Chicago & Earth, Wind and Fire The Heart & Soul Tour 2024 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion August 24, 2024 Chicago was not the first major rock band to play with a prominent horn section—that would be Blood, Sweat and Tears. And Earth, Wind and Fire was hardly the first R&B/funk/rock...
Chicago was not the first major rock band to play with a prominent horn section—that would be Blood, Sweat and Tears. And Earth, Wind and Fire was hardly the first R&B/funk/rock band to toot away—Sly & the Family Stone and any number of James Brown’s tight-knit units were there first.
Longtime fans probably noticed that Lamm ceded most of the evening’s actual keyboard duties to Loren Gold and an unidentified 11th man. Adding to that was when Lamm was behind the instrument, his vocal mike was set at a low level, making it difficult to hear him sometimes. Though it was louder for fan favorite “Saturday in the Park” toward main set’s end.and deeper cuts got the full “Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon” Suite, it’s most notable portion “Make Me Smile.
Now, those duties have been split between Eric Baines and Neil Donnell . Unfortunately, to these ears, much of the material Donnell was in charge of spearheading like “If You Leave Me Now,” “Hard to Say I’m Sorry,” and “Old Days” was with a voice that was mostly thin, straining, unexpressive, and short of breadth. Only on “You’re the Inspiration” did Donnell truly acquit himself well.
Dimitrijevic—the sole Caucasian in the group with closely-cropped white hair—unwittingly brought to mind Heaven’s Gate cult leader Marshall Applewhite in his EWF tunic. of “September” the audience could rightly think it was time to go home after two full shows. But the interesting part was still to come.In a nearly 30-minute encore, both bands came together on the stage at once for a six-song set that traded off each other’s material.
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