In all our life histories, there are many
nostalgic memories involving music.
Colour My World was formed, in part, to make
audiences remember the true impact that one of the best
American bands had on the world of music.
In 1967, Walter Parazaider, a classical clarinet
player and sax sideliner, gathered a few of his college
mates, Lee Loughnane (trumpet), James Pankow(trombone) and
band-mates Danny Seraphine (drums) and Terry Kath (guitar),
together to discuss forming a “different” kind
of rock band featuring an integrated horn section as an
interwoven part of the music.
In 1968, the new band came out as “The Big Thing”,
to be joined later by Robert Lamm, followed by bassist Peter
Cetera. Producer Jimmy Guercio realized the "unusual"
band's great potential and bankrolled them with his own
money, renaming them “Chicago Transit Authority”.
He moved them to Los Angeles in the summer of 1968.
Guercio presented the band to Clive Davis (CBS records)
and, in 1969, they put out their first album, appropriately
titled “Chicago Transit Authority”. At the time,
the Mayor of Chicago didn’t particularly like the
band naming themselves after his city. After their first
few hits, he changed his position.
Chicago is now an American icon and treasure. Colour My
World is proud and privileged to be a tribute to this great
band and their contribution to American music. Instead of
reinterpreting Chicago's music, Colour My World's ambition
is to simply capture the true essence of what so many fans
remember from the original recordings, and allow them, for
a time, to relive their past.
Colour My World takes great pride in presenting an entirely
"live" show, free of prerecorded tracks, tapes
or enhancements of any kind. The founding members spent
fourteen months searching the world for enthusiastic and
talented musicians who were properly suited to the demanding
endeavor which is the music of "Chicago".
Songs
• Beginnings
• You're the Inspiration
• Saturday In the Park
• Does Anybody Know What Time It Is
• 25 or 6 to 4
• Dialogue Part 1 and 2
• Just You and Me
• Wishing You Were Here
• Make Me Smile
• Hard to Say I'm Sorry
• If You Leave Me Now
• (I've Been) Searching So Long
• Colour My World
• Hard Habit to Break
• Old Days
• Introduction
• Feeling Stronger Every Day
• Free
• Question 67 and 68
• I'm a Man
• Call on Me
And Many More...........
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