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    Feed Me - Music Trivia for the Soul (Chicago, Ventures, Marty Robbins & more)
    Feed Me - Music Trivia for the Soul (Chicago, Ventures, Marty Robbins & more)
    Feed Me - Music Trivia for the Soul (Chicago, Ventures, Marty Robbins & more)
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    Feed Me - Music Trivia for the Soul (Chicago, Ventures, Marty Robbins & more)

    By Melody Rose

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    Discover interesting facts about Chicago, the Beatles (with producer George Martin), the Ventures, Marty Robbins, Brenda Lee and more. Learn about song origins in respect to family, environment, and time period.

    This is the 6th book in Melody Rose's Music Trivia Series. Feed Me investigates rockabilly and country origins that segued into rock 'n roll. Includes photos, song and album titles.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMelody Rose
    Release dateNov 22, 2010
    ISBN9781452328690
    Feed Me - Music Trivia for the Soul (Chicago, Ventures, Marty Robbins & more)
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    Melody Rose

    Melody Rose, musician and author has written a series of six music trivia books about songs, songwriters and musicians. She investigates the social, political and personal life of an artist to shed new light on the creation of a song through lyric, beat and melody. Melody Rose is a native of Santa Clara Valley (Silicon Valley) and enjoys music, art, nature and history.

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      Feed Me - Music Trivia for the Soul (Chicago, Ventures, Marty Robbins & more) - Melody Rose

      FEED ME (Music Trivia for the Soul)

      Published By Melody Rose at Smashwords

      Copyright 2010 Melody Rose

      Enjoy reading about Chicago (the faceless horn-rock group), George Martin (the genius behind the Beatles), Billy J. Kramer, Brenda Lee, The Ventures, Marty Robbins and his gunfighter ballads and more artists from the ‘50’s, ‘60’s and ‘70’s.

      To Denny and Steve, who inspired and shared their love of music. Enjoy the sixth book of my music trivia series. Melody Rose

      Table of Contents:

      Chapter 1 – Q: Beginnings, A: Saturday In The Park

      Chapter 2 – Q: Wishin’ You Were Here, A: If You Leave Me Now

      Chapter 3 – Q: Little Children, A: Twelfth Of Never

      Chapter 4 – Q: Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport, A: Alfie

      Chapter 5 – Q: Love Me Do, A: Please Please Me

      Chapter 6 – Q: Easier Said Than Done, A: A Walkin’ Miracle

      Chapter 7 – Q: Sweet Nothin’s, A: Per Tutta La Vita (I Want To Be Wanted)

      Chapter 8 – Q: I’m Sorry, A: Emotions

      Chapter 9 – Q: If I Didn’t Care, A: The Gipsy

      Chapter 10 – Q: Bop-A-Lina, A: Three Hearts Later

      Robert Lamm(guitar), Walt Parazaider(sax), James Pankow(trombone): CHICAGO

      Chapter 1 – Q: Beginnings, A: Saturday In The Park

      1. How many members are in the group, Chicago?

      1a. There are 9 members in the band Chicago as of the millennium..

      2. How was Chicago different from other rock groups of the late ‘60’s?

      2a. Chicago played the latest rock songs from Hendricks, the Beatles and others, but arranged the songs around their horn section.

      3. Name the original Chicago lineup.

      3a. There were seven members in the original Chicago lineup: Walt Parazaider on woodwinds and tenor sax, Lee Loughnane on trumpet, James Pankow on trombone, Danny Seraphine on drums, Terry Kath on guitar and vocals, Rob Lamm on keyboard and vocals and Peter Cetera on bass guitar and vocals.

      4. How did Walt Parazaider’s father influence his love of music?

      4a. Walt Parazaider was born in 1945. His father played with Woody Herman’s Big Band in the forties. Walt began playing clarinet at age eleven. He studied with a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and had hopes of playing with them.

      5. What band did Walt Parazaider join before Chicago?

      5a. Walt was part of a group called The Missing Links. Terry Kath and Danny Seraphine were also in the band.

      6. How did Lee Loughnane’s father influence his love of music?

      6a. Lee Loughnane’s father was a bandleader in the the U.S. Army Air Force Band during WWII. His father played trumpet during the swing era. Mr. Loughnane gave up music when he returned from the war. Many band members who were drafted used drugs to escape the front. Lee inherited his dad’s love for the trumpet and decided to make music his career.

