By Wayne Baggs &YYZ Photography
The concert at Massey Hall was titled-Another Fork In The Road-50th Anniversary Tour. Formed in Topeka, Kansas, United States in 1970. The band is best known for their international hit singles “Carry On Wayward Son” “Point Of No Return” and “Dust in the Wind”, All the hits and plenty more were performed for the appreciative fans for this two hours of progressive and classic music that spans 50 years. It’s never that easy to choose what songs to play in the catalog, they included at least a song from almost all of their albums, and the band delivered in fine style to the delight of the adorning crowd. There were the veteran fans and there were also a young patrons who were brought by their parents to enjoy this special show. This concert was rescheduled from 2023, so it was a highly anticipated show with no opening act.
The finale of the night was “Carry On Wayward Son” , but it was more than worth the wait for the fans who were on their feet, dancing and singing to the encore.
Kansas Band Members:
Phil Ehart – drums and percussion
Rich Williams – lead and rhythm guitars
Billy Greer – bass, acoustic guitar, backing and lead vocals
Ronnie Platt – lead and backing vocals, keyboards
Zak Rizvi – lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals
Tom Brislin – keyboards, backing and lead vocals
Joe Deninzon – violin, seven string electric violin, rhythm guitar and backing vocals
Set List
1-Belexes
2-Point of Know Return
3-Play the Game Tonight
4-Fight Fire With Fire
5-Icarus – Borne on Wings of Steel
6-Icarus II
7-Throwing Mountains
8-A Glimpse of Home
9-The Pinnacle
10-People of the South Wind
11-Dust in the Wind
12-Reason to Be
13-Lonely Wind
14-Song for America
15-Can I Tell You
16-Hold On
17-Down the Road
18-The Wall
19-Miracles Out of Nowhere
Encore:
20-Carry on Wayward Son
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