Ah, Kansas. BRB while I put on their masterpiece, Song For America.
I saw Kansas on the ITSOT tour, awesome concert even if it was at a club that held maybe 800 people if that. Opened with the "Howling At The Moon" section of Magnum Opus and just kept rocking from there. This was one of the more memorable concerts I ever went to not because of the bands (Night Ranger was opening. Think about that for a moment. One of the biggest bands of the 80s opening for one of the biggest bands of the 70s-and they had to play a club that held 800 people. The 80s were kind of sad sometimes) but because of this guy who'd sneaked in a bottle of tequila despite being able to buy drinks there. He was WASTED, and he thought I was a friend of his from other concerts. I didn't argue when he started offering me the tequila bottle. We drank most of it before Kansas took the stage, and at the start of the set the guy vanished. I didn't care, fucking Kansas was playing! About 20 minutes into the set, the guy reappears, holding the two largest cups of beer the place sold-I swear to God they were 32 ounces easy-and hands one to me. "They took the tequila" he told me sadly.
I have no idea who that guy was, but man he was a load of fun.
Back to Kansas-man I love that band. Song For America, Masque, Leftoverture-I'd put that run up against any three albums you could name by ANY progressive rock band. One of the reasons I fell hard for Haken was because the start of "Streams" just
screams "Kansas." Off to listen to Song For America