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Kerry Allen Livgren (born September 18, 1949) is an American musician, best known as one of the founding members and primary songwriters for the American rock band Kansas. Livgren, raised in Topeka, Kansas, developed an early interest in music and songwriting.
Official Kerry Livgren Website. Numavox Records, Progressive Christian Rock Music, Kansas
Kerry's latest release (2021) is the most ambitious work of his career, entitled "Cantata: The Resurrection Lazarus." An epic orchestral and vocal composition, it has been under development for over 30 years.
In September 2009, Livgren and his music were temporally silenced when he suffered a massive stroke. Rumors ranging from everything from his demise to his loss of higher functions of the brain to being just fine spread like wildfire on the Internet.
Robby Steinhardt was "the voice" of the progressive rock band Kansas, a theatrical and charismatic presence, says former bandmate Kerry Livgren.
Former Kansas guitarist has completed work on his solo project The Resurrection Of Lazarus, which is available through his Numavox label.
Livgren still struggles with some issues related to the stroke (he had to find a new way to play “Dust in the Wind” for an appearance with Kansas last year), but for the most part he made a miraculous recovery.
Kerry Allen Livgren - Born September 18, 1949 (Topeka, Kansas, USA) Kerry Livgren was the first son in a family of six. Drawn to music at a young age, his first musical interests developed with classical and jazz influences while his peers were embracing Elvis Presley.
In 1970, Kerry Livgren formed the first Kansas, an experimental rock band that was a cross between Frank Zappa and King Crimson, with horns. The songwriter of the group, Livgren maintains it was a terrific training ground. "I wrote bizarre poetry," he says, "not unlike Kansas, but weirder."
Kerry Livgren was one of the founding members and primary writers for the '70s supergroup Kansas. Having grown up listening to the works of classical composers (notably the Romantics such as Liszt and… Read Full Biography