The band is best known for their international hit singles "Carry On Wayward Son" and "Dust in the Wind", from 1976 and 1977 respectively. The effects they used were the epitome of that era.. Tenacity and absence of fear helped Kansas torpedo to rock n' roll stardom. [15], Following Morse's departure, Kansas parted ways with MCA Records and went on a temporary hiatus, as the remaining members focused on other projects. Greg played his first show with Kansas on January 31, 1987 along with 38 Special at Roberto Clemente Coliseum in Puerto Rico. Their 15th studio effort overall, the prog-heavy LP also marked the band's first new album in 16 years. The band has reached a whole new audience through their unmistakable presence on the popular video games Rock Band and Guitar Hero, and through their songs inclusion in various television shows such as Supernatural, and South Park, and with films Old School, and Anchorman., For Media Requests - J.R. Rees, KANSAS Management Office, [emailprotected], For Worldwide Booking in US & Internationally: Contact Kansas Carries On With New Lead Singer By Jon Norton Published April 3, 2018 at 4:16 PM CDT Listen 4:30 Michie Turpin / From left, Kansas is Richard Williams, Billy Greer, Zak Rizvi, Phil Ehart, Ronnie Platt, David Manion, and David Ragsdale. Read moreSinger/songwriter Rebekah Todd brings soulful style to Southern Sounds Music Festival, Alana Inez Wilson, a singer and sixth grade student at Kelly Mill Middle School in Northeast Columbia, dropped her third gospel album for streaming and is nominated for a national recording award for a third time. Well, the legendary prog rock band, Kansas, is doing just that. KANSAS continues to perform in front of large and enthusiastic audiences around the world. [25] The album was released in July and also featured original bassist Dave Hope on two tracks, marking the first time the band's original lineup had featured together on a recording since 1980. Kansas is an American progressive rock band from Topeka, Kansas. Read Full Biography. As the band approaches the 50th anniversary of their formation, they've decided to hit the road for a massive tourAnother Fork. The song peaked at No. During the band's time with Elefante as lead vocalist, Livgren became increasingly uncomfortable with Kansas representing his Christian worldview. This period saw one live album and accompanying video, Live at the Whisky (1992) and one studio album Freaks of Nature (1995). Entry to the event is free. The album generated a Top 40 single in "People of the South Wind", whose title refers to the meaning of the 'Kanza' (Kaw) Native American people, after whom the state and the band are named. Nevertheless, the album eventually went platinum. Robby Steinhardt, an original member and frontman of the rock band Kansas, died on July 17 at the age of 71, reports Rolling Stone. Both "Carry On Wayward Son" and "Dust in the Wind" were certified gold singles, selling over one million units each. Their 1974 self-titled debut album, produced by Gold, was released in March 1974, nearly a year after it was recorded in New York. Kansas was much more than one song or one style of playing, but its typical designation as a prog-rock act doesnt really concern Williams. 19. Dust in the Wind. The next day when we came into the studio and listened to the playback, the metallic attack of me using those picks all tracked top of each other sounded like a herd of Clydesdales, so I had to re-record all of the tracks without them. Available on both DVD and Blu-Ray, Theres Know Place Like Home includes favorites such as Dust In The Wind, Carry On Wayward Son and Point of Know Return as well as a sampling from each album in their discography, with a special symphonic touch. On September 13, 2012 Kansas began a new tour with a performance at the Best Buy Theater in New York City. In March 1984 Ehart, Williams and Elefante were part of a United Service Organizations (USO) tour of US military bases that had been put together by Ehart, called 1st Airborne Rock and Roll Division, that also included Patrick Simmons (Doobie Brothers), Leon Medica (LeRoux), David Jenkins, Cory Lerios and John Pierce (from Pablo Cruise) and Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen and Bun E. Carlos (from Cheap Trick). Two more singles, the title track and "Can't Cry Anymore," were less successful. He was 71. 