Kansas ( KAN-zəss) is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north, Colorado to the west, Oklahoma to the south, and Missouri to the east. Kansas is named after the Kansas River, in turn named after the Kansa people. Its capital is Topeka, and its most populous city is Wichita; however, the largest urban area is the bi-state Kansas City metropolitan area surrounding Kansas City, Missouri, which straddles the border of Kansas and Missouri. For thousands of years, what is now known as Kansas was home to numerous and diverse Indigenous tribes. The first settlement of non-indigenous people in Kansas occurred in 1827 at Fort Leavenworth. The pace of settlement accelerated in the 1850s, in the midst of political wars over the slavery debate. When it was officially opened to settlement by the U.S. government in 1854 with the Kansas–Nebraska Act, conflict between abolitionist Free-Staters from New England and pro-slavery settlers from neighboring Missouri broke out over the question of whether Kansas would become a free state or a slave state, in a period known as Bleeding Kansas. On January 29, 1861, Kansas entered the Union as a free...
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Concerts
Vinyl
Members
28 people from MusicBrainz
- 1973–1981Steve Walsh — keyboard, lead vocals, original, percussion, synthesizer
- 1973–1983Dave Hope — background vocals, electric bass guitar, original
- 1973–1983★Kerry Livgren — guitar, keyboard, original, synthesizer
- 1973–1983Robby Steinhardt — background vocals, original, violin
- 1973–1984Phil Ehart — drums (drum set), original, percussion
- 1973–1984Richard Williams — guitar, original
- 1982–1984John Elefante — keyboard, lead vocals
- 1985–1989Steve Morse — background vocals, guitar
- 1985–2014Steve Walsh — keyboard, lead vocals, percussion, synthesizer
- 1985–Phil Ehart — drums (drum set), percussion
- 1985–Billy Greer — electric bass guitar, lead vocals
- 1985–Richard Williams — guitar
- 1990–1990Dave Hope — background vocals, electric bass guitar
- 1990–1991★Kerry Livgren — guitar, keyboard, synthesizer
- 1990–1997Greg Robert — background vocals, keyboard
- 1991–1991Steve Morse — background vocals, guitar
- 1991–1997David Ragsdale — background vocals, guitar, violin
- 1997–2006Robby Steinhardt — background vocals, violin
- 1999–2000★Kerry Livgren — guitar, keyboard, synthesizer
- 2000–2000Dave Hope — background vocals, electric bass guitar
- 2006–2023David Ragsdale — background vocals, guitar, violin
- 2014–2018David Manion — background vocals, keyboard
- 2014–Ronnie Platt — keyboard, lead vocals
- 2016–Zak Rizvi — guitar
- 2018–Tom Brislin — keyboard
- 2023–Joe Deninzon — violin
- 2023–Joe Deninzon — guitar
- 2025–Scott Bernard — guitar
Discography
86 releases from MusicBrainz · ★ 2 in my collection
Albums (19)
- 1974Kansas
- 1975★Masque
- 1975Song for America
- 1976Leftoverture
- 1977★Point of Know Return
- 1979Monolith
- 1980Audio‐Visions
- 1981Vinyl Confessions Demos
- 1982Vinyl Confessions
- 1983Drastic Measures
- 1986Power
- 1986Power Demos
- 1986Power Demos and Outtakes
- 1988In the Spirit of Things
- 1995Freaks of Nature
- 1998Always Never the Same
- 2000Somewhere to Elsewhere
- 2016The Prelude Implicit
- 2020The Absence of Presence
Singles (7)
- 1978Dust in the Wind
- 1986All I Wanted
- 2007The Light
- 2016Visibility Zero
- 2016With This Heart
- 2020Throwing Mountains
- 2022Can I Tell You (2022 version)
More: singles, compilations, live & other releases
Lives (31)
- 1978Two for the Show
- 1980Final Visions
- 1991Paradox
- 1992Live at the Whisky
- 1995Great’s
- 1998Dust in the Wind
- 1998King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents
- 2002Device‐Voice‐Drum
- 2009There’s Know Place Like Home
- 2010Setlist: The Very Best of Kansas LIVE
- 2017Carry On Wayward Son
- 2017Dust in the Wind
- 2017Leftoverture Live & Beyond
- 2019Airwaves Live
- 2021Point of Know Return (live 2019–20)
- 2021Point of Know Return: Live & Beyond
- 2021Portrait (He Knew) (live 2019–20)
- 2021The Wall (live 2019–20)
- 2022Kansas Live: Leftover the Airwaves, Vol. 1
- 2022Voice of the Dreamer (live, Omaha ’82)
- 2023Carry On: Cincinnati ’95 Syndicated Broadcast
- 2025Colors Fly (Los Angeles ’83)
- —1975-07-07: Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, OH, USA
- —1976‐11‐29: Ford Auditorium, Detroit, MI, USA
- —1981-08-22: Summer Rock Festival, Baarlo, Netherlands
- —1983-10-01: Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- —1993-07-26: Dallas Alley, Dallas, TX, USA
- —Final Visions
- —Mayhem Symphony: Live at Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh PA 1976-10-31
- —Monolith in the Storm
- —Point of Know Return Tour
Compilations (29)
- 1984The Best of Kansas
- 1989Point of Know Return / Leftoverture
- 1989The Best of Kansas — CBS Special Products
- 1990Carry On
- 1991Dust in the Wind: The Best of Kansas
- 1993Star Box Kansas
- 1994The Kansas Boxed Set
- 1997Definitive Collection
- 2000Extended Versions: The Encore Collection
- 2000Los monstruos del rock
- 2002The Ultimate Kansas
- 2003The Best of Kansas: Closet Chronicles
- 2004Sail On: The 30th Anniversary Collection
- 2005Dust in the Wind
- 2006Works in Progress
- 2007Super Hits
- 2008Playlist: The Very Best of Kansas
- 2008The Essential Kansas
- 2009Original Album Classics
- 2010The Box Set Series
- 2011The Classic Albums Collection 1974–1983
- 2015Miracles out of Nowhere
- 2018Dust in the Wind
- 2018Wheels and Other Rarities
- 2022Another Fork in the Road: 50 Years of Kansas
- —Mega Hits: Kansas
- —Platinum, Volume 1
- —Platinum, Volume 2
- —White Clover Demos
Related artists
1 from MusicBrainz
Subgroups & offshoots (1)
- 1969–1973White Clover