First Time Reaction | Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 LIVE 7/21/1970 Tanglewood | Reaction 

That talent on that stage will never be replicated! RIP TERRY!

Terry Kath is a monster! One of the best ever at guitar. On top of being a great soulful singer.

When Jimi Hendrix sings your praises, you're something special. Terry was a beast on guitar. He was the heart and soul of the band. They were never the same after his passing.

Terry Kath will never be replicated nor duplicated. He's the best guitarist ever! I miss those days so much 😢

When you're digging deep into the 70's, there's nothing better than Chicago live!! Terry Kath was a gift from the Music Gods!!!!!🥳🥳🥳1970....53 years!! And Happy Birthday!!🥳🥳🥳

Glad you did this! Both versions are great. Gotta say I prefer this one. Terry Kath absolutely unleashed. EDIT: Peter slapppin that bass pretty epic also.

At the close of this song the Singer says something like "Take Care!" He actually said "Terry Kath!" One of the true greats on guitar, and a unique great on vocals as well. Terrible loss that he died young! If I had to pick the "greatest year in pop music" it would be 1970. And 1971, 1969, 1968 were also greatest years. Every year in the 60's just got better up to 1970. And the early 70's were perhaps the greatest years, with the later 70's continuing to innovate. Nothing against the 80's or 90's, but the 60's-70's was the best, glad to have been alive.

This is your grandpappy's music. How's that makes you feel? 😉😁 Brother, we envy you getting to experience this for the first time. All love.

I was lucky to have an older sister in college when I was still in elementary school... She taught me about Chicago, Three Dog night, Hendrix, The Doors, Little Stevie aka Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, The Four Tops!. It was such a gift! I will always love my older sister for exposing me to music and to other cultures... Such love, so happy!!! xo

Actually,guy-- he jammed that entire guitar solo,and lengthened it alot longer than the studio version. He left in elements of the studio track,but this is a perfect example of 'improvisation' and longer live jams that most bands did in concert. Try their version of 'I'm A Man'-- it'll (again) blow your mind. most of their early material is just jaw dropping stuff! Enjoy..T

One of the best guitar solos ever

Hendrix was asked how it feels to be the best guitar player ever....he responded "I don't know, you'll have to ask Terry Kath"!

Terry Kath passed in 1978, from accidental self inflicted gunshot to his head. Playing around with guns always ends badly. Such talent gone in blink of an eye. I saw them several times live, as recent as the 2010s. I admire bands that pull together in tragedy. Many bands have done in a time when drugs, alcohol and violence permeated the industry. But watching them is so important. Robert Lamb on keyboard, kept up with Terry the whole time. The horns… gosh they were incredible. Each guy did lead vocals especially after Peter Cetera left. I saw James Pankow on trombone, sing lead, do a trombone solo and then finish the vocals. Where do they get enough oxygen to do that? And this was recently. They are not kids anymore. It’s pure talent. Yes, we were very lucky. The 70s and 80s were special and it will never be special again.

Chicago and Earth Wind and Fire…. 2 STELLAR performance oriented bands with the BEST musicians out there. And we got to see them together and separate several times.

You are spot on! An absolute awesome time to experience. No auto tune, real music played.

I am 74. I saw all the greats. Chicago 6 times. They were always perfect everytime.

Terry Kath got hold of his guitar and monstered it, getting everything possible out of it....incredible.

I graduated high school in 1971. At the time I didn’t realize how fortunate we were to experience listening to our music while driving used cars that would someday be worth $100,000. Today that music is priceless, and today it belongs to everyone, young and old to enjoy for the first time or the one-hundredth time.

The reason us old people like these reaction videos is because back then we didn't have videos. Some of these artists I had never seen until recently. I had all the albums but we didn't really know what they looked like unless we went to a concert. Keep up the good work.

RIP Terry Kath. The brother was just an unreal guitar player...

If you haven't already.....check out the rest of this concert..,Absolutely Brilliant!!!!

Always been thankful i came of age in the late 60s/70s. great reaction!

Your comments are spot on. No internet, no enhancements, so bands had to be great to make it. And yes, those of us who grew up then expected nothing less. As for you living at all the concerts and shows... they were affordable then as well.