'Leftoverture' and 'Point of Know Return' each have sold over four million copies in the U.S. With a legendary career spanning more than four decades, KANSAS has firmly established itself as one of Americas iconic of classic rock bands. [27], After several more years touring, Kansas parted ways with violinist and vocalist Robby Steinhardt for a second time in March 2006, which Steve Walsh described as "one of the most difficult things we've ever had to do". I finally said, 'Guys, I'm gone. There were five or six tracks, and back then you had to play each take in its entirety so we spent all day recording just that. Both Masque and their next release, Leftoverture, were recorded at a studio in the middle of the Louisiana Bayou named Studio in the Country. In 2006, KANSAS released the two-disc (one CD/one DVD) anthology Works In Progress. Included on it are various tracks from all 16 Kansas studio albums, however, tracks from Power and In The Spirit Of Things are omitted on disc 2 of the North American version. Receive a breakdown of the weeks best concerts, shows and other happenings to your inbox from Free Times! Hilton Head's preserved natural beauty is part of its brand. The follow-up studio album to Point of Know Return was Monolith (May 1979), which was self-produced. By Chris Fisher. A mix of clouds and sun with gusty winds. The resulting lineup of Ehart, Greer, Ragsdale, Robert, Walsh and Williams lasted from 1991 to 1997. After signing with Kirshner, the group decided to return to using the name "Kansas". Robby Steinhardt was from Lawrence. 2016 marked the release of The Prelude Implicit, KANSASs fifteenth studio album. That tour was released in 2017 as a live album, Leftoverture Live & Beyond.. A two CD set, Leftoverture Live & Beyond, was released in November 2017 that contained nineteen songs culled from different shows during the tour and the band's 2017 fall dates also included further 40th anniversary shows. On the strength of the smash hit "Carry on Wayward Son," the album reached the Top Five and sold over three million copies. Morse temporarily left the band at the end of a tour of Germany in April 1989. The resulting lineup of Ehart, Greer, Ragsdale, Robert, Walsh, and Williams lasted from 1991 to 1997. The next decade found Kansas continuing to tour heavily and release compilations and live albums, culminating in their 2014 induction into the Kansas Hall of Fame and the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, which coincided with the group's 40th anniversary. It was included on soundtracks for the following movies and television shows: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Family Guy, Gentlemen Broncos, Happy Gilmore, Heroes (1977)*, Scrubs, South Park ("Guitar Queer-o" episode), King of the Hill ("My Own Private Rodeo") and Strangers with Candy ("Yes You Can't"). Leftoverture was eventually certified five-times platinum by the RIAA in 2001. [1] Career [16] The documentary chronicles the band's formation and follows them throughout their success with Leftoverture and Point of Know Return. Along with original Kansas band members Phil Ehart on drums and Richard Williams on lead guitar, Point Of Know Return Live & Beyond, features Tom Brislin on keyboards and vocals, Billy Greer on bass and vocals, Ronnie Platt on lead vocals and keyboards, David Ragsdale on violin and vocals, and Zak Rizvi on guitar and vocals. The wide-ranging progressive rock album was released on InsideOut Music, and marked the bands first studio album release in 16 years. Co-produced by drummer Phil Ehart, guitarist Rich Williams, and guitarist Zak Rizvi, it marked the studio debut of keyboardist Tom Brislin (Yes, Camel, Debbie Harry) who had come aboard in late 2018. When all the original members were in the band, Kansas could replicate its studio recordings with great clarity and precision onstage. The original members were Don Henley (b. July 22, 1947, Gilmer, Texas, U.S.), Glenn Frey (b. November 6, 1948, Detroit, Michigand. Formed in early 1973, the group originally featured lead vocalist and keyboardist Steve Walsh, violinist and co-lead vocalist Robby Steinhardt, lead guitarist and keyboardist Kerry Livgren, rhythm guitarist Rich Williams, bassist Dave Hope and drummer Phil Ehart. In February 2009 Kansas recorded a concert in Topeka featuring a full symphony orchestra, with Larry Baird conducting. The band slowly developed a cult following, due to promotion by pop/rock impresario Don Kirshner and extensive touring for their debut album. [9] The band toured the US for Monolith during the summer and fall of 1979 then went over to tour Japan for the first time in January 1980. [37], Kansas in 2016 (L to R): Rich Williams, Billy Greer, Zak Rizvi, Phil Ehart, Ronnie Platt, David Manion, and David Ragsdale, 20062014: Continued touring and regained popularity. This tour featured many hits from the albums Leftoverture and Point of Know Return, as well as material from a number of their other albums. Kansas' band members began to drift apart in the early 1980s. He was 71. According to a post on Facebook, violinist/vocalist . Kansas has continued to tour every year. Formed in Topeka in 1970, the founding members of the group -- guitarist Kerry Livgren, bassist Dave