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Talk Line 10-16-2026: Ronnie Platt of Kansas shares his journey, upcoming show · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: Hey there, waking crew. Welcome back to FM 95.1 and
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  Speaker 1: AM 1460 WIXN. Just about 8.15 on your Friday morning,
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  Speaker 1: and as promised, I am getting to talk with one
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  Speaker 1: of the most iconic rock legends ever to grace our
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  Speaker 1: radio stations. If you've ever turned up the radio... and
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  Speaker 1: found yourself singing along to Carry On, Wayward Son, or
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  Speaker 1: Dust in the Wind, has ever made you stop and
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  Speaker 1: think for a moment, then you know the music of
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  Speaker 1: our next guest. We're talking about a band that's been
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  Speaker 1: part of the soundtrack of our lives for more than
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  Speaker 1: five decades, Kansas! The one and only Kansas formed in Topeka,
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  Speaker 1: releasing its debut album in 74, and has gone to
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  Speaker 1: sell on more than 30 million albums worldwide. With multi-platinum
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  Speaker 1: records like Left Overture and Point of No Return, the
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  Speaker 1: band has helped define the sound of American progressive rock,
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  Speaker 1: and it's music that is still a staple of classic
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  Speaker 1: rock radio today. And the great news for you Quad
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  Speaker 1: Cities music fans is that Kansas is coming to Rhythm
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  Speaker 1: City in Davenport on Friday, October 23rd, kicking off at
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  Speaker 1: 8 p.m. And joining us this morning is the band's
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  Speaker 1: lead vocalist and keyboardist, the one and only Ronnie Platt. Sir,
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  Speaker 1: how are you?
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  Speaker 2: Brandon, how are you? Hey, man, happy to be with you.
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  Speaker 1: Man, this is an absolute pleasure, Ronnie. I thank you
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  Speaker 1: so much for being able to come on the show
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  Speaker 1: and talk to all of our fans here.
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  Speaker 2: My pleasure. Never get tired of talking Kansas and getting
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  Speaker 2: people out to see Kansas because, boy, this band is special,
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  Speaker 2: the music is special, and we cannot wait to get
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  Speaker 2: to the Rhythm City Casino.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, Kansas has been making music for more
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  Speaker 1: than 50 years. And I mean, these songs have become
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  Speaker 1: part of the fabric of American rock music. Now, Ronnie,
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  Speaker 1: when you look out at an audience and see multiple
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  Speaker 1: generations singing these songs together, I mean, what kind of
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  Speaker 1: a feeling is that?
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  Speaker 2: You know, well, when I see the teenage kids out
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  Speaker 2: in the audience, it restores my faith in the youth
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  Speaker 2: of America, and it is the product of good parenting.
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  Speaker 2: Does it... You know, just in the time that I've
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  Speaker 2: been with the band, which is now more than 12 years,
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  Speaker 2: it's so gratifying to see younger people in the audience and...
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  Speaker 2: the appreciation for this music because it's something that I've
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  Speaker 2: actually changed the title. I don't like to call it
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  Speaker 2: classic rock anymore. I've given it the title of timeless
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  Speaker 2: rock because it's really what it is, because it's spanned
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  Speaker 2: over the generations. And boy, you know, Leftoverture came out
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  Speaker 2: in 1976 with Wayward Son and Point of No Return
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  Speaker 2: in 77 with Dust in the Wind, and boy, if
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  Speaker 2: you were 18, 19, 20 years old back then, do
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  Speaker 2: the math. But the music has endured over the years,
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  Speaker 2: and just a huge resurgence thanks to things like Guitar
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  Speaker 2: Hero that had Wayward Son on it, and then the
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  Speaker 2: cable show Supernatural that kind of unofficially adopted Wayward Son
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  Speaker 2: as their theme song, which really introduced us to a
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  Speaker 2: a much younger audience, which is now coming to the
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  Speaker 2: shows now and enjoying the music and just seeing some
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  Speaker 2: of the best music ever performed.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, and I mean, does it, you know,
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  Speaker 1: as more time and time goes on, I mean, are
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  Speaker 1: you still ever at all surprised seeing these younger fans
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  Speaker 1: that know every word of these songs?
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  Speaker 2: You know what, that just throws me for a loop
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  Speaker 2: when I'm looking out into the audience now. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I'll see someone that's maybe a, you know, 20-ish, maybe
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  Speaker 2: in their teens. And, you know, they're not only singing,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the popular songs, but it throws me for
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  Speaker 2: a loop when we're doing a deep cut, you know,
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  Speaker 2: a song like Child of Innocence, and I see they're
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  Speaker 2: singing every word with me. It's really amazing. It just
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  Speaker 2: shows the impact of this music. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And, you know, your own journey to becoming, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the lead singer is pretty remarkable. I mean, obviously it
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  Speaker 1: deserves a movie. I mean, You spent years playing music
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  Speaker 1: while also working as a truck driver, and then you
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  Speaker 1: get the call to join one of your favorite bands.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, can you take us back to that moment?
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  Speaker 2: It's still surreal to me, I have to tell you.
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  Speaker 2: Even after all this time, because long before I was
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  Speaker 2: in Kansas, I was a Kansas fan, and I lived
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  Speaker 2: a double life. More than 25 years driving a truck
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  Speaker 2: around the beautiful streets of Chicago.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: You know, and lovely 100-degree weather in the summer and
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  Speaker 2: 20 below in the winter.
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  Speaker 1: Yep.
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  Speaker 2: You know, boy, that'll give you a rough edge.
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  Speaker 1: That Lake Michigan breeze cuts through your soul.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, let me tell you, that wind coming off of
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  Speaker 2: Lake Michigan, buddy, whoo, that's something. But, you know, I
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  Speaker 2: was a musician or a truck driver, but as soon
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  Speaker 2: as I was done driving... The rest of the day
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  Speaker 2: and into the night, I was a musician. I really
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  Speaker 2: lived a double life. Not to go too off on
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  Speaker 2: a tangent here, but a friend of mine, Dina Olson,
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  Speaker 2: who happens to be the niece of Dennis DeYoung, formerly
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  Speaker 2: of Styx, she knew what a Kansas fanatic I was
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  Speaker 2: and performed Kansas music for Geez, just about all my
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  Speaker 2: cover bands in Chicago, we played Kansas music. And she's
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  Speaker 2: the one that saw the advertisement of Steve Walsh's retirement.
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  Speaker 2: And she contacted me. And long story short, I was
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  Speaker 2: able to contact Rich via Facebook. And one week later,
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  Speaker 2: found myself the lead singer of Kansas. And just... Really something.
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  Speaker 2: My friends go, hey man, you're almost like that movie
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  Speaker 2: Rockstar with Mark Wahlberg. Yeah. Yeah, kind of.
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  Speaker 1: No golden God moments?
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 1: But I mean, that's better than winning the lottery, man.
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  Speaker 1: Anybody can buy a ticket to enter the lottery. This
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  Speaker 1: is like... I don't know, divine intervention calling. I don't
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  Speaker 1: know what you would call it, but it's a once-in-a-lifetime
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  Speaker 1: kind of thing, the way this happened for you. And
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  Speaker 1: I mean, did it hit you right away, or did
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  Speaker 1: it take a while to sink in and be like,
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  Speaker 1: my God, this happened?
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  Speaker 2: It's still sinking in. What are you telling me? Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it's just, it's funny looking back at, you know,
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  Speaker 2: you don't, really believe in that predestination thing but uh
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  Speaker 2: i mean back in the 80s my band cover band
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  Speaker 2: chaser we were doing we weren't only doing wayward son
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  Speaker 2: and point no return we were doing deep cut kansas
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  Speaker 2: stuff uh you know even way back then and just
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  Speaker 2: really eerie eerie things like uh A friend of mine,
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  Speaker 2: a keyboard player and music director, he called me one
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  Speaker 2: day and said, hey, would you like to sing a
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  Speaker 2: song with the Chicago Children's Choir? And I'm like, oh
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  Speaker 2: my God, I would love to do that. Now, what
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  Speaker 2: song would you like me to sing? Would you believe
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  Speaker 2: it was Dust in the Wind?
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  Speaker 1: Oh, come on, man. Is that not a nod from
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  Speaker 1: the universe?
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  Speaker 2: It has to be. A former love interest of mine,
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  Speaker 2: her mother passed away. her mother requests that I sing
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  Speaker 2: Dust in the Wind at her memorial. What? Really? Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, just crazy events like that, that just, it
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  Speaker 2: really gives a little validity to the predestination thing. So,
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  Speaker 2: kind of wild.
