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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

When I hear Journey and Boston it makes me want to play Kansas.....not recommending those other two bands btw...Wink

They're good recommendations. I have several albums by all three of those bands you mentioned. You could also try the Canadian band Saga too, especially if you're over fifty. Tongue

Boston had some nice rock dynamics at times but in the and was too 'formulaic' for me....Journey was a big disappointment for a band that had Rolie, Schon and Dunbar in the beginning....again made to be top 40 rock as Foreigner was also.
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

When I hear Journey and Boston it makes me want to play Kansas.....not recommending those other two bands btw...Wink

They're good recommendations. I have several albums by all three of those bands you mentioned. You could also try the Canadian band Saga too, especially if you're over fifty. Tongue

My guess would be you can enjoy Saga regardless of what age you are. After all if a lot of the kiddies can listen to Rush then why not Saga too? Otherwise I have to wait one more week to listen to Saga because that's when I turn 51. LOL Wink


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Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

When I hear Journey and Boston it makes me want to play Kansas.....not recommending those other two bands btw...Wink

They're good recommendations. I have several albums by all three of those bands you mentioned. You could also try the Canadian band Saga too, especially if you're over fifty. Tongue
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When I hear Journey and Boston it makes me want to play Kansas.....not recommending those other two bands btw...Wink
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Evership- Two albums from the past 6 years or so. They are pretty much exactly what you are looking for.

Surprise- Assault on Merryland A one and done album from around 1978. Of course it's on youtube.

Also, there was a band from Sweden from the late 90's who had violin and were a bit like Kansas called Zello. 




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Dream Theater to me has always had a lot in common with Kansas. If you replaced the violin on Magnum Opus with some Jordan Rudess keyboard tone I think it could almost pass as a very proggy Dream Theater song.
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Symphony X and Druckfarben sound a little like Kansas
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This thread is pretty old but I just had to add a fairly obscure band call Ice Age

https://www.discogs.com/artist/393540-Ice-Age

The vocals are as close to Dennis DeYoung as I have heard though the music is a bit heavier.  Probably more along the lines of what styx would have become had Dennis DeYoung stayed and Tommy Shaw had more input into the music.

Unfortunately they only release the 2 albums.

Great band though!

They supposedly morphed into a band called "Soulfractured" but I have never found any releases by them.

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Originally posted by mathman0806 mathman0806 wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

THere's a somewhat obscure mid western AORish semi prog band called Shooting Star who were a bit similar to Kansas. In fact one of their later singers is now the lead singer for Kansas. 




I posted this video toward the top of this page.

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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

THere's a somewhat obscure mid western AORish semi prog band called Shooting Star who were a bit similar to Kansas. In fact one of their later singers is now the lead singer for Kansas. 




I posted this video toward the top of this page.
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THere's a somewhat obscure mid western AORish semi prog band called Shooting Star who were a bit similar to Kansas. In fact one of their later singers is now the lead singer for Kansas. 


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Hey man, those two bands definitely got me into prog along with genesis. Definitely listen to Utopia and Starcastle if you like them. First album by each of them is great. Starcastles second I think is their best.

Also, I-Robot by Alan Parsons is fantastic

Check out Remember the Future by Nektar


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Just remembered .Trillion,first album, like Styx. Both from Chicago.
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Agree with Enchant and Ted Leonard-era Spock's Beard.
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Any of the early Spocks Beard would fill the bill....as was already mentioned...
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Yezda Urfa is like a freak on crack version of Kansas

Cathedral "Stained Glass Stories" reminds me of Kansas tbh
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Originally posted by TheH TheH wrote:

Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

I had forgotten about Bloodrock.....and I am surprised they are not on PA as prog related....at times a very basic Kansas or Styx like sound especially the later ones.
 
Yes the Warren Ham led Bloodrock sounded very much like Kansas. And Ham was one of the candidates for replacing Steve Walsh and of course toured with Kansas.
 

Ham's great. He then left with Kerry Livgren to play in A.D. 
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