The entire concert was on fire.

Gotta love the way they just sort of drift into the intro, almost like it was accidental. Bands like Chicago, Three Dog Night, Blood Sweat & Tears, and Sly & the Family Stone invented the genre that wound up being called “fusion”. Sly and the Family Stone - you absolutely MUST do a studio/live comparison on Sly and the Family Stone.

I was only 8 years old when this concert was performed, but I had a brother who was 9 years older than I was, and he always bought the BEST albums, so I grew up spoiled. You haven't even begun to scratch the surface of the greatness that was the late '60s and early '70s. It was just a cultural convergence that will never happen again. And the best part about it was that the music was free on the radio and concert tickets were dirt cheap.

Tanglewood is in the Berkshire mountains outside of Lennox, MA. It's an international music center and school, and it's the summer home of the Boston Symphony. Primarily a classical music venue, but much music of many genres happens there every June-August.

You'll have to go back and watch the beginning how Terry starts the whole thing off and even starts a jam and the drummer isn't even close to being finished setting up... But they pull it together like true professionals

I was five years old when this performance happened. It makes me smile to see a young person enjoying the soundtrack of my life.

Seeing as how you appreciate the horns so much, I highly recommend another great band from that era that had a smokin horn section, and incredible vocals: Blood Sweat and Tears. Try their song, "Spinning Wheel", or "God Bless the Child"....

I was 20 when this was released in 1970 and having so much fun. Yes I was indeed very fortunate,thank you for your review so glad you can enjoy our music.

You really need to add another Chicago song to your list. That song is "Beginnings". You will be even more blown away.

This was filmed at a music venue in Massachusetts . Musical Festivals were all the thing in the day. Multiple bands, tons of peaceful people -fantastic time to be expanding our minds. Now I'm 80yrs and still loving the music of my 20's.

In my opinion, one of the greatest guitar solos EVER. He lit that guitar on fire, spanked it, and put it to bed without any supper. My parents had front row seats to see them in 1970 and asked me if I wanted to go. I was 7 so I said I'd rather play with the kids next door. What a bad decision.

They were huge and they had a whole ton of hits. If you really want to hear them go nuts, and it is so catchy and has such a good message, check out another of their early hits, and you'll love the horn section, Feeling Stronger Every Day.

It was a wonderful time to be alive. As you said, the music was fun. It was also somewhat political and rebellious, yet mainly positive and upbeat. In addition, there has never been a guitarist-singer in the history of rock n roll that has anything on Terry Kath. Nobody had an edge on him, nobody,

No auto-tune, no remixing, no lip syncing---just pure talent on display with masters of their craft jamming together. Because so many of these bands formed in garages and played small venues and festivals to start out, none of the automated stuff available today would have even worked for them. They HAD TO sound on their records like they sounded live because that is what the public was buying---no digital downloads, and if they were LUCKY enough to get on the radio they better sound like they did in person. You should see some of the concert posters with multiple bands playing the same venue--many of them look like Grammy Hall of Fame performances.

The Tanglewood concert is the best one to watch on YT for live Chicago with Kath still alive. I love how Danny is still setting up the drums and Kath is just warming up and then just starts on the song and they all have to start joining in, LOL...such a hoot! Tanglewood is in the Boston area. And I guess you know it's 25 or 26 minutes to 4:00 am for the song title. Trying to write a song. RIP Terry Kath...I'm sure he's back again 🙂And yes, our music back then you couldn't tell the concert from the record, most of us had to go to concerts to see our bands perform, wasn't that much on TV to see except Ed Sullivan and other shows like that and American Bandstand but not all of these were live compared to lip syncing. So yeah, bands played concerts at colleges and football stadiums all over the place in the US for the fans and to earn some $$. Willie Nelson had his 4th of July picnics as well so special events like that as well...and then of course, Woodstock in '69. Also keep in mind that in small towns and rural America we had to drive to larger cities to go and see bands too so that was part of it as well but another reason why colleges brought in bands all the time too.

Good on you for watching the live version 👍, you have my subscription 🎉!

Tanglewood is in Massachusetts. This whole performance is something else!

