WalrusOct9 wrote:George_g888 wrote:This was taped months before it was aired.
Jason scheff is there... lol...You can even hear is voice doing the background vocals in "Look Away". If you watched it when it aired, they did a segment with the band during rehearsals for this show and Jason scheff was there..
Scheff did tour with them earlier this year but had to leave due to family illness.. he released a statement that can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/jason.scheff/
I didn't know when it was taped, okay. But no mention on the actual Chicago website or the band's social media accounts (which I'm sure gets many more views than individual members' FB pages). I'm really happy for Jeff (the new guy) though, it's a great opportunity for him, and it sounds like he's totally killing it out there. But when you've got a guitarist, bassist, drummer, and two lead singers who had nothing to do with any of the recordings that comprise their setlist...but I guess the audience is just there to hear the hits, no matter who is playing them.
Saw Chicago last night. Top 15 show ever. Seen the band 5-6 times with Scheff (never Cetera though). I wrote the band off after they fired Champlin given Scheff's declining voice and hadn't seen them for probably 8-10 years - my loss. Jeff is killing it in Jason's place, and Lou covers Champlin well while not succumbing to some of the crazy oversinging Champlin did in his later years with the group.
At any rate, Chicago is a unique beast when it comes to talking about bands w/ replacement members. Yeah, you're right, some of the key originals (or at least mainstays) aren't there anymore, but you can't denigrate them too much as a "tribute band" (not that you're necessarily doing that) when Jimmy Pankow, Lee Loughnane, and Robert Lamm are there. You just can't.