Terry Kath was the larger-than-life lead guitarist, vocalist and founding member of Illinois jazz-rockers Chicago. Kath played on the group's early hits 25 or 6 to 4 and Saturday In The Park and blazed a trail on albums such as 1969's Chicago Transit Authority and 71's Chicago III.

Such was Terry Kath's musical prowess that Jimi Hendrix declared him "better than me." However, tragedy struck in January 1978, when he shot himself with a pistol.