Chicago Transit Authority/Chicago/Terry Kath part one

Terry Alan Kath (January 31, 1946 – January 23, 1978) born in Chicago, Illinois, was the original guitarist and founding member of the rock band Chicago. He died in 1978 at the age of 31 from an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound. Kath reportedly had a history of using alcohol and drugs, including cocaine and marijuana, in his last few years.Kath was working on a solo album before he died). But despite his personal problems, this was not the cause of his accidental death.

Around 5 p.m., late in the afternoon of January 23, 1978, after a party at roadie Don Johnson's home in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, Kath — being a gun enthusiast — took a .38 revolver and put it to his head, pulling the trigger several times on the empty chambers. Picking up a semiautomatic 9 mm pistol, Kath put the gun to his temple and pulled the trigger, saying, "Don't worry, it's not loaded," after showing the empty magazine to his friend. However, one bullet remained in the chamber, killing him instantly when fired; a week shy of his 32nd birthday. The circumstances of his death gave him the dubious distinction of being one of the first celebrities to be nominated for a Darwin Award.

Chicago (Terry Kath) - I'm A Man 1968 (this is one of my fav's from them)



Chicago is an American pop rock/jazz fusion band formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. The band began as a politically charged, sometimes experimental, rock band and later moved to a predominantly softer sound, becoming famous for producing a number of hit ballads. They had a steady stream of hits throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Second only to the Beach Boys in terms of singles and albums, Chicago is one of the longest running and most successful U.S. pop/rock and roll groups.

Chicago Terry Kath 25 or 6 to 4 1977 Houston - Here is the late great Terry Kath in his last videotaped performance in the summer of 1977 in Houston, Texas.



Chicago- Terry Kath- "Uptown" (1977) Tell me Stevie Ray wasn't influenced by him.



Their first record (released in April 1969), the eponymous The Chicago Transit Authority, was an audacious debut: a double album, very rare for a rookie band, featuring jazzy instrumentals, extended jams featuring Latin percussion, and experimental, feedback-laden guitar abstraction. The album began to receive heavy airplay on the newly popular FM radio band; it included a number of pop-rock songs — "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?", "Beginnings", and "Questions 67 and 68" — which would later be edited to a radio-friendly length, released as singles, and eventually become rock radio staples.

Soon after the album's release, the band's name was shortened to Chicago, when the actual Chicago Transit Authority threatened legal action.

Dialogue (1975)



Chicago- Colour My World- "Live" 1977



(I've been) Searchin So Long



Chicago 1972-Make Me Smile



Beginnings (1970)