My home town band that added to the greatness of that era. Terry Kath was a stone-cold genius. Had the privilege of seeing them in concert at least 10 times in the seventies. Never the same after Terry Kath passed away & Pete Cetera left but kept it together. Always felt they were a bit dismissed but receiving respect today they should have received then. Thank you for loving on this great band. Totally agree the late sixties into the late seventies was the best time for music. We had no isea how spoiled we were! I'd give anything to have my record collection back from that era!

I was born in 57. I was blessed to have lived this era. The best 10 years in music was from, 1965 to, 1975 in my opinion. They played at USU in the early 70s there were doors all around the building. I knocked on one and someone opened it. Chicago Free baby!

From the mid 60's to the 90's were the golden age of rock and roll. At 65, this was my era, and I feel comfortable saying that my era was the greatest era in the history of music. It is not even close! I went to packed concerts about once a month for years. We had Chicago, the Eagles, Boston, Aerosmith, Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special, Led Zeplin, Elton John, Queen....just so damn many great bands. I know many others deserve a mention, but the hits were coming daily.

Had the incredible pleasure of seeing them live in 1971 at my girlfriend's high school of all places (Gov. Livingston Reg. HS, Berkeley Hgts, NJ) and from what I can remember they were every bit as good as these Tanglewood videos. I think we were treated to at least two encores. You're correct, the best time to be alive if you liked R&R and all its variants. I spent half my weekends hanging out with local garage bands, helping them set up to play local gigs. Sex drugs and rock 'n roll baby!

I had the privilege of seeing them live in the early 80s. One of my favorite concerts and I've been to a lot of concerts.

Tanglewood is a beautiful outdoor venue located in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts. Heavenly.

Great band! There is nothing better than amazing live music being played by gifted musicians!

Your FACE!!!! It says it all.. no words needed. Absolutely figgin amazing. Love love love Chicago!

You’re right. I was 20 in 1969. Stoned, tripping and going to as many concerts as I could. Awesome time with great memories. Fun to watch new generations “discover” this music.

I saw them in Concert- they filled the stage!! The lighting was phenomenal- I was in high school! ☺️ Memories♥️

The greatest BAND IMO so many albums/tracks/hits it’s mind boggling!!!

I saw Chicago live at a Milwaukee music festival when I was 15 in 1972 I believe. I am so happy I got to see them live and see Terry Kath before he tragically left us. Really enjoyed your reaction man. This version was epic.

I have seen this band live so many times and with several different lineups and they have been perfection every time. I love this band. Buckle up! You are about to be amazed by how much better this actually is live. I think Tanglewood is in Boston or near Boston, MA. Chicago was always such a tight band. I grew up and lived most of my life in Los Angeles so all the big acts played there. L.A. has so many great arenas and stadiums that there could be several great bands performing at the same time. All this and no Autotune.

Great guitar solo!..excellent! thanks for sharing!

You are spot on. There were so many bands back then. So much competition in the music industry back then. Great reaction!

In 1982 when I was 12 years old, my older cousin bought us tickets to see Chicago on Louisiana Techs College campus. Paid about $8 for my ticket and was only about ten rows back from the stage. Their original guitarist here, Terry Kath had died in 1978 I think so I didn’t see him but my god they were mind blowing live! I’ve seen more live shows than I can count now but Chicago was only my second concert and I thought my head was going to explode trying to keep up with their talented energy! I didn’t care for them much once they started putting out songs that pop stations would play. They were way too talented to confirm to top 40 radio crap. So glad I saw them when I did! Pure magic!

Concerts weren’t expensive either. They’d charge a couple of dollars to get in. Back then, bands toured hoping that if they played well you’d go buy the record. These days they expose the music hoping you’ll pay a couple hundred dollars to see them play. Competition brings down prices and forces great performances. “Introduction” next, please. Side 1, song 1, 1st album, or Tanglewood live.

I saw Chicago (CTA then) open for Jimi Hendrix in 1969, Hendrix had tremendous respect for Terry.

60’s through early 80’s best music, hands down!

Saw them twice in concert back in the 70's. My favorite band growing up!

