South California Purples
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Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". "South California Purples" (originally titled "Southern California Purples") is a song written and sung by Robert Lamm for the rock band Chicago and recorded for their debut album Chicago Transit Authority (1969).[1][2][3]
The song quotes the opening line from The Beatles' "I Am the Walrus:"
- "I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together."
A live version appears on 1971's Chicago at Carnegie Hall, lasting over fifteen minutes and on Live VI Decades Live (This Is What We Do), recorded at The Isle Of Wight Festival.
Personnel
- Robert LammTemplate:Sndlead vocals, keyboards
- Terry KathTemplate:Sndguitar, backing vocals
- Peter CeteraTemplate:Sndbass, backing vocals
- Danny SeraphineTemplate:Snddrums, percussion
- Jimmy PankowTemplate:Sndtrombone
- Lee LoughnaneTemplate:Sndtrumpet
- Walt ParazaiderTemplate:Sndtenor saxophone
References
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