Editing Chicago (band) (section)

==== Death of Terry Kath and transition ====
The year 1978 began with a split with Guercio.<ref name= Ruhlmannp7 /> Chicago had recorded its last five studio albums ''Chicago VI'', ''VII'', ''VIII'', ''X'', and ''XI,''<ref name="Ruhlmannp6">{{cite AV media notes|title=Chicago Group Portrait (Box Set)|year=1991|url=http://aln3.albumlinernotes.com/Chicago_Box_Set_-_Page_6.html|page=6|access-date=October 15, 2016|first=William James|last=Ruhlmann|format=CD booklet archived online|publisher=Columbia Records|location=New York City, NY|quote=the sixth, seventh, eighth, tenth and eleventh albums were done up at Caribou Ranch|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313205646/http://aln3.albumlinernotes.com/Chicago_Box_Set_-_Page_6.html|archive-date=March 13, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> and had made two television specials at Guercio's Caribou Ranch. In later years, band members cited Guercio's purchase of Caribou Ranch, more particularly their realization that Guercio had enough money to purchase Caribou Ranch, as a contributing factor to their disillusionment with him as a producer. They felt he had taken advantage of them financially.<ref name="Seraphine" />{{rp|131}}<ref>{{cite AV media | people=Pardini, Peter (Director) |year=2016 | title=Now More Than Ever: The History of Chicago |medium=Documentary film |time=Part VII: I'd Rather Be Rich | location=USA | publisher=Chicago }}</ref> Then on January 23 of that same year, Kath died of an accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound from a gun he thought was unloaded.<ref name= Ruhlmannp8>{{cite AV media notes|title=Chicago Group Portrait (Box Set)|year=1991|url=http://aln3.albumlinernotes.com/Chicago_Box_Set_-_Page_8.html|page=8|access-date=February 9, 2017|first=William James|last=Ruhlmann|format=CD booklet archived online|publisher=Columbia Records|location=New York City, NY|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116085147/http://aln3.albumlinernotes.com/Chicago_Box_Set_-_Page_8.html|archive-date=January 16, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/terry-kath-strange-rock-deaths/|title=Terry Kath--Accidentally Shot Himself|date=November 2, 2012 |publisher=Ultimateclassicrock.com|access-date=December 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222161230/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/terry-kath-strange-rock-deaths/|archive-date=December 22, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Doc Severinsen]], who was the bandleader for ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]'' at the time and a friend of the group, visited them after Kath's funeral and encouraged them to continue. According to writer Jim Jerome, the visit "snapped them back" and helped them make the decision to carry on.<ref name=People1978>Jerome, Jim (October 16, 1978). [http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20071963,00.html "Chicago's 'Alive Again{{'"}}] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427222113/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20071963,00.html |date=April 27, 2016}}. ''[[People Weekly]]''. Retrieved February 9, 2017.</ref>

After auditioning over 30 potential replacements for Kath, Chicago decided upon guitarist and singer-songwriter [[Donnie Dacus]].<ref name=People1978 /><ref name= Ruhlmannp8 /> While filming for the musical ''[[Hair (movie)|Hair]]'', he joined the band in April 1978 just in time to record the ''[[Hot Streets]]'' album.<ref name=People1978 /> Its energetic lead-off single, "[[Alive Again (Chicago song)|Alive Again]]", brought Chicago back to the Top 15;<ref name=BBChicagoHot100 /> Pankow wrote it "originally as a love song but ultimately as recognition of Kath's guiding spirit shining down from above".<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=The Box |title-link=The Box (Chicago album) |author=Chicago |year=2003 |publisher=[[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino Records]]}}</ref>

The 1978 album ''Hot Streets'' was produced by [[Phil Ramone]].<ref name=People1978 /><ref name= Ruhlmannp8 /> It was Chicago's first album with a title rather than a number; and was the band's first LP to have a picture of the band (shot by photographer [[Norman Seeff]])<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title= Hot Streets|year= 1978|url= http://aln2.albumlinernotes.com/Hot_Streets.html|access-date= February 9, 2017|format= album liner notes archived online|publisher= Columbia Records|location= New York City, NY|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080602/http://aln2.albumlinernotes.com/Hot_Streets.html|archive-date= February 11, 2017|url-status=live|df= mdy-all}}</ref> featured prominently on the cover (with the ubiquitous logo downsized).<ref name=People1978 /><ref name= Ruhlmannp8 /> These two moves were seen by many as indications that the band had changed following Kath's death.<ref name=People1978 /> To a degree, the band returned to the old naming scheme on its subsequent releases, although most titles now bore [[Arabic numerals]] rather than Roman numerals. ''Hot Streets'', the band's 12th album, peaked at No. 12 on the [[Billboard charts|''Billboard'' charts]];<ref name= "Chicago Billboard 200" /> it was Chicago's first release since their debut to fail to make the Top 10. According to Jeff Giles, "Although Chicago quickly soldiered on [after Kath's death], releasing their ''Hot Streets'' album with new guitarist Donnie Dacus that October, it was impossible not to notice the loss of momentum."<ref name=":10" /> The release also marked a move somewhat away from the jazz-rock direction favored by Kath and towards more pop songs and ballads. Dacus stayed with the band through the 1979 album ''[[Chicago 13]]'',<ref name= Ruhlmannp8 /> and is also featured in a promotional video on the DVD included in the [[Rhino Records]] Chicago box set from 2003. Again produced by Ramone, it was the group's first studio album not to contain a Top 40 hit. Dacus departed from the band following the conclusion of the concert tour in support of ''Chicago 13'', in 1980.<ref name="Sweet home Chicago">{{Cite news|url=http://www.cleburnetimesreview.com/news/sweet-home-chicago/article_4eb8638c-f2d4-11e5-b4d6-fb882c3cae3a.html|title=Sweet home Chicago|last=Smith|first=Matt|date=March 26, 2016|work=[[Cleburne Times-Review]]|access-date=July 15, 2018|publisher=Kay Helms|location=Cleburne, Texas, U.S.A.|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116050138/https://www.cleburnetimesreview.com/news/sweet-home-chicago/article_4eb8638c-f2d4-11e5-b4d6-fb882c3cae3a.html|archive-date=November 16, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>