I wasn't quite old enough to experience Woodstock (although it was talked about a lot). Chicago came into my life via my brother's love for the band in the early 70s. Today makes 3 years since my brother transitioned and I think he'd be thrilled to see your excitement at this performance. Continue to rest in peace, Big Brother, aka Chicago.

Yeah, it was a good time for music back then. I was 12 in 1970, and remember all the great stuff going on as well as the losses of Janis, Jimi Hendrix, and Jim Morrison. All these artists paved the way for what was to come in the 70s, such as the Eagles, the Doobies, Kansas, Boston, etc. I was blessed to see Chicago perform in the late 70s, about a month before Terry Kath's untimely passing. Great show.

Wish you could have been there. Seemed like every week a couple of new masterpieces, in all genres, came out. I’m blessed to have lived it. ✌️

Chicago made a big splash back then. They were amazing musicians. Concerts were very affordable back then too.

It's so cool to hear you say that, and not only have I been a musician and played in fans my entire life, especially back in the 70s when I was young I saw so many shows. So many shows. And I've continued to see shows on and off ever since then and really I went to lots of shows in the 80s but I also was playing in a band constantly. Not only was the technology so primitive compared to today's standards for live shows, when I look at these old videos, the lack of anything like a cell phone is striking. There just simply wasn't anything like that at the time and not for quite a while after.

Chicago is one of those bands that went to the sublime to the ridiculous in a fairly short period of time. This song is a classic beyond doubt.

This whole concert is amazing. I've been lucky enough to see them about 4 times, but, this lineup was long gone. Maybe saw Cetera once, but mostly Jason Scheff. Still, the horn section and Robert Lamm and Bill Champlin...just killer. RIP Terry Dude. Your eye twitching during the guitar solo was killin me.

This was one of my Father's favorite bands. I grew up hearing them on my Dad's record player all the time. They say that pain and struggle are fuel to artists. The stuff they lived in and dealt with from racism to the Vietnam War to rampant political corruption they poured the pain into some of the most beautiful and well written songs ever! I feel lucky because at that time period racial lines in music started to disappear. People were free to play rock,r&b or blues no matter what your race was. The fact that I have always been open to like all genres is because he exposed me to real music like Chicago and The Doobie Brothers.

I was a freshman at Oklahoma University in the Spring of 1970 when they came to the campus Field House; it was epic listening and moving to their songs in a packed house. And everything they did was the long version, not the chopped "radio play" or even the album play. I think Jimi had the last show to ever play the Field House. As the years have gone by, this music has made me even more respectful and grateful for what we had with so many bands and artists in the 60's thru 70's. But also in the 70's we lost some many great artists that you mentioned, including Terry in 1978.

I count myself lucky to have seen them twice. In the spring of 1971 at Purdue and then the summer of 1976 at the Indiana State Fair. That last concert was outdoors and wow, did they have that place rocking.

I saw Chicago and Kath in July 1977. A few months before he died. They were still incredible. Terry was great friends with Hendrix. Chicago was an opening act for Hendrix in the 60's. Hendrix is quoted as saying, about Kath, "this cat blows me away".

I got to see them perform in ‘69 at DePaul Univ., when I was a Sophomore in high school, and Terry Kath was a force of nature. Another superstar gone too soon. Great band, great performance, great reaction.✌️❤️🎶

When I was ten, I was at my friend's house waiting for him to go out and play when his older brother, a guitar wizard and genius, was all excited to play something on his new amp. This album had just come out. He started playing this song and other Chicago stuff. I found out later he got his high school band to play 25 or 6 to 4 at a compition and they won first place.

In the 70's, the groups put out a new album every year. Around 1971, Chicago had four of the top five albums on the Billboard charts.

Terry Kath and the keyboardist both start rocking before the drummer and others are even ready! Talk about pressure! Terry brings the best solo ever.

“I really don’t know how I could be amazed more than the studio version.” I thought the same thing, my man, I thought the same thing.

Terry Kath GOAT on the guitar, I'm happy to say that I was able to see Chicago live in 1972. My favorite of all time.

You are so right about those times. I started high school in 1970 and it was one long carnival ride.

