THIS GUY IS INSANE! Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 Tanglewood 1970 REACTION

[@ellet6560]

It is 3:34 or 3:35 am; he’s trying to write a song but is experiencing writer’s block. In the days of actual clocks, it was customary after the half hour mark to call the time as “20 ‘til” the next hour rather than 40 after current one. Chicago is awesome! Thanks.

[@stillmrdoge]

oh wow i see 🙌🙌❤❤

[@drumzRfun1]

@@stillmrdoge It's about being super high on coke at 25 minutes to 4am...

[@doomhunter697]

@@drumzRfun1 The song writer has said its about writer's block in several interviews.

[@williamcabell142]

It’s about doing Acid! Fool😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@williamcabell142]

It’s about doing acid! 🤷🏻‍♂️😎🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@steveforman7643]

You have now witnessed what is widely regarded as one of the greatest live guitar solos of all time. Terry Kath was a genius and taken from us way too soon. RIP guitar master.🎸🔥

[@stillmrdoge]

awww rest easy 💔💔

[@Festvangelist]

Yes it is a great live solo and yet Terry Kath does not appear on any Top 100 Guitarist List. What BS

[@steveforman7643]

@@Festvangelistit’s total BS. He should be on EVERY Top 100 list. Probably in top 15.

[@brucematzen4678]

Absolutely!

[@jerrybushey6654]

Jimi Hendrix said Terry Kath was better than him

[@charlesgarner2177]

I love it when the youngsters of today discovers our kick ass 1970s music!

[@Patricia-pq4jq]

Me 2

[@theozarktrekker]

I’m in awe of Terrys solo no matter how many times I see or hear it.

[@stillmrdoge]

Amazing indeed ♥️

[@daveryburn3380]

Terry Kath....all that needs to be said. RIP.

[@yvettevjackson3776]

Having grown up in the 60’s& 70’s, I can honestly say that I was in the era of great music, musicians, and raw talent. I miss Terry Kath. He was Raw Talent at its best.

[@CharCanuck14]

Robert Lamm, who wrote the song, is the keyboard player.

[@DavidSmith-xr8js]

Yep. Lamm thought the song was more suited for Peter to sing.

[@johntobin3235]

WELCOME TO OUR ERA, YOUNG FELLA. NOTHING LIKE IT IN HISTORY. GREAT TIME TO BE ALIVE.

[@joe6096]

Keep in mind this is 1970. Just 10 years earlier the prevailing music was lollipop rock n roll, girl groups, and songs about nothing but sweet kisses and long walks on the beach. Early Chicago from 1968-75 continues to be among the most underrated and underappreciated groups in the history of rock.

[@bella-xp7qd]

Not all are trumpets, One trumpet, one saxophone, one trombone. Terry is rated as one of the best guitarist. Terry passed away at 31 years old in 1978 accidental gunshot.

[@stillmrdoge]

yeah the trumpet was a little louder than the others

[@gadgetcoder]

Don’t forget the flute, alternate to sax…

[@DonWeits]

Yes, Hendrix once famously said that Terry Kath, the guitarist for the band Chicago, was a better guitar player than him. Hendrix made a comment after seeing Chicago perform in 1969. He was reportedly so impressed by Kath's playing that he immediately went backstage to meet him.

[@ctims4185]

Chicago toured with Hendrix briefly.

[@gadgetcoder]

In the early days, Chicago opened for Jimi Hendrix. After the first or second show, Jimi went to see Bobby Lamm (piano) and asked “WHO IS THIS GUY? He’s better than ME!” His name is Terry Kath. And he did EVERYTHING Jimi did - WITHOUT USING electronics!

[@hammathguy3995]

Well almost. Terry did use a wah-wah. Not much electronics, but some.

[@mrmockatoo6786]

@@hammathguy3995 You beat me by two days. I was reading the post as Terry Kath switched on his wah wah. Boing! Sorry I was late.

[@stillmrdoge]

oh wow

[@mrmockatoo6786]

@@stillmrdoge NO.. Wah 😁

[@cooper5882]

Hendrix had the greatest respect for this guitar player Terry Kath as well many others . He was amazing ! Terry was also a very soulful singer you should listen to him .

[@stevesteindorf2501]

I thought Eddie Van Halen was it. Terry Kath just melted my brain.

[@sharonpate5481]

I saw Chicago in concert in 1971 in Portland Oregon. I was six months pregnant with my son. He plays guitar 🎸 now 👵🏼💙

[@stillmrdoge]

oh wow awwww 💕💕🙌🙌

[@hammathguy3995]

Since you asked... "I'm A Man", "Make Me Smile", "Colour My World", "Free", "Lowdown", "Saturday in the Park", "Feelin' Stronger Every Day", "Fancy Colours". These are all from Phase I Chicago. When Terry Kath died the band's sound changed and so Phase I ended. Phase II is a softer sound.

