BW&BK; has received the following press release:

The legendary rock group KANSAS has seen its fair share of substance abuse in its thirty-five-year career. In an exclusive interview with Sterling Whitaker and Jeb Wright of Long Live Rock on Blog Talk Radio, guitarist Rich Williams shared his insights into the group's past problems, and how sobriety has affected the group.

“It would have to make a difference,” Williams said. “I've had my problems with a lot of drinking, and there's no way that anybody can start doing that, start doing drugs, and then things get better. It all goes the other way. Things go to hell. It might seem clever to you, but it doesn't work. And the grind of the road, you have to take care of yourself. In doing this and figuring out a way to keep this fun and keep it comfortable and of a good quality, we've found a way of doing that.”

The results of the more clean and sober Kansas can be seen on the band's new DVD There's Know Place Like Home, which recently debuted at # 5 in the Billboard charts. Filmed live in the bands hometown of Topeka, accompanied by the Washburn University Orchestra and with special guest appearances by former Kansas members Kerry Livgren and Steve Morse, the DVD is a celebration of the band's entire career, mingling classic hits like 'Carry On Wayward Son', 'Point Of Know Return' and 'Dust In The Wind' with deeper cuts to create the ultimate Kansas live experience.

Listen to Rich Williams' interview with Long Live Rock at this location.

As previously reported, Long Live Rock is a live call-in show featuring interviews with some of the greatest rock musicians in the world. The show is a joint venture between two hosts who are already familiar to classic rock fans. Sterling Whitaker is a music journalist and the author of two books; Unsung Heroes of Rock Guitar in 2003, and 2007's The Grand Delusion: The Unauthorized True Story of Styx, which was an Amazon bestseller and garnered rave reviews in Classic Rock Magazine, Goldmine, Record Collector and many online media outlets. Whitaker has appeared as a guest on VH1, BBC Radio, and radio all over North America, and also hosts the popular podcast We Will Rock You).

Jeb Wright is one of the best-known and most respected interviewers in the genre. As the founder and editor of Classic Rock Revisited, over the last ten years Wright has interviewed a Who's Who of rock and metal artists. He conducts the Jumbotron interviews for the Moondance Jam every year, and in 2009 Wright celebrated the first decade of Classic Rock Revisited by releasing his first book, From The Vaults Series I: Stadium Rock.

Contact:

Sterling Whitaker

sterlingwit@aol.com

(615) 375-8146

Jeb Wright

jwright52@cox.net

(620) 442-7959