Hope, and drummer Phil Ehart -- first played together while in high school; with the 1971 addition of classically trained violinist Robbie Steinhardt, they changed their name to White Clover, reverting back to the Kansas moniker for good upon the 1972 arrivals of vocalist/keyboardist Steve Walsh and guitarist Richard Williams. Kansas resumed recording with The Prelude Implicit in 2016, featuring new lead vocalist and keyboardist Ronnie Platt. [26], Former violin player and vocalist Robby Steinhardt died from pancreatitis on July 17, 2021, at the age of 71. By the end of that, my fingers were bloodied.. The first single, "All I Wanted," became the last Kansas single to hit the Billboard Top 40 chart, peaking at #19. Carry On Wayward Son continues to be one of the top five most played songs on classic rock radio, and Dust In the Wind has been played on the radio more than three million times! Because Livgren was holding back some Christian-oriented songs for another solo album, he contributed only three songs to the album. Also in 2002, Kansas II (the lineup prior to the recording and release of the first Kansas album) released an album under the name Proto-Kaw, featuring demos and live material recorded from 1971 to 1973. 4. It has been promoted by the release of videos for three songs: "Throwing Mountains", "Memories Down the Line" and "Jets Overhead". Leftoverture was a breakthrough for the band, hitting No. Classic rock radio staples who found fame in the 1970s with a mixture of prog-rock complexity, hard rock riffs, and pop hooks. Formed in early 1973, the group originally featured lead vocalist and keyboardist Steve Walsh, violinist and co-lead vocalist Robby Steinhardt, lead guitarist and keyboardist Kerry Livgren, rhythm guitarist Rich Williams, bassist Dave Hope and drummer Phil Ehart. [24] Recording started in early 2000 for a new album, Somewhere to Elsewhere, at the guitarist's own Grandyzine Studios in Topeka, where the group had originally formed. Richard John Williams (born February 1, 1950) is an American guitarist, primarily known for being one of the only consistent original members of the rock band Kansas alongside drummer Phil Ehart. In February 2009, Kansas recorded a concert in Topeka, Kansas featuring a full symphony orchestra, with Larry Baird conducting. [5][third-party source needed]. At the end of the tour, Hope left again, but Livgren remained on into 1991. In 1990, a German promoter arranged to reunite all the original members of Kansas III (except for Steinhardt) for a European tour. Steinhardt's violin was a distinctive element of the group's sound, which set them apart from other progressive rock groups of the era. Livgren turned 70 years old last week and is the only original member of Kansas to still live in Shawnee County.. Two lineups of Kansas performing live in 2008 (top) and 2017 (bottom). Somewhere to Elsewhere, released in July 2000, featured all the original members of Kansas, plus Greer, with all songs written by Livgren. During the tour supporting Monolith, Livgren became a born-again Christian, and this was reflected in his lyrics on the next three albums, beginning with Audio-Visions (September 1980). January 18, 2016, New York, New York), Bernie Leadon (b. TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - One of the founding members of the band Kansas has passed away. The concept album and subsequent tour were popular with the fan base but did not receive widespread airplay beyond the "Stand Beside Me" video on MTV. The band documented this era in 1978 with Two for the Show, a double live album of recordings from various performances from its 1977 and 1978 tours. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Livgren would occasionally attend Kansas shows and come on stage to play one or more songs with the band. "Dust in the Wind" was certified gold as a digital download by the RIAA in 2005, almost 30 years after selling one million copies as a single. In 2018 the group decided to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Point of Know Return by playing that album in its entirety at the shows on a tour, set to begin in September. There is a video online of the classic rock band Kansas performing Dust in the Wind while wearing 70s-style formal wear and standing in what looks like a cloud. That same year, Walsh issued a solo record, Schemer-Dreamer. Nevertheless, the album went platinum. This lineup is sometimes referred to as Kansas II, and 30 years later would re-form under the name Proto-Kaw. It was initially available in a limited-edition release that contained an extra DVD of bonus interviews. In July 1985 the band came back together with Ehart, Williams and Walsh[6] (who had briefly played keyboards on the road for Cheap Trick in the spring and summer of 1985 after the break up of Streets), but without Livgren, Hope or Steinhardt. [6] The first single, "All I Wanted", became the last Kansas single to hit the Billboard Top 40 chart, peaking at No. In March 2015 the band released the aforementioned documentary, Miracles Out of Nowhere. Still, sales of the album fell short of gold status, and the album has yet to be certified gold. In early 1982 Walsh was replaced by vocalist/keyboardist/guitarist John Elefante,[4] whounknown to Livgren and Hope at the timewas also a Christian. The DVD release Theres Know Place Like Home captured this unique live performance and featured special guests Kerry Livgren & Steve Morse with spectacular lighting and high-resolution clarity. 