kap'n krunch
2K Club - QQ Super Nova
Thank you for the history lesson of both bands!!!
The whole BS&T gig sounds like it was one of those unforgettable experiences where you go "what the hell is this???" but wind up liking the group in the end...
The whole "sharing" the same producer would make a strong point to compare them...good producers (I think JWG was one) tend to "extract" the best of the groups they are working with, and they do sound similar , NOT ALL THE TIME, but in many places, and not just because of the brass sections...also , the technology at the time was not very advanced , so recording BS&T and Chicago on an 8 track, you'd have the same limitations, and the same "sound"...
If you have read my previous posts, which I think you haven't and I'll never hold it against you, you'd see that I totally agree with you regarding the highly underrated bass playing skills of Peter Cetera, and the otherwordly guitar of Terry Kath...which makes them more of a ROCK band than BS&T...
You are a very lucky man to have seen them both in their prime!
The whole BS&T gig sounds like it was one of those unforgettable experiences where you go "what the hell is this???" but wind up liking the group in the end...
The whole "sharing" the same producer would make a strong point to compare them...good producers (I think JWG was one) tend to "extract" the best of the groups they are working with, and they do sound similar , NOT ALL THE TIME, but in many places, and not just because of the brass sections...also , the technology at the time was not very advanced , so recording BS&T and Chicago on an 8 track, you'd have the same limitations, and the same "sound"...
If you have read my previous posts, which I think you haven't and I'll never hold it against you, you'd see that I totally agree with you regarding the highly underrated bass playing skills of Peter Cetera, and the otherwordly guitar of Terry Kath...which makes them more of a ROCK band than BS&T...
You are a very lucky man to have seen them both in their prime!