The group's heartfelt performances and compelling songs have endeared them to fans throughout their career, solidifying their place among Kansas City's finest musical artists. Albums: Awful Joy, Love Is Dead Kansas City also ranks on... #45 The Best Movies That Are Set In Missouri Vote ...
The Casino Records label started in 1957 with a single of Jerry Dyke singing two songs written by Bob Bobo and Carl Lewis for Southern Belle, BMI, “Deep Within My Heart” and “My Empty Heart”. That release, Casino 1001/1002 had a gothic style font for Casino and an address on McGa...
Of course no KANSAS concert is complete without "Point of Know Return", but this version is not as good as others, sounds a bit too simple. Portrait again is a high point where Greer and Walsh are perfect. The two next songs "(Fight Fire with Fire" and "Play the Game Tonight") fro...
Phil Ehart Says Kansas ‘Didn’t Plan’ to Release 3 Hit Songs Back to Back In the mid-’70s, Kansas rose to fame with the hit “Carry On Wayward Son,” featured on the classic rock band’s fourth studio album, Leftoverture. The group followed that with two big songs off its fifth...
One almost wishes that songs like “If You Leave Me Now,” hadn’t downplayed the horns, which are a highlight of the live gigs. Singer-bassist Peter Cetera left the group in the mid-1980s, but Canadian Neil Donnell sings Cetera’s tenor parts with enthusiasm. He used to play in a...
‘Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!’ became one of The Beatles’ most successful cover versions. Perfected in just one take, it was one of the first songs to be taped during a mammoth session on18 October 1964, which also saw the recording of‘Eight Days A Week’,‘Mr Moonlight’,‘I ...
I remember a couple of things about that show: Pete Townshend having a heavily bandaged hand and some punk rock group opening the show. I swear one of their songs was 'Why Don't You Go Kill Yourself'. Yes Mike Coppola/Getty Images Yes This makes my list as an honorable mention for ...
We want your group to come together as one and join in the fun. The most satisfying thing that can happen to your group is to see them all singing and clapping along to their favorite songstogether as one. You will feel a great sense of reward as you watch your group bonding and havi...
let's record that thing now while we're here.' And so we did – and the rest is history. If Kerry hadn't brought it up that he had one more song, it would not have gone on that album. He was writing incredible songs and Steve was singing them. We were very fortunate to haveLe...
Steinhardt grew up in Lawrence, Kansas as the son of Milton Steinhardt, the director of music history at the University of Kansas. He started violin lessons at the age of eight and was classically trained. The musician initially was part of another Kansas-based group, White Clover, who eventu...