''There's Know Place Like Home'' is

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' fifth live album. It was released as a double CD and also on DVD on October 13, 2009 and

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on November 23, 2009. The DVD charted at No. 5 on the ''

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'' Music DVD chart the week of its release, Kansas's only appearance on that chart. ''There's Know Place Like Home'' is a recording of a concert that took place on February 7, 2009 in

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Washburn University Washburn University (WU) is a public university in Topeka, Kansas, United States. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional programs in law and business. Washburn has 550 faculty members, who teach more than 6,100 ...

(which several members of Kansas attended) along with the Washburn University Symphony Orchestra. The concert featured several orchestral arrangements by Larry Baird of Kansas songs (Baird also served as conductor for this concert) - arrangements the band has been playing with symphony orchestras around the US since the release of 1998's '' Always Never the Same'' which featured the

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accompanying the band. The cover features the old man depicted on the cover of ''

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'' and the papers around him with a black background. A special edition bundle has been released, containing the DVD and two CDs of the concert.

Track listings

DVD, Blu-ray and European double CD edition

US CD track listing

Personnel

;Kansas * Steve Walsh - keyboards, lead vocals *

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 band Kansas alongside drummer Phil Ehart. Both have appeared on every Kansas album to da ...

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the feature ...

acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

David Ragsdale David Lasater Ragsdale (born April 3, 1958) is an American musician. He is best known as the violinist for the rock band Kansas from 1991 to 1997 and from 2006 to the present. He toured for four years with Louise Mandrell before joining Kansas, ...

violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

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, backing vocals *

Billy Greer Billy Greer (born January 26, 1952) is an American musician, singer and songwriter known as the current bass guitarist for the band Kansas. He joined the band in their 1985 reformation, making his debut appearance on '' Power''. He had previously ...

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, acoustic guitar, lead and backing vocals *

Phil Ehart Phillip W. Ehart (born February 4, 1950) is the drummer in the progressive rock band Kansas. He and Rich Williams are the only two members who have appeared on every Kansas album. Though his songwriting contributions to the group were few, he co ...

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, director ;Guest musicians *Larry Baird -

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, orchestral arrangements *

Kerry Livgren Kerry Allen Livgren (born September 18, 1949) is an American musician, best known as one of the founding members and primary songwriters for the American rock band Kansas. Biography Livgren was raised in Topeka, Kansas, by his father Allen ...

- guitar *

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- guitar ;Production *

Jeff Glixman Jeff Glixman is an American record producer. He has produced, audio mixing (recorded music), mixed or remastered artists such as Kansas (band), Kansas, Magnum (band), Magnum, Gary Moore, Yngwie Malmsteen, The Georgia Satellites and Black Sabbath. C ...

- director, producer, mixing *Jim Gentile - producer *Zak Rizvi - director, video editor *Steve Angus - audio/video director and producer *Tom Gregory - audio/video producer *Curt Casassa - associate director *Steve Rawls, Jonathan Beckner - additional

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*Darcy Proper -

audio mastering Mastering, a form of audio post production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device (the master), the source from which all copies will be produced (via meth ...

*Christine Boyd - graphic design

Washburn University Symphony Orchestra

Washburn University Washburn University (WU) is a public university in Topeka, Kansas, United States. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional programs in law and business. Washburn has 550 faculty members, who teach more than 6,100 ...
Staff

*Lori Meador - White Concert Hall Director of Operations *Norman Gamoa - Conductor of the Washburn University Symphony Orchestra *Alex Wise - Assistant conductor *AnnMarie Snook - Chair of the WU Music Department *Lyle Waring - White Concert Hall tech *Mark Noble - Electrician *Lynn Wilson - Theater tech *Elisa Bicker -

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instructor

Violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

*Carlos Cabezas, ''Principal'' *Román Carranza *Emilio Castro *Manda Chui *Diana Crain *William Darst, ''Concertmaster'' *Amanda Huguenin *Eun Hye Kim *Robert Johnson *Valeriya Kanaeva *Michelle Lassiter *Michael Putnam *Manuel Tábora *Mario Zelaya

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*Solmer Alvarez *Lucia Darst *Marcela Fernández *Caitlin Givens *Roberto Henríquez, ''Principal'' *Lindsay Paul

Cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...

