For fans of the Chicago Sound

[robb_k]

Here's a '70s sound of Chicago that is typical of "The Chicago Sound" developed by Curtis Mayfield, Carl Davis, Billy Davis, Bill Sheppard, The Leaner Brothers, Calvin Carter, Johnny Pate, Riley Hampton, Marshall Thompson, Eugene Record, Al Smith, Gerald Sims, Monk Higgins, and the rest. It was brought up by Mr. June in another thread. He said, "I think it was a local Chicago record". That brought Stu Bass' comment that "Chicago didn't have a distinctive sound of it's own like Detroit, Memphis, Philadelphia" to mind. And I still have to disagree strongly. You just have to hear the first few bars of THIS song to KNOW it came out of Chicago: