Keeb kwm ntawm Kansas band, uas nthuav tawm ib qho tshwj xeeb ntawm kev sib txuas cov suab zoo nkauj ntawm pej xeem thiab cov suab paj nruag classic, yog qhov nthuav heev.
Nws cov kev xav tau raug tsim tawm los ntawm ntau yam khoom siv suab paj nruag, siv cov qauv xws li kos duab pob zeb thiab pob zeb nyuaj.
Niaj hnub no nws yog ib pawg neeg paub zoo thiab thawj pab pawg los ntawm Tebchaws Meskas, tsim los ntawm cov phooj ywg hauv tsev kawm ntawv los ntawm lub nroog Topeka (lub peev ntawm Kansas) hauv xyoo 1970s ntawm lub xyoo pua xeem.
Cov cim tseem ceeb ntawm pawg Kansas
Kerry Livgren (guitar, keyboards) tuaj rau suab paj nruag thaum ntxov, nws thawj qhov kev nyiam ua yog classical thiab jazz. Tus ntaus suab paj nruag thawj hluav taws xob guitar yog nws tus kheej tsim.
Nws pib sau cov nkauj, ua si nrog cov phooj ywg hauv tsev kawm ntawv hauv pawg. Tom qab ntawd, nws tau los ua ib tug tswv cuab ntawm pab pawg nto moo Kansas.
Drummer Phil Ehart siv nws thaum yau nyob rau hauv ntau lub teb chaws, raws li nws txiv yog tub rog, thiab tsev neeg mus tas li tsiv mus nyob rau lawv lub hom phiaj.
Thaum ntxov heev, tus me nyuam tub tau txais kev txawj ntaus nruas. Ib zaug nyob rau hauv lub nroog ntawm Topeka, nws nrhiav tau ib pab pawg neeg uas tom qab ntawd tau txais ib lub npe hu thoob plaws lub ntiaj teb no.
Dave Hope (zeeg) Hauv tsev kawm ntawv theem siab, tus tub hluas nyiam ncaws pob, nws ua tiav kev tiv thaiv hauv tsev kawm ntawv pab pawg. Tus kws tshaj lij bassist yog ib qho ntawm peb tus neeg ua haujlwm ntawm Kansas band.
Violinist Robbie Steinhardt yug hauv Kansas. Nws pib kawm violin thaum muaj hnub nyoog 8 xyoo, tau txais kev kawm classical. Tom qab tsev neeg tsiv mus rau Tebchaws Europe, Robbie feem ntau ua si hauv cov kws tshaj lij orchestras.
Nyob rau hauv pab pawg neeg, nws tau los ua ib yam ntawm qhov tseem ceeb, yuam kom kov los ntawm cov txheej txheem peculiar ntawm kev ua si ib qho cuab yeej classic.
Vocalist Steve Walsh (keyboards) yug hauv Missouri. Thaum tus tub hluas muaj 15 xyoos, nws tsev neeg tsiv mus rau Kansas. Thaum muaj hnub nyoog no, nws xav txog pob zeb thiab yob. Young Steve hu nkauj tau zoo, tab sis nws nyiam siv cov twj paj nruag ntau dua.
Tom qab kev tshaj tawm hauv xov xwm, nws tuaj rau hauv pab pawg, uas tom qab ntawd nws tau ua tus hu nkauj thiab ntaus keyboards.
Guitarist Rich Williams yug hauv Topeka, Kansas. Lub npe tiag tiag ntawm lub tshuab raj yog Richard John Williams. Raws li ib tug me nyuam, tus tub muaj kev huam yuaj - thaum lub sij hawm foob pob hluav taws, nws lub qhov muag puas.
Rau qee lub sij hawm nws siv ib tug prosthesis, uas tom qab ntawd nws hloov mus rau ib daim ntaub qhwv. Thaum xub thawj nws ntaus keyboards thiab guitar.
Qhov pib ntawm txoj kev muaj tswv yim ntawm pawg Kansas
Kev tsim ntawm pab pawg tau hloov pauv ntau, thiab tsuas yog xyoo 1972, koom ua ke ntawm rau tus tswv cuab, pawg Kansas tau pib tsim lawv tus kheej tshwj xeeb.
