What Peter Cetera Said About Chicago Right After He Left the Band 

Whether you like him or not, Cetera is highly talented musician and songwriter. Nobody can deny that.

Peter’s solo material is good but I like his Chicago era days better.

all i can say is Terry Kath

I really miss Peter Cetera with Chicago. His voice is awesome, beautiful, distinct. ❤

I saw Pete at the Toledo casino I think 5 years ago and he blew me away! A really great musician!

Peter is one of the greatest singers of all time. His tendor is unmatched...His solo CD's "One More Story" and "World falling down" are underappreciated... check them out!

Legend! Just tell me one singer who sounds like Peter. Thank you for this rarity!

I have always admired Mr Cetera. His bass playing with Chicago was very underrated, as was his song writing. If you listen to the interview with the original Chicago drummer Danny Seraphine (on another channel), Danny relates how good Peter's band was, and how talented Peter was and is.

Seeing Chicago live, I saw Peter playing superb 12-string guitar on If You Leave Me Now. He is a MUSICIAN. He is so much more than just a singer.

I get it - he should get acknowledged - there were a lot of egos in the Chicago universe - There is a fine line between confidence and being mighty proud of yourself - Dude has a reason to expect notoriety - I was never a huge fan - but I respect it - I'm a Kath fan - He was head and shoulders above his bandmates

Cetera was a brilliant bass player and one of my biggest early influences on the instrument. His singing in concert was superb. I Chicago live eleven times, and I was always in awe of the band, but particularly him and Terry Kath's guitar genius.

I really liked Chicago when Peter Cetera was with the band and really disappointment when he left. I now totally understand why Peter Cetera left Chicago. Such is life.

What a great band when they first came out. I had a chance to see them at a club in New York before there first album….

Thanks for playing the whole interview 👍

Peter’s problem with the egos in Chicago sounds like what the drummer, Danny Seraphine, went through. I listened to an interview with Danny… outstanding drummer/musician, great guy, very down to earth, but the “core” of Chicago and their egos didn’t credit Danny with his writing and producing efforts in the group, like what Peter endured. Too bad for Chicago. I don’t think they ever maintained their quality of writing after Peter and Danny were basically forced to leave. RIP Terry Kath… will always enjoy the albums CTA through Chicago 12.

Nobody talks about Terry Kath and the great influence he had in the band.

Wishing You Were Here was sung mostly by Kath with some Cetera singing.

Steve Perry Peter Cetera so good

i really DID enjoy that. Thank you!

That was great , thanks.

Great interview 😀

face it, the moment terry passed, so did the band

I came here for the hopeful mention of Amy Grant, and I was not disappointed. At this point they were just releasing it and he had another #1!

For years I thought Peter left Chicago for no good reasons and the whole thing was just the usual egos running the show. Recently I was listening to "If You Leave Me Now," "Stay The Night," and "You're The Inspiration" and it was clear that he had good reasons to go. It was almost the whole Lennon/McCartney thing all over again with different views and restlessness in a group setting. He's not just some egomaniac who wanted to make more money and kudos to him for appreciating some of the best songs on Chicago 18. They were the soundtrack to my earliest years along with Air Supply and the year I was born in 1976 "If You Leave Me Now" may have sent me on my way to music myself. My hope is Mr. Cetera and Jason Scheff's era of the band can separately make comebacks, but I guess people can't have hits with love songs for years now. Ponder that and the decline of popular music- what once was about brotherhood, sincerity, and love now gives way to revenge songs. A shame, but we still have those golden years of the 1960s through the 1980s. BTW love Terry Kath and Robert Lamm too!

He's very talented on vocals and bass, but he can not control his ego IMHO😮😊🎉

Thank you for posting this!! I was about to make a playlist with all the parts you made

I remember during a TOP 40 episode where Peter was quoted: "My leaving [the group] was anything but amicable, but it's nothing that me having a hit and them having a hit can't fix."

Wishing you were here would be nothing without the harmonies of Carl Wilson and the Boys.

The death of Terry Kath KILLED CHICAGO

Prima Donna from 17 was on the S/T for a movie called Two Of A Kind. They played about 2 seconds of the song in the movie.

Even lead singers need a holiday I heard the band say From each other?😮

Cetera's albums are all great, quite smart to select the people to help him on the writing process, CHICAGO complained with the ballads but that is the only kind of songs they have put out as singles since CETERA left. the problem here was MONEY we know a ballads generally sells better

You know, Peter really peppered his responses with "You know", you know?

Some of the pictures of Peter reminds me of Dale Robertson tales of Wells Fargo 😊

Peter is the GOAT !!!

I like that the entirety of "et cetera" is in his name.

