DH> buck, too, y'know? I had the opportunity to hear them live at the
DH> peak of their career, around 1980 or thereabouts. It was
I saw them in 83, in Philly, on the "flip a coin" tour they did with 
Heart (I understand neither band headlined the tour, they flipped a coin 
to see who went on first each night). One of the most interesting show 
openings I've ever seen. Empty stage, four stools. A string quartet 
comes out to the stools and begins playing. After a few notes, the stage 
explodes, and when the smoke clears the string quartet is apparently 
gone and Kansas is onstage, playing (I don't remember what).
DH> with Ronnie James Dio for a while. Now I understand that Kansas is
DH> or was back together or a tour or two. A friend of mine, who is a
I know they were together in the early 90's for at least one tour, I've 
got the album, _Live At The Whiskey_, which is actually pretty good. 
Don't know about now.
DH> Civil War buff bought their first album whn it came out lo, those
DH> many years ago, just because he liked the cover art depicting
I didn't hear the first album for a long time, but we did have a single 
release of "Bringin' It Back" at the radio station. The station had a 
copy of _Song For America_, which is where we started giving them 
airplay.
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