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[30] After Walsh initially only stated that "it's time for me to go", it was later revealed that the singer was experiencing vocal problems and had lost interest in the band, with guitarist Rich Williams explaining later that "Steve was really struggling [he] had been struggling for years with his voice, but besides that, he just wasn't enjoying it any more. In the wake of 1980's Audio-Visions, Kansas began to splinter; both Hope and Livgren became born-again Christians, the latter issued the solo venture Seeds of Change, and their newfound spirituality caused divisions within the band's ranks. 19, 2021 at 7:44 AM PDT. Club, Berkeley Breathed, the creator of the Opus comic strip, revealed that "Opus was named after a Kansas song." A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. I would love to go see the original Jethro Tull, for example, but they dont exist anymore, he says. Elefante, Ehart and Williams sought to continue as Kansas and recorded one more song, "Perfect Lover", which appeared on the retrospective The Best of Kansas (August 1984), which has sold over four million units in the U.S. alone. That year, violinist David Ragsdale joined the group and the return of the violin allowed Kansas to perform earlier material in arrangements closer to the originals. [1] Throughout the 1970s, the band issued a series of critically and commercially successful releases, including US Billboard 200 top ten albums Leftoverture and Point of Know Return. On May. [2] The group's first lineup change came in October 1981, when frontman Walsh left the band during the early stages of writing for their eighth studio album Vinyl Confessions. Let us help you find something to do around town. Why does all the blue crab at Walmart come from Louisiana? Along with constant touring, KANSAS continues to remain a fixture of Classic Rock radio. During the '70s, the band sold tens of millions of records, and the commercial success of Leftoverture (1976), Point of Know Return (1977), and Monolith (1979) propelled them to superstar status and sold-out concerts across the U.S., Europe, South America, and Asia. During the fall of 1993, drummer Van Romaine (formerly of Blood Sweat and Tears and Steve Morse's band) came in to substitute for Ehart, who was taking care of the group's business and putting together The Kansas Boxed Set, which was released in July 1994. Morse and Livgren appeared as special guests on several songs. Along with original KANSAS band members Phil Ehart on . I think being in the video game Rock Band and on the TV show Supernatural [which uses Carry On My Wayward Son as its theme song] has opened up our music to a new generation. The latter stopped for 15 years after 2000's Somewhere to Elsewhere, a release that featured all the original members of Kansas, with all songs composed by Livgren. A White 85-year-old homeowner who allegedly shot and wounded Ralph Yarl, a Black teen, after the 16-year-old went to the wrong home to pick up his siblings will face two felony charges. While the album produced a Top 40 single in "People of the South Wind"the title refers to the meaning of the Kanza word 'Kansas'it failed to garner the sales and radio airplay of its two predecessors. Five of the original members were Kansas-grown: The Topeka Capital-Journal confirms that Phil Ehart, David Hope, Kerry Livgren, and Rich Williams all graduated from Topeka West High School within a year of each other. [21], On March 20, 2020 the band announced the upcoming release of a new studio album, The Absence of Presence. His wife, Cindy. During Walsh's time with the band, Kansas recorded two enormously successful albums, 1976's Leftoverture and 1977's Point of Know Return. In 1970 they changed the band's name to Kansas and merged with members of rival Topeka progressive rock group White Clover. Can the island keep it? [21][22] Walsh returned later in the year for an orchestral tour, which led to the recording and release of Always Never the Same with the London Symphony Orchestra. The band is currently comprised of original drummer Phil