[@morbiouslenoir]

These are what are called musician, pretty rare in American music nowadays. Far too many claiming the title cant play an instrument, cant sing without autotune, cant write a song, couldnt write an arrangement if their life depended on it. Its all fluff and FX and studio fixes. You judged Terry Kath on his clothes and was surprised that he could play. The biggest stars today for the mot part are doing pitiful pop with a lot of ass-shaking, hoping that you wont notice. WTF does how he dresses have to do with anything?

[@Mike-rk8px]

There is an excellent documentary on Terry Kath you can watch for free on youtube called “Chicago: The Terry Kath Experience”. It tells about his life and the band, he was much more than one of the great guitarists. The documentary also talks about his death a week before his 32nd birthday when he shot himself in the head with a gun he thought wasn’t loaded.

[@VinzClorthokeymasterofGozer]

Terry Kath is so fun to watch during that solo. He looks like one of the Muppets with his hair in his face and rocking that guitar but not moving from that spot.

[@stillmrdoge]

lmao true but he killed it fs

[@Watchman70]

Not even watching what he was doing. Totally channeling! ❤

[@jodyirvin3156]

Terry Kath , one of the greats !

[@stillmrdoge]

♥️🫶🏽

[@alanfine9825]

I grew up in Chicago and as a teenager they were my first favorite band. Terry was an awesome guitar player & had a soulful voice too. Miss him!

[@johnbaligrodzki9672]

I have listened to this at least a hundred times. Mind blown every time at Terry.The man with the skills. RIP.

[@lisacaldwell-reiss5209]

we played this in pep band back in the day. It was so fun to play! We had tubas AND a bass guitar!

[@ConvairDart106]

Me too. I began playing drums in 3rd grade in 1970. Played with the stage, concert, and marching bands up through high school. Chicago got played a lot. 25 or 6 to 4 was certainly one of my favorites.

[@williamcabell142]

That’s Music…pure and simple….GIANTS! 😎🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@stillmrdoge]

Man this blew me away

[@gypsyrockchannel]

Never pause in the middle of a guitar solo, that’s reaction 101!!

[@russells9687]

Or just seconds before the big finish, with the band wailing !!! : [

[@glassontherocks]

I remember this when this came out when I was in High School. Back when I could sit crossed-legged on the floor. Can't go wrong with Chicago.

[@eileencastillo6323]

The thing about the great music of the 60s & 70s is that there is so little great live performance footage. Chicago is a great band with members that are still touring. The guitar solo here.....awesome. Great reaction. 😊✌🏼💙

[@stillmrdoge]

man i really enjoyed this one, do you have a favorite song by them?

[@macjbe]

No one’s ever told you?-pausing during a guitar solo is a definite no-no, especially THAT guitar solo.

[@sailorxxxxxx]

Terry Kath .... my guitar hero. I was 19 years old when tanglewood happened. many smoke-filled nights listening to chicago.

[@grondinolaf]

Awesome, back to when they made real music. If you like horn sections try Blood Sweat & Tears to get your fix. So the story for this songs like this. They were recording a new album and needed one more song because they were going in to record in the morning. This song is Robert Lamm sitting around trying to write a song and couldn't come up with anything so he just started writing down what he was doing at that time and when he looked at the clock it was 25 or 26 minutes to 4 o'clock in the morning. This song just happened to become their big hit off the album. Terry Katt was the shit on the guitar.

[@garyspangler5546]

Song is about writing songs. Early in the morning. Up all night long, writing songs

[@jeffkontnick8733]

The next song should be “Introduction” it was the first song on their first album and really sets the tone of who they are!

[@paularnold6616]

We saw Chicago in concert a couple of years ago. Not all members then are the same now, but still put on a show.

[@MrJohnw2454]

I am amazed. You are the first person that I know of who has guessed the closet to the true meaning of the song's title. Next try the same concert, but "Make me Smile".

[@mimig3904]

Robert Lamm is the keyboard player & also one of the lead singers of Chicago

[@bucktis9]

BRO GREW UP HEARING THIS ON RADIO BACK IN THE DAY GREAT PERIOD FOR REAL MUSIC

[@mbsheisey]

Robert Lamm is the guy on the keyboards. He also sings lead sometimes.

[@stillmrdoge]

Which song you wanna hear next by them?

[@markedid5818]

One of those solos you keep wanting to hear one more time 😊

[@stevelubbehusen5842]

"Beginnings" from their Chicago Transit Authority album

[@tonydagostino6158]

In the '90's the band told a story about staying up to the wee hours of the morning "six to four" presumably meaning six minutes to 4AM. Growing up in Chicago when this album came out we heard a different story. The question was whether to do another 25 micrograms of acid and stay awake or take a Quaalude to sleep. Quaaludes had a 624 stamped on one side.

