![]() ![]() Blending blues-based hard rock and intricate progressive constructions, Kansas staked out its own musical territory, at once original and accessible. The original sextet - guitarist Richard Williams, drummer Phil Ehart (who are both still with the band), guitarist-keyboardist Kerry Livgren, singer-keyboardist Steve Walsh, singer-violinist Robbie Steinhardt and bassist Dave Hope - looked like quintessential Midwesterners but traded in compositional and lyrical complexities that sounded like something from across the pond. ![]() It’s fair to say the rock world didn’t quite know what to make of Kansas when the band rolled out of Topeka 50 years ago. ![]()
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