Steve Walsh (musician)
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| Steve Walsh | ||
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 Steve Walsh (Second from right)
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| Background information | ||
| Genre(s) | Rock Arena rock Progressive Rock |
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| Occupation(s) | Musician | |
| Instrument(s) | Singer | |
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Kansas | |
Steve Walsh (born June 15, 1951 in St. Louis, Missouri) has been a singer and songwriter for the progressive rock group Kansas from 1970 up through the present. Steve Walsh was adopted by his parents and he grew up in Saint Joseph, Missouri. He now lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife and two children. He is a career musician and he makes his living performing with Kansas and releasing solo projects.
Although best known as lead singer and keyboardist for Kansas, he has three solo albums and two albums in the early 1980's with the band Streets.
In 1980, while taking a break from Kansas, he had a solo hit called "Every Step Of The Way."
In 1986, after leaving Kansas a few years earlier to form Streets, Walsh rejoined a newly reformed Kansas that included guitar virtuoso Steve Morse. Walsh has remained the lead singer of Kansas ever since, and has battled through drug and alcohol problems, personnel changes in the band and a grueling touring schedule. He's a physical fitness devotee and although you won't see him dancing all over the stage, performing handstands on the keyboard anymore, his healthy living has restored much of his soaring tenor that at one point was reduced to a hoarse rasp in the 90's because of substance abuse.
Walsh may not have achieved the commercial success of contemporaries such as Steven Tyler or Freddie Mercury, but he does have an impressive body of work to his credit. He was the lead vocalist on Dust in the Wind and Carry On Wayward Son, both of which were very successful. He is regarded by rock critics and peers as one of the great rock tenors of the 70's although some critics have complained that his voice is too reminiscent of Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad.[citation needed] Steve Walsh has been a participant in the annual Rockin' Christmas Fund charity fundraiser event held each year to help needy kids.
[edit] Discography
Solo
Contributions
- (1978) Steve Hackett - Please Don't Touch
- (1980) Kerry Livgren - Seeds of Change
- (1982) The Dregs - Industry Standard
- (1983) Paul Barrére - On My Own Two Feet
- (1990) Blonz - Blonz
- (1993) Jeff Watson - Around The Sun
- (2000) Jeff Watson - Around The Sun (EU rerelease)
- (2000) Jeff Watson - Around The Sun (US rerelease)
- (2000) Vince di Cola - In-Vince-ible!
- (2000) Christmas Collection with Father Rodgers - Remember The One
- (2001) Seventh Key - Seventh Key
- (2001) Trent Gardner - Leonardo - The Absolut Man
- (2001) The December People - Sounds Like Christmas
- (2002) Explorers Club - Raising The Mammoth
- (2002) Daniele Liverani - Genius - A Rock Opera
- (2003) Saint James Parish - Come Home For Christmas
- (2003) Khymera - Khymera
- Studio Albums
- Live Albums
- Compilations
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| Kansas |
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| Phil Ehart | Billy Greer | David Ragsdale | Steve Walsh | Richard Williams |
| Dave Hope | Kerry Livgren | Robby Steinhardt | John Elefante | Steve Morse | Greg Robert |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: Kansas | Song for America | Masque | Leftoverture | Point of Know Return | Monolith | Audio-Visions | Vinyl Confessions | Drastic Measures | Power | In the Spirit of Things | Freaks of Nature | Always Never the Same | Somewhere to Elsewhere |
| Live albums: Two for the Show | Live at the Whisky | King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Kansas | Device, Voice, Drum |
| Compilations: The Best of Kansas | Carry On |The Kansas Boxed Set | The Best of Kansas (expanded) | The Ultimate Kansas | Sail On: The 30th Anniversary Collection | On the Other Side | Works in Progress |
