Growing up, my mom's stereo would blast a constant stream of diverse stuff like Dave Brubeck, Vince Guaraldi, and more rocking stuff like Chicago, Blood Sweat and Tears, and Three Dog Night.
Chicago always stood out to me because they had such great songs, but I never appreciated the fact that they had such great singers other than (obviously) Peter Cetera. Robert Lamm had a great voice, but the most "rock" singer was Terry Kath.
I also never appreciated Kath's guitar playing other than his guitar solo in "25 or 6 to 4". I think he was as good, if not better than, Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, and in fact, Kath was Hendrix's favorite guitar player. His playing was still rooted in the blues, but he incorporated a jazzier approach that made him sound (at least to me) more musically intelligent.
Sadly, Kath's life was strife with health issues and drug abuse, and he died by a self-inflicted accidental gunshot to the head.
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