Re: chicago-Kathy

[Guest guest]

Hi Kathy,

My husband and daughter saw Chicago in Dallas. It was his 40th time to see them.

He is a drummer

and Chicago has always been his inspiration. I think that the first time that

his daughter

attended a concert she was 2 and it was to see Chicago.We have met them on

numerous occasions and

they are all very nice to their fans. The guy that was the sound man for Kev's

band traveled with

Chicago for years and that is how we were able to go back stage so many times.

Last time we spoke

with Bill, he had a CD of the Sons of Champlin that he was releasing. (I

actually have that

album). He said that even though he had been with the band over twenty years

some people still

called him the new one. Even if you aren't the biggest fan, if you attend one of

their concerts,

you walk away knowing that you had the chance of lifetime to hear such

accomplished musicians.

They always do something to keep their show fresh..I loved it when they had a

student from the

arts academy play in the brass section with them. One summer they had the stage

lit up with a

plastic snowman...in Dallas in the middle of a heat wave and they played some of

the cuts from

their Christmas album. Another year, they each took the stage alone with just

their instrument...I

really enjoyed that one.

I am glad that you had such a wonderful evening! We all deserve a little fun to

mixed in with all

that we deal with daily.

Iris

--- kringlemom@... wrote:

> as many of you know i attended the earth wind & fire and the band chicago

> concert this weekend. it was great. we parked right up front. out seats were

> about 30 rows back. we signed up at wjmk 104.3 station, they took our picture

and

> it is supposed to be on the web page later this week. we bought t-shirts to

> help save demon dogs. it is the hot dog place they hung out as high school

> students. it allowed us to go to the hospitality tent where the bands

eventually

> showed up. i met bill champlin, i told him i liked the show and thought he had

> more fun than we do at work. he says he figures he play for free. they pay him

> to get on the bus, photographs, band meetings and band fights. i met robert

> lamm. (he is so handsome!!! and tall!!!) we just said hi and he was pulled

away

> for pictures. i met walt parazaider. told him i always looked up to him as a

> flute player. (another one so tall!! i felt really short!!) then finally i met

> jimmy pankow. i gave him a hug, told him i loved him!!!! we made an isle

> between miry and me so when they left we'd get a chance to see, touch whatever

and

> one of the earth wind and fire guys came up and said he liked my button. it

> was a chicago button that lit up. then he kissed me!!! we watched all the

> excitement for awhile. then we decided to leave so i went back to jimmy pankow

(with

> a push from miry!!) and said we were going to go and i needed to give him

> another hug. so we are hugging and miry tells him i am his biggest fan and

talk

> about him every day. it was such a perfect night. we got home about 2 am and

it

> was probably a night i will never forget. my voice is gone, my feet hurt and

> my hip is out of place. but definatly worth all. kathy in il

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

thanks, that is really cool iris. yes i had been so afraid to try. i am glad

i finally got out. i made it through 6 hrs of work. my boss, who went with me

kept telling me i'd better be there monday. guess who called in sick today!!

kathy in il