From k2mojo@groovedaddies.com Tue Nov 15 05:20:15 2005
Subject:Re: Kansas, Portrait (He Knew) drawbars

Maybe it's just because it was the first one I heard, but I was always partial to the 2nd album, "Song For America", and that song
in particular. First heard it and bought it the day it came out ('74?) and promptly wore out two copies. I couldn't believe they
weren't British, but instead just a bunch of regular guys from the Heartland, just like us ;-)
Hey, remember hanging out at the local record store and hearing new music as it's released? Hey, remember records?

Ed Fliege
k2mojo@groovedaddies.com

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> Leftoverture is on my list of 10 Best Rock Records ever; every song on there is fantastic. Great arrangements, great tones,
> fantastic playing, and very interesting. To me anyway, a much better record than Point of Know Return, which is a great album.
>
> Their first record is very good too (an old band of mine used to play Blexis), as is Masque.
> But Leftoverture....still fantastic.
> T
>
> ahorne345@aol.com wrote:
> I've wondered for years about Kansas' OTHER, i.e. not "Wayward Son",
> "...Know Return" or "Dust/Wind", stuff... I know there's a lot of Hammond in the
> Leftoverture, yes? And this Portrait (He Knew) track you speak of... what I'm
> wondering is, as someone who's loved and played the prog classics for 25+ years
> (Yes' Tormato tour was the first concert I attended, June '79 at The
> Garden/NYC... these days I'm nuts over Glass Hammer's high-end symphonic prog
> brilliance), have I missed out for years on another really worthwhile,
> organ-drenched prog group? If so what's a good recording to try 'em on? - Adam