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Peter Paul Cetera (born September 13,1944 in Chicago, Illinois, United States|U.S.) is an American singer, songwriter, bass guitar player and Record producer|producer best known for being an original member of the rock band Chicago (band)|Chicago, before launching a successful solo career.
Early life
Cetera (''pronounced "seh-TARE-uh"'') was born the second of six children to a Polish-American father and a Hungarian American mother on the South Side of Chicago. He first learned to play the accordion when he was five years old. At the age of 14, he bought his first guitar from Sears Department store, after a friend took him to see his first concert.
He eventually took up bass guitar and, after finishing high school, played in several groups in the Chicago area, including a popular local rock band named The Exceptions, which toured the Midwestern United States in the mid 1960s, releasing two albums and several singles.
Tenure in Chicago
In December 1967, Cetera arrived early for a show to watch a band called The Big Thing. Impressed by their use of a horn section combined with rock and roll, Cetera left The Exceptions to join The Big Thing within two weeks.
The Big Thing, which soon changed its name to The Chicago Transit Authority (and eventually shortened it to Chicago (band)|Chicago after complaints by the actual Chicago Transi... read all