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Peter Cetera on "Chicago Transit Authority"

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I was shocked (and a bit angry) when Cetera decided to go solo. He was such an integral part of Chicago. Then I was so disappointed when I heard some of his solo stuff. The Cetera I had known and admired was gone.

But, I treasure those early Chicago recordings. For the great music and the memories I have of that time period.
 
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ctbass said:
I have had a subscription to Bass Player since day one and cannot believe Cetera has never been on the cover. What gives?
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I have every single issue of Bass Player...forget about a cover, I don't seem to even recall a decent article/feature on Cetera.
I agree...what gives, BP?
 
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I doubt we'll see him in Bass Player as he isn't really an active bassist any more - not to the average Joe anyway. I agree, he should have been in the magazine at an earlier point. He had some very nice bass lines. I think many would agree that his leaving Chicago was a career killer, but we don't know his thoughts atte time and I don't believe he talks about it at all. I've never seen an interview or anything.

I think Jason Scheff has done a great job as the "new" guy fo rth elast 20+ years. He does some great playing - especially on the live DVD with EW&F - an dhis voice is very similar to Cetera. Kind of like when Journey got Steve Ojeri (sp?) to replace Steve Perry. even th enames are almost the same in that case.
 
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these_go211 said:
chicago from that era was a seriously -sskicking band! not only supertight players, but groovy, funky, and most importantly great songs.
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Not long ago, I got the first 3 albums, pulled off my favorites, and titled my collection "Once Chicago Rocked". With Terry Kath, they were the greatest.

SteveC said:
...many would agree that his leaving Chicago was a career killer, but we don't know his thoughts at the time and I don't believe he talks about it at all. I've never seen an interview or anything.
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Sometimes, it gets old. You just gotta get out. Maybe he was just sick of doing "25 Or 6 To 4".
 
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On the later albums (starting on VII) when the band began to change Terry Kath ended up playing a lot of bass. The bass line to Dialogue and I'm a Man are amongst the first lines I ever learned. To this day I still love his playing especially on Chicago V.


I actually have a theory about Chicago. I know David Foster contributed to their downfall but I think the end of the war (Vietnam) had a lot to do with it too. They were such a strong anti-war band, and when the war ended the only thing they seemed to have left were "silly love songs". Kath's passing didn't help at all, had he stayed with us I think his name would be mentioned right there with Clapton, Santana, Hendrix ect. He was the first player in a rock band who could play over changes.
 
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As much as I used to hate to admit it, Cetera was a huge influence on how I approached rock bass playing. When CTA was first released I was a stone cold jazz upright player that happened to own an electric. Once I started to listen to that album (long before cassettes or CD's :rolleyes: ) I began to appreciate the possibilities of fusion between jazz and rock.

To this day, most of my rock playing sounds very much in the style of Peter Cetera ..... :cool:
 
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Go to the link below and check out these three songs:

"Saturday In The Park"
"Now That You're Gone"
"Devil's Sweet"

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Cetera is playing a Gibson bass and I think I saw an Acoustic rig on stage (also thought I saw his Precision on a stand..wish he was playing it on these songs).
 

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