Wife URGED Him To TURN Basic Fingerpicking Exercise into Song...Became a CLASSIC | Professor of Rock 

Me too. I was 22 in 1978. What a great time to be alive - musically and more. Growing up on Southern California beaches- Oh boy, those were magical days for me.

Kansas was one of my favorite bands, I saw Kansas in concert 2 times in the late 70s, at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh!

Was 19 in summer of '78. My memory of that summer was working at Great Adventure and hearing the song "Baker Street" EVERYWHERE! Hearing it today, I immediately go back to that summer.

@@wiz4020Was there also!

Love that summer!

It is a hopeless song ! Listen to the lyrics ! 🤔

@@markreeves2491 I've heard the lyrics hundreds of times and I know them by heart. I still think it's a beautiful and relatable song. Death happens to us all.

@stephanieredden8861 I'm well aware that death happens to us all ,but life isn't a hopeless journey as the song "Wayward Son" tells us ! Yes, this mortal life ends , but another "eternal" life awaits us !

@@markreeves2491 Yep

“ in the end “ as opposed to “on the end “ Yeah these things do things on their own !? OOPS “ I ROBOT - “ Random Bits of Information “ The AGE of “ A . I . “ Elon- YOUR SKYNET AND ‘AI ‘ !?!?!? And the 🐑 SHEEP FOLLOW ALONG BLNLINDLY ! 🤔😫😯😧

😂 I'm laughing with you, not at you..... I do the same thing! 😁

I am green w envy!!!!

I saw Kansas with Loverboy at Allen Field House, last show of the "Play On" tour if I'm not mistaken. It was biblical.

I saw them at a bar called skitzos in outside sioux falls. They started playing this song and a thick fog 6 feet deep came accrossed the road and thru the crowd. Full moon and a gravel pit with 60 foot high piles next door. The fog went accosted their bottoms making them look like the pyramids. It was so incredible and totally mother nature doing her thing. I wonder what the band members thought of it.

​@@ronskancke1489 I have Steve's old C-3 in my basement. I bought it from Clay Schell, their road manager, in Atlanta. Late 70's. Wish I'd been able to meet Steve, but it was not to be.

Yeah, love this song. Never really heard much about this band in Australia but just because of this one song, I would buy the album it's on. Actually, what album is it on, and is it good? Is it all a similar type feel on the whole album?

It's from *Point of Know Return,*@@titmusspaultpaul5.

@@titmusspaultpaul5Kansas is a rock and roll band from the Great Plains state of, Kansas in the middle of the continental United States. They feature a unique sound, especially for their time in the 1970s, which combines acoustic and electric guitars, acoustic and electric piano, electric bass guitar, drum set and their identifying sound, the electric fiddle. They had success early in their career with this tune “Dust In The Wind”, as well as “Carry On Wayward Son”, “Point Of Know Return” and a minor hit in the 1980s, which I enjoy called, “Play The Game Tonight”. Dust In The Wind is very subdued and beautiful when compared to their more typical sound, which is definitely energetic rock and roll, a bit loud, but they had a very unusual and sophisticated songwriting style. It’s not a deafening kind of rock and roll, but I would consider it to be accessible and enjoyable for most listeners. The band was known for their outstanding vocal abilities with beautiful harmony singing, thoughtful lyrics and first rate musicianship. I liken them to another very popular 1970s group known as Boston, which you may have heard of. Very high quality music, not offensive at all, with a rock and roll/country/bluegrass style. Carry On Wayward Son is probably my favorite Kansas tune, and I think it captures the essence of who they are musically. Worth a listen, in my humble opinion. Cheers. 👍

I use the song Dust in the Wind to plug why I like the flat earth theory. Otherwise if the earth is round, then we are all just Dust in the Wind.

The song is 100% about Reincarnation.... Don't get more Demonic than that

Start​ Sing​ing​.. Now🤩

He looks glorious!

YOU'RE MY BOY BLUE! You're my boy.

"Close." You're welcome.

I keep forgetting Joe Walsh was in the Eagles because Henley and Frey always did the vocals and Joe did pretty good vocals,, his lead guitar skill was imo better than Frey and Joe's lead solo or James Gang stuff was A LOT better for better riffs more and better licks and better change style.. Frey wasn't bad but he was a lot better at doing top 40 single pop tunes Henley too but Joe's stuff soars more,, I think Henley and Frey did seven bridges road but meadowlands was pure sublime, I'm out here in the meadow, part of an old Stone wall, sent here because he said so, waiting around to fall,, kind of like a mix between Bob Dylan and Dante or something...

There you go again - now give me that J

Same with Sweet Child O' Mine

I know, it's crazy, but true. And what a lick it is. It's all about the timing. Took me two weeks to really perfect it on my Stratty

​@@micnorton9487 Um, you're forgetting a fretmaster in the Eagles at that time named Don Felder. The dude can really rip it up. Frey was not really any kind of guitarist; more of a lyricist. Joe was brought in to give them balls. And he did so wonderfully. The Felder/Walsh trade-off's are masterfull, none more so than on the song Hotel California. But they've since given Felder the boot because of monetary squabbles and in favor of Deacon Frey...give me a freaking break. I think the kid finally quit. Good riddance.

truth!

Black Water by The Doobie Brothers.

Thunderstruck by ACDC

I love Goodbye by NR

Sweet Child O mine is,,stolen,, from an Australian 80's Band. . .

We had the choice between a Taylor Swift song, some early 2010s country song and Good Ridence by Green Day. Over like 80% of our senior class voted for Good Ridence. A month later when graduation comes by they played that country song instead due to Billy Joel Armstrong whispering fuck when he messes up the first chord. I was damn fuming over it

I freakin loathe Dynamo Humm.

@Dawn Sutton Exactly! It's a disgusting song. But, it evokes a visceral reaction in the listener. That's why I like it. Our class colors were also light green and dark green. I voted for beer bottle brown and Alcupoco gold. Nobody liked that suggestion, either.

Watch out where the huskys go

Better than ours. My class chose The Way We Were. I hate Barbara Streisand!