Peter sounded older even back then. At first I thought this was recorded more recently. Glory of Love always seemed like it was meant for Chicago. I saw Chicago at Rupp Arena as a young lad, shortly after Peter left them. They were amazing overall, but when they all jumped at the same time, during the "jump in the air" transition from Hard To Say I'm Sorry, that was pure cringe. People were looking at each other when they did that 😄 BTW, the interviewer put his foot in it at 14:53. I agree it sounds like Chicago, but as Peter stated, a of of their sound (especially their last three albums) were mainly from Peter- as he points out.

It was so childless of him not to attend the rock and roll hall of fame induction ceremony.

I like how peter "retired" but did not make a fuss about iut

Cetera's ego was stronger than Chicago, friendship and time. One song. Poor little ME.

I guess you have to be appreciated and also acknowledged by your fellow band members , being a big Chicago fan I have always acknowledged Peter as big part of Chicago’s success.

I agree with Peter, I Believe from Chicago 18 should've been a hit for them. I still don't know why it wasn't released as a single. Only 2 hits came from that album, there should've been at least 3 ot 4 hits from that album.

He didn't sing lead on "Wishing you were here" Terry Kath did but Peter did sing the bridge section

I wish you were there with Chicago

It was like you wrote, wishing you were here Wishing you were here with Chicago you were good

Really good interview. I heard Peter moved away from Idaho?

Not judging anyone. It’s just fascinating that that this is a 1986 interview and you would think it’s recent based on most of the comments here.

Even James William Guercio had a problem dealing with the narcissism and politics within the group. Last two albums he would have members of Chicago come in to record individually in order to maintain some control over the recording process.

I met Cetera once at a mastering studio where I worked. He came in to master his "World Falling Down" record. I complimented him on a couple of the songs that I really liked and said I liked how they featured cool melodic guitar riffs and how I wasn't expecting that. He got very weirdly defensive, just like he did in this interview with the DJ here, when he mentioned "The Glory of Love" sounding like a trademark Chicago ballad. He said to me "Have you listened to my other albums? I've been writing guitar pop songs all along," I was surprised because I was simply telling him that I liked that style, but he got defensive and a little bit weird about it. He hated people thinking that all he did was those big ballads. Okay, Pete, whatever!! LOL

Truthfully I never bought another Chicago album after Terry died. He was all that kept them from being a pop band. No disrespect to pop music. But I got into Chicago because they were a rock band. Still would see them live for old Terry era stuff. I recall before Peter left reports he felt he was face of Chicago( since he sang on videos) and wanted name change to Peter Cetera and Chicago. My friends and I all agreed beauty of Chicago was no one had ranking over anyone else and this sounded ridiculous. If Peter wanted to do solo album in his free time then fine. But sounds like they needed him to record new album and tour and he wanted them to wait until he did his album and tour. I would have insisted his first obligation was to Chicago recording and touring too. When he died Terry was going to do a solo album and tour. But Chicago was taking a year off from recording and performing. Terry didn't expect everyone to wait on him while he did his thing.

👍 They were all great. The pop stuff not as strong but times changed.

Definitely hit a nerve at 15:00!

Had some problems getting this to play, but got there. This is happening quite often with music- oriented yt videos lately. Just saying...

I like peter cetera his voice on the songs he sang when he was in chicago he wasn't a founding member he was the last guy who joined after terry kath passed he thought he was the leader of chicago and like lee loughnane said theres no lead guy

LIKE MOST BANDS THAT ARE TOGETHER AVERAGE 5 + YEARS , I CAN ONLY IMAGINE AFTER 18 - YEARS WHAT KIND OF TURMOIL WAS BREWING, EGO’S , TIME OFF FOR FAMILIES , PRACTICES , MONEY ISSUES ETC.......NEVER EASY BEING STARS !!! I WENT TO SEE THEM AT A WINERY IN CALIFORNIA AND THEY DID NOT MISS A BEAT , JUST LIKE THE RECORDS , THEY HAVE A BASS PLAYER WHO IS THE LEAD SINGER ( 2017 ) NOT A PETER CETERA , BUT GOOD ITS HARD TO REPLACE AN ORIGINAL , THE. VOICES HAVE TO GEL ...........

big mistake not putting their photos on the covers, kept them all invisible and they didn't each get known to the public individually

Absolutely love the man and I appreciate him sharing his art and talent with the world. But GEEZ Peter! Your ego has it own zip code

he gets the Phil Collins award for leading a band into mediocre boredom

I have to wonder if drugs were a factor in Peter leaving. I've heard that Peter cleaned himself up but some other members did not. Add that to the other factors (wanting recognition, wanting to record rather than tour) and he wanted out.

