Premieres Sunday, January 1, at 8 p.m. ET
From their Windy City roots through their rise to the top of the charts, Chicago's success is legendary. Find out how this "rock and roll band with horns" became one of the best-selling groups of all time in CNN Films "Now More Than Ever: The History of Chicago" New Year's Day at 8p ET on CNN.
Kinda interested in this, but CNN's endless promotion of this the las couple of days has kind of put me off it.
Curious how they portray those no longer in the group.
Watching now, awesome doc[emoji106]
Didn't know about it, so thanks!
Dvr set for the rerun at 9:00pm.
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
The band doesn't get enough credit. Interesting learning about the dynamics of working together for so long. Ashamed to say that a Canadian like David Foster comes across like a self-aggrandizing dickhead but that's what he is.
"The woods would be very silent if the only birds that sang were those who sang best..." - Henry David Thoreau
Wasn't there a TV show broadcast from the Caribou Ranch back in the 70's? There's a lot of footage from it in the documentary. Boy, Terry Kath was a monster player!
Was it called "Chicago: In The Rockies" or something like that?Originally Posted by Guitarplyrjvb
How did Danny Seraphine go from one of the best drummers in the 70s to suddenly unable to play? Seems like there was more to the story.
Also, Peter Cetera gets off a bit lightly. Did not even want to attend the induction after a lot of pressure and acting like he was thinking about it. But he lost a lot of credibility when he left the group for the David Foster sound.
I also thought they would introduce the newest bassist who seems to have given them a shot in the arm.
Yup!
https://youtu.be/B98vT8GLFjs
There was another one done a year later at the time of VII called "Meanwhile Back at the Ranch"
https://youtu.be/FVuTDueJqVI
Last edited by Guitarplyrjvb; 01-02-2017 at 01:22 AM.
Really disappointed in how amateurish and basically uninformative this documentary was. I have seen 30 for 30 specials that were far far better.
that's exactly what i thought. and from what i've heard, there's nothing special about Imboden's playing - certainly nothing that Danny couldn't have handled.
"She said you are the air I breathe
The life I love, the dream I weave."
Unevensong - Camel
what happened to Scheff - they get rid of him too?
"She said you are the air I breathe
The life I love, the dream I weave."
Unevensong - Camel
amazing they're still around given the fact they totally lost it after Kath died. i also didn't realize they were such hardcore druggies. man, how did they not kill themselves?
"She said you are the air I breathe
The life I love, the dream I weave."
Unevensong - Camel
Danny can play drums. I saw him recently with the California Transit Authority.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK1C_yIglFA&sns=em
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akhQtzIkbRo&sns=em
Last edited by Firth; 01-02-2017 at 12:14 PM.
Scheff was still with them when Kay & I saw them in 2013.
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
for those like me who lost track of all the personnel changes, here's a timeline pic..
still lists Scheff as the most recent bassist but he didn't quit til as recently as Oct last year.
"She said you are the air I breathe
The life I love, the dream I weave."
Unevensong - Camel
Almost Yessish!
Just square that for an approximation of Yes.
I don't know all the details, but I've heard that struggling to work with the 80's programmed drum gear onstage had something to do with it.
when David Foster entered.... Danny & Peter soon gone. i guess they didn't fit in with the pop commercial direction Foster was taking them.
Cetera was only featured through file footage, no recent interviews.
Both Cetera & Foster come across as such humble, self-effacing dudes.
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
Cetera was forced out of the band because he wouldn't sign a contract saying he couldn't record outside Chicago. I've listened to a few interviews and he seems like a pretty modest and straightforward guy.
The documentary has him asking for more than a proportionate share of the group's profits after his schmaltzy songwriting began to generate hits. He sounded like maybe his ego grew as did his central role in the Foster-directed songwriting team which basically froze out the compositions of the other members.
Last edited by Guitarplyrjvb; 01-02-2017 at 05:51 PM.
I wanted to see the documentary but forgot about it. I lost interest in Chicago after VIII. Even before Terry died they were going in a crappy direction.
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