{"id":862,"date":"2026-03-23T15:55:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/?p=862"},"modified":"2026-03-23T15:55:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:55:36","slug":"mm-1976","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/2026\/03\/23\/mm-1976\/","title":{"rendered":"MM &#8211; 1976"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c645e628e62f8fbab9d9726851472d16\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/monday-again.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-863\" style=\"width:561px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7e4ac651328708ea719ac0894fa30934\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kansas - Carry on Wayward Son (Lyrics)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gQFRQxJZqEE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7e4ac651328708ea719ac0894fa30934\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Carry On Wayward Son&#8221; is a song by American rock band\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kansas_(band)\">Kansas<\/a>, released on their 1976 studio album,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leftoverture\">Leftoverture<\/a><\/em>. Written by guitarist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kerry_Livgren\">Kerry Livgren<\/a>, the song became the band&#8217;s first top 40 hit, reaching No. 11 on the US\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billboard_Hot_100\"><em>Billboard<\/em>\u00a0Hot 100<\/a>\u00a0in early 1977.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The song has since remained a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Classic_rock\">classic rock<\/a>\u00a0radio staple and a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_signature_songs\">signature song<\/a>\u00a0for the band.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>While Kansas&#8217; previous three albums had split songwriting duties between lead vocalist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steve_Walsh_(musician)\">Steve Walsh<\/a>\u00a0and band member Kerry Livgren, the latter essentially provided all the material for the band&#8217;s fourth album release,\u00a0<em>Leftoverture<\/em>. According to Livgren, &#8220;On the very first day of rehearsals, Steve&#8230;said that he had nothing \u2013 not a single song. I don&#8217;t relish that kind of pressure, but with hindsight it really brought out the best in me.&#8221;\u00a0Although based in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Atlanta\">Atlanta, Georgia<\/a>, Kansas had returned to its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Topeka,_Kansas\">Topeka, Kansas<\/a>, home town to work up material for what would be the\u00a0<em>Leftoverture<\/em>\u00a0album, the band rehearsing in a vacant store in a strip mall the material Livgren was working up on a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lowrey_organ\">Lowrey organ<\/a>\u00a0at his parents&#8217; home where he was staying.\u00a0&#8220;Carry On Wayward Son&#8221; was written after the band had completed rehearsals. Livgren, who perceived the song as being &#8220;beamed down&#8221; to him in full,\u00a0in 2004 stated: &#8220;It&#8217;s an autobiographical song. Parallel to my musical career I&#8217;ve always been on a spiritual sojourn, looking for truth and meaning. It was a song of self-encouragement. I was telling myself to keep on looking and I would find what I sought.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. . &#8220;Carry On Wayward Son&#8221; is a song by American rock band\u00a0Kansas, released on their 1976 studio album,\u00a0Leftoverture. Written by guitarist\u00a0Kerry Livgren, the song became the band&#8217;s first top 40 hit, reaching No. 11 on the US\u00a0Billboard\u00a0Hot 100\u00a0in early 1977. The song has since remained a\u00a0classic rock\u00a0radio staple and a\u00a0signature song\u00a0for the band. 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