Terry Kath

Terry Kath
Terry Kath was the original guitarist for “Chicago Transit Authority” who later shortened their name to just “Chicago”. “Chicago” burst upon the music scene in late 1969 with a double album set which included “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is”,”Beginnings” and a beefed-up version of “I’m A Man”. Thru-out the 70’s they released a slew of FM radio hits such as “25 or 6 to 4″,”Make Me Smile”,”Color My World”, “Saturday In The Park”,”Old Days”,”If You Leave Me Now”,”Brand New Love Affair”,”Harry Truman”, “Feeling Stronger Everyday”,”Just You and Me”, “Baby What a Big Suprise”,”Another Rainy Day In New York City”, “Wishing You Were Here”, “Call On Me” and “I’ve Been Searching So Long”, and the list goes on !. Terry was known to carry firearms and on January 28th, 1978 he picked up his gun held it to his head and said “See, it isn’t loaded” and pulled the trigger. End of story. He was 32 years old