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Device – Voice – Drum
''Device – Voice – Drum'' is a live DVD by United States, American rock music, rock band Kansas (band), Kansas, released in 2002. The same concert was released as an enhanced double-CD live album. The CD release features the enhanced live track, "Distant Vision". The DVD includes a short Animusic animation of a portion of the song "Miracles Out of Nowhere". Animusic also provided the CD/DVD cover art. Sketches of the members of the band by artist Clifford Bailey are featured in the liner notes. Track listings All songs written by Kerry Livgren, except where noted. DVD track listing # "Intro" – 1:26 # "Belexes"/"Lightning's Hand" (Livgren/Livgren, Walsh) – 6:43 # "Icarus II" – 7:12 # "Icarus - Borne on Wings of Steel" – 6:27 # "Song for America (song), Song for America" – 9:27 # "Howlin' at the Moon" (from "Magnum Opus") (Phil Ehart, Dave Hope, Livgren, Robby Steinhardt, Steve Walsh (musician), Steve Walsh, Rich Williams) – 2:00 # "The Wall" (Livgren, Walsh) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas (band)
Kansas is an American rock music, rock band formed in Topeka, Kansas in 1973. They became popular during the 1970s initially on album-oriented rock charts and later with hit singles such as "Carry On Wayward Son" and "Dust in the Wind". The band has produced nine gold albums, three multi-platinum albums (''Leftoverture'' 5x, ''Point of Know Return'' 4×, and ''The Best of Kansas'' 4×), one other platinum studio album (''Monolith (Kansas album), Monolith''), one platinum live double album (''Two for the Show (Kansas album), Two for the Show''), and a million-selling single, "Dust in the Wind". Kansas appeared on the US Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'' charts for over 200 weeks throughout the 1970s and 1980s and played to sold-out arenas and stadiums throughout North America, Europe and Japan. "Carry On Wayward Son" was the second-most-played track on US classic rock radio in 1995 and No. 1 in 1997. Jason Ankeny of AllMusic referred to Kansas as "staples" of classic rock radio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rich Williams
Richard John Williams (born February 1, 1950) is an American guitarist, primarily known for being one of the only consistent original members of the Rock music, rock band Kansas (band), Kansas alongside drummer Phil Ehart. Both have appeared on every Kansas album to date. Career Williams shared guitar duties with keyboardist/guitarist Kerry Livgren until 1984 when Kansas first broke up, and later from 1990 to 1991 and 1999 to 2000. From 1985 to 1991, he shared guitar-playing with Steve Morse, and later with Zak Rizvi from 2016 to 2021. Since April 2021, Williams has served as the band's only dedicated guitarist, as he also did from 1991 to 1999, and 2000 to 2016. In live performances, violinist Joe Deninzon serves as a second guitarist when the song being played contains little or no violin, as did his predecessor, David Ragsdale. Williams and Phil Ehart are the only two founding members of Kansas who have never left the band and have played on all Kansas albums. Among the son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bass Guitar
The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer neck (music), neck and scale length (string instruments), scale length. The electric bass guitar most commonly has four strings, though five- and six-stringed models are also built. Since the mid-1950s, the bass guitar has replaced the double bass in popular music due to its lighter weight, smaller size, most models' inclusion of Fret, frets for easier Intonation_(music), intonation, and electromagnetic pickups for amplification. Another reason the bass guitar replaced the double bass is because the double bass is "acoustically imperfect" like the viola. For a double bass to be acoustically perfect, its body size would have to be twice as that of a cello rendering it unplayable, so the double bass is made smaller to make it playable. The elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drum Set
A drum kit or drum set (also known as a trap set, or simply drums in popular music and jazz contexts) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and sometimes other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The drummer typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks or special wire or nylon brushes; and uses their feet to operate hi-hat and bass drum pedals. A standard kit usually consists of: * A snare drum, mounted on a stand * A bass drum, played with a beater moved by one or more foot-operated pedals * One or more tom-toms, including rack toms or floor toms * One or more cymbals, including a ride cymbal and crash cymbal * Hi-hat cymbals, a pair of cymbals that can be played with a foot-operated pedal The drum kit is a part of the standard rhythm section and is used in many types of popular and traditional music styles, ranging from rock and pop to blues and jazz. __TOC__ History Early development Before the development of the cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percussion Instrument
A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Excluding Zoomusicology, zoomusicological instruments and the human voice, the percussion family is believed to include the oldest musical instruments.''The Oxford Companion to Music'', 10th edition, p.775, In spite of being a very common term to designate instruments, and to relate them to their players, the percussionists, percussion is not a systematic classificatory category of instruments, as described by the scientific field of organology. It is shown below that percussion instruments may belong to the organological classes of idiophone, membranophone, aerophone and String instrument, chordophone. The percussion section of an orchestra most commonly contains instruments such as the timpani, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carry On Wayward Son
"Carry On Wayward Son" is a song by American rock band Kansas, released on their 1976 studio album, '' Leftoverture''. Written by guitarist Kerry Livgren, the song became the band's first top 40 hit, reaching No. 11 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in early 1977. The song has since remained a classic rock radio staple and a signature song for the band. Background While Kansas' previous three albums had split songwriting duties between lead vocalist Steve Walsh and band member Kerry Livgren, the latter essentially provided all the material for the band's fourth album release, ''Leftoverture''. According to Livgren, "On the very first day of rehearsals, Stevesaid that he had nothing – not a single song. I don't relish that kind of pressure, but with hindsight it really brought out the best in me." Although based in Atlanta, Georgia, Kansas had returned to its Topeka, Kansas, home town to work up material for what would be the ''Leftoverture'' album, the band rehearsing in a va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Frazier
