Chicago founder Lee Loughnane on 55 years of making music

Meet Lee Loughnane, founding member of the band Chicago who shares details about the band’s 38th studio album release – Born For This Moment as well as their most recent tour. 

Lee reflects on the band’s success over the years, including their 100 million in record sales, 21 top 10 singles, and 11 number one hits and discusses how the band has managed to stay together and remain relevant for over 50 years.

The trumpet player tells us how music always came first in his life from the time he learned to speak. His dad had been a trumpet player and had a collection of big band records from the thirties and forties that influenced him heavily. Leigh loves his instrument and chats about his father had tried to discourage him from becoming a musician, how his dad reacted when he went against his advice, and how his wives and children have reacted to his being on the road every single year for the last 55 years.

Lee also laments the loss of founding member and guitarist Terry Kath, who died in 1970 and tells us how that it’s the passion for the music that has kept the band together and playing for audiences right around the world for more than half a century.

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