Kansas

[Woogyman]

Anyone here like or heard of the rock band Kansas?
I think there amazing, i love the song "Carry On my Wayward Son" (you can watch the live version to it on my cf profile).

 

[radhead]

That's a great song. One of the members later became a solo Christian artist.

 

[Citanul]

One of the members later became a solo Christian artist.

That's right - Kerry Livgren, guitarist and main songwriter became a Christian (along with bass player Dave Hope) in the late 70s. The albums that followed his conversion (Audio Visions, Vinyl Confessions and Drastic Measures). Vinyl Confessions also saw John Elefante (who would later have a lot of success producing Christian rock bands together with his brother Dino) take over the vocal duties.

Livgren went on to have a solo career, releasing albums either under his name or as part of the band AD. He was the primary (possibly even the only) songwriter for AD, so I don't know how much difference there is stylistically between the AD albums and the Kerry Livgren albums.

Most recently Livgren has been working with the band Proto-Kaw, which is made up of musicians who were members of Kansas in the early days (before they actually released anything).

 

[Woogyman]

That's a great song. One of the members later became a solo Christian artist.

Awesome.

 

[moogoob]

Anyone who hasn't heard "Carry on my Wayward Son" lives under a rock.

But seriously, I love playing that song in Guitar Hero II. It's my favourite encore.

 

[AmericanAngel]

You have good taste Woogyman!
I listened to them when I was your age.....a lifetime ago... Dust in the wind

 

[Gamezilla]

Anyone here like or heard of the rock band Kansas?
I think there amazing, i love the song "Carry On my Wayward Son" (you can watch the live version to it on my cf profile).

Yea, and their guitarist is big Christian producer now. Kansas was an awesome band.

 

[Woogyman]

Does he have an website?

 

[radhead]

He also did the soundtrack for a really cool DVD of animation/graphics called...

Odyssey Series: Into the Mind's Eye. Volume 3 (1996).

 

[Woogyman]

Cool! I hope one day Kansas will tour in the UK

 

[Citanul]

Does he have an website?

http://www.numavox.com/

 

[Jadis40]

Wayward Son is by far their most famous song, along with Dust in the Wind.

Many summers ago I had the opportunity to see them live. It was a good concert.

 

[Woogyman]

http://www.numavox.com/

Thanx

Many summers ago I had the opportunity to see them live. It was a good concert.

Awesome, how was it?

 

[Buckeye]

Point of Know Return was one of the first few albums I bought when I started buying musice. Kansas (along with ELO) were pretty groundbreaking--mixing rock with classical. They were a great live band too, I was fortunate to see them on the Point of Know Return tour.

Guitar Hero II is about the biggest waste of time ever but there are some great old songs on it that some kids would never hear otherwise.

 

[Woogyman]

It werent long ago i started to listen to Kansas. I was watching "Supernatural" and the song "Carry On my wayward son" was used for an season finale and i looked it up and i really liked their songs.

 

[Dondi]

My favorite Kansas tune is Song for America.

 

[monkeypsycho62]

The title is just "Carry On Wayward Son." No "my."

Sorry, but it ticks me off for some reason.

 

[Woogyman]

Sorry

 

[thenewageriseth]

Don't they do that song "Dust In The Wind"? Great song.

 

[Dondi]

Don't they do that song "Dust In The Wind"? Great song.

Good song, but kinda depressing when you think about it.