There's Know Place Like Home

There's Know Place Like Home is Kansas' fifth live album. It was released as a double CD and also on DVD on October 13, 2009 and Blu-ray on November 23, 2009. The DVD charted at No. 5 on the Billboard Music DVD chart the week of its release, Kansas's only appearance on that chart.

There's Know Place Like Home is a recording of a concert that took place on February 7, 2009 in Topeka, Kansas at Washburn University (which several members of Kansas attended) along with the Washburn University Symphony Orchestra. The concert featured several orchestral arrangements by Larry Baird of Kansas songs (Baird also served as conductor for this concert) - arrangements the band has been playing with symphony orchestras around the US since the release of 1998's Always Never the Same which featured the London Symphony Orchestra accompanying the band.

The cover features the old man depicted on the cover of Leftoverture and the papers around him with a black background.

A special edition bundle has been released, containing the DVD and two CDs of the concert.

Personnel

 * Kansas
 * Steve Walsh - keyboards, lead vocals
 * Rich Williams - lead guitar, acoustic guitar
 * David Ragsdale - violin, electric guitar, backing vocals
 * Billy Greer - bass guitar, acoustic guitar, lead and backing vocals
 * Phil Ehart - drums, director


 * Guest musicians
 * Larry Baird - conductor, orchestral arrangements
 * Kerry Livgren - guitar
 * Steve Morse - guitar


 * Production
 * Jeff Glixman - director, producer, mixing
 * Jim Gentile - producer
 * Zak Rizvi - director, video editor
 * Steve Angus - audio/video director and producer
 * Tom Gregory - audio/video producer
 * Curt Casassa - associate director
 * Steve Rawls, Jonathan Beckner - additional post-production
 * Darcy Proper - audio mastering
 * Christine Boyd - graphic design

Washburn University Staff

 * Lori Meador - White Concert Hall Director of Operations
 * Norman Gamoa - Conductor of the Washburn University Symphony Orchestra
 * Alex Wise - Assistant conductor
 * AnnMarie Snook - Chair of the WU Music Department
 * Lyle Waring - White Concert Hall tech
 * Mark Noble - Electrician
 * Lynn Wilson - Theater tech
 * Elisa Bicker - Pipe organ instructor

Violin

 * Carlos Cabezas, Principal
 * Román Carranza
 * Emilio Castro
 * Manda Chui
 * Diana Crain
 * William Darst, Concertmaster
 * Amanda Huguenin
 * Eun Hye Kim
 * Robert Johnson
 * Valeriya Kanaeva
 * Michelle Lassiter
 * Michael Putnam
 * Manuel Tábora
 * Mario Zelaya

Viola

 * Solmer Alvarez
 * Lucia Darst
 * Marcela Fernández
 * Caitlin Givens
 * Roberto Henríquez, Principal
 * Lindsay Paul

Cello

 * Austin Abernathy
 * Samuel Cho, Principal
 * Taryn Doty
 * Milovan Paz
 * Esther Valladares
 * Phillip Watson

Bass

 * Courtney Doole
 * Carrie Drexler, Principal
 * Jeff Torrez
 * Aaron Roeckers
 * Joel Stratton

Flute

 * Erica Nightengale, Principal
 * Christopher Roth
 * Jessica Vogel, Piccolo

Oboe

 * Robyn Bolton, English Horn
 * Chelsea Loder
 * José Salazar, Principal

Clarinet

 * Amanda Mayo, Principal
 * Anthony Roth
 * Bailey Altman, Bass Clarinet

Bassoon

 * Natalie Moreland, Principal
 * Genni Newsham

Horn

 * James Gutiérrez
 * Anna Lischke, Associate Principal
 * Raúl Rodríguez, Principal
 * Jacob Trabert
 * Yiyang Zhang

Trumpet

 * James Kirkwood
 * Travis Mott
 * Juan Pablo Rodríguez, Principal
 * Jakub Roštík

Trombone

 * Neil McKay
 * Tyson Sterling
 * Paul Kirkwood, Principal

Tuba

 * Benjamin Thomson, Principal

Harp

 * Lauren Woidela
 * Mariela Flores, Principal

Keyboards

 * Allegra Fisher, Principal
 * Jordan Ward, Celesta

Timpani & percussion

 * William Arasmith
 * Matthew Bell
 * Jason Degenhardt
 * Brandon Graves
 * David Liston
 * Theodore Musick, Principal
 * Lucas Whippo
 * David Wingerson