiny1]

WOW!!!! Donnie Dacus....You really set 25 or 6 to 4 on fire!!!!!! FANTABULOUS!!!!!!!!TYSVM for sharing @MyyyTunes Concerts!!! :)

[@myyytunesconcerts4307]

+Debbie Dolan You're Welcome...

[@wilsonpicket8505]

He looked like an ass clown

[@willycastro1549]

Peter is absolutely a monster

[@savoyellis]

Street Player!!!

[@meowiekat]

Danny sounds like a motor boat on Turn Back! THE man! And Peter WAILS! No body else comes close.

[@Chifan71]

Wow...monster jam on keys by Bobby on Take Me Back... Known mostly for his songwriting and vocals, he's a totally underrated pianist.

[@almazorajaime5947]

Sabi ko tawag ka

[@claudiobattista6286]

RIP to Laudir de Oliveira

[@orenclark9369]

Another monstah, wonderfully-edited. Going to enjoy a lot of concerts thanks to you. Bravissimo.🥰

[@offroad77]

Actually this is 1979. Thank you for posting this concert from the Blue Jean Network.

[@robertgross2519]

Peter really kills it on Happy Man.

[@MichaelBradley1967]

Donnie was on the Stephen Stills album Stills, so no surprise they did Turn Back The Pages. Track 4 is called Happy Man.

[@planetomania4453]

Falling In Love With You (happy mam)---

[@bei1016]

Excellent Chicago Show

[@Txdcblues]

15:51 that song is called Happy Man

[@eggmangoogoogajoob1466]

Thank you for posting this concert. A band in transition. Donnie Dacus was caught up in an impossible situation. He was booted after this tour, which is actually the fall of 1979 in support of Chicago 13, a release that faced the same nearly impossible task of living up to the standard the band had set for themselves earlier in the decade. The album and the guitarist never had a fair shot, and both were not as bad as history suggests.

[@meowiekat]

I just go to heaven when I hear Peter's voice on If You Leave Me Now and Aloha Mama! I Die!

[@RCGoetzke]

Cetera identified himself as vocalist P.C. Moblee on "Aloha Mama" and "Window Dreamin'", which he sang in a lower gutteral voice, on Chicago 13, the album Chicago was promoting on this 1979 tour. The P.C. is obvious, but I always wondered what the Moblee meant or signified. Anyone know?

[@PragueImport]

@@RCGoetzke He is fairly active with fans on his Instagram. Shall we ask him?

[@earivas]

"Falling In Love With You" is NOT the correct title. The song is "Happy Man" from Chicago VII.

[@ArnoldArchives]

FYI, the actual date of this concert was September 3, 1979. Apparently, it wasn't broadcast on television until August 13, 1981, when it aired on the "Blue Jean Network"/WFLD Chicago TV. By that time, Donnie Dacus had been out of the band for two years, Laudir had departed, and Bill Champlin had joined the band.

[@tdaddy8905]

ArnoldArchives Omg who cares!!!!????? Smh

[@ArnoldArchives]

@@tdaddy8905 Umm . . . maybe people who actually care about Truth/Reality/Facts/Accuracy? What is your problem anyway? SMH.

[@bluebird925]

The concert ended up 10 days before Peter Cetera's 35th Birthday (September 13th).

[@small_ed]

@@ArnoldArchives Hear, hear!

[@Max-Mustermann46]

Thank you for the valuable video!

[@jonathanvel2891]

1 OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITES "15:51," THE CORRECT TITLE IS "HAPPY MAN!"

[@Gregoryt700]

Love the Latin inflection on Beginnings. And on the horn solos, Parazaider provides just the right amount of cowbell :)

[@exfedrichard]

great find, thanks! best band ever

[@84koolkid]

This is great thank you

[@earivas]

The Pine Knob Theater in Detroit was a regular stop for Chicago tours. It is called the DTE Energy Theater today.

[@meowiekat]

"Let's make it in the garden 'neath the stars above" ....WwhaaaaAAT? How did I miss this? Or more like, forget?!?

[@juliejohnson9346]

Lamm looks buzzed, but I like the performance and Danny sounds great!

[@Gregoryt700]

I remember seeing this tour in high school, I think it was the XIV tour. Don't know if Bobby was sick, Cetera sang Saturday/Park

[@blindlabyrinth6187]

Donnie Dacus was not a bad musician. He just had the misfortune of following Kath.

[@bluebird925]

That's for sure.

[@1truthinc.]

But still Terry was a MUCH better guitar player... (listen to the solo on 25 or 6 to 4 for starters).

[@waltersimmons946]

​@1truthinc. Terry was great in his own way as Donnie was great in his own way. If Terry had lived he would've been the first original member to leave Chicago. It had nothing to do with Cetera's music. Terry didn't like the direction of the band. Terry also said he wanted NO HORNS on the songs he had written for his potential solo career. See the TERRY KATH EXPERIENCE Documentary. It explains everything. I make nothing up.

