[Heeplist] [NHC] Kansas

[DAVID M SHERROD]

You thought it was over, that was just intermission, :) :),
Dave

Bob Winward <uriahheep at comcast.net> wrote:

>I saw them 3 weeks ago and they played 90 minutes. They said they were on
>the 40th anniversary tour.
>
>
>On 8/18/13 3:17 AM, "Dave Crookham" <crookham at peoplepc.com> wrote:
>
>> A few people were interested in the Kansas 40th anniversary show, so I'll
>> give my take on it. First - just WOW! One of the most magical live music
>> experiences I've ever had. Most Kansas concerts I've been to previously
>> lasted about 90 minutes. This one ran an incredible 3 1/2 hours. 15 minutes
>> of that was an intermission where Phil Ehart emceed and gave away signed
>> memorabilia to some lucky seat holders. They also showed best wishes from
>> some other groups and celebrities(Styx, BOC, Heart, John Corbett, Steve
>> Morse, Tony LaRussa and Gary Sinise among them). They also showed a trailer
>> from a Kansas documentary coming out next year, and brought Robby
>> Steinhardt's daughter onstage since he was unable to attend and play with
>> the group since suffereing a heart attack and having quadruple bypass
>> surgery last weekend. Ehart says he is doing well.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I've seen Kansas several times, and this was by far the best. Walsh's voice
>> is still shot, but it wasn't as painful sounding as some past shows I've
>> seen. The first set was with the Pittsburgh River Symphony. I was expecting
>> a small group of players, but there had to be around 80 symphony members.
>> They and Kansas were both incredibly tight. It's amazing how complex their
>> sound is with just keyboards, bass, drums, violin and just 1 guitar for the
>> most part. Rich Williams is highly underated on guitar, and Phil Ehart is
>> still a total beast on drums. I included the set list below so you can get
>> an idea what was going on. The only song I really wished they had played and
>> didn't was "Child Of Innocence".
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> This is the first time I think I've actually seen the band, having
>> previously seen them before and after he was in the band the first time, but
>> not during. He is every bit as good on violin and probably better than
>> Steinhardt. Where Robbie is really missed is that he was always the front
>> man during the shows. Other than Ehart's intermission duties the band spoke
>> very little, other than a thank you for applause after many numbers. Steve
>> Walsh is notoriously shy and spends his time at the back of the stage near
>> the drums playing keys and singing. Billy Greer did do some speaking between
>> songs, but mostly just to introduce Dave Hope and Kerry Livgren when they
>> came out to play.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Dave Hope is now an anglican minister, and actually came out and played with
>> his collar on. He seems to be a big personality, and interracted a lot with
>> the front of the audience while he was on stage.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Kerry Livgren is an amazing man. He suffered a massive stroke in 2009 that
>> probably should have killed him, and was told at the time he would probably
>> never totally recover his speech or be able to play music again much less
>> walk. The last I had read, I thought he still wasn't able to play guitar and
>> just expected him to play keys. Instead, he came out with his guitar, and
>> even flawlessly knocked out the solo on "Carry On Wayward Son". Miracles Out
>> of Nowhere indeed!
>> 
>> The whole night just totally exceeded expectations. I sure hope they
>> recorded it.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> SET ONE
>> 
>> Instrumental
>> 
>> Belexes
>> 
>> Point of Know Return
>> 
>> Song for America
>> 
>> On the Other Side
>> 
>> Nobody's Home
>> 
>> Hold On (with Kerry Livgren)
>> 
>> Dust in the Wind
>> 
>> Rainmaker
>> 
>> Cheyenne Anthem (Greer vocal)
>> 
>> The Wall (with Hope on bass and Livgren on keys)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> SET TWO
>> 
>> Paradox
>> 
>> Can I Tell You
>> 
>> Journey from Mariabronn
>> 
>> Icarus II
>> 
>> Icarus -- Borne on Wings of Steel
>> 
>> Down the Road
>> 
>> Magnum Opus
>> 
>> Miracles Out of Nowhere (with Hope)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ENCORE
>> 
>> Lonely Wind
>> 
>> He Knew
>> 
>> Fight Fire with Fire
>> 
>> Carry On Wayward Son (with Livgren)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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