*Austin Abernathy *Samuel Cho, ''Principal'' *Taryn Doty *Milovan Paz *Esther Valladares *Phillip Watson

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*Courtney Doole *Carrie Drexler, ''Principal'' *Jeff Torrez *Aaron Roeckers *Joel Stratton

Flute

*Erica Nightengale, ''Principal'' *Christopher Roth *Jessica Vogel, Piccolo

Oboe The oboe ( ) is a type of double reed woodwind instrument. Oboes are usually made of wood, but may also be made of synthetic materials, such as plastic, resin, or hybrid composites. The most common oboe plays in the treble or soprano range. ...

*Robyn Bolton, English Horn *Chelsea Loder *José Salazar, ''Principal''

Trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standar ...

*James Kirkwood *Travis Mott *Juan Pablo Rodríguez, ''Principal'' *Jakub Roštík

Trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrat ...

*Neil McKay *Tyson Sterling *Paul Kirkwood, ''Principal''

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*Benjamin Thomson, ''Principal''

Harp

*Lauren Woidela *Mariela Flores, ''Principal''

Keyboards

*Allegra Fisher, ''Principal'' *Jordan Ward, ''Celesta''

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*William Arasmith *Matthew Bell *Jason Degenhardt *Brandon Graves *David Liston *Theodore Musick, ''Principal'' *Lucas Whippo *David Wingerson

References

{{Authority control Kansas (band) live albums 2009 live albums 2009 video albums Inside Out Music live albums Inside Out Music video albums Albums produced by Jeff Glixman

Track listings

DVD, Blu-ray and European double CD edition

US CD track listing

Personnel

Washburn University Symphony Orchestra

Washburn University Washburn University (WU) is a public university in Topeka, Kansas, United States. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional programs in law and business. Washburn has 550 faculty members, who teach more than 6,100 ...
Staff

Violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

Viola ; german: Bratsche , alt=Viola shown from the front and the side , image=Bratsche.jpg , caption= , background=string , hornbostel_sachs=321.322-71 , hornbostel_sachs_desc=Composite chordophone sounded by a bow , range= , related= *Violin family ...

Cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...

Bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: Bass (instrument), including: Acoustic bass gu ...

Flute

Oboe The oboe ( ) is a type of double reed woodwind instrument. Oboes are usually made of wood, but may also be made of synthetic materials, such as plastic, resin, or hybrid composites. The most common oboe plays in the treble or soprano range. ...

Clarinet

Bassoon

Horn

Trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standar ...

Trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrat ...

Tuba The tuba (; ) is the lowest-pitched musical instrument in the brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, the sound is produced by lip vibrationa buzzinto a mouthpiece (brass), mouthpiece. It first appeared in the mid-19th&n ...

Harp

Keyboards

References

Track listings

DVD, Blu-ray and European double CD edition

US CD track listing

Personnel

Washburn University Symphony Orchestra

Washburn University Washburn University (WU) is a public university in Topeka, Kansas, United States. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional programs in law and business. Washburn has 550 faculty members, who teach more than 6,100 ... Staff

Violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

Viola ; german: Bratsche , alt=Viola shown from the front and the side , image=Bratsche.jpg , caption= , background=string , hornbostel_sachs=321.322-71 , hornbostel_sachs_desc=Composite chordophone sounded by a bow , range= , related= *Violin family ...

Cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...

Bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gu ...

Flute

Oboe The oboe ( ) is a type of double reed woodwind instrument. Oboes are usually made of wood, but may also be made of synthetic materials, such as plastic, resin, or hybrid composites. The most common oboe plays in the treble or soprano range. ...

Clarinet

Bassoon

Horn

Trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standar ...

Trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrat ...

Tuba The tuba (; ) is the lowest-pitched musical instrument in the brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, the sound is produced by lip vibrationa buzzinto a mouthpiece (brass), mouthpiece. It first appeared in the mid-19th&n ...

Harp

Keyboards

References

Washburn University Washburn University (WU) is a public university in Topeka, Kansas, United States. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional programs in law and business. Washburn has 550 faculty members, who teach more than 6,100 ...
Staff

Bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: Bass (instrument), including: Acoustic bass gu ...