[@russells9687]

"6" is shorthand for 26. Back before digital, when watches had hands that moved, a sleepy glance around 4 in the morning was always an ESTIMATE! : )

[@vangreen9098]

A version of Chicago is still playing and touring today. I saw them in 1977 in Birmingham Alabama

[@suefantastic4584]

Jimi Hendrix bows to Terry Kath. Eric Clapton bows to Prince. Music is UNITY!! and I wont live without it!!!! Terry Kath, Jimi Hendrex, and Prince are all dead.. yet their music is alive and well.. bless those musical soldiers|!|! Robert Lamb, the composer who wrote the song is on keyboards. ! xo

[@lloydwilliams4368]

I read they were up all night, partying, in the hotel room and one guy asked what time it was. That was the answer and he morphed it into a song. Also, the story is Hendrix was asked "How does it feel to be the best guitarist in the world?" Jimi answered "I don't know. Ask that guy from Chicago."

[@derekhauffe7197]

For other bands with brass, check out the Brian Setzer Orchestra.

[@stillmrdoge]

👏♥️ what song?

[@artmanjohn2]

Back in the mid to late 60s until about 1973 about 99% of men in this country had very short hair, I mean no hair over the ears or touching the collar, you could not even get a job with long hair back then, so this was considered real antisocial behavior back in the day, but the girls loved it! Why do you think men grew their hair long and started playing in a band? It wasn't to impress the men!

[@aramhamparian9641]

RIP Terry Kath.

[@stillmrdoge]

rip 💔

[@fredparsons5134]

Good song to start the day out!

[@garyspangler5546]

Chicago. GOAT! Simple as that.

[@craigw1911]

Go dig up their debut album when they were known as The Chicago Transit Authority and play these two tracks: "Introduction" and "Poem 58". Guitar player Terry Kath wrote "Introduction" and sang lead vocals. He was called "The White Ray Charles" by his bandmates. Soulful baritone voice! "Poem 58" is nine minutes of PURE FUNK led by Terry Kath on guitar, Danny Seraphine on drums, and Peter Cetera on bass. Kath's guitar will have you needing an ice pack for your jaw after you pick it up from the floor! kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGnEe5yCisaKfas When they were "The Chicago Transit Authority", they were the house band at the Whisky a Go Go in LA. One night between sets, Jimi Hendrix, who was in the audience, went to their dressing room after catching their first set. He walked up to their sax player Walt Parazaider and said, "You guys have a horn section that sounds like one set of lungs and a guitar player that's better than me! You wanna go on the road?" They said "YEAH!". And that's how they became Hendrix's opening act on a national arena tour.

[@jimwilcox2964]

They started out as Chicago Transit Authority and that was tbe name of their first album. Then the Chicago Transit Authority, the ones who run the El and busses in town said hold up, you can't use our name. So after that it was just Chicago

[@drumzRfun1]

Check out The Who at Tanglewood 1970. Will blow your mind.

[@ElusvOptmst1]

FYI Brass/Horn Section: Trumpet, Trombone, Saxophone, Tuba, French Horn, etcetera.

[@stillmrdoge]

Thanks so much for the clarity

[@jamescox9427]

Since the saxophone uses a reed, it is considered a crossover between a brass and a woodwind. It is actually classified as a woodwind.

[@shark5919]

What you should take from Chicago is that you always, always, always assume an empty gun is loaded!

[@robincochran7369]

There used to be a video that had the complete concert at Tanglewood, but I don't know if it's still up. If it is then absolutely check it out, it's worth it.

[@GeraldWalls]

I was 7 when this performance happened. Obviously I was not there. This has been one of my favorite songs for a long time. This is what you would call a God Tier guitar solo. I don't particularly like long solos but this one is something else. Initially I was attracted to the song by the horns.

[@victorbortolussi2964]

The reason the band is "chillin" as you said was that if you look you can see 1st the keyboardist and then a roadie is helping the drummer fix his cymbals.

[@rickeyjohnson6404]

Terry Kath is one of the most under rated guitar players ever Jimi Hendrix seen him play and said he's the best guitarist he has seen and became a fan of his and just think Terry was self taught for the most part

[@philrodriguez1948]

What a great choice for a wake up song!

[@stony2494]

Terry Kath was the most underrated guitar player ever 🥹😎👍❤️🎸

[@user-Spicoli]

Jimi Hendrix himself said this guy was out of the world good on guitar.

[@whitliramapithecus5880]

Jimi Hendrix said that Terry Kath, the lead guitarist for Chicago was the best guitarist he ever heard. I think it’s well documented here.

[@jimcook5711]

Jimi Hendrix once said this guy " Terry Kath" is the best guitar player he's heard.

[@jeanpat8946]

Yes absolutly insane band !!!

