BOC: Richie

[Alex S. Garcia]

> > It makes me hope BOC is doing another album, and that Richie is involved
> > in the creative process.  I think he could really bring a new spark to
> > things.
>
> [OT]  I remember when David Ragsdale joined Kansas and I kept hoping for
> the same thing, as he was a great violinist, and seemed to be giving them a
> kick in the ass.  A few years went by and they put out a sub-par album with
> him in the band (Freak of Nature, including a song co-written by Kerry
> Livgren).  

But to take another example, Steve Morse did tremendous good to Deep Purple, 
at least on the "Purpendicular" album which was absolutely amazing. I didn't 
like the follow-up to that all that much (although admittedly I might not 
have given it enough spins) and I haven't heard anything after that, so I'm 
not sure how they've kept up, but that one album... great stuff.

As for "Freak of nature", I haven't heard it in quite some time, but I did 
like it when it came out.

> Yet the stuff Livgren is
> doing now with Proto-Kaw is fantastic.

I need to get my hands on more Proto-Kaw stuff. I only have the first album, 
which has some really cool material on it.



Alex (big Kansas fan).
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