Rob Frazier (born October 31, 1953) is an American contemporary Christian music artist, musician, songwriter, record producer, and speaker. Frazier is the son of a pastor, W. Burwell Frazier, founder of Warrington Fellowship Church. He was raised in Warminster, Bucks County, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and graduated from King's College, New York City, majoring in English Literature. Later, he took an M.Div. from Regent University. Over the years, Frazier has collaborated with numerous artists in and outside the contemporary Christian music scene, including co-writing the 1982 Kansas hit " Play the Game Tonight". In 1978, he joined the Christian rock group Petra, where he played the keyboards and guitar while trading lead vocal duties with Greg X. Volz on the album '' Washes Whiter Than''. After Petra, Frazier embarked in a solo career releasing several albums, as well as frequently collaborating with Steve Camp Steven J. Camp (born April 13, 1955) is an American co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Play The Game Tonight
"Play the Game Tonight" is a progressive rock single recorded by Kansas for their 1982 album '' Vinyl Confessions''. It managed to chart at No. 17 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, becoming the 15th single, 10th top 100 hit, sixth top 40 hit, and the third of four Top 20 hits produced by Kansas. The song was written and produced during the John Elefante period of Kansas and was on the first of two albums to be produced during that period (the other being Drastic Measures). The song has been re-released on several live and compilation albums, including '' The Best of Kansas'', '' The Ultimate Kansas'', '' Sail On: The 30th Anniversary Collection'', and the '' Device, Voice, Drum'' live CD/DVD combo. Structure The song begins with a slow, mysterious piano intro played by John Elefante, which continues playing as Elefante comes in on vocals, singing the first verse. As the verse progresses to the end, there is an increase in volume leading up to the chorus, where Elefante is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Elefante
John Elefante (born March 18, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. From 1981-1984, he was lead vocalist of the rock group Kansas and is currently touring with several groups that have featured members from classic rock bands. His credits include writing and singing lead vocals on three multi-platinum albums. He produced albums that have earned numerous GMA Dove Awards, four Grammy Awards (most recently in 2000), and ten Grammy nominations. He has maintained a close working relationship with his brother, Dino, co-writer of several Kansas songs. Early life He was born in Levittown, New York, and his family soon moved to Long Beach, California. He sang and played drums for his family band, The Brotherhood. 1981–1984: Kansas In late 1981, Elefante auditioned for his second band position, as the new lead singer and keyboardist for Kansas, after the departure of its co-founder Steve Walsh. The previous year, Kansas was one of the top-grossing con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fight Fire With Fire (Kansas Song)
"Fight Fire with Fire" is a song by American band Kansas (band), Kansas, written by John Elefante, John and Dino Elefante for the 1983 album ''Drastic Measures''. Charting at No. 58 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100,[ "Fight Fire with Fire" chart history], Billboard.com. Retrieved January 24, 2012. it became the twelfth Kansas single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, Top 100. It was promoted with a music video starring Dan Shor, which was blown up to 35mm movie film, 35 mm film and displayed as a trailer (promotion), trailer in movie theaters.Iozzia, DavidWho... What... Where... with John Elefante Dave's On Tour. Retrieved January 26, 2012. The song was re-released on several compilation and live albums, including ''The Best of Kansas'', ''The Ultimate Kansas'', ''Sail On: The 30th Anniversary Collection'', and the live CD/DVD combos ''Device, Voice, Drum'' and ''There's Know Place Like Home''. Charts References {{authority control 1983 singles Kansas (ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portrait (He Knew)
"Portrait (He Knew)" is a song by the American progressive rock band Kansas. It was written by Kerry Livgren and Steve Walsh and was recorded for the band's fifth album, '' Point of Know Return''. The song was also released as a single after the success of " Point of Know Return" and "Dust in the Wind" and charted at #64 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It was later released on the live and compilation albums '' Two for the Show'', '' Live at the Whisky'', '' Device, Voice, Drum'', '' The Kansas Boxed Set'', '' The Ultimate Kansas'', '' Sail On: The 30th Anniversary Collection'', '' Works in Progress'', and '' Playlist: The Very Best of Kansas''. It appears in a number of different mixes and lengths: the original album version, the edited single version, a different single edit that appears as a bonus track on the European-only 1999 compilation ''Definitive Collection'', and a new remix by the original producers Jeff Glixman as a bonus track on the CD remaster of its original paren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Point Of Know Return (song)
"Point of Know Return" is a song by the progressive rock band Kansas written by Steve Walsh (lyrics), Robby Steinhardt, and Phil Ehart (who suggested the album's title, which inspired the lyrics to the song) for their 1977 album '' Point of Know Return''. It has been re-released on many compilation and live albums, including '' The Best of Kansas'', '' The Kansas Boxed Set'', '' The Ultimate Kansas'', '' Sail On: The 30th Anniversary Collection'', '' Two for the Show'', '' Live at the Whisky'', ''King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Kansas'', ''Dust in the Wind'', '' Device, Voice, Drum'', and '' There's Know Place Like Home''. Live video performances were also released on ''Device, Voice, Drum'' and ''There's Know Place Like Home''. The musical publishing organization BMI presented certifications to the songwriters for over 2 million plays of the song in 2013, as part of the band's 40th anniversary celebration at a concert in Pittsburgh. Reception ''Billboard'' described "Point ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