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  Speaker 1: No, I absolutely agree with you. You know, I'd had
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  Speaker 1: a lady tell me once that déjà vu is just
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  Speaker 1: a reminder that you're on the right path. Yeah. But
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  Speaker 1: you didn't.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, there's a song lyric.
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  Speaker 1: I'm stealing that. You can have it. Throw my name
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  Speaker 1: in there somewhere, man. But you know, really what makes
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  Speaker 1: your story even more interesting, and I have to wonder
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  Speaker 1: if it could have even felt more unnerving at the time,
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  Speaker 1: is that you filled some pretty big shoes, stepping into
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  Speaker 1: a role made famous by Steve Walsh, whose voice is
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  Speaker 1: such a defining part of the band's history, and as
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  Speaker 1: a longtime fan yourself, I've got to imagine the weight
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  Speaker 1: of that feels even heavier as you approach making those
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  Speaker 1: songs your own while trying to stay true to what
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  Speaker 1: Kansas fans love. How did you balance that in the beginning,
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  Speaker 1: and do you feel like you struck that note?
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  Speaker 2: You know, I want to stress to everyone to please
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  Speaker 2: listen to the live album by Kansas. It's called Two
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  Speaker 2: for the Show. And listen to Steve Walsh.
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  Speaker 1: I mean.
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  Speaker 2: He is such an underrated vocalist. Just absolutely fantastic. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: my two biggest idols, Steve Walsh and Steve Perry, you know,
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  Speaker 2: not to mention Brad Delp, Lou Graham, John Anderson, Geddy Lee.
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  Speaker 2: I could go on and on. But, boy, Steve's voice,
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  Speaker 2: he was just an out-of-this-world vocal talent. and really set
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  Speaker 2: the bar really high. So, gee, no pressure, right?
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  Speaker 1: That's how I felt when they told me I was
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  Speaker 1: going to be interviewing one of the most iconic rock legends.
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  Speaker 1: I was like, oh, yeah, no pressure.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and I have to tell you this story. It's
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  Speaker 2: so funny. I mean, right before my very first show
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  Speaker 2: on VH1, they had a show called Behind the Music.
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  Speaker 2: And ironically... I saw the behind the music with Styx.
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  Speaker 2: And Lawrence Gowan, who took Dennis DeYoung's place in Styx,
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  Speaker 2: was talking about like his first year with the band.
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  Speaker 2: You know, and Styx has some pretty hardcore, dedicated fans.
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  Speaker 2: And they weren't exactly friendly to Lawrence. And I'm like
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  Speaker 2: thinking to myself, are you kidding? I'm taking Steve Walsh's place?
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  Speaker 2: Did I just stick my head in the guillotine? You know,
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  Speaker 2: what the heck is wrong with me? What did I do?
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  Speaker 2: But boy, if it's one thing I'm really thankful for
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  Speaker 2: is how much the Kansas fans have welcomed me and
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  Speaker 2: just made me feel... like I was part of the
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  Speaker 2: family the whole time, and that's really what it is
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  Speaker 2: in Kansas. And, you know, all the members, past and present,
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  Speaker 2: it really is one big family, and we have such
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  Speaker 2: an appreciation for each other, and it's really great. But
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  Speaker 2: that was a very stressful moment in time to watch
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  Speaker 2: that behind-the-music episode right before my very first time taking
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  Speaker 2: the stage with Candice. I'm like, Oh, my God.
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  Speaker 1: Nothing like the universe setting it up for you and saying, like, now,
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  Speaker 1: just so you know.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, man.
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  Speaker 1: Now, you know, I really want to know, you know,
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  Speaker 1: when you love music and you love an album, you know,
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  Speaker 1: you've always got that feeling, that groove, but usually there's, like,
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  Speaker 1: a song or two that'll make your hair stand on
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  Speaker 1: end and make your soul just vibrate. Is there, like,
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  Speaker 1: one or two songs, like, when you first got to
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  Speaker 1: play it after joining the band that, like, really did
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  Speaker 1: that for you, just vibrated your soul, gave you the goosebumps,
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  Speaker 1: and was like, oh my God, here I am.
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  Speaker 2: Well, the first one that comes to mind, of course,
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  Speaker 2: is Dust in the Wind, because it's such an iconic song.
