Kansas' Carry On Wayward Son single helped set the bar for the 1970s – a glory era for both AOR and progressive music.
The band Kansas, from the town of Topeka in the state after which they were named, were somewhat unique in that their music was a mellifluous yet hummable distillation of the two styles. By 1976, with three well-received albums to their name, the six-man group were within touching distance of major success. And yet somehow it also felt as though the walls were closing in.
