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>> our first pictures were in a foundation of a building. and we had suits. you know, we picked up shovels. we were leaning on shovels and stuff. >> i enjoyed playing music. i enjoyed playing in all the groups that i had played in up till then, which were three to four different combinations. but i really enjoyed playing with these guys. you know, it was a whole other animal. >> robert has always been a song writer, ever since i met him. when he joined the band, he had a book of 50 songs. >> i remember meeting him at depaul and he had a notebook this thick full of lyrics. i remember, he said, ...

To his music. you know, we looked up to him. >> terry was already playing stuff that hendrix had on his records. ♪ >> terry could play a rhythm guitar part. a lead guitar part and a lead vocal simultaneously. i never heard anybody that could do that. >> i got to tell you i think in a couple of weeks we are on the road with hendrix. >> we got to see stuff that was driving them. jimi is not happy with the licks he was playing. >> do you have to practice every day like a violinist? if you're not working say you're off in england and, do you keep in shape every day? >> i like to play to myself b...

And everybody is a equal part. >> peter cetera. bobby lamm. danny seraphine on drums. chris kennic on guitar. >> my first day of rehearsing with them i had to go down and hide in the pool house because nobody had told don anybody was out of the band. >> we had auditioned unbeknownst to donny. donny day was late for rehearsal. we finally got a hold of him. what? bullshit. what do you mean? two words, buddy. you're fired. ♪ i thought that you thought ♪ >> you love the shoes. you bought the shoes because you loved them. but they don't feel comfortable. next you've got to get a different pair ...

>> the club owners wanted us to play stuff that people could dance to and then drink. they would make money and, you know, hopefully fill the club. >> we started playing one song called "clouds" and we got fired because we did an original song. he wanted to hear top 40. >> it was exciting. really, we'd gotten the chance to hear what the band sounded like. ♪ i love you so ♪ >> we wore the suits and did the steps. ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the club. we're going to warm it up. >> it was an entirely different attitude toward playing music. >> then eventually, we began to arrange those s...

>> as far as the business i really kept an eye on the business a lot more. things were kind of inequitable. first thing that kind of really resonated with me is here i was living in a 1,000-square-foot rental house in studio city and jimmy's up on a ranch, a 3,000-acre ranch. >> danny was always trying to tell us that we need to take a look at the contrasts, we need to do this. >> let's look at the contracts. we need to start looking at the contracts. >> relax. let them do that stuff. we'll do ours. >> finally got the band to listen and we had the books audited and lo and behold, i mean, the d...