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Kansas' Phil Ehart on the Opening Fill to "Carry On Wayward Son": "I Thought It Was Too Simple"
Phil Ehart, photo by Mark Schierolz Sometimes, the most iconic musical moments emerge from an accident. Such is the case for Kansas' seminal 1976 hit "Carry On Wayward Son," which features a signature drum fill after the band's a cappella…
Phil Ehart on Kansas’s New Album, The Absence of Presence
The Absence of Presence, American progressive-rock band Kansas’s sixteenth studio album, was released this past July 17 on Inside Out Music. The album follows up 2016’s The Prelude Implicit, which entered Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart at #14. Kansas, who…
Drummers on Record: Current and Upcoming Releases of Note
Kansas The Absence of Presence (Phil Ehart) This past July 17, Kansas released their new studio album,The Absence of Presence (Inside Out Music). The album was coproduced by drummer Phil Ehart—check out this early interview from 1977 Modern Drummer’s first…