      7. What band did Lee Loughnane join before Chicago?

      7a. Lee Loughnane joined an Irish band with a horn section called the Shannon Shaw Band. It consisted of a trumpet, trombone and a tenor sax, much like Chicago would have in it’s future lineup. Lee also played trumpet with Ross and the Majestics. He met Terry Kath and jammed with Terry, Danny, and Walt as the Missing Links. Lee decided not to pursue a career in teaching but music.

      8. What University did James Pankow (trombonist) attend?

      8a. James Pankow was a sophomore transfer student at DePaul University in Chicago in 1966. Walt noticed James’ talent for trombone and asked him to join a new group, i.e. Chicago. James decided to give it a try.

      9. What was Terry Kath’s first band?

      9a. The Mystics was the first band Terry joined. He left The Mystics to join Dick Clark’s Tour as bassist.

      10. What group influenced the evolution of Chicago?

      10a. The Missing Links was a Chicago group with Terry Kath, Walt Parazaider and others. Danny Seraphine and Lee Loughnane were invited to sit in with the group. This was the beginning of a new group with horns.

      11. What did Chicago call themselves before hitting it big?

      11a. Chicago had two names before hitting it big: 1)The Music Foundation, and 2)The Big Thing. Chicago Transit Authority was the third name chosen by manager Jimmy Guercio. Jimmy hoped for success from a Midwest or Chicago band, rather than a New York or Los Angeles group. The group was named after the transit system in the city of Chicago: Chicago Transit Authority.

      12. How did Chicago meet it’s first producer, Jim Guercio?

      12a. Jimmy Guercio was Chicago’s first producer. Jimmy was a friend of Walt Parazaider and Terry Kath. Terry’s first band, The Mystics had shared management with The Buckinghams. They also used Jimmy Guercio as record producer.

      13. How did early Chicago recruit Robert Lamm?

      13a. Bobby Charles and the Wanderers (Robert Lamm) was playing in a Southside Chicago jazz club when some of the Missing Links spotted him. They needed a keyboard player and Bobby seemed perfect. He played songs by ear and wrote his own tunes. Bobby accepted their invitation to join the new group with horns. Robert Lamm (Bobby) was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1944. His parents were avid jazz record collectors and he grew up listening to the records. His mother remarried and moved to Chicago when he was fifteen. Ray Charles influenced Bobby who studied jazz piano at Roosevelt University.

      14. What was Peter Cetera’s musical background?

      14a. Peter Cetera was born in 1944. He was half Polish and learned the accordion to play polkas at family gatherings. Peter learned bass guitar in high school and played at dances. He joined the band Exceptions and played with them for five years through college.

      15. How did Peter Cetera’s voice provide great harmonies for Chicago?

      15a. Peter Cetera sang high tenor and could hit notes most males can’t reach. His voice blended beautifully with Terry Kath and Robert Lamm. Their three voices together could mimic the horn section harmonies. This would be another avenue to explore for the new group.

      16. What three positive traits kept Chicago together?

      16a. Dedication, brotherhood and respect have kept the member of Chicago together for over forty years.

      17. How did Danny Seraphine get involved with the new horn group?

      17a. Danny Seraphine met and played with the Missing Links as their drummer. He started playing drums at age nine and was performing by age twelve. He studied with Bob Tilles of DePaul University in Chicago. Danny was influenced by Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich and others. He learned many styles including Swing, Jazz and Rock. Danny puts a little of each into his own unique style of drumming.

      18. Why did the band move to Los Angeles in 1968?

      18a. The music scene had dried up in Chicago for the new horn rock group. Chicago needed a different venue and Los Angeles was the major recording capitol of the U.S..

      19. Who became Chicago’s manager?

      19a. Jim Guercio became Chicago’s manager in 1968. He was a local, independent producer who had worked with the Buckinghams. He suggested they move to Los Angeles in 1968 to try for a recording contract. He rented the group a two bedroom house in L.A. while they practiced, wrote songs and waited to record.

      20. What happened to the Buckinghams with Jim Guercio as manager?

      20a. The Buckinghams had several local hits before connecting with Jim Guercio. He signed them to Columbia Records and in 1967 they had a national hit with, Kind Of A Drag. They recorded several songs that charted and started their rise to fame when they were dropped because of a drug bust.

      21. What other group wanted Jim Guercio as manager?

      21a. Blood, Sweat and Tears wanted Jim Guercio as manager but he was busy with his new discovery, Chicago. He put Chicago on hold in L.A. while he went to New York to produce BS&T’s second album.

      22. Why did Blood, Sweat and Tears need a new sound?

      22a. Blood, Sweat and Tears had put out their first album called Child Is Father To Man. It achieved moderate success with Al Kooper as the lead singer. David Clayton-Thomas stepped in as

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