Which EB for me?

[PhilT]

Andy Fraser - another EB3 player gone to Warwick.

http://www.gibsonbass.com/AndyFraser6.php

[Chris P.]

I want a Buzzard.

[Dave W]

I want a Buzzard.

Carrion, my wayward son. 

[godofthunder]

Carrion, my wayward son. 

Hahahaha.

[TBird1958]

Stray too far and we'll have you........

[uwe]

Carrion, my wayward son. 

The wordsmith! 

And I bet he hates Kansas too.

[Chris P.]

I'm not a native speaker of English, so i think I don't react;)

I use some Shakespeare though, if I see my brother:

Is this a Dekker which i see before me?

[uwe]

Reminds me of that great joke told in the Dude Pit a while ago:

"A buzzard boards a plane with two dead racoons underneath his wings. The flight attendant is aghast and takes him to the side: "Sir, I'm afraid we can't have the racoons here, other passengers might be offended ...". Snaps the buzzard: "You better read your boarding instructions first, lady, they  say: Two pieces of carrion baggage are allowed in business class. Now get on with your work and help me find my seat!"

Uwe

[Basvarken]

why would a buzzard need to travel by plane?

[uwe]

Your lack of attention to detail is deplorable, Rob. How the hell is he gonna fly by himself if he has a dead racoon stuck underneath each wing? 

It just goes to show that diese Holländer haben keinen Humor ...

Uwe

[Dave W]

The wordsmith! 

And I bet he hates Kansas too.

Their two big hits were inoffensive pop songs. My objection is that they pretended to be a "rock" band.

[Barklessdog]

Bands like Kansas killed prog by making it "girl friendly"

[uwe]

I'm far from being a Kansas fan and always leaned more towards Livgren than (Steve) Walsh, but saying that they killed prog by making it listenable to girls is a bit strong. Much of their work with Livgren is unashamedly progish in nature and not AOR at all. Even the stuff from the Steve Morse era has its moments. I saw them live with Livgren and Walsh in the early eighties at an open air with Blue Öyster Cult, Iron Maiden and Foreigner, unlike Foreigner they rocked (even with a violin and Herr Walsh insisting to wear yellow PE shorts). A band like Starcastle (never mind that I like their Fountains of Light too) softened prog a lot more than Kansas ever did (perhaps to the chagrin of Walsh).

Not usually a suspect here for reborn christian rock, I admit to owning the two albums of Proto-Kaw, the band Livgren has resurrected in recent years (they were basically the original Kansas before Livgren joined forces with Walsh). Without Steve Walsh's pop influence, now that is undeniably prog rock

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4Ky8VQd2pQ&feature=related

which even earned a favorable review in that non-proggie mag Rolling Stone, so there!

Uwe

[gweimer]

Bands like Kansas killed prog by making it "girl friendly"

Yes is popular with the female audience.  My wife and I were up late one night, having a few cocktails, and she astounded me by knowing every single lyric from Going For The One. 

Kansas was actually a really good band, but they got a bad rap once they became popular.  I saw them fill in, unannounced, for Queen.  The audience was NOT happy, but by the third song, the band had the crowd with them.   I think it was the violinist who cracked the ice - "Hey, we didn't know we were supposed to be here EITHER.  If I'd known you wanted Queen, I'd have worn glittered underwear."

A couple of my old band mates were previously in the remains of The Flock, whom Kansas idolized.  These guys got to go backstage, and Kansas treated them like royalty.

Steve Walsh also did some time in a touring version of Cheap Trick.

And...

If you listen to stuff like "Can I Tell You?" or "Journey To Mariabronn" from the first album, you hear a different Kansas than what the radio liked.

[Max Soren]

I once worked with a woman who at one time was Kerry Livgren's neighbor when she was very young.  I'm not much of a Kansas fan, so I didn't ask her for any anecdotes.  But she did mention one day that she once asked Kerry Livgren how he wrote "Carry On Wayward Son."  She was expecting some kind of profound answer, but in fact he let her know that the song actually had very humble origins.