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  Speaker 2: And where have you not heard that song? You've heard
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  Speaker 2: it in the grocery store. You've heard it on the radio.
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  Speaker 2: You've heard it at home, in your car. You've heard
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  Speaker 2: it at the shopping mall. You've heard it at the
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  Speaker 2: dentist's office. Where have you not heard Dust in the Wind? So,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it's one thing to sing that song, you know,
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  Speaker 2: at an event or something. But when you're singing that
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  Speaker 2: song and you're now the lead singer of Kansas, the
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  Speaker 2: intensity is just over the top. And I still feel
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  Speaker 2: that way now, you know. And, you know, one of
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  Speaker 2: the things I'm very thankful to Rich and Phil for
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  Speaker 2: is they never micromanaged me. they always said, you know,
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  Speaker 2: do what you want to do. Don't sing Steve, sing you.
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  Speaker 2: And I said, well, I've been so influenced by Steve,
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  Speaker 2: I can't help but have elements of Steve come out
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  Speaker 2: in me because he's, you know, you are a product
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  Speaker 2: of your influences. Yeah. So it's just really something that
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  Speaker 2: I'm thankful for that I've been able to interject myself
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  Speaker 2: without ever being, you know, you know... And Phil O'Rich
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  Speaker 2: never said, you know, oh, you have to sing it
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  Speaker 2: this way. But on the other hand, I have such
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  Speaker 2: a respect for those original recordings. And they really are,
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  Speaker 2: you know, a song like Dust in the Wind, that
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  Speaker 2: studio version is just ingrained in people's brains, you know.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm not going to take a lot of liberty
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  Speaker 2: in changing that. And I really don't. But those deep
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  Speaker 2: cuts that I love embellishing and showboating on, of course.
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  Speaker 2: Everyone on stage, you know, we're taking the music and
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  Speaker 2: hopefully taking it a little bit beyond. And I think
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  Speaker 2: the audience picks up on that. And that's what makes
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  Speaker 2: seeing our show so exciting, you know, that live element.
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  Speaker 2: And another thing I want to stress is when you
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  Speaker 2: come see Kansas live, You're hearing everything being generated on
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  Speaker 2: that stage at that moment. You're never going to hear
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  Speaker 2: us use a pre-recorded track. Everything you're hearing is totally live,
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  Speaker 2: and we take a lot of pride in that.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely. It's just a moment in time. It's something you
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  Speaker 1: get to carry with you. I mean, the one thing
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  Speaker 1: I always tell people, and it's the one thing I
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  Speaker 1: love about my wife, one of the first things we
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  Speaker 1: had in common is that I have no interest in
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  Speaker 1: collecting unnecessary material things. I love experiences, and live music
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  Speaker 1: is the top of my list. There's nothing like that.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not personally religious, but being at a live show
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  Speaker 1: to me is the closest what I experience as a
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  Speaker 1: religious experience because when everybody's singing the same song and
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  Speaker 1: that buzz of everybody's voice and the music coming at
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  Speaker 1: you and your voice coming back to the band, It
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  Speaker 1: vibrates through your chest, and I mean, that moment in
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  Speaker 1: time is shared through such a massive amount of people,
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  Speaker 1: that vibration is going through everybody at the same time.
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  Speaker 1: You know what I mean?
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  Speaker 2: It really is, and you know, it's funny when I
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  Speaker 2: think back of, you know, when I went and saw
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  Speaker 2: concerts when I was a teenager, you know, back in
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  Speaker 2: the Paleozoic age. You know, there was no such thing
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  Speaker 2: as a cell phone or a phone with a camera.
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  Speaker 2: You know, a video camera back then was the size
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  Speaker 2: of a suitcase, you know. And it's something, you know,
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  Speaker 2: when I think back of the concerts that I saw,
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  Speaker 2: they're still so ingrained in my mind, you know. And
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  Speaker 2: it's something now to.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, we do dust in the wind, and I
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  Speaker 2: just see a sea of cell phones come out. And, boy,
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  Speaker 2: I'd like, you know, I understand everybody wants to capture
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  Speaker 2: the moment, but, boy, I would like to see less
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  Speaker 2: phones and people just absorb that with their own eyes
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  Speaker 2: instead of looking at it on their phone, you know?
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  Speaker 1: I couldn't agree more.
