Fans were treated to all hits from Chicago\u2019s career spanning two set performance on the return to their hometown at Ravinia for the first of two nights. The band featured original members Robert Lamm on keyboards\/guitar, Lee Loughnane on trumpet, Lee Loughnane on trumpet and Walter Parazaider on woodwinds.<\/p>\n
They started the show with uptempo songs from their early albums, \u201cIntroduction\u201d and \u201cQuestions 67 and 68\u201d from “Chicago Transit Authority<\/strong>” and \u201cDialogue (Part I and II)\u201d from “Chicago V<\/strong>\u201d. The band slowed things down with a ballad, \u201cIf You Leave Me Now\u201d. They did this the rest of the night, inserting power ballads between their earlier rocking material. The upbeat song \u201cAlive Again\u201d from \u201cHot Streets<\/strong>\u201d got the crowd pumped up again before going\u00a0into \u201cWake Up Sunshine\u201d.<\/p>\n Chicago took the crowd on a musical style roller coaster with the Latin percussion styled \u201cCall on Me,\u201d James Pankow\u2019s ballad \u201c(I\u2019ve Been) Searchin’ So Long\u201d and then into the jazz influenced instrumental \u201cMongonucleosis\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cWill You Still Love Me?\u201d gave band members a break as Lou Pardini played it solo on keyboards. Robert was accompanied by a couple bandmates on \u201cAnother Rainy Day in New York City\u201d as was Lou on the pop single \u201cLook Away.\u201d The band reassembled for the six song suite \u201cBallet for a Girl in Buchannon\u201d from \u201cChicago II<\/strong>\u201d. This 12 minute suite contains two of the band\u2019s beloved <\/span>hits, \u201cMake Me Smile” and “Color My World\u201d.<\/p>\n Chicago opened their second set with “Old Days” a powerful rocking song from \u201cChicago VII<\/strong>\u201d. They kept the momentum with \u201c<\/span>Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?\u201d from their first album. Two power ballads, both reaching Number 3 on the pop charts, \u201cHard Habit to Break\u201d and \u201cYou’re the Inspiration\u201d were next in the set. They returned to their brassy, jazz influenced sound with \u201cBeginnings\u201d from their debut album.<\/p>\n The only cover song of the evening, \u201cI’m A Man\u201d by the Spencer Davis Group, featured an awesome drum and percussion solo between Tris Imboden and Walfredo Reyes Jr. I was surprised with the next selection, \u201cStreet Player,\u201d a disco style song from the \u201cChicago 13<\/strong>\u201d album. Chicago then went back to the power ballads with \u201cJust You ‘n’ Me\u201d and \u201cHard to Say I’m Sorry\u201d. They saved their biggest hits for the end of the set with \u201cSaturday in the Park\u201d and \u201cFeelin’ Stronger Every Day\u201d.<\/p>\n The band started their encore with \u201cFree\u201d off of\u00a0\u201cChicago III<\/strong>\u201d. Keith Howland shined on guitar for the final song of the evening \u201c25 or 6 to 4\u201d. He matched the guitar licks of the band\u2019s original guitarist Terry Kath. Overall, it was a great evening of music from one of Chicago\u2019s hometown bands.<\/p>\n Chicago Setlist<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 1. Introduction Intermission<\/p>\n 14. Old Days Encore: Fans were treated to all hits from Chicago\u2019s career spanning two set performance on the return to their hometown at Ravinia for the first of two nights. The band featured […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,20],"tags":[199,74],"class_list":["post-4939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-news","category-reviews","tag-chicago-music-news-live-venue-interviews-reviews","tag-ravinia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n2. Questions 67 & 68
\n3. Dialogue (Part I & II)
\n4. If You Leave Me Now
\n5. Alive Again
\n6. Wake Up Sunshine
\n7. Call on Me
\n8. (I\u2019ve Been) Searchin’ So Long
\n9. Mongonucleosis
\n10. Will You Still Love Me?
\n11. Another Rainy Day in New York City
\n12. Look Away
\n13. Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon
\ni. Make Me Smile
\n\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>ii. So Much to Say, So Much to Give
\n\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>iii. Anxiety’s Moment
\n\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>iv. West Virginia Fantasies
\n\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>v. Colour My World
\n\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>vi. To Be Free
\n\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>vii. Now More Than Ever<\/p>\n
\n15. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
\n16. Hard Habit to Break
\n17. You’re the Inspiration
\n18. Beginnings
\n19. I\u2019m a Man (The Spencer Davis Group cover)
\n20. Street Player
\n21. Just You ‘n’ Me
\n22. Hard to Say I’m Sorry
\n23. Saturday in the Park
\n24. Feelin’ Stronger Every Day<\/p>\n
\n25. Free
\n26. 25 or 6 to 4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"