What Original Members Of Chicago Are Still In The Band

And four of the six surviving founding members major songwriters lamm and pankow plus loughnane and parazaider remain to this day providing continuity while bill champlin has put in over 25 years with the band jason scheff over 20 tris imboden over 15 and keith howland has logged over 13. Chicago was formed under the name the big thing on february 15 1967 with the original lineup comprising guitarist and vocalist terry kath keyboardist and vocalist robert lamm drummer danny seraphine saxophonist walter parazaider trumpeter lee loughnane and trombonist james pankow. The self described rock and roll band with horns blended elements of classical music jazz r b and pop music they began writing songs with politically charged lyrics and later moved to a softer sound generating several hit ballads.