Chicago - Jazz / Rock band

[dms1972]

Peter Cereta was lead singer for a good while, then Jason Scheff took over around 1986

Not familiar with that much of their album material,

They had a some big hits in the 1980s. Eg. You're the Inspiration, Hard to say I'm sorry, Will you still love me.

Thoughts on the band?

 

[Bradskii]

Peter Cereta was lead singer for a good while, then Jason Scheff took over around 1986

Not familiar with that much of their album material,

They had a some big hits in the 1980s. Eg. You're the Inspiration, Hard to say I'm sorry, Will you still love me.

Thoughts on the band?

Your thread caught my eye. And I simply had to link to this Ukrainian band who do covers. They are...outstanding!

 

[Richard T]

Peter Cereta was lead singer for a good while, then Jason Scheff took over around 1986

Not familiar with that much of their album material,

They had a some big hits in the 1980s. Eg. You're the Inspiration, Hard to say I'm sorry, Will you still love me.

Thoughts on the band?

Chicago had a good sound. They used horns and more instruments than most, even a trombone which was highly unusual for a rock band. "25 or 6 to 1" was the hit I remembered without looking it up. "Saturday in the Park" and "if I leave you now" too, are ones I could hum now.
I saw them in concert once around 1982, and they put on an excellent show.

 

[dms1972]

Jason Scheff has similiar vocal style and pitch to Petera Cereta, but not the same distinctive vocals obviously, that make Peter Cereta recognisable. I wonder if they deliberately wanted to replace him with someone who sounded almost the same which (if it was the the case) would not be a good idea as Cereta's distinctive vocal style came due to being in hospital with his jaw wired for a number of months earlier in his life, and you want your lead vocalist to have or develop his own style, not imitate the former lead singer.