Yeah! I know it’s one day late. So, sue me!
Growing up, there was not a lot of agreement as to what constituted great music in my family. My mother grew up on Elvis Presley and liked some rock music, mostly on the lighter pop side. My father, not so much. Both my parents loved Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, opera, and Madrigals. I liked Grand Funk Railroad, Led Zeppelin, Blue Oyster Cult, Steppenwolf, Ted Nugent, and even some Kiss. Not a lot of genre cross-over there.
Then one day, I was listening to one of my albums, and my Dad stopped and listened for a moment and then said, “Now, that’s well-orchestrated rock.” Well, you could have knocked me over with a feather!
At the time, I was listening to some Kansas
Carry On Wayward Son
I saw Kansas three times. Twice as a teenager; once in Springfield, MA, once at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga, NY, and then later on in Knoxville, TN, in the mid-1980s.
Everybody liked Dust in the Wind. And it’s a great song. However, not one of my favorites. It is a bit mellow and seems slightly depressing to me. But hey, to each his own.
Dust in the Wind
One of my favorites was, of course, Carry On Wayward Son. And, of course, there were What’s on My Mind and Song for America, to name a few more.
What’s On My Mind
Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a live video clip of this song with excellent sound quality. So, here is the version from their first album.
D.C. Gilbert 
I liked Kansas also. Their harmonies were good.
Indeed, they certainly were! Great musicians and great vocals.
I’m trying to remember the other 1-word name of a group I thought that sounded very much like Kansas.
Wouldn’t be Styx, would it?
No, not Styx–think it is another geographic name.
I just asked Google for groups that sound like Kansas and got Boston which was the group I was trying to remember.
Ah yes! Boston! Good music. Tom Scholz was a musical genius. Played most of the instruments on the first album. Good vocal harmony as well, but I’m not sure their sound was all that similar to Kansas
Probably not and the two groups sounded similar to me.