[@SLbogdanovs]

Играют с фантастической энергией! Не видел у них такого! Великая группа! Великая!

[@fperdomo]

Donie Dacus Rules.. Hot Streets is my favorite Chicago album .. he just owns here!

[@wilsonpicket8505]

Poser

[@fredfu3151]

Chicago 5 LP studio is fantastique

[@mattfoley6082]

I think this concert was in 1979. They are doing Chicago 13 songs. Chicago 14 was recorded in 1980 after Donnie Dacus left and Chris Pinnick took over guitar.

[@cantamoswaterloo3210]

Did Robert Lamm and Steve Perry have the same hair stylist back in 1980?

[@nicholasosthelder8181]

It was obvious Donnie was not a good fit for Chicago. He was talented as a player and singer. I actually liked Chicago with Donnie in the band. I think in the final analysis Donnie was too much of a contrast to Terry Kath and the albums they made with Donnie did not sell well enough. This is a really good concert.

[@zgfit]

Totally in love with Happy Man. The hot man singing it & the song 🎸💕. Peter was so perfect on Aloha Mama & 25 or 6 to 4!

[@somchokrakchat8880]

You Tube is the Best Application in The Internet Network

[@petebraidis4655]

This is NOT 1980, but 1979. By 1980, Dacus was gone and Chris Pinnick took over on guitar.

[@andrewjarvis2867]

No, that is clearly Donnie Dacus on guitar, unmistakable vocals (and hair). Dacus didn't leave until 1980, and Turn Back The Pages is a Donnie Dacus tune written with Stephen Stills.

[@Patrickrivasticksdrums]

That's definitely Donnie Dacus. Been a fan for 50 years.

[@small_ed]

@@andrewjarvis2867 I think the point of the OP was to illustrate the point that Dacus was playing and therefore the concert year was '79.

[@tdaddy8905]

Wow!!!

[@KH-el8rz]

I lived close to Toronto for almost 40 years. I was at their concerts often. I just love Chicago. Too bad they didn't tour the U.K. I'd be there in a heartbeat.

[@got2bharmony]

They came to London in 1977. I saw them at the Hammersmith Odeon. Life changing experience Chicago with Terry Kath. Danny Seraphine was like God set up high on a platform. The pathetic Kid Jensen introduced them and was viciously booed off, rightly so as chicago never got any airplay on UK radio until the dreadful IFYLMN.

[@cardtrix1970]

Not much has been said(that I know of, anyway)of the "Donnie Davis" era of Chicago. I believe Donnie infused some "new energy" into that band and...was a good showman. Does anyone know...more?

[@small_ed]

That's "Dacus". Yes, he had lots of energy and is definitely talented. Danny Seraphine explained in his book that the band was more known as having a more "faceless" appearance, and unfortunately Donnie's personality posed an insurmountable conflict. That's not to say he was entirely at fault; the band did not have patience at the time to properly mentor Donnie.

[@don4476]

The guys can be kinda dumb at times and mistakes were made. I think they'd say the same.

[@tammycocar1]

15:51.... swoon. Fave song...

[@Gregoryt700]

I stand corrected - this must be the Chi 13 tour

[@accessbob]

@MyyyTunesConcerts - you should really edit your track listing to change what you have as "Falling In Love With You" to the correct title of "Happy Man."

[@RCGoetzke]

Obviously those few who indicated a 'dislike' for this have deformed hands, their thumbs are on the wrong side of their hands.

[@pankfan60]

Dacus is my first favorite after Kath. He's the only Chicago guitarist I've ever seen use the bottle neck slide. He smokes it on Little Miss Lovin live on another youtube Chicago video. It's great!

[@instantcharma6912]

Take ME back to Chicago. Hustlin's not my style. Fantastic.

[@ManicMovesDrowsyDreams]

At least on Must Have Been Crazy, who else is on electric guitar? I hear a second one playing part of the riff. It's basically weaving..like a Rolling Stones type thing.

[@richlindsey9561]

No second guitar - Donnie Dackus was the only guitarist at the time. That sounds was from Robert's synths.

[@ursafan40]

If i hadn't seen Chicago with Terry Kath, I'd think this was a great band. They just aren't the same without Terry. I might have even liked Donnie Dacus were he in like a hair metal band. Then again, probably not

[@fridaycat]

I remember recording this off the tv onto cassette...

[@Roostermania2010]

HA!! Cuz that's what WE did back in the day! :) Kinda wish the actual intro was included as it originally aired= the sound of Robert playing 'Satin Doll' on the Fender Rhodes + brief backstage moment as Walt tells his (then little) girls that "Daddy's going to play", walking thru the hall to the stage & Donnie says "Line 'em up... Break 'em up!"

[@papagcortellino5283]

15:51 is "Happy Man"...Chicago never released a titled song, 'Falling in love with you' (Good try, tho)

[@duece5976]

The band sounds good here considering they just lost Terry Kath. Donnie Dacus brought good energy. He should have just hung loose and played a nice solo on 25 or 6 to 4 instead of turning into spaz guitar guy.