Talented guy but his solo stuff is CHEESY 🧀

I honestly can't believe that "Glory of Love" even made it to #1. Certainly sounds "canned" with the electronic piano, and the double-recorded vocal saturated with reverb. I'm an old horn player who was a fan of Chicago from the "Transit Authority" days, and played many of their songs, but when Terry Kath was killed, some of the heart and soul of the band died with him. Certainly Peter was a part of that with his bass work, and pulling off all the high vocal parts, but Pankow's power playing and horn arrangements is the element gave them their unique sound, but I always considered Robert Lamm the "leader." Well I don't begrudge Peter from moving on from the group, but compared to Chicago's vintage stuff when Terry was still alive, frankly it's kinda "Is this my floor" boring.

He should have written a song called,Ya Know.

An amazing bassist that stopped playing bass….🤷‍♂️

The interviewer says Peter took Chicago's sound, but it was Peter's sound. Peter created that sound, Chicago had their horns, but that was Peter's unique vocal style that was always his. That interviewer was probably a casual Chicago listener, he's pretty ignorant.

A "dearth" of material to choose from?

his solo career petered out somewhat [sorry, pun intended] but the classics will always remain ... IF YOU LEAVE ME NOW. BABY WHAT A BIG SURPRISE. HARD TO SAY I'M SORRY. GLORY OF LOVE. for me those are the big ones.

Hi Peter Cetera, we miss you in Chicago

Chicago did what many bands have done over the years..They went from what they did in the early years to doing too many ballads.

Shallow

I Couldn't tell you the last solo hit he had.

He as great with Chicago. David Foster messed up that band

Chicago: -1967-1979

15:21 As charming and diplomatic by nature as Pete usually is, you can tell he's really annoyed here.

Cetera's shoes could never be filled, fortunately Jason brought his own,...

Wake up to love and Big Mistake should've been top 40 hits.

Lead singers with ego are not exactly new. Chicago was a democracy so one man standing out was not going to work. The timing of his departure was perfect as he wanted to do his own work and really he had been carrying Chicago for years anyway. He didn't ruin Chicago. The death of Kath and the drugs and mass success ruined them. The other writers Pankow,Lamb, etc were strung out and dry. His voice sold records. We were all so familiar with his tone, styling, and phrasing. Great lead singer. Chicago had an epic run but they were done as far as new material.

great singer and i prefer peter than the chicago time lol !

He did not sing Wishing You Were Here…Terry sang that

Too bad there is a lot of bickering and bad blood between all the members of Chicago. I thought back in the day that Terry didn’t want Peter in the band. Great music through the years.

Peter is very guarded and mostly indifferent about his time in Chicago. He rarely talks about great times in the studio or memorable concerts with the band, it’s a pity he’s like that because everything he recorded from CTA to 17 comes across sounding fantastic, like he was having a really good time and not just there for the pay check.

I totally disagree with he wasn’t recognized. Any real Chicago fan knew what he did. He was always considered an intricate part of the band. Sad it is what it is. Having seen ythem first in 1969 and followed ever since. Such a great band together and apart

Peter has always had a great voice, but what he did at the Rock and Roll Hall of fame to Chicago was inexcusable

Peter rocks hard?!

Peter's contributions with Chicago are a huge part of why Chicago was successful. The best days of Chicago were from late 60s to late 70s. One of my all time favorite groups from that decade. But I have virtually zero interest in the soft ballad and love songs that Peter put out later on. It's mush.

After hearing what an arrogant a... Cetera is, it's likely some of the other band members might not have shed too many tears to be rid of that self-aggrandizing attitude.

Face it, Peter Cetera is a diva, agreed he gave Chicago their signature sound with his foundation in the band of 18 years. Yet as is recalled his solo efforts after were popular only to the early 90s. The dude is an opening act now like Heart or Cheap Trick. His schtick is now suited to small theatres or as a guest star for Michael Buble' or better yet reunite with Chicago.

Peter Cetera should've stopped trying to be Paul McCartney and should've just been Peter Cetera. Nobody can be Paul McCartney but Paul McCartney.

He said, I ruined the band by singing a bunch of sappy ballads!

AFTER Terry was gone not the same.Pete never liked the horn section pleassssssss

Ouch. This was an awkward interview.

doesn't sound like chicago, and anyway the new chicago sound was largely peter

Listening to Cetera was getting on my nerves. His constant use of “ya know” shows his limited vocabulary

I stopped listening to Chicago after the crappy way they treated Danny Seraphine by firing him. They fired him despite a handshake agreement between all the band members when the band was first formed.

The interviewer is horrible

Peter’s ego has ruined Chicago’s relationship in 1985. It was all about him and not Chicago.

Cetera screwed up Chicago with his ballads.

If you think about CTA in '68 and what they sounded like in '78, I'm not surprised Terry shot himself...

I never liked his voice

Peter's solo albums are 10 times better than anything Chicago did after he left.

He was never my favourite singer in the band, anyway. When you got a guy like Robert Lamm who sings like Frank Sinatra and Terry Kath who sings like Ray Charles---Cetera's whiny falsetto is just annoying to me! He was just better off quietly playing bass