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A good horn band is a great thing, that's what I liked about the brief "swing" revival we had a few years ago.  And Dude, what the heck happened to Chicago of the 80s?  They were great in the 70s but in the 80s total crap.
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Well, to start with, Terry Kath {one of the greatest, underrated guitarists in rock history (in the opinion of, among others, Jimmi Hendrix)} died a mysterious death, and his rock influence gave way to the more ballad oriented flavor of James Pankow, et al. And, as much as it hurts those of us who remember "I'm A Man", "South California Purples", "25 or 6 to 4", etc., etc., etc., they did become wildly popular during the 80's, and wrote some classic ballads.

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Well, to start with, Terry Kath {one of the greatest, underrated guitarists in rock history (in the opinion of, among others, Jimmi Hendrix)} died a mysterious death, and his rock influence gave way to the more ballad oriented flavor of James Pankow, et al. And, as much as it hurts those of us who remember "I'm A Man", "South California Purples", "25 or 6 to 4", etc., etc., etc., they did become wildly popular during the 80's, and wrote some classic ballads.
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Thanks for the answer, I  hit my HS years 80-84 so I wasn't into the ballad scene of the time.  Chicago was a much better band with Terry Kath.  Matter of fact, I'm gonna do a google of him and see what was up.

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Well, to start with, Terry Kath {one of the greatest, underrated guitarists in rock history (in the opinion of, among others, Jimmi Hendrix)} died a mysterious death, and his rock influence gave way to the more ballad oriented flavor of James Pankow, et al. And, as much as it hurts those of us who remember "I'm A Man", "South California Purples", "25 or 6 to 4", etc., etc., etc., they did become wildly popular during the 80's, and wrote some classic ballads.
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I hear you.  Early Chicago stuff totally rocked.  That Jazz-Rock fusion sound they had was awesome.  But when Terry Kath passed  (I still cant believe he stupidly blew his brains out playing Russian Roulette  ??? ) the real Chicago essentially died with him.  After that all they could seem to come up with were crappy prom ballads with Peter Cetera singing high lead.  UUgghhh Cetera always annoyed the crap out of me.  

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I can't believe nobody has said..................

Average White Band...

Definitely my favorite horny band from the 70's...
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I loved "Pick Up The Pieces,"Cut The Cake"and some others..... ;D

Howard

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has anybody ever heard of MURPHYS LAW ? i seen them in manhattan, on holloween in 1988
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Oh yeah!  I saw them play at CBGB's & here in DC a few times back in my days of punk-rock angst.  Good band  8)

Modified to Add:  Just wondering why you are posting about Murphy's Law here?  ???

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Oh yeah!  I saw them play at CBGB's & here in DC a few times back in my days of punk-rock angst.  Good band  8)

Modified to Add:  Just wondering why you are posting about Murphy's Law here?  ???
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   i`m not sure about their first album, but they used horns on their second---back with a bong. the only one i still have is their first, i`ll have to listen to it.