Just realized the original lineup of 7 has now evolved into 11 !! Great group of guys, and really enjoying themselves, for sure! Just an observation, having a trumpet-playing brother who used to be in a Chicago-inspired band, I can't imagine the physical strength and stamina it takes to get out there and play a brass or woodwind instrument on all those songs, many of them in upper ranges, pretty much continuously throughout the gig-- especially at Lee and Jimmy's ages! Very difficult, but they are so dedicated. I wonder if it has something to do with the realization that, at best, none of us is going to be here forever, so we need to go for it while we still can.
@@keithmccabe4040 We'll never know, but I suspect you'd do what generated the highest revenue. In all these cases people are voting with their dollars and if enough people agree with you, they will stop as you suggest. For now, seems like it's a pretty packed show.
I get ya, Keith, but when you consider that Lamm, Pankow, and Loughnane are still at the nucleus of things, I'm kinda okay with Chicago pressing ahead! They seem to be having more fun right now than in the time frame just before Terry died (1978), where, at least to my eye, they seemed utterly exhausted and just kind of going through the motions.
