New Steve Walsh album

[Willcoxon, Jeffrey]

Anybody aware of this?  I just happened to stumble across on YouTube…

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beViJsm-Xo8

 

Jeff W.

 

[Keith Dick]

Sounds like a song that could have been on a 3rd STREETS Album had there been one...

Nice find Jeff, thanks!!!

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[Owen Cory]

Yes, I noticed the new Steve Walsh album ("Black Butterfly") last night while poking around Amazon looking for information on the new Kansas album ("Leftoverture Live & Beyond"), which is being released tomorrow.

These days, I prefer to purchase my albums on vinyl format (if available) but since Amazon is asking an outrageous price of $86.19 CAD for the Kansas LP, this is one I will likely pick up on CD instead. (In fairness, it is a quadruple vinyl record with 2 CDs also included).

Looks like the Walsh album is currently only available on CD. 

/Owen in Calgary

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From: "Willcoxon, Jeffrey" <jeffrey....@intel.com>
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Sent: Thursday, November 2, 2017 6:57:00 PM
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Anybody aware of this?  I just happened to stumble across on YouTube…

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beViJsm-Xo8

 

Jeff W.

 

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[peter drysdale]

Interesting. I thought he'd given up on recording new music.

Peter

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[Keith Dick]

Sounds like Steve singing with these guys basically...  Pinnacle Point.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=142&v=txNnte9jckk

[icge...@aol.com]

Black Butterfly - it's been pretty well hyped on social media for a couple months now. Collaboration with an artist named Jerome Mazza. Steve was really tired of touring, and I think he had lost creative energy within the band. Very glad to see him continuing to make music (and I did preorder the album).

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Interesting. I thought he'd given up on recording new music.



Peter




On Nov 2, 2017 8:57 PM, "Willcoxon, Jeffrey" <jeffrey....@intel.com> wrote:


Anybody aware of this?  I just happened to stumble across on YouTube…
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beViJsm-Xo8
 
Jeff W.
 


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[Francois Albert]

Bonjour,

Le 03/11/2017 01:57, Willcoxon, Jeffrey a écrit :

Anybody aware of this?  I just happened to stumble across on YouTube…

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beViJsm-Xo8

Yep ! I presented the song on my page "Une musique par jour" (Each day a different track) at the beginning of august.
https://www.facebook.com/UneZiqueParJour/

Good rocking title !

François

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[Hans-Juergen Klein]

Hey, 

what a surprise, he's back!!!

Sounds like Streets to me. No keyboards, not symphonic, not progressive....

I never understood how such an incredible, fantastic Hammond player, pianist, keyboardist Steve Walsh is, 

has left Kansas to show up with riff guitar music in Streets then.

Can't describe how disappointed I was back then, when I heard the 1st Streets LP. I knew Mike Slamer from 

City Boy. Great band, too. Progressive, great keyboards, multiple vocal arrangements....

I bought both Streets LP's but, didn't give them much spins. 

Well, nowadays most rock music doesn't have neither keyboards, nor flutes, nor violins, nor real chords, nothing. 

Just noise. No melodies. 

Not that I compare Streets / Steve to this but, it comes to mind somehow. 

I wish there's Hammond organ and keyboards (The Spider) played by Walsh on his new album.

HJ

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Anybody aware of this?  I just happened to stumble across on YouTube…

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beViJsm-Xo8

Steve Walsh (ex Kansas) New Song 2017 "Born In Fire" w/ Jerome Mazza www.youtube.com Aired on ARFM (Steve Price Rock Show) August 6, 2017 at 7 PM BST. An untitled new album is set to be released in November of 2017 through the label Escape Music.

 

Jeff W.

 

[Hans-Juergen Klein]

It's out now:

https://www.stevewalshrocks.com

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Butterfly-Steve-Walsh/dp/B076D2GQ77

Steve Walsh - Black Butterfly - Amazon.com Music www.amazon.com As the former lead vocalist and keyboard player for the classic American prog band Kansas, Steve Walsh is the voice behind the hits "Carry On My Wayward Son", "Point ...

HJ

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Von: po...@googlegroups.com <po...@googlegroups.com> im Auftrag von Willcoxon, Jeffrey <jeffrey....@intel.com>
Gesendet: Freitag, 3. November 2017 01:57
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Anybody aware of this?  I just happened to stumble across on YouTube…

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beViJsm-Xo8

Steve Walsh (ex Kansas) New Song 2017 "Born In Fire" w/ Jerome Mazza

www.youtube.com Aired on ARFM (Steve Price Rock Show) August 6, 2017 at 7 PM BST. An untitled new album is set to be released in November of 2017 through the label Escape Music.

 

Jeff W.

 

[Hans-Juergen Klein]

Hey there, 

Anyone bought "Black Butterfly"???

Angelo, do you sell it in your store??

No opinions here, at the die hard base??

Moreover, how about Leftoverture & beyond live??

Someone wrote: 

"One of the best things about this release is the mixing. As good as it is when you're at the concert you tend to lose some of the intricacies of the music due to the robust guitar work. In other words, the concerts tend to be loud. Here you get to hear all the parts being played. Manion's great keyboard playing is much more present in the songs on the CD than in concert and adds great depth to the music."

Well, to my tastes the keyboards are way too low in the mix on "The Prelude Implicit". 

Also, all vocal parts sound excactly same, not as e.g. in "The Wall", where Steve sings to a Hohner Clavinet first, 

and when the band comes in, the clavinet has gone and it sounds completely different. But, it's the same chords.

This is  what impressed me absolutely of Kansas music. Greatest refined compositions, greatest musicianship,

greatest arrangements. No 1 to 1 repeatings.

However, this is something a good mix can do, too.

HJ 

(haven't seen Iron, no, Black Butterfly here, in Germany to date in shops)  

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[Angelo Coiro]

Hello Hans

Yes we do have it in stock.

I have heard a few songs from it, but not the whole thing.

I think it’s @ 16-18 dollars in my store.

Thanks for asking too

Angelo

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[Angelo Coiro]

Leftoverture and beyond live we have on vinyl and on cd.

That is a fantastic live album. Loving it big time .

Great sound and mix on it

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 15, 2017, at 5:39 PM, Hans-Juergen Klein <shades_...@hotmail.com> wrote:

[Dave Crookham]

I totally agree on the Leftoverture and Beyond. Definitely one of the best recorded live releases ever. Someone got a great recording and mix. The vocals are both better and worse than some of the latter year Steve Walsh recordings. Ronnie Platt sounds great on a lot of the stuff where Steve’s voice had trouble the last few years, but there are a few of the higher parts where Platt struggles to get to. Overall a must have recording.

 

Dave

[Dave Crookham]

Much as I hate to say it I find Black Butterfly hard to listen to. The songs are just okay, and Steve’s voice is hit and miss. It sounds like it was recorded largely over 2 different periods. In one set Steve’s voice sounds kinda ragged like in his last years with Kansas. In other parts he sounds smoother, but has few of the vocal melody and inflections that made him great.

 

Dave

[Albert Francois]

Bonjour,

Le sam., 16 déc. 2017, 'Dave Crookham' via People of the South Wind <po...@googlegroups.com> a écrit :

I totally agree on the Leftoverture and Beyond. Definitely one of the best recorded live releases ever. Someone got a great recording and mix. The vocals are both better and worse than some of the latter year Steve Walsh recordings. Ronnie Platt sounds great on a lot of the stuff where Steve’s voice had trouble the last few years, but there are a few of the higher parts where Platt struggles to get to. Overall a must have recording.
 

As for me, I just cannot listen to the Leftoverture part because of the HUGE autotune present on Platt's voice !!
It destroys all the work done ! That robotic voice...
I think it was used in the production phase of the recording and not at the live shows.

Strangely it's not present on the first CD.

François

Albert Francois - francoi...@univ-rennes1.fr

[Angelo Coiro]

My understanding is that Steve Walsh is s huge Nine Inch Nails fan and wants to sing like Trent Reznor. Thus the scruffiness in his voice.

I hear a lot of 9 inch nails influence on glossolalia

Angelo

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[Dave Crookham]

I just have the CD’s. Are you saying the DVD sounds different? He misses enough high notes on the CD’s that it sounds like it was all pretty much the original.

 

Dave

 

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Bonjour,

Albert Francois - mailto:%22franco...@univ-rennes1.fr

[Hans-Juergen Klein]

Sorry???

Steve misses high notes on the original Leftoverture album??

Hm, I guess I don't get the point....

Sorry again, no offense.

HJ - who hasn't heard both new albums

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[Dave Crookham]

No. I either typed it wrong or you read it wrong Platt misses high notes on the Leftoverture and Beyond Live set.

Dave

[bi...@progrock.org]

There is no DVD.
Bill


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I just have the CD’s. Are you saying the DVD sounds different? He misses
enough high notes on the CD’s that it sounds like it was all pretty much
the original.

Dave



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[Hans-Juergen Klein]

OK, 

But, how old is Platt??

Even Freddie Mercury didn't try to hit his high notes live. He altered the melodies instead.

And, Mercury was 50 years old only....

If he did get that old. 

I mean, Steve Walsh's vocal lines are pretty hard to sing. Not an easy job, anyway.

BTW, I heard an 1:1 copy of COWS lately in a Dusseldorf based hard rock bar. I thought it was the new Kansas 

line up but, when I asked I learned it was not. It was somebody else, "Supernatural", the DJ said. 

Wow, really excellently sung and played. Who can sing and play like Kansas, if it's not Dream Theater??

HJ

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[Ryan Waldron]

Ronnie’s 55 or 56 now. Incredible vocal chops, especially at his age. I think he’s a natural tenor with a particularly rich voice rather than Steve’s rather unique range characteristics. I shan’t rant here about what an amazing vocal athlete Walsh was.  But Platt is so good in concert that I was shocked.

According to http://ultimateclassicrock.com/ronnie-platt-join-kansas/ (warning: about a zillion annoying ads try to load), the guys had offered the job to Elefante again, but he turned it down.

Anyone know if that’s true? That would have made me sad. :/

Tapped out on my shiny iPhone from my secret hideout

On Dec 23, 2017, at 7:07 PM, Hans-Juergen Klein <shades_...@hotmail.com> wrote:

OK, 

But, how old is Platt??

Even Freddie Mercury didn't try to hit his high notes live. He altered the melodies instead.

And, Mercury was 50 years old only....

If he did get that old. 

I mean, Steve Walsh's vocal lines are pretty hard to sing. Not an easy job, anyway.

BTW, I heard an 1:1 copy of COWS lately in a Dusseldorf based hard rock bar. I thought it was the new Kansas 

line up but, when I asked I learned it was not. It was somebody else, "Supernatural", the DJ said. 

Wow, really excellently sung and played. Who can sing and play like Kansas, if it's not Dream Theater??

HJ

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No. I either typed it wrong or you read it wrong <wlEmoticon-smile[1].png> Platt misses high notes on the Leftoverture and Beyond Live set.

[T. J. Higgins]

On Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 07:49:56PM -0600, Ryan Waldron wrote:
> According to http://ultimateclassicrock.com/ronnie-platt-join-kansas/ (warning: about a zillion annoying ads try to load), the guys had offered the job to Elefante again, but he turned it down.
>

> Anyone know if that???s true? That would have made me sad. :/

It is true. At the time, Elefante posted somewhere, FB I think, that
he was offered the job and considered it for a few days before deciding
to decline.

T.J.

[Hans-Juergen Klein]

Yes, 

That's true: 

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/john-elefante-no-kansas-reunion/

John Elefante Says God Told Him to Turn Down Kansas Reunion ultimateclassicrock.com John Elefante confirms that he won't return to Kansas, having replaced Steve Walsh in the band from 1982-84.

Elefante would have been a great solution, since he's not only a fantastic vocalist and keyboardist but, 

also a great composer. 

Maybe he could have released his solo works nontheless??

What happened after "Drastic Measures"???

Did Kansas tour as a 5 piece?? 

Were they disappointed by having to play smaller venues, poor record sales??

Did they lose their contract with Kirshner records??

Why did Kerry leave and, formed AD??

I thought John E. is into religion, too. So, what happened?? 

Just curious

HJ

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Ronnie’s 55 or 56 now. Incredible vocal chops, especially at his age. I think he’s a natural tenor with a particularly rich voice rather than Steve’s rather unique range characteristics. I shan’t rant here about what an amazing vocal athlete Walsh was.  But Platt is so good in concert that I was shocked.

According to http://ultimateclassicrock.com/ronnie-platt-join-kansas/ (warning: about a zillion annoying ads try to load), the guys had offered the job to Elefante again, but he turned it down.

Why Ronnie Platt Thought Twice About Joining Kansas ultimateclassicrock.com When Styx singer Lawrence Gowan spoke in a TV interview about his difficult early days with the band, it sent new Kansas vocalist Ronnie Platt’s stress levels ...

[Hans-Juergen Klein]

Hey, 

a new Steve Walsh book is out???

https://www.stevewalshrocks.com/

Home | Steve Walsh ©2019 Steve Walsh / Webmaster: Laurie Larson. 0 www.stevewalshrocks.com

Anyone got it already???

Anyone know what Steve is doing now??

Has he really retired??

How about "Black Butterfly".  Did it sell any good, has anyone noticed??

HJ 

[icge...@aol.com]

Been available for several months.  Pretty good book with many previously unseen photos.  You can contact Laurie Larson on Facebook or through her website if interested.

Black Butterfly is awesome.  Don't think it sold all that well, but would anyone expect it to?

I think Steve continues to make some guest appearances here and there, but for all intents and purposes is retired.

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[peter drysdale]

Interesting that it's the 2nd edition. I wonder when the first edition was released. I've never heard of it before now 

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