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  Speaker 2: I think it has more of an organic feel.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, why wouldn't you want to experience it
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  Speaker 1: while you're there instead of looking back on it? Not
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  Speaker 1: to mention, most people never go back to look at
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  Speaker 1: half the stuff in their phones.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, right, right. I mean, how many millions of times
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  Speaker 2: now has, you know, Dust in the Wind been recorded
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  Speaker 2: just in the time I've been in Canada? I'd like
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  Speaker 2: to know the percentage of people that actually went back
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  Speaker 2: and listened to the entire thing. Right. Probably very few.
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  Speaker 1: I have a solid rule for any show or anything
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  Speaker 1: like that I go to. As soon as I get there,
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  Speaker 1: things start. I snap a quick couple pictures, and then
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  Speaker 1: I put the phone away for the show.
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  Speaker 2: That's it.
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  Speaker 1: Now I've got my memory. I was there live. I
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  Speaker 1: couldn't get that picture anywhere else. Okay, that's cool. But
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  Speaker 1: as far as listening to it, I want to hear it.
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  Speaker 1: So it's away within the first couple of minutes, and
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  Speaker 1: it's never a thought. And I get to say that
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  Speaker 1: I'm immersed in this the entire time.
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  Speaker 2: My very first concert was Electric Light Orchestra, Out of
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  Speaker 2: the Blue. When they were touring, their stage was the spaceship. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: you're so lucky, dude. And it was just, it blew
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  Speaker 2: me away. And, you know, I think about that, and gosh,
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  Speaker 2: it's still so vivid in my mind, even, oh my God,
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  Speaker 2: close to 50 years later. Jesus, pass me the Geritol,
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  Speaker 2: would you?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, you know, speaking of all these years later,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, what keeps you excited about getting on the
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  Speaker 1: stage night after night? What are you looking forward to most,
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  Speaker 1: you know, as the band continues also on this journey?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I get to sing the music that I've loved
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  Speaker 2: my entire life, a band that I've idolized my entire life,
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  Speaker 2: and what keeps it fresh for me is every audience
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  Speaker 2: is new faces everywhere we go. It's, you know, we
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  Speaker 2: might have played the show... 20, 30, 40 times, but
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  Speaker 2: that person's seen it for the first time. And that's
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  Speaker 2: what makes it feel like the first time for me.
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  Speaker 2: It's witnessing that excitement in the faces of the audience.
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  Speaker 2: It's what keeps it exciting for us. Outside of just
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  Speaker 2: the love of the music and the intensity of the
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  Speaker 2: music and knowing that we're that we're playing some music
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  Speaker 2: that's very, very difficult to reproduce, but yet we're doing
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  Speaker 2: it and doing it well. There's a sense of pride
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  Speaker 2: in that, and just seeing the people absorb that, it's
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  Speaker 2: so rewarding.
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  Speaker 1: I hope that feeling sticks with you as long as
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  Speaker 1: y'all choose to perform. I absolutely love it. I appreciate
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  Speaker 1: you talking with me. I could talk with you all day.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you make this feel so natural, man. You
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  Speaker 1: are so relatable of a guy. Wow, thank you. No, really,
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  Speaker 1: I love it. And I could take up your whole day,
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: but I've been asked to keep it.
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: Does this mean I'm coming over for Thanksgiving dinner?
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: Oh, we do it big over at ours. We've got
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: a blended family, eight kids and even more with the family.
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: You are welcome, man. One more to the buffet line.
• 19:42
  Speaker 2: Outstanding.
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: Well, Ronnie Platt, it's been an absolute pleasure talking with you.
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: Thank you so much for joining the Waken crew this morning,
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: and we look forward to seeing you in the band
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: in the Quad Cities.
• 19:53
  Speaker 2: My pleasure. Can't wait to get there. And as always,
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: carry on.
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: Absolutely. And you can see Kansas live Friday, October 23rd
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: at 8 p.m. at the Rhythm City Casino Resort in Davenport.
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: Tickets available at RhythmCityCasino.com or in person at the Market
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: Gift Shop inside Rhythm City Casino Resort. Again, that's Kansas
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: live at Rhythm City Casino Resort in Davenport Friday, October
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: 23rd at 8 p.m. For tickets and event details, visit RhythmCityCasino.com. Ronnie,
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: thanks again for your time and we'll see you in Davenport, sir.