Cov txiv neej ua ke cov ntsiab lus ntawm ntau yam suab paj nruag (kos duab pob zeb, hnyav blues, hluas pob zeb nyuaj). Nws ua haujlwm zoo rau lawv.
Tus cwj pwm ntawm kev sau ntawv ntawm kev ua yeeb yam ntawm kev sau ntawv yog tus kheej, uas yuav luag tsis tuaj yeem cuam tshuam nrog lwm tus neeg ua yeeb yam.
Cov pab pawg albums, tso tawm hauv xyoo 1970, tau nrov heev nrog cov kiv cua pob zeb thiab cov pob zeb nyuaj "kiv cua".
Qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws thiab muaj zog ntawm lub suab thiab kev ua tau zoo tau suav tias yog cov discs xws li: "Tsis nco qab Overture", "Probability of Return", as well as a heavy and thoughtful composition "Song of America".
Tom qab ntawd cov pab pawg tau nyob rau sab saum toj ntawm kev lees paub vim lawv txoj kev tsim txiaj hauv kev nthuav qhia cov cim suab paj nruag rau cov neeg saib. Txawm li cas los xij, tsis yog txhua yam haum rau lub studio kaw uas cov txiv neej tau kos npe rau daim ntawv cog lus.
Raws li qhov kev pom zoo xaus, ib qho nyiaj kub kub lossis ib qho ntawm 40 sab saum toj tau xav tau. Nws tsis tuaj yeem sau ntawv kom xaj, thiab tsis xav tau, yog li cov kws ntaus nkauj tau mus teem caij so rau lawv tus kheej hauv lawv haiv neeg Kansas.
Yuav luag ua ntej lub davhlau, Kerry Livgren coj ib zaj nkauj tshiab uas tau tshoov cov txiv neej ntau heev uas lawv tau rov qab lawv daim pib thiab pib kaw qhov kev tos ntev.
Nws yog qhov muaj pes tsawg leeg Carry On My Wayward Son, uas coj 11 txoj hauj lwm hauv cov kab kos, album Leftoverture yog ntawm 5 txoj hauj lwm.
Zaj nkauj no tau txais kev cawmdim ntawm pab pawg, coj kev lag luam zoo thaum nws tsis xav txog. Albums, kab ntawv saum toj kawg nkaus, kiv cua, kub thiab platinum discs ua raws.
Ironically, 1979 nrog kev tso tawm ntawm Monolith album yog qhov pib ntawm kev puas tsuaj ntawm kev sib koom ua ke hauv pab pawg nws tus kheej.
Kev muaj tswv yim daws teeb meem ntawm pab pawg Kansas
Cov kev hloov pauv tau tshwm sim hauv txoj hmoo ntawm ib pab pawg neeg zoo. Nws tag nrho pib nrog qhov yooj yim yooj yim ntawm cov suab paj nruag tsw uas Kansas muaj npe nrov rau.
Steve Walsh tawm ntawm pab pawg. Kev poob ntawm tus neeg hu nkauj muaj zog tau ua lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv kev tso tawm cov haujlwm tsis muaj zog heev.
Plaub xyoos tom qab ntawd, ib pab pawg neeg paub zoo tau tso tseg. Txhua tus mus nws tus kheej txoj kev. Kerry Livgren tau mus rau hauv kev ntseeg, thaum tso nws thawj solo album. Ces Dave Hope tawm mus.
Kev txhawb siab ntawm pab pawg Kansas rau kev zoo siab ntawm cov kiv cua
Nyob rau hauv lub lig 1980s, cov pab pawg neeg muaj pes tsawg leeg, tau undergone ib co reorganization, resumed nws cov suab paj nruas kev ua si. Lawv pib sau, ncig xyuas, rov qab los ntawm lawv qhov qub chaw, kev ua yeeb yam tshwj xeeb nrog symphony orchestras tshwm sim.
Xyoo 2018, pawg Kansas ua kev zoo siab rau 40 xyoo ntawm lawv cov nkauj "Point of Knowledge Return" los ntawm kev ncig xyuas hnub tseem ceeb, thaum lub sijhawm tag nrho cov nkauj suav nrog hauv album tau ua tiav thiab cov nkauj tshiab ntawm pab pawg tau nthuav tawm.
