DON'T SHOOT ME...Robert Lamm


     The band Chicago has always boasted multiple singer/songwriters - that's one reason they've been able to generate so many memorable hits during their career.But the man most responsible for the songs that put the group on the map is keyboardist/vocalist Robert Lamm,who wrote such classics as 'Beginnings','Saturday In The Park' and 'Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?'.
     Brooklyn-born Lamm relocated in Chicago as a teen,where he studied classical music while also playing in bands.'By the time Chicago formed,i was a total Beatles kid',he recalls,'Before that,i'd played electric piano in R&B bands'.These influences were front-and-center on Chicago's early albums,which included ambitious programmatic suites,R&B flavored vocalizing and hard-driving rockers like Lamm's own '25 or 6 to 4'.
     But the band's style changed,as did musical fashion.After 10 or so albums,Chicago veered away from its prog roots in favor of smooth power ballads,often written and produced by David Foster and sung by bassist Peter Cetera.Lamm gradually receded into a supporting role.
     Lamm created four solo albums.While they've never sold as astronomically as some Chicago's discs,they are beloved by many of the group's fans,some of whom insist the Lamm records are closer to the original sound and spirit of Chicago than many of the group's own releases.

Chicago II

Columbia,1970

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