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Several young musicians living in Chicago in the 1960's had a dream. They wanted to blend jazz and blues musical styles with rock and roll. They combined their horn playing talents to form the band Chicago Transit Authority in 1967. Chicago's official website tracks the legacy of the band from the early beginnings to the currents status of the band.

The History of the Band Chicago

Seven musicians, Walter Parazaider, Terry Kath, Danny Seraphine, Lee Loughnane, James Pankow, Robert Lamm, and Peter Cetera, created a band in the late 60's that would go on to garner 47 gold and platinum albums. Parazaider, a clarinet and saxophone player at the time, conceived the idea of a rock and roll band with horns.

This was a novel approach as rock bands during this time tended to follow the Beatles' tradition of guitar, bass and drums for their musical sounds. Parazaider teamed up with Kath, a bass player, drummer Seraphine, and horn player, Loughnane, at DePaul University. Parazaider then approached James Pankow, a sophomore trombone player, also at DePaul. The forming band now had three horn players, but they needed someone to play keyboards. They found Robert Lamm, who was then known as "Bobby Charles" of Bobby Charles and the Wanderers. The group began to practice together and called themselves, The Big Thing.

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