Peter Cetera to Headline Cache Creek Show

Chances are you know the voice. He's accompanied many teenagers' prom-night fancies with "You're the Inspiration." He's profoundly pondered "25 or 6 to 4." And he's guided displaced lovers in "Hard Habit to Break." Those hits, and many more, are Peter Cetera's musical legacy. Cetera takes the stage one very special night, Saturday, February 25, in the Club 88 showroom at Cache Creek Casino Resort.

While best known as the longtime front man for Chicago, Cetera has enjoyed equal success as a solo performer. Born September 13, 1944 in the Windy City, Cetera was in a band called the Exceptions when in late 1967 he was recruited by another aspiring group, then called Chicago Transit Authority, to play bass. By the early 1970s, Chicago was among the most popular acts in America, their brand of beefy jazz-rock spawning such major hits as, "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" and "Saturday in the Park," many of them featuring Cetera on vocals.

In 1976 he authored the floating ballad, "If You Leave Me Now," and when it hit number one, most of Chicago's subsequent work followed in the same soft-rock style.

Although the band's fortunes dwindled over the remainder of the decade, in 1982 they returned to the top of the charts with, "Hard to Say I'm Sorry"; several more smashes, including, "Hard Habit to Break" and "You're the Inspiration," were to follow.

While Cetera recorded a solo debut in 1981, he remained with Chicago full-time until 1985. Upon quitting the band, he soon returned to the top of the charts with, "The Glory of Love," the first single from his album Solitude/Solitaire as well as the theme to the film, The Karate Kid Part II; that same year he scored another number one smash, "The Next Time I Fall," a duet with Amy Grant. In 1988's One More Story, Cetera scored with another duet, "After All," this one recorded with Cher.

After a four-year hiatus, he issued World Falling Down, his final release for Warner Bros.; One Clear Voice followed in 1995. In 1997, Cetera released You're the Inspiration, a collection of past hits and new material. Cetera stepped out of the limelight for a few years to enjoy his life and his family, and returned in 2001 with Another Perfect World and 2004 with You Just Gotta Love Christmas.

Peter Cetera plays Cache Creek Casino Resort’s Club 88 on Saturday, February 25 at 8 p.m. Tickets are just $89/$75/$65 and are available through Tickets.com online at tickets.com or by phone (800) 225-2277; or at cachecreek.com and Cache Creek Casino Resort’s guest services desk.

Cache Creek Casino Resort is one of Northern California’s largest casino-resort destinations. Located 40 miles northwest of Sacramento and 80 miles from the San Francisco Bay Area in Brooks, Ca., it features 2,300 slot machines, 120 table games, poker room, four-diamond hotel, nine restaurants, full-service spa, world-class entertainment in a 700-seat indoor concert venue and seasonal 3000-seat outdoor amphitheater, and an 18-hole championship golf course/facility.

For more information, please visit cachecreek.com or call (800) 452-8181.