The difference between music then and now is the absence of the internet and youtube. They had to put on a good show and rely on word of mouth to get people at their shows. The 70's were a decade before my time of concert going but I remember my mother and her friends talking about live music. They would go because of a song they knew on the radio and discover other artists they never heard of that blew their minds. Going to the record store was a regular event and that's where you bought entire albums or heard about new ones coming out. I think that's where you bought tickets, too. There was no cable or even a way to record local TV stations so you either made time to watch shows like Soul Train, The Midnight Special and Solid Gold or you didn't know what they looked like until you saw them live. 😂

Man music was different back then. It was the best. Every concert I made sure to go to. Saw so many bands. Still got all my albums from then. Group would put out an album. Go on tour to promote it. Made sure I went every chance I could. Even if I had to walk. Once a bunch of us walked from Austin Texas to Kerrville Texas to go to the folk festival. No joke. Every concert and venue was worth every step.

Ur exactly right!! That’s how it was from the Beatles n the British Invasion! The 60s n 70s up until about 1977/78 was an EXPLOSION of great bands n music! I think you can see by now how hard it can be for some of us to accept today’s “music” AS music. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Fantastic reaction, to a great song. THANK YOU.

Right, MMB; this was 'normal' music for us back then. 'Hey, you wanna go see Chicago Saturday night?' We sure appreciated it, but didn't realize what an impact the music would have in the future. Great reaction! Subscribed.

It was a special time for music and its great that you're keeping it alive. Chicago was a big group back then. It was an era that was perfect for such musicians and writers to flourish and have the freedom to create great music.

I just saw this very same group of musicians play this very same song, 53 years later. And they still sound damn brilliant! That is a very long time to be this good.

Bro, you have my musical sensibilities. Chicago was great, and I understood that at about 12 years old. The first 3 albums. Period.

Rest In Peace Terry. Thank you for your gift of music

Here's what Jimi Hendrix said about Terry Kath, Chicago's guitar player. Like pretty much everyone who came to see the band perform, Hendrix was mesmerised by Kath's guitar playing, going so far as to claim that he thought the Chicago guitarist played six strings better than he did, naming Kath the “best guitarist in the universe”. High praise indeed.

This, as the Studio cut are equally amazing. Talent and performance skills are what makes this happen. Also, having all the live instrumentation that exists in the record surely helps 😉 Edit- Terry's guitar makes this even better than studio. Amazing

You know, man, that's a good idea. Comparing studio and live performances. The differences are so amazing. Do it. We know our comparisons are so much fun. We really enjoy ourselves.

Chicago was huge and my 1st concert back in '72. I loved them

In 1969 they were named CTA when they played on a pier overlooking the beach in Venice Beach California, I hadn't heard of them or listened to their music but it was a free concert. I was tripping on lsd and they were totally mindblowing with the lead guitarist shredding and the horn section hot, hot, hot. Trippy day at the beach listenin to CTA live.

I was a teen and learning the drums and I would play along with Chicago, and Yes, and CCR, and Janis, and the Beatles and everything on the radio in the 60s and 70s. Oh yeah, and Santana.

Great performance by a great band!

You definitely have a new subscriber because you GET it! I just turned 68 and this was our music! And the guitarist Terry Kath died in the most stupid way imaginable. Playing with an "unloaded" gun at a party and shot himself in the head. And you were talking about the deaths of the great artists. There's a thing called "The 27 Club" and it's a club nobody wants to be in. It's a very long list of artists that died at age 27. And albums? Back when vinyl records were the thing. You'd put the record on side one and flip it when it was done. Meanwhile you'd be kicking back and reading the album notes and maybe pull out the record jacket to see if there was anything else to read there! "Those were the days, my friend. We thought they'd never end."

I knew once you got to Terry's solo, it would blow your mind. Love the reaction!!

Your statement on years makes me feel very old LOL. I had their album in my teen years. They are one of the great bands

Real musicians playing real music 💪

Start from the 1st song on their 1st album: Introduction, it is the band “introducing” themselves. The horns can’t be beat!

🇨🇦 The music created between 1963 to 1988 is probably the greatest since the Classical music composers ! It has not been matched since ! Today's artists are still listening and trying to re-create it's originality !