Ehart, bassist/vocalist Billy Greer, vocalist/keyboardist Ronnie Platt, violinist/guitarist David Ragsdale, keyboardist/vocalist Tom Brislin, and original guitarist Richard Williams. [4] It also received considerable airplay on MTV. Sony Music released a boxed set in 2004 titled Sail On which featured unique KANSAS cuts as well as vintage video footage on the DVD disc that was included. On March 1, 2013 Kansas announced a 40th anniversary celebration was in the works. While the 1978 live LP Two for the Show struggled to break the Top 40, its studio follow-up, Monolith, the band's first self-produced effort, reached the Top Ten. [6] It defined the band's signature sound, a mix of American-style boogie rock and complex, symphonic arrangements with changing time signatures. Point of Know Return peaked even higher, at No. "Carry On Wayward Son" was removed from the 1977 movie Heroes when it was discovered that the movie had not obtained rights to use the song. [8] Livgren, the band's main songwriter to that point, contributed only three compositions to the 1983 release. In early 1973 they recruited Livgren from the second Kansas group, which then folded. The record renewed interest in the group and generated the band's first Top 20 hit in several years, "Play the Game Tonight", which hit number 4 on Billboard's newly deployed Mainstream Rock chart. On July 6, 2014 former Kansas lead singer John Elefante issued a statement that he had been contacted by the band on July 2 to discuss rejoining. [34] The re-formed band produced a harder pop metal album in the late 1980s. [6] White Clover members Dave Hope (bass) and Phil Ehart (drums, percussion) joined with Livgren, vocalists Meredith and Greg Allen, keyboardists Montre and Wright and saxophonist Larry Baker. Winds W at 10 to 20 mph. The song is frequently played throughout the show Supernatural and also appears in Supernatural: The Anime Series (as the ending for each episode). Kerry Livgren's platinum award for the album is on display at the Kansas History Museum. Cringe-worthy, sure, but it points to the promotional power of the MTV era. We started that recording in Bugaloosa, Louisiana, but had some issues there so the guitar tracks were all done at Woodland in Nashville, he recalls. [5] After the subsequent concert tour later in 1982, however, Steinhardt followed Walsh in leaving Kansas. The ten new songs were written by Kerry Livgren and recorded in his studio in Topeka, KS. Also featured is a new 2022 recording of "Can I Tell You", a track originally from Kansas' debut album. Nevertheless, the show went on, billed as the 40th Anniversary Fan Appreciation Concert, performed in Pittsburgh on August 17, 2013 at the same venue, Benedum Center (formerly The Stanley Theater), which had propelled them to national recognition. Miracles Out of Nowhere, a DVD/CD career retrospective, followed in early 2015. Throughout 2016-2017, the band celebrated both the release of The Prelude Implicit and the anniversary of breakout album Leftoverture with the highly successful KANSAS: Leftoverture 40thAnniversary Tour. Bryan Holmes, from The Producers, likewise filled in for Ehart during the spring and summer of 1994 until that December, when Phil returned for a tour of Germany. Kansas will be touring September 2010 to January 2011. They were joined by drummer Dennis Holt. Read moreKoger Center of Arts will host free music festival emphasizing southern sounds, With one foot in the past and one in the present, Todds headlining spot for the Koger Centers new series beckons a larger, inclusive theme of dynamic regional music from the Carolinas and beyond. The new lineup released a second album, In the Spirit of Things, in 1988, but it was met with weak sales and Morse left the band at the end of the tour in 1989. Along with original KANSAS band members Phil Ehart on drums and Richard Williams on lead guitar, Point of Know Return Live & Beyond, features . I had not done much fingerpicking but had taken some banjo lessons and had fingerpicks that I used in the studio because we were double-tracking the guitars. "Dust in the Wind" was parodied by comedian Tim Hawkins, the parody called "A Whiff of Kansas" which is on the Pretty Pink Tractor album, and a video parody on the Insanitized live DVD. Classic rock radio staples who found fame in the 1970s with a mixture of prog-rock complexity, hard rock riffs, and pop hooks. Somewhere to Elsewhere, a new studio album released in July 2000, featured all the original members of Kansas, plus Greer, with all songs written by Kerry Livgren. [6] The first performances of the new lineup with Morse and Greer took place during a third USO 1st Airborne Rock and Roll Division tour that toured US military bases in the US, Japan, Okinawa, the Philippines, Singapore, Iceland and most of Europe during