[@miltonjuanvegacastillo6993]

SALUDOS,,,, AMIGOS,,,

[@antoniomelillo6274]

good

[@barrysmith7524]

Who is the girl in gold at the beginning of this video?

[@RickMartinYouTube]

wonder if Robert Lamm gets still singing the same old stuff night after night.....don't get me wrong, I love early Chicago tunes, but now it looks like he's just going through the motions (saw Chicago few nights ago).

[@roberthelme8000]

Half the show is prerecorded including a lot of the vocals. He's on cruise control. The keytar is mainly for hitting the sequencer to kick off the prerecords. Lou Pardini handles most of the keyboards.

[@RCGoetzke]

Lamm was really coked up at this time. He finally got clean about three years later as the band was recording Chicago 16.

[@small_ed]

Were you his dealer?

[@RCGoetzke]

This show was in 09/1979, not in 1980. Donnie Dacus was gone by then, never to be heard from again. It was broadcast as a Donnie and Marie Osmond Production in the Summer of 1981. I remember it well.

[@rjl7655]

+Robert G. u r correct... this was in 79

[@teresalozoya6840]

Hot streets

[@wilsonpicket8505]

Dacus is no Terry Kath.

[@richlindsey9561]

Nobody is. Donnie never had a chance. Keith Howland was probably the closest to Terry's style, but nobody could ever replace Terry.

[@mrvn52]

Tell Pankow it needs more cowbell.

[@AugustThor438]

Peter Cetera looking like Prince Adam here 😊

[@tonydegiuseppe9484]

Peter lookedheavy and full in the face here. Probably all of the band was so shaken by Terry Kath's death. I think it was a very difficult time for all of them personally and professionally. Shortly after this Robert Lamm entered drug rehab for cocaine addiction

[@RodBender]

What is up with the lady announcer. Yikes! They should use her in their new shows. But I just love Donnie. He had some raw energy.. And Street Player is always a favorite of mine. They did a great job of interpreting it live with the percussion.

[@robertschmidt8906]

Rod Bender

[@bodhiheeren]

Wow, Chicago playing a Stephen Stills tune! Ofc not so strange since Dacus had played on the original....

[@meowiekat]

AND wrote it...

[@mikefelmeten]

Didn't Robert almost quit the band in 1981?

[@RCGoetzke]

+Michael Felmeten Don't think so, but he was battling a nasty coke habit from the late 1970s until he got clean in about 1982. It's evident here.

[@AllisonDancerChick1982]

Robert G. It's really sad to see how terrible he looked here. He looks and sounds fantastic now - I saw them in 2015 and he still sings "Beginnings" and "Saturday in the Park" the way they were meant to be. My mom and I were impressed!

[@roberthelme8000]

Yes, he almost quit...for about 5 minutes after the band told him he needed rehab. Then he begged them not to kick him out and Danny convinced them to let him stay if he did rehab. He was also upset the band hired Bill.Chsmplin, another keyboardist and baritone vocalist.

[@lamarravery4094]

@@roberthelme8000 Too bad Robert wasn't as generous with Danny staying in the band.

[@Nagman-kq8ru]

@@lamarravery4094 I believe it was because Danny was trying to position the band to ditch the horns and this was his undoing. Robert had no leverage under those conditions.

[@jeanniemccarthy8135]

Is Donnie overdoing it or what on 25 or 6 to 4?

[@walteroakfield2021]

52:48 epic

[@mattparker2323]

I love Bobby Lamm, but this was the height of his cocaine addiction. He was so high this night.

[@charlesmcgilton9591]

1976 New Haven

Jimmy Pantload the knob playing the Knob theater, sounds about right

[@432b86ed]

The bass player is ripping it up and the the entire time the camera is stuck on a wide shot of the whole band. sheesh

[@meowiekat]

They NEEDED a woman camera person!!!!!!!!!!! They missed So much! Like the interaction, Jimmy's hips, and Peter's dancing, not to mention his hands, and you might as well not have any light on Laudir...where was his coverage? Come on Man! You are supposed to be our eyes!

[@lmarcos53]

Rumor was that Donnie's chemical dependence was the cause of the split. (?)

[@geoffreyholliday1971]

Chicago died when Terry Kath died

[@Max-Mustermann46]

I disagree even I love Terry

[@Cadillacdad]

Not the same without Terry and Peter.

[@laurenval2370]

Sorry, can't watch this 😔. Terry's not there.

[@tdaddy8905]

Cetera getting tired near the end

[@meowiekat]

He's just wet and so am I

[@patriciaarchie7822]

Meowie Kat Lol !!!!

[@judyborden569]

No offensive to Donnie d, but I'm not digging the leggings and Fring boots give me the rough look any day

[@meowiekat]

Oh they look pretty good to me:)

[@robertgross2519]

Donnie Dacus wasn't that bad. He just wasn't... Terry Kath.

[@small_ed]

Neither was anyone else.

[@deloressmith5806]

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