Kansas The Pinnacle Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI July 22, 2023

[@chrisjenkins3067]

First time I have seen or heard this band . Wonderful prog rock

[@clos2thedge]

This song got a HUGE ovation from the crowd in Seattle tonight (9/8/23). My son was with me and had never heard it, and he was blown away. For me it was the highlight (pinnacle?) of the show. This band sounded so good, it's hard to believe Ronnie can still hit all the high notes...he's 63 years old!! Tom Brislin was a great pick up for this band, he is a fantastic player. What a fantastic show, they still sound great. BTW, Phil played the 2nd half of the show, much to the delight of the crowd :)

[@markgarin6355]

Was there as well...great show at the Paramount...

[@autk]

Cover band, Ronnie is as thin as a wasp passing gas, always has been, no power or color just weakness, sacrilege

[@stevemurrell6167]

Just amazing.....they are still so good. Tom Brislin is such an asset! Also the new violinist Joe Deninzon and the drum tech sitting in for Phil Ehart.....they're just fitting in seamlessly.

[@DropAnchor1978]

Could not agree more. Tom is the MVP, to my ears. He is faithful to the original timbres and textures on the keyboards.

[@BertChancellor]

Eric is a beast of a drummer. So excited to see this!

[@warrenrayledbetter9957]

One of the all-time greatest songs ever written.

[@larissanascimento1035]

It's amazing to see that they played this classic! Without a doubt it's my favorite from the album "Masque"! But, it is inevitable not to miss the most classic members. It would be wonderful to see Steve there singing and celebrating this incredible band! Of course, it's Robby too.

[@4rah46]

Masque is a masterpiece, wore out the grooves, couldn't get enough of Mysteries & Mayhem, then let Pinnacle rip my earphones. Best band at nailing it live

[@williamschaal4898]

So spotonmaque was truly a mastr piece ive seen the live 3 x myself each shows blew away the previous

[@autk]

Yes 50 years ago they were

[@4rah46]

@@autk True that, saw them during 70's tours for first 4 albums, awesome. Then again in 2005, painful to hear Steve Walsh struggling

[@jairoantoniosilva7257]

I love this song ❤❤❤❤❤

[@jkben7415]

There is a new born energy in this band line up that is coming through very loud and clear! You guys are amazing as the Kansas band has always been! Wow! Thanks for helping out Eric, you sound great!

[@edbernardmusic3599]

Awesome job! Tom nailed Steve's keyboard parts.

[@autk]

LAUGHABLE

[@timhintz]

Incredible!

[@SunFellow941]

THANK YOU FOR TAPING THIS!!!!! One the favorite songs from my high school years-- absolutely LOVED the Livgren epics! I had NO IDEA it had been this long since it was performed. I saw them do it-- the united Mysteries and Mayhem with this as one piece, and I even had a recording of this from a radio broadcast of a Chicago concert! I saw them every tour from the debut album up to the Two for the Road and Point of Know Return albums.

[@christiancazabonne]

Wow! They're playing this song again, my favorite song of Kansas!

[@markgarin6355]

Nicely shot....saw them in Seattle....great show.

[@troyhergert3819]

I was there last night. Incredible! they went deep. 3 songs from Monolith, Bells of St. James and this one. They did not disabppoint for their 50th.

[@roryheikkila5813]

I was there too. They were excellent. The audience, with their precision cell phones, were inconsiderate and pathetic.

[@briankoehler1563]

I'm the biggest Kansas fan, since 1975 saw them 19 times. Last dW them in 2018 Miriam theater in Philly, while they may have blown you guys away, I felt like I was watching a Kansas tribute band. In my opinion not even close to the original

[@SteveAuger2021]

Just saw their concert in Los Angeles and it was probably the best concert I have ever been to Kansas is such a First right band

[@pablo08034]

Such a faithful version!!

[@glenntownsend2828]

Please come to Pittsburgh or Morgantown WV

[@brianboyce]

Saw this live at the Keswick, and wow spot on and a dream to hear live!

[@jessew1133]

@brianboyce agree with you. I've seen these guys 14-15x and they have never played this. What a treat it's going to be to hear this live👍👏 Now if we can only get them to play Apercu from the first record lol😁 cheers 🍻🎸🎶🎻🎶

[@test4el]

Yeah, I was at The Keswick and a week before in Baltimore. Gotta get to at least one more 50th show. There are so many deep feelings and strong memories attached to Kansas music is difficult for me to put them into words.

[@michaelbaucom4019]

Joe D is absolutely superb, Rag's technique and Robby's soul in his playing.

[@autk]

Nope

[@imarkley]

Wow. Thank you for posting this. Pinnacle is my favorite Kansas/Kerry composition and I’ve always wanted to see it live. Honestly I’d love to see the band do the entire suite, Mysteries/pinnacle and then slide into Carry On. I read somewhere, in an interview with Kerry, that lyrically and thematically at least, Carry on was, in Kerry’s mind, part 3 of this set. It would take up a huge chunk of a set list, but it would be amazing to see live.

[@JosephFrancisBurton]

Kerry describes that writing process in his autobiography 'Seeds of Change'. Mysteries and Mayhem and Pinnacle were originally a single song. Carry on Wayward Son is a loose sequel or resolution to the story and lyrically flows directly from The Pinnacle,

[@clintonwilcox4690]

They could always do the entire suite as an encore, since Carry On is usually an encore song, anyway.

[@autk]

Cover band

[@btom22259]

One of my favorite, not played live so often.

[@robertw.bauesjr9190]

Amazing, have a recording of the show in Chicago where they played this song. The current members are fantastic musicians and are doing beautiful justice to the music. Thank you all!! Hope Phil will be back full time very soon. RRHOF pull your heads out and get this band inducted!!

[@JoeyArmstrong2800]

"I have so much to say, though I cannot speak". Brilliance

[@AnneLeighton]

Brislin's kicking butt in this.

[@sidneyfernandesrodrigues2117]

É uma das ou se não a mais Linda de todos os tempos!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😁

[@dennisatlas]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is all!

[@danburnes722]

Great song… I saw Kansas in 1978, 79, and 80 and don’t recall them playing this

[@lutherheggs]

Kansas fans have begged incessantly for the guys play this song for decades, but they simply refused with no explanation.

[@dgcmusi]

Eric gives more punch to the band….love his dynamics

[@clintonwilcox4690]

This is my very favorite Kansas song. Though that is not Phil Ehart on drums. I hope he's all right.

[@autk]

It's a cover band now

[@clintonwilcox4690]

@@autk It's not a cover band. The modern line-up has recorded two albums, the second of which stand among some of Kansas' best albums.

[@NavyCombatCorpsman]

Is it looking on that stage, it looks like there’s only two original band members left. Is that true? It looks like Steve is not there anymore.

[@autk]

It's a cover band of nothing and has been since Steve left

[@leolopez_0728]

Another 70's Prog band with only the guitarist keeping the flame for a tribute band. Like Yes, Camel and could say Hackett for the Genesis faithful. But of the guitarist led tributes, this one sounds pretty darn good. Eric who? I did not know Phil had an injury, you see, age is creeping in..

[@btom22259]

I thought they had an second guitar player now?!

[@RichardScott-w8g]

Joe Denison also plays guitar

[@autk]

They are stooges, a cover band of sacrilege

[@Dennisdorsey-z2n]

How many original members?

[@666ramjam]

Rich Williams on guitar and Phil Eheart is playing drums for the second half of the show. Not on the Pinnacle though

[@RockinExperience]

We were just a few rows in front of you. Wasn't it annoying to see those drunks getting up every 5 minutes to get beers then dance in front of the stage? Even our friend Ronnie Platt said something to us about that after the show.

[@SteveAuger2021]

This band belongs in the R&R hall of fame. Shame on the maggots who run that thing. They put in shit rap music ahead of this classic band.

[@josearalat]

Nice tribute band.

[@autk]

FACTS

[@autk]

No, just a total fail...Vox are weak and thin as always from this guy, Steve Walsh or nothing...this is a cover band, retire Phil.

[@roryheikkila5813]

Put your phone away at concerts, it’s highly inconsiderate, obnoxious, and you’re an adult who shouldn’t need to clutch his phone like a teenager while legends grace your senses. Whatd you do at concerts before your precious cell phone?

[@666ramjam]

The band stated before the show that cell phone videos were allowed. I saw Kansas 3 times within a week and waited til the last show to record this song.

[@Thefarmyard7633]

Rory don’t you remember back in the early 80’s at record and tape expos all of the recorded bootlegs and as kids tried to get our hands on. Back then it was illegal but now it’s encouraged. These videos gets the band to new audiences and to those that can’t afford the $80 to see them. I believe it’s awesome.

[@roryheikkila5813]

@@Thefarmyard7633 Spare me. It's inconsiderate to other paying concert goers and it makes you look pathetic.

[@roryheikkila5813]

@@666ramjam So. Just because something is "allowed" doesn't mean it isn't inconsiderate and obnoxious. It's also pathetic to see grown ass men clutching to their cell phones and not enjoying a rock n roll show. Apple isn't rock n roll. It's fact, deal with it.

[@roryheikkila5813]

It is not encouraged. You will notice it’s a minority, an obnoxious minority. It’s inconsiderate and ruins the atmosphere of something once sacred. End of story. I can’t Imagine watching something right in front of me in real life through a screen, forcing people behind me to do the same, and then playing mental gymnastics to justify it as “encouraged.”

[@jaimesorli2436]

where is ehart?, no ehart no kansas!

[@jessew1133]

@jaimesorli2436 Phil hurt his arm last year and had surgery. From what I've been able to tell he's only playing half the show until his arm is fully healed. Got tix to see them in September so hoping he'll be back up to speed by than. Cheers 🍻🎸🎶🎻🎶

[@jaimesorli2436]

@@jessew1133 thanks, i was worried!, is a big diference..., thats the guy tunnig his kit..., he is horrible playing if you compare with phil...., phil is a drum heroe for me!

[@test4el]

@@jaimesorli2436 It's public knowledge that each band member has an understudy. That's how the new violinist stepped right in days before the tour started. It's also well known that when Phil (and Rich) retire it's their desire that Kansas, well...carry on.

[@Parableman]

@@test4elThis guy was not an understudy to Ragsdale. He was playing in another band in New Jersey and happened to know Tom Brislin and Zak Rizvi, who recommended him when Ragsdale left for the second time. Eric was Phil's drum tech for decades, though, and he is an excellent drummer who knows the music of Kansas as well as anyone could. He's been touring with them since at least the mid-90s, I believe. He has filled in before on occasion, but this is the longest he's had to step in. Also, the band was quite surprised that he showed up to the first rehearsal already knowing all the songs. They thought they were going to have to teach them to him and work with him, but this dude is real.

[@Parableman]

@@jaimesorli2436 Phil has always said that he's the best drummer for Kansas, but Eric is clearly the second best. He's been with the band for something like 30 years now. He knows this music very well and is the closest thing to Phil you will find. He certainly has a similar style and the technical chops to handle this kind of complex music. I'm not sure why you can't see that, but I honestly feel sorry for you that you can't appreciate his drumming, because he's excellent. He's also Phil's choice, so if you respect Phil then you should respect his choice of partial replacement for the part of the show that he can't play without aggravating his injury.