An Interview with Ronnie Platt of Kansas
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- Join host Pete Pardo for a chat with Ronnie Platt, the lead singer of US progressive rock veterans Kansas. They discuss the new Kansas album 'The Absence of Presence', the history of his entry into the band, their tentative touring plans, and all other things Kansas! #ronnieplatt #kansas
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Pete is so great that he keeps his mouth shut and lets the guest talk. So rare these days.
Pete is a great interviewer. I love that he asks a great question - and then allow the guest to talk. Simply awesome.
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Yes, indeed..
At this point, if Kansas toured and ONLY played songs off of their last two albums it would be an awesome show, and I would love it. That's how good the last two albums have been. Make it a trilogy!
Thats so cool you got Ronnie Platt to be on your show! I listen to Kansas all the time he is one of my favorite singers in rock and roll. Keep up the good work Pete!! 🤘🤘🤘
Ronnie seems like one of the "cool guys" you had the opportunity to drink beer with as a teenager at a party near the fire in 1979. God Bless you Ronnie for leading these boys into 2020 +. Great band ,great guy.
me pal, Ronnie Platt killing it in the SOT!!! :)
it's good to see too that new Kansas album is awesome. I got the CD.
but of course you know the traditional people there crapping all over it cuz it doesn't have you know who??
just like after Steve ferrone was in the band drumming for Tom Petty for 24 years before Tom died they still not got over Tom firing Stan Lynch back then..😂😂
of course I've heard people say they haven't listened to The Rolling Stones Brian Jones died and it's like really.
be safe Jeff
Do you realize that the two of you sound alike? I just put in another post to Pete that Ronnie sounds like you. Well I couldn't think of your name until I saw this post.🤗
Ronnie is a nice guy and a great singer. I met him after a show in Boise Idaho and saw him again in the Salt Lake City airport. We talked about how great the Boise show was vs. the Wendover show a few nights later. Kansas is still great live. I am a true fan.
Man oh man!! This was wonderful. Amongst all the great things he said, one of the things I liked the most is how he compared Kansas to a sports team that changes members but you remain a fan of that same team. That was pure gold and what a way to shut up the so called die hard fans. Their new album is FANTASTIC, I downloaded it the same day it came out and have played it non stop on an everyday basis. Pete, you do such a wonderful job interviewing this guys, just letting them talk about what they do and love doing, no bs, no controversy, no negative things. Great, great job, you keep hitting grand slams man. Thank you!! And Ronnie, when you get out on tour perhaps you can swing by Guatemala 🤞🤞
PETE/ your show is so underrated/ in terms of how far I’ve seen it grow in the 2+ years, I’ve been on board. I can’t imagine the leaps and bounds / your Original subscribers have witnessed. And by the way/ well well DESERVED!
My wife and I drove down from the Bay Area to Paso Robles, California to see Ronnie and Kansas a couple of years ago. The night before, Kansas's equipment truck had been involved in an accident in southern California and left the band without their stage setup, and worse, most of their instruments. They spent the day cobbling together gear they borrowed from local music shops (not easy in a small city in the middle of nowhere) and from their opening act. In spite of all the chaos -- and the unfamiliar instruments -- Ronnie and the guys put on a killer show for their fans. Now that's professional musicianship at its finest!
I'm 63 years old and been a Kansas fan for years since I've been a teenager. And you won me over Ronnie Platt, and I've seen Kansas live numerous times starting with the original lineup and I last saw Kansas about 2 years ago and y'all just blew me away.
Ronnie and Pete are right. That show at the Beacon was special. One of the best Kansas shows I have seen in 30 years.
Such a nice guy. Tough shoes to fill. Total respect to Ronnie. Used to dream going to see Kansas with Foreigner, seeing 2 of my biggest vocal influences, Steve Walsh and Lou Gramm. These 2 set bar so high.
I thoroughly enjoyed this interview! Kansas is in my top five favorite bands of all time and Ronnie has been a great replacement and pays great homage to Steve Walsh. Great job Pete, keep up your great work, really loving this channel!
Presence Of Absence has truly been a breath of fresh air during this time. Thanks Pete for having Ronnie on SOT. Great interview.
I saw Ronnie his last show with ARRA at a bar in suburban Chicago
So great he got the Kansas gig
Very talented vocalist
So did I- I was able to go on stage with him! He is my great cousin 😌💅
Know this from this "lifer" KANSAS FAN!!
RONNIE PLATT has brought the A-game.
This line up and this vocalist is AMAZING!!
Great interview and the new album was a bit of a pleasant surprise as I never figured I would be able to listen to Kansas w/o Walsh, but Ronnie seems like a super dude and his vocals really pleasantly surprised me on TAo. Going to pick the cd up now after this for sure !
great album ronnie congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!1
As a huge fan of Kansas, I was a bit skeptical of another singer replacing Steve Walsh. But I have seen Ronnie on stage with the band in Seattle, WA - and Platt is the real deal. He has been a breath of fresh air in the band which has led to others stepping up and bringing us two fantastic albums. I love the new album! Thanks for this interview, Pete!
I don’t really know Kansas’ music but Ronnie is a top bloke. What a genuine, humble guy. Fantastic. That Jon Anderson impression is faultless!
Great interview Pete. Just got my new Kansas album on vinyl in the mail today. Love it!
Drinking my coffee, watching this interview, a great start for the day.
I wish Kansas would come to Greece in 2021 - 2022 whenever!!! Their last 2 albums are great.
So, Good morning from Athens.
Great interview with Ronnie Platte!! Huge Kansas fan here...great new CD The Absence Of Prescence is!!👍🙂
Absolutely Awesome Interview so Exciting to see So Much Passion Ronnie is such a Beautiful Thank full Man
Great show Pete! Love what you're doing! Great interview with Ronnie 😁👍👏 was really happy you asked him about the Beacon show and recording it (gave myself a Christmas present and flew in from California to see the show which did not disappoint one bit). Also enjoyed the question/answer about which songs Ronnie would like to play (yes 100% play No One Together- actually wouldn't mind if they played the entire Audio Visions record live 😁 how about another 1 off where they play SFA and Audio Visions together?😉😁👍) Thanks again Pete! Thank you Kansas and Ronnie for giving us the fans another fantastic piece of music in Absence of Presence!! Cheers 😁👍👏🍻
Thank you for your interview with Ronnie Platt of Kansas!! I love the new Kansas CD!!🎤🎸🎵🥁
Fantastic interview Pete! Your channel is amazing, and just keeps getting better! Thanks man!
The new album just showed up today can’t wait to listen to it. Great interview Pete.👍
Just saw them last night in Vancouver BC (Sept 6/23) Excellent concert!!
What an interview ......so well done.
Great interview! Ronnie Platt's life story is really amazing btw!!
Caught this interview after I bought the new album. Very enjoyable interview! It's great to hear a perspective from a fan of the band who became part of the band. Very down to earth guy. Outstanding album as well!!!
Great interview. I met Ronnie at a Wheat & Greet before a show in 2017. He's a very nice guy and a talented singer and the whole prog community should support him along with the current Kansas lineup. The last two albums include some of their best work.
Here we are in 2020 loving the new Kansas, Absence of Presence. Great job Ronnie Platt. Saw Kansas in February in the Villages. Absolutely fantastic show. Tom Brislin is a great addition to this lineup of Kansas.
Awesome Interview !!!!
Ronnie is great. Thanks for posting.
Awesome interview! Thank you Ronnie for the great job you are doing and for helping keep this incredible music alive! The new album is also flat out incredible.
Every interview I see with Ronnie Platt I love him more and more. Another great interview Pete!
Awesome friggin interview Pete! Your the man!
I was at the show at the Beacon back in December. What a great show and top notch performance from Kansas and Ronnie. Its such a big set of shoes for him to fill as Steve Walsh was such a legend and brilliant musician. Its so great to hear a fresh sound but the same great Kansas material front and center in 2020
Pete, another home run show in your recent interview collection. Enjoyed listening to Ronnie Platt and, like you, I laughed out loud at his great Jon Anderson imitation. Keep up the great work, Pete. Thanks again.
Great interview. Ronnie, you’ve won this die hard Steve Walsh fan over!
Have seen you twice as a member of Kansas, and blown away. Also a longtime Shooting Star fan.
Ronnies imitation of Jon Anderson was tremendous! PETES laugh was phenomenal! Lol
Great interview. Thanks for doing this.
Great interview. I just got my copy of the album few days ago it's really amazing,!!!
Wow, wow, wow! This was unexpected! Thank you so much for the interview! So amazing! Thank you for asking some different questions and not sticking to some generic questions. I have been a Kansas fan forever and this has been a great time with the new album, your review and this interview!
Hi Pete,
What a nice man, Ronnie Platt is. What an amazing band he is in and what amazing albums that they are making. The best of 2020 in all of prog.
Memories down the line... indeed.
God bless and keep well,
Tino
Fantastic interview. “Windows” yes! I would love to hear this lineup rip through this. New album is fantastic, my review episode is coming soon. Also Ronnie’s impression of Jon Anderson’s speaking voice is spot on.
New album is killer....
Love it🎶👍🔥✌️🥁🎸
Awesome! New album is epic. Nice surprise
I've got to say this...unequivocally, to me at least, this is the best Kansas album since the 70's...and I have been a Kansas fan, literally, my whole life...I have been listening to TAOP non-stop since it was released. There is just not a weak track here...props to this iteration of the band for keeping the original vision of the band alive, and yet pushing it forward, at the same time. And Ronnie...your voice is just gold, pure gold. Even my dad, who originally turned me on to Kansas and took me to my first Kansas concert, is digging the new band. Keep it up guys!!
I picked up a copy from their website and it's become one of my favorite albums as of late (and I listen to a lot of albums).
Platt mentioned Kansas' audiences growing: Platt is the reason, the band can do the older songs Walsh couldn't do anymore because his voice was gone. Add in the new songs, great, invigorating show. Walsh's last years, the shows were the same 10-13 songs, got a bit dull. The newer band players are fantastic to boot, the bigger ensemble brings a richer sound that a five piece ensemble ( as Kansas was from 2000- to Walsh's retirement) couldn't
Pete, thank you. Hope you can get Phil Ehart one time, he's an interesting guy
Phil Ehart would be great to hear. Great drummer.
Michael Baucom - Platt is great, but you have to give it up to Zak and Tom also. What I appreciate is that these new guys were not hired to just cover the old classics. They have all brought vitality to this band with fresh ideas for great new music! In the years before Walsh retired, Kansas was turning into just another old nostalgia rock band, but they have been reborn.
@@JosephFrancisBurton Amen. Didn't mean to downplay the other new members' contributions(Zak and Breslin are the primary songwriters now) I was primarily focused on Platt and his comment about Kansas' audience growing, his being in the band was the first step.
Kansas will stay Kansas as long as Phil Ehart is involved, not just drumming ( amazed he's still going), but as business manager too. Kerry Livgren once called him "the brand guardian".
My fave rock drummer of all time, bar none, that's how great I think he is.
Been a fan since Overture. This new album has guts. Get it and put it on and smoke a joint. Headphones!
Pete is the master interviewer!
Excellent interview questions, too.
Awesome interview Pete! The new album is their best since Monolith.
Great interview what a gentleman down to earth polite and informative.
Great interview
Get interview with Ronnie the this guy very entertaining and beautifully orchestrated member of the band one of the best prog band in the world today the new album is pure perfection a classic great job Kansas thanks Pete 🎧👍🏴🎵👏🎸
If enthusiasm sells, Ronnie and Tom would get the prize. Kansas is a band again. Prelude Implicit was not a bad album but it was not one of my favorites. Honestly, I'm not sure why. It reminds me of "In the Spirit of Things" in this respect--which is an album I do love and enjoy. Both were missing something. This one sounds great. It feels great. Whatever was missing was restored. Perhaps the tornado of creative juice was the missing ingredient--and sounds like the product of one of those efforts. It's different lyrically, but it's respectful and fresh at the same time. Kansas is a band, again. Thank you Ronnie and Pete for another stellar interview. Best wishes on the new release, Ronnie, Zak, Tom, Phil, Rich, Billy, David. Blessings to all of you.
At least you're willing to give the new material a try unlike many old school Kansas fans who want to pretend the last two albums never happened. I love The Prelude Implicit, in particular Rhythm In The Spirit and Visibility Zero. Throwing Mountains from the new album is also top notch.
@@shawnminnier6117 I've been a fan since the 1970's. I believe Pete has summed the situation up very well. I know why people are not so keen on the new line-up--but you're right about people not moving on to new approaches. People age and mature--and need space to grow their own craft. This line-up isn't the original--but it is a new original. People should give that idea some serious consideration. I believe this is Kansas' best work since Monolith, really. But I have to give it a few more spins to be sure. I like it a lot.
@@musicnerd8969 I think I had a similar experience with The Prelude Implicit. I thought it was a good record, but not great. I mean I really enjoyed the record, but it wasn't going to stay in heavy rotation. At one of the shows I seen live (I've seen them about 9x in the last 6 years) they played Summer (now one of my favorites) from TPI and something clicked. I had to go back and give TPI another listen and realized that record is really really good. Now in saying that there is no doubt the new record is definitely a step above and I have been playing it non stop since I got my hands on it. Cannot wait to see them live again and hear them play these new tunes live! Cheers🍻👍😁
@@jessew1133 With a wink, a nod and a tip of my hat, I hear what you're saying. Like all organic things bands will mature in a variety of ways. With this release the current lineup has demonstrated inflationary maturity in a large amount of compressed time--for all the reasons Ronnie just explained. I think this is very consistent with my opinion--and we're really singing on the same page. Cheers.☕️☕️
Been a KANSAS fan since the early eighties yet;have only seen them 3 times in concert....was holding tickets to The Jukebox Hero tour w/Foreigner & Europe....then,Covid ☹️. Ronnie seems like a great guy & definitely delivers live!!! Great interview with insight to the rock & roll lifestyle - touring & recording. Thanks,Pete!
Good interview Pete.
Ronnie your voice is awesome
Wow! Once again a fantastic show. And a great new album. Well recived in Sweden. Sweden Rock Magazine gave it 8/10.
Ronnie’s vocals are great
This a great, thanks. Listening to album, every song is good!
I read a lot of Kansas fans saying "no Steve, No Kansas", which is just closed minded bullshit. Ronnie does an incredible job with very difficult material.I can't wait for the next record.
Fantastic interview.Thanks!
Thank you for asking my question Pete.
The Kansas "duets" are really cool - esp. b/c Steve and Robby had such different sounding voices. I would love a similar approach on the next album - I've been bugging the band for years to remake the Shooting Star classic "Last Chance" - which would give them the opportunity to revisit the "duets" again... :^)
He won more than 50%, I think. He's has a great voice for this band on top of being a down to earth guy. He fits right in with the other personalities of Kansas.
Cool Pete..
Seen Ronnie in his ARRA days and was a natural replacement. Absence of Presence is in my top 5.... perhaps even #2. Masque will always be #1 because of Mysteries and Mayhem and The Pinnacle. WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT DONE LIVE along with the title track from Absence of Presence.
Just had to add that Tom Brislin was the absolute right choice for Kansas. He balanced the scales again with the keyboard dept.
Great album from a great band; saw then for first time during Masque tour in 75- i know their are a lot of Kansas fans that don't except anyone other than Steve Walsh or Kerry Livgren; what i would say to them is act as though this Kansas is a brand new band and with a open mind, listen to this new Album and the previous Album and i think you would find this version kicks ass too.
I didn't think when i heard Walsh was retiring that i could go on listening to Kansas, but i did and elated that i did. The new guys in the band are phenomenal players; Greer and Ragsdale have been around along time and then you add in Zavvi and Bris and you have incredible lineup- last time i saw Kansas and I've seen them 8 times, i knew by listening to Walsh's voice that it was time to jang
Hang it up- i thought we would never see Kansas again. In walks Ronnie Platt and they are now back and killing it- this new album will be on many people's album of the year list i guarantee it. Open your musical minds and enjoy this great new album. Thank you Pete for the interview with Ronnie and frankly all of your interviews; you ask the right questions!😎
Do you realize how much he sounds like your friend that's on the show with you and went to see Kansas with you? His name escapes me right now. You have him on your show a lot and this guy sounds so much like him. This is a really great interview by the way.
i was just cranking Absence of Presence in my car today
For Ronnie- re: his comment about "where did everybody go?" theaters clearing out. That's because far and away the majority of the bands/artists retreat backstage and don't want to or bother to interact with the fans. I saw Pat Travers just a few months ago, and word went thru the crowd that he would come out and hang with the fans afterwards... there were probably 100 fans that stuck around to chat, take pics and grab a photo. Let the fans know you want to interact and they will be there "to grab a sandwich". But if you shut us out, why should we hang around?
Looking forward to see Kansas in Germany next year
nice!
The double-edged sword of longevity, such a deep catalog to select a setlist but how to reproduce it giving it justice? But a good problem to have.
Did ya want to say the name of the album maybe?
It seems really dated talking about the pandemic now. I'm glad that chapter is over.
this singer has never given me goose bumps of any kind; there is no passion in his vocals to my ears; he plods along and for a lack of a better explanation he sounds like he's going through the motions even though I know he is not which is disappointing because Kansas is still a great band; he is just not emotive and too laid back in contrast to the vocals I've been accustomed to from this band