the late summer through early October 1986. Hope soon converted to Christianity as well. In early 1997, Robert and Ragsdale left the band and Steinhardt returned. The music of Yes and Genesis was inspirational to Kansas, especially demonstrated in the lyrics of Walsh. The debut album, 'Kansas', was released in March 1974, nearly a year after it was recorded in New York. [4] In 2000 KANSAS went back into the studio with original band member and songwriter Kerry Livgren to produce Somewhere to Elsewhere, the first album featuring all 6 of the original players in 20 years! In the fall of 2018, KANSAS embarks on the Point of Know Return Anniversary Tour in select markets. It registered commanding spots on the charts of 14 countries, including the Billboard 200 and Top Rock Albums charts at home. Kansas released its fourth album, 'Leftoverture', in November 1976, which produced a massive hit single in "Carry On Wayward Son" and brought comparisons to other records such as Yes' 'Fragile'. Since leaving the band, Elefante has become a popular Contemporary Christian music artist and has not performed with the group since. Their singles during the period -- "Dust in the Wind," "Carry on Wayward Son," and their cover of J.J. Cale's "Bringing It Back" became staples of AOR radio and still receive airplay at classic rock radio. People seem to think the process is six guys in a room intellectualizing about what they want to sound like, but its really a much more organic and natural process.. High near 70F. The following year Kansas released Always Never the Same, which featured Larry Baird conducting the London Symphony Orchestra. [citation needed]. The first Kansas album with Elefante, Vinyl Confessions, was released in June 1982. [9], Six months after the release of Drastic Measures, both Livgren and Hope left Kansas to form AD, a Christian rock outfit. After leaving to form the band Saratoga with Lynn Meredith and Dan Wright, they started playing Livgren's original material, with Scott Kessler playing bass and Zeke Lowe coming in on drums. Robby Steinhardt, violinist and co-lead vocalist for Kansas, died Saturday after a bout of acute pancreatitis and septic shock, his wife Cindy Steinhardt confirmed on Facebook. Already high-school friends, guitarist Kerry Livgren (who had been in another band also called Kansas), bassist Dave Hope and drummer Phil Ehart named their group after their home state, then switched to White Clover after adding classically trained violinist Robby Steinhardt. In July 2010 Kansas completed a 30-day "United We Rock" tour with fellow classic rock acts Styx and Foreigner. "Carry On Wayward Son" has been covered by many artists. The band, which is currently comprised of original drummer Phil Ehart, bassist/vocalist Billy Greer, keyboardist Tom Brislin, vocalist/keyboardist Ronnie Platt, violinist/guitarist David Ragsdale, guitarist Zak Rizvi, and original guitarist Richard Williams. [4] The band has produced nine gold albums, three multi-platinum albums (Leftoverture 4, Point of Know Return 4, and The Best of Kansas 4), one other platinum studio album (Monolith), one platinum live double album (Two for the Show), and a million-selling single, "Dust in the Wind". The floating rock festival for a cause aboard Royal Caribbean International's Liberty of the Seas departed January 10, 2013 from Fort Lauderdale, FL. On this tour they performed with the symphony orchestras of various US colleges in an effort to raise money for the individual schools' music programs. Greer joined them, along with keyboardist Greg Robert. A statement was issued on July 14, 2014 through the band's official Facebook page stating that Chicago native Ronnie Platt (who had previously sung with Shooting Star) had been selected as the band's new lead vocalist and keyboard player. [28] Speaking about the lineup change, Ehart explained that "Robby just got to the end of the road. It was the highest chart position of any Kansas release on any chart, though this particular chart did not exist prior to 1981. [1] The following fall, the group embarked on a European tour which featured the return of Livgren and Hope to the lineup. In the 1989 movie Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Ted, played by Keanu Reeves, quotes the song lyric "All we are is dust in the wind, dude" to philosophize with Socrates. Kansas' first album with Elefante, Vinyl Confessions, released in June 1982, was their most successful studio release since Point of Know Return. During the band's time with Elefante as lead vocalist, Livgren became increasingly uncomfortable with Kansas representing his Christian worldview. After the tour, Morse left and Ragsdale took over the extra guitar parts, leaving Williams as the primary guitar player.
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