[@stanleynykaza9042]

Please do MAKE ME SMILE and BEGINNINGS by Chicago

[@stillmrdoge]

Added

[@rudymarmaro]

If you want to branch out into some Progressive Rock, check out the song Roundabout by Yes.

[@valeriedenaro-cully8884]

In ny opinion Terry Kath is one of the top guitar players in the entire world and he died so young too, so imagine if he continued to get better!

[@markanderson4338]

Legend Jim Hendrix said that Terry Kath is his favorite guitarist and that Kath was a better guitarist than himself.

[@lindasalvaterra1304]

They are awesome! Listen to Saturday In the Park…and Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is.

[@dianawhite637]

Jimmy Hendrix admired Terry Kath! Chicago toured with him.

[@rnrsteev]

don't play with guns, Terry RIP.

[@juansemillon]

Listen " poem 58" from Chicago.

[@eliezarsawesomechannel4917]

Terry Kath is the guy Jimi Hendrix said was the greatest guitar player in the universe.

[@johnpetrone6602]

Terry!

[@craigwells3655]

Try "I'm a man" at Tanglewood. You're gonna like it.

[@joepimentel306]

Formerly known as Chicago Transit Authority

[@michaelross5030]

Hendrix was supposedly asked what does it feel like to be the greatest guitarist and replied don't know you would have to ask terry kath

[@rickb9201]

Jimi Hendrix called terry cath the greatest guitar player of all time

[@martyjansing2675]

At NO point was there a guitar solo in this song. You can clearly hear and see the bass, drums, and keyboard kickin' it. And I bet you thought The Jackson 5 were top dog during this time period.

[@ncwoodworker]

Old but Good. I like that.

[@worldfamouslanglois4805]

Mind Blown.. I've seen this maybe 50 times and it gets me every time. It's freaking 1970 and live and the sound quality is top notch.. would have given a bit more to Terry but it's still one of the best live performances I've seen. You should check the rest of that set .. it's all good. Also love me a horn section .. almost lost today. Check out SKA music .. a lot of those folk have horns like reel big fish kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWSzqKx9fr-rjpo or english beat kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWSzqKx9fr-rjpo so many good ska with horns but the old school Madness check this out kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYCthIBqa9OKrdE and naturally cherry popping daddies kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3rUeWaroc6qgLs thanks for doing this one man.. it's one of my fav songs of all time. Horns and INSANE guitar and amazing drums .. everyone is grooving so hard!

[@LoriIrvin-q9q]

Whole lotta Rosie ' thunderstruck ' hard trying to be a millionaire ' Dirty Deeds Done Dirt cheap ' Back in Black ' shook me all night long ' Who made Who ' Ride on ' many many more 🤘🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🤟

[@rickthoma6428]

When Terry was rhere.Best of Chicago.

[@maryellengabler802]

"Horns"...they are all different. Try "I'm a Man" from same concert.

[@johncollins1177]

The title means 25 or 26 minutes to 4am.

[@dafterite]

I just knew this guy was going to stop the video and start talking in the middle of the solo.

[@pdadamsMusic]

Hendrix said that Terry was a better guitarist than he was.

[@AL-xk5uh]

Far out, man.

[@MichaelEdgington-lp5xj]

Play I am a man classic cover,!

[@craigwhip]

It's a sin to pause a song during a guitar solo.

[@stillmrdoge]

@@craigwhip 🥲

[@neilmcentee1905]

Sorta like Seinfeld, this song.... A show about nothing and a song about writing a song... Both big hits

[@stephenwilliamson2643]

listen to am a man same show at tanglewood

[@lisar.6670]

STOP PAUSING IN SOLO's! Control the urge to 'pause' when you see something spectacular being done because there will be many, many, many more 'spectacular' scenes w/future reactions to contend with. Just saying ...

[@MrGmonkeywillruleyou]

This is alright but I prefer 26 n 2 by Tool lol

[@marathongman9281]

Don't play with guns.

[@RickTrain-m3z]

Never stop the solo 👎

[@chrisbrimhall1613]

Welcome to in your face musicianship with zero auto tune…because there was no such thing. Image being in the audience and you probably paid $5.00 😆😆

[@jeffdimarzo7107]

Chicago's a good band you're going to enjoy this, turn it up, lol lol, love all the brass, this is what music was music not nowadays with everything is all synthesized, this is great, yeah they used to call themselves The Chicago Transit Authority, before they shortened it, I know you like it, damn he's going off on the guitar, 🕯️🕯️🕯️,wow, still going, awesome, I was waiting for that solo, yes awesome, loved it, thank you, another great song, p.s ewwww you got boogers, lol lol, Mr Doge has cooties, lol lol, you may want to try "look away" by also by Chicago.

[@stillmrdoge]

lmao i clean the boogers 🤣🤣

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[@fkessler53]

RIP Terry Kath. Jimi Hendrix thought that Terry was better than he was at guitar.