Steve Walsh (musician)

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Steve Walsh (born June 15, 1951 in St. Joseph, Missouri) has been a singer and songwriter for the progressive rock group Kansas from 1970 up through the present.

Steve Walsh was adopted by his parents and he grew up in Saint Joseph, Missouri. He now lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife and two children. He is a career musician and he makes his living performing with Kansas and releasing solo projects.

Although best known as lead singer and keyboardist for Kansas, he has three solo albums to his credit. He also released two albums in the early 1980s with the band Streets. In 1980, while taking a break from Kansas, he had a solo hit called "Every Step Of The Way."

In 1986, after leaving Kansas a few years earlier to form Streets, Walsh rejoined a newly reformed Kansas that included guitar virtuoso Steve Morse. He has remained the lead singer of Kansas ever since.

Over the last 22 years, Mr Walsh has battled and conquered drug and alcohol addiction. He has endured personnel changes in the Kansas line up, as well as, a grueling touring schedule. This hard lifestyle has taken a great toll on this once great rock tenor. His voice is not what it was 30 years ago. Still, he performs with great passion and fire for his fans. Kansas is made up of the best musicians rock has to offer and Steve Walsh is still the voice of this iconic band.

One of the things that has always helped Steve through tough times is his devotion to physical fitness. If you ever saw Kansas perform in their heyday, you would've seen Steve Walsh dancing on his Yamaha CP70 with the kinda great balls of fire Jerry Lee Lewis would've been proud of.......performing handstands on the keyboard and all of that!

Walsh may not have achieved quite the commercial success of contemporaries such as Steven Tyler or Freddie Mercury, but he does have an impressive body of work to his credit. He was the lead vocalist on "Dust in the Wind" and "Carry On Wayward Son", both timeless rock classics. He is regarded by rock critics and peers as one of the great rock tenors of the 70's.[citation needed] Steve Walsh has been a participant in the annual Rockin' Christmas Fund charity fundraiser event held each year to help needy kids.

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Kansas

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