The Tragic Real-Life Story Of Chicago

A fatal game of Russian roulette, on-stage deaths, and a high-speed motorcycle crash are just a few of the tragedies that have haunted the members of Chicago.

#Chicago #Bands #Musicians

Terry Kath's accidental death | 0:00
Walt Parazaider's health struggles | 1:10
Bill Champlin lost his son | 2:04
Laudir de Oliveira died onstage | 3:05
Keith Howland's broken arm | 4:00
Peter Cetera's near-death experience | 4:58
Jason Scheff's substance abuse battle | 5:55

[karenkershaw]

Great band. I miss the old days of great music.

[lancehurley]

Wrong…terry Kath wasn’t playing Russian roulette….

[jimhsix]

0:56 that's a picture of Robert Lamm you are using while talking about Terry Kath dying at age 32.

[alc.]

A story about Chicago without a mention of Robert Lamn? Impossible.

[WailinMusic]

Ya - I played / lived with the two younger Cetera Brothers in the 70's. Our band heard about Terry as soon as it happened. We were also a rock band with a good horn section - it was shocking & tragic. He was the after burner of Chicago..

[ChicagoWalt]

They really need to recheck their facts

[sallykohorst]

Yes great band with great songs! I have their greatest hits.

[lamarravery]

Sorry to hear about Keith's accident. He was their best guitarist after Kath. He had a long ride though. And I never heard of Jason's drinking problem, glad he nipped it in the bud, Jason's a pretty awesome dude.

[Txdcblues]

Thanks for making this! Taught me things I didn’t even know!

[lawrencenjawe]

One of America's standard bearers and flagship bands in the history of Rock music.. Absolutely no doubt about that...

[DemskePaul]

Most of the band went through their phase of substance abuse at one time or another. I wasn't aware about Walt and Keith's situation. Keith was the best guitarist to channel Kath. I don't recognize but 2 members of the band any longer, but as Lamm once said, EVERYBODY in this band is replaceable. Danny is doing great justice to Chicago with California Transit Authority and he still has his unmistakable chops. Perhaps we'll get to see more autobiographies from surviving members in the future.

[katarinakrnjevic]

Great band Peter Centera is such underrated vocalist.

[susielong]

Love this band...even have one of THE 8 TRACKS from my early teens. I did lighting production for them in 1991 in a club in Lancaster Pa and got them to sign it!!!! ✌️😎✌️ ROCK ON 🎶🎶🎶🎶

[anchmcle]

So love and miss Keith, wish him so best. He makes it look so effortless while sounding so incredible.

[helentalia]

I saw my home city Chicago band this Wednesday, August 16. 2023 in Prescott Valley, Arizona and let me say they were dynamite 🎺

[mikeivey]

Kath was the man at least in the early days. Sort of lost interest in them when he passed. Cetera leaving was another devastating blow.

[jefflafond]

The second tragedy David Foster getting involved.

[ricardojrmotos]

I was laughing so hard during the part of the video that tells the tragic story of Walter Parazaider, the original sax player of Chicago but showing a video clip and photos of the new saxophonist instead. This is so wrong and misleading.

[waltersimmons]

They talk about Walter Parazaider but those pictures most of them are definitely not Walter Parazaider. When people rush putting a bio together, somehow they get sloppy and messed them up.

[mirandak]

You show pictures of Bill Champlin in the late 80s when he was the main lead singer of their hits, when discussing Jason Sheff, who was the other lead singer at that time. The super long mullet with the gown & glove dressed girls is Bill, not Jeff.