They're interesting, to say the least. :)
From John Bowes -- Kerry Livgren has seen these, and said that this music was performed by Kansas II (see below for lineup). Kerry was primarily playing an old "gold top" Les Paul, which he literally sweated the finish off of and later refinished to the natural mahogany back/maple top. Since I'm getting down to details here, it also originally had small humbuckers but was rerouted for the larger ones. Pictures of Kansas II and Kerry and the Les Paul can be found in _Seeds of Change_ on pages 119/120.
Also from Kerry - "Where do people get this stuff? I'm not happy that it's floating around, as the copies they must have are surely terrible. Some day I'd like to release all this stuff on a CD for collectors if there's enough interest."
Snake men dance in a fiery pile Wizards make their time worthwhile Bodies burning in a pit Boiling oil and sizzling spit Body fluids and blood flows fast Insects swarm on maiden chaste Eyeballs staring open wide And bones protruding from a side People stand in a burning tree Someone screaming helplessly Heads are buried in the sand A man is reaching for a skull in hand Bombs have torn the flesh away And two moons stole the sun today Maggots have a holiday And sunsets frighten worms away Telephones ring endlessly Horses writhe in agony A sterile axe, bloody bodies hacked The king has moved into a shack Bombs have torn the flesh away And two moons stole the sun today Maggots have a holiday And sunsets frighten worms away
Inside every boy and man Was the warring of the clan They could never let it be Throwing bones into the sea On the 7th day of May Swordsman slew the Krist of Raime Left him lie upon the court A bloody omen for their sport Oh! Oh! In the morning, 'cross the land All the lords were there, at hand And the peace that was to be Died in minds that failed to see Pounding hooves tore in the ground Scarring all the land around When the spear and arrow fly Will a single soul know why? Oh! Oh! Gone the battle, on the eve In the darkness kneeled three On their faces loomed the fire Two survived the funeral pyre Wives and children kneeled in awe For no reason that they saw Did so many need to die? Will a single soul know why?
Standing alone, feeling it be Why is it so hard just to live? Biting my soul, just trying to be What is that they're looking for? If you can't see the way it must be You don't have any right to live Just leave us alone, just let us be We are the ones -- rule the world! You have come to the brink of your destruction My patience has worn thin It is time to judge the value of your life Let a thinking man begin If you can't live, lifting yourself Why do you drag down someone else? Just leave us alone, just let us be We are the ones -- rule the world! Standing alone, feeling it be Why is it so hard just to live? Biting my soul, just trying to be What is that they're looking for? If you can't live, lifting yourself Why do you drag down someone else? Just leave us alone, just let us be We are the ones -- rule the world!
Upon this man there is a curse His life is only getting worse Nowhere to turn, nowhere to run A reign of fear at last begun The morning sun is so obscure And for this ill there is no cure This isn't what you bargained for God is gone and locked the door Who will tell you what it's all about? I can only dream of getting out The ?? will ease your fears Before the gun of twenty years The faith you had in man is lost And now you cannot pay the cost Hell has opened up its gate The hour is growing very late Help is there within our reach But you in silence ?? teach Who will tell you what it's all about? And I can only dream of getting out The ?? will ease your fears Before the gun of twenty years The faith you had in man is lost And now you cannot pay the cost The morning sun is so obscure And for this ill there is no cure This isn't what you bargained for God is gone and locked the door Who will tell you what it's all about? And I can only dream of getting out
I feel you're walking in a striped wheel A long way to the other side They looked us over her and plastered egg Upon our bodies, two so fine You'll note the movement on our eyes Soft dirt below me, green ?? is ?? What happened to the marble plain? We enter doorways through paper moons And slide ten thousand miles below I wonder why we talk so slow Outdated movies are showing here Behind the curtain upside down Pink woolly mammoths are worth the prize As I go swimming in your eyes The mammoth jumps right up and flies ??, take in the air Let music take you there They call it amber ?? The movie in your eyes Only pieces in the game Just one lone woman who's to blame Each time we'll start it all againQuick rundown of bands and members
The Gimlets I (64-67) Kerry Livgren (gtr) Timothy Scott Strauss (gtr) Karl Geiss (?) Friend and influence Scott Kessler (bass) Dan Wright (organ) John Pribble (drums) [leaves because of mononucleosis] Betty Livgren (mother) The Gimlets II (67) Kerry Livgren (gtr) Scott Kessler (bass) Dan Wright (organ) Carl Corona (drums) The Gimlets III (67-69) Kerry Livgren (gtr) Timothy Scott Strauss (?) [enlisted in military] Karl Geiss (?) Scott Kessler (bass) Dan Wright (organ) Joe Berg (drums) [from Lawrence] Pete Murfitt-played guitar for a short time The Mellotones (69) Kerry Livgren (gtr) Don Montre (keys) Reasons Why (69) Kerry Livgren (gtr) Don Montre (keys) Lynn Meredith (vocals) [from Manhattan, Kansas] Don ? Bass Drummer -forgotten Saratoga (69-70): "Serenome"; "Myriad" Kerry Livgren (gtr) Don Montre (keys) Scott Kessler (bass) Dan Wright (organ) Zeke Low (drums) Lynn Meredith (vocals) [from Manhattan, Kansas] White Clover I (70) Phil Ehart (drums) Dave Hope (bass) Jeff GLixman-Organ Steve Walsh (vocals, Organ) Warren Eisenstein (guitar) (where does Blair Honeyman fit in?)-He doesn't Kansas I (70-71): "Pandemonium Mass" Kerry Livgren (gtr) Don Montre (keys, sax, flute) Dan Wright (keys, gtr) Lynn Meredith (vocals) Phil Ehart (drums) Dave Hope (bass) Larry Baker (gtr, sax) Gregg (vocals) Kansas II (71 - early 73) Kerry Livgren (gtr) Don Montre (keys, sax, flute) Dan Wright (keys, gtr) Lynn Meredith (vocals) Zeke Low (drums) Rod Mikinski (bass) [from Lawrence] John Bolton (sax, flute) [from Manhattan, Kansas] White Clover II (71-73) Phil Ehart (drums) Dave Hope (bass) Steve Walsh (vocals) Robby Steinhardt Rich Williams White Clover III/Kansas III (73) Kerry Livgren (gtr) Rich Williams (gtr) Robby Steinhardt (violin, vocals) Phil Ehart (drums) Dave Hope (bass) Steve Walsh (vocals)