Kerry Allen Livgren is an American musician and songwriter, best known as one of the founding members and primary songwriters for the 1970s progressive rock band, Kansas.
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Nicknames
Livgren, Kerry , Kerry Allen Livgren
Music Groups
Kansas (1973 – 1983), Proto-Kaw (Since 1971), AD (1983 – 1988), Explorers Club
Movies
The Imposter, Kansas: There's Know Place Like Home
Star Sign
Virgo
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Trademark
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His long and thick mustache
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Fact
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Disillusioned by record companies, he started his own, Numavox Records, in the mid-1990s. Through Numavox, he has released albums from himself and other Christian artists.
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Of Swedish descent.
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Performed on the 2002 Explorer's Club album "Raising the Mammoth."
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Reformed his early 1970s group called Kansas (not the band of the same name with which he went on to achieve great commercial success) about 30 years after it disbanded. The reformed group uses the name Proto-Kaw and has released two albums, "Early Recordings from Kansas" (2002) and "Before Became After" (2004).
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Teaches a Sunday school class at Topeka Bible Church in Topeka, Kansas, USA.
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Guitarist, keyboardist, and principal composer for Kansas from its inception to 1983. He has since made several guest returns to the band, including composing their entire 2000 album, "Somewhere to Elsewhere," performing lead vocal on "Geodesic Dome." He also composed and performed with the Christian rock band AD.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Supernatural
2006-2016
TV Series writer - 12 episodes
Grand Theft Auto V
2013
Video Game writer: "Carry On, Wayward Son" - as Kerry A Livgren
Average Consumer
2013
TV Series short writer - 1 episode
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2011-2013
TV Series writer - 10 episodes
Quellen des Lebens
2013
writer: "Dust in the Wind"
Pitch Perfect
2012
writer: "Carry on Wayward Son" - as Kerry A. Livgren
CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock
2011
TV Movie writer: "Carry On My Wayward Son" - uncredited
Final Destination 5
2