Re: Kansas
I love Kansas, or 70's era Kansas I should say.
I have :
1974 Kansas
1974 Song for America
1975 Masque
1976 Leftoverture
1977 Point of Know Return
1978 Two for the Show
1979 Monolith
1980 Audio-Visions
all on CD some on Vinyl
Device - Voice - Drum DVD
From 1974 through 1979 all their albums are great IMO. Audio-Visions is not quite as good but definitely enjoyable . I don't really see the English
prog copy band thing myself. Kansas incorporates a bluegrass influence into their progressive, hard rock, sound along side the classical and jazz leanings of the Brits. This among of other factors, gives them a very unique sound
they are one my top prog bands if not my very favorite and that is including the lesser know Italian ,Swedish, German etc. scenes ( the UK was far from being the only one with a progressively bent rock movement going on )
I saw them live around 2004 (?) , the band was at that time all the original members, other then Dave Hope ( replaced by Billy Greer ) and Kerry Livgren . They could have used Kerry for sure, but were awesome none the less, with Robby and Steve trading vocal duties, and Rich Williams playing his as usual, mean guitar.
Thanks for the Kerry Livgren videos LG my imagination has been fired and
I will now be on the prowl for Kerry's solo work. I'm also sure to investigate Billy Greer's work now as well.