[Heeplist] [NHC] Kansas

[DAVID M SHERROD]

Only a couple hangings.:)
Dave

Kevin Julie <kevinj.1969 at yahoo.ca> wrote:

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>See gawd, over 3 hrs of Kansas!? Were there many self inflicted injuries in the barn?
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>On Sun, 18 Aug, 2013 12:58 AM PDT DAVID M SHERROD wrote:
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>>Never been a fan, but it sounds like a great show, very cool review.
>>Dave
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>>Dave Crookham <crookham at peoplepc.com> wrote:
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>>>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.
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>>>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".
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>>>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.
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>>>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.
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>>>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.
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>>>SET ONE
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>>>Instrumental
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>>>Belexes
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>>>Point of Know Return
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>>>Song for America
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>>>On the Other Side
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>>>Nobody's Home
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>>>Hold On (with Kerry Livgren)
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>>>Dust in the Wind
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>>>Rainmaker
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>>>Cheyenne Anthem (Greer vocal)
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>>>The Wall (with Hope on bass and Livgren on keys)
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>>>
>>>SET TWO
>>>
>>>Paradox
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>>>Can I Tell You
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>>>Journey from Mariabronn
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>>>Icarus II
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>>>Icarus -- Borne on Wings of Steel
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>>>Down the Road
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>>>Magnum Opus
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>>>Miracles Out of Nowhere (with Hope)
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>>>
>>>ENCORE
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>>>Lonely Wind
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>>>He Knew
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>>>Fight Fire with Fire
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>>>Carry On Wayward Son (with Livgren)
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