As a key member of the rock band Kansas, classically trained violinist Robby Steinhardt sold more than 14 million records – eight gold and two four-times-platinum albums. His instrument, and his harmony vocals, gave the Topeka group a distinctive edge on the ethereal “Dust in the Wind,” a million-selling 1977 single, and the hard-charging classic rock staple “Carry on Wayward Son.”
Unlike the other principals in Kansas, Steinhardt, who’d relocated to the Tampa Bay area in the early 1980s, had yet to record or tour under his own well-known name. In 2017, he set out to fix that.
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