A Topeka-born group whose violin and guitar defined a stretch of 1970s rock.
If you only know 'Dust In The Wind', try 'Bringing It Back' to hear the full-band drive. That contrast tells you most of what you need to know about them.
They made a sound that was hard to pin down, mixing hard rock with a violin and prog-leaning arrangements. 'Dust In The Wind' became an acoustic folk-rock touchstone that still gets covered everywhere, while songs like 'Fight Fire With Fire' showed they could crank up the amps. For a certain era of FM radio, their name meant ambitious, guitar-driven songs that weren't afraid to be a little grand.
They formed in Topeka in 1970 around Kerry Livgren and Phil Ehart, adding violinist Robbie Steinhardt. The albums 'Leftoverture' and 'Point of Know Return' in the late '70s defined their peak, before lineup shifts led into the 1980s with records like 'Monolith'.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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