Rehearsal: The Epic Musical Saga

Song For You (1980) Chicago

Song For You (1980) Written by Peter Cetera, Performed by Chicago

"I'm a man that you can count on..."

This is one of Chicago's simplest songs, mainly acoustic guitar and Cetera's voice with a bit of backing. No muss, no fuss, just a quick emotional expression song, not too deep, but real.

Chicago also plays a major role throughout Rehearsal, with a few of their songs having special meaning to the main characters. Their music, in general, is complex and varied, with far more instruments and band members than normal. It's often orchestral with a large sound. It's much like the Rehearsal saga itself: large, varied, with lots of parts, subplots, a ton of characters...

And yet this song is reminiscent of Evan. He's fairly simple and straight-forward. He is what he is. Non-flamboyant. Home-town boy. Business degree. And he's steadfastly loyal, possibly to a fault. Susie often sat and listened to his sitting and playing his acoustic guitar while they were growing up together, and when she catches him doing it still, all these years later, it catches her off-guard and pulls her in, like a reminder of who he is beyond everything else. Her rock and anchor through a sometimes ridiculously stormy sea.


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