Chicago and Kansas Rock The American Freedom Festival
If you were to look up American Rock Music in a dictionary, you may very well find Chicago and Kansas within the definition. Few groups more quintessentially define American rock and roll music.
If you were to look up American Rock Music in a dictionary, you may very well find Chicago and Kansas within the definition. Few groups more quintessentially define American rock and roll music.
In March 1974 a band from Topeka released their debut album, appropriately self-titled, Kansas. Having caught the eye of the legendary Don Kirshner, they soon caught the eyes and ears of the world.
Along with “Carry On My Wayward Son,” “Dust in the Wind” is one of Kansas’s best-known and most beloved songs. It is the band’s only single to break into the Billboard 100’s top ten, and has been certified Gold for selling one million units. It was also certified Gold for digital downloads in 2008. “Dust in the Wind” was one of Kansas’s first acoustic songs, its melancholy guitar chords and melody differing greatly from the bombastic nature of many of their previous hits. The chimey guitar sound comes from two guitars, one in standard tuning and one in Nashville tuning, playing the same part.
Kerry Livgren was a founding member, songwriter, guitarist, and keyboardist for ’70s classic rockers Kansas. Though the band is easily put into the “classic” category today, primarily because of the adored hits they turned out back in the day, like “Carry On Wayward Son,” “Dust In The Wind,”
Today’s free authentic tab of the day is “Carry On My Wayward Son” by Kansas.
