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Lonely Wind

A Steve Walsh ballad from the first album, released as a single in 1975 and a live hit four years later.
Kansas, from Kansas (1974)

Written by
Steve Walsh
Released
1974
Length
4:16
Album
Kansas

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"Lonely Wind" is the third track on Kansas, 4:16, written by Walsh, with his lead vocal and Jay Siegel of The Tokens also singing. It was recorded at the Record Plant in New York in September and December 1973 with Wally Gold producing. The studio single in February 1975 did not chart. The live version from Two for the Show, 4:29, was issued as a single in January 1979 and reached number 60.

It is among the songs they play most: setlist.fm counts 207 performances.

More songs by Kansas

Child of Innocence, Death of Mother Nature Suite, Cheyenne Anthem, Icarus (Borne on Wings of Steel), Dust in the Wind

Sources

  1. Kansas (Kansas album), Wikipedia
  2. Two for the Show (Kansas album), Wikipedia
  3. Kansas song statistics, setlist.fm