Kerry Livgren
Born September 18, 1949, in Topeka, Kansas; guitarist and keyboard
player for Kansas, probably
my all-time favorite rock band. Even today, their music still sounds
fresh, exciting, and inspirational, due in large part to the songwriting
and musical ability of Kerry Livgren.
The Gimlets I
- Kerry Livgren - guitar
- Timothy Scott Strauss - guitar
- Karl Geiss -
- Scott Kessler - bass
- John Pribble - drums
The Gimlets II (1967 - 1969)
- Kerry Livgren - guitar
- Timothy Scott Strauss - guitar
- Karl Geiss -
- Scott Kessler - bass
- Dan Wright - organ
- Carl Corona - drums
The Gimlets III
- Kerry Livgren - guitar
- Karl Geiss -
- Scott Kessler - bass
- Dan Wright - organ
- Carl Corona - drums
The Mellotones
- Kerry Livgren - guitar
- Don Montre - keyboards
- Others?
The Reasons Why
- Kerry Livgren - guitar
- Don Montre - keyboards
- Others?
Saratoga
- Kerry Livgren - guitar
- Don Montre - keyboards
- Scott Kessler - bass
- Dan Wright - keyboards
- Zeke Low - drums
Kansas
I (1970)
Kansas
II (1971 - 1973)
White Clover
III (1973 - 1974)
Kansas
III (1974 - 1981)
Kansas
IV (1981 - 1983)
AD(1983 - 1984)
- Kerry Livgren - guitar/keyboards
- Dave Hope - bass - b. October 7, 1949, Kansas; formerly with
Plain Jane and Kansas.
- Dennis Holt - drums
- Warren Ham - vocals/woodwinds - former member of Bloodrock.
- Michael Gleason - vocals/keyboards
Albums:
- "Art
of the State" (1983)
- "Time
Line" (1984)
Following AD, Dave Hope
becomes youth minister in a church in Destin, Florida.
Solo Albums:
- "Seeds
of Change" (1980)
- "Reconstructions" (1986) (out-of-print, but reissued
in 1998...see below)
- "Prime Mover" (1988) (out-of-print; reissued in 1998
with 5 new tracks)
- "One
of Several Possible Musiks" (1989)
- "When
Things Get Electric" (1994)
- "Odyssey
Into the Mind's Eye" (1997)
- "Reconstructions
Reconstructed" (1998) - reissue of the 1986 album.
- "Prime
Mover II" (1998) - reissue of 1988 album, with 5 new tracks.
Compilations:
- "Decade" (2-CDs) (out-of-print)
Hartman Recommends:
Kerry Livgren is a great songwriter, and extremely talented
musician overall. And he can really wail on guitar...if you have
any doubts, just listen to any of the stuff he recorded with
Kansas. Livgren's 1989 album "One
of Several Possible Musiks" is all-instrumental and very
nice. My personal favorite is "When
Things Get Electric" released in 1994.
Kerry's book (co-authored with Kenneth Boa) "Seeds of Change"
(1983, Crossway Books, Westchester, Illinois) is the story of his quest
for truth, culminating in his finding God and becoming a
Christian. It is inspirational and contains a lot of information
about his years with Kansas, including some nice photos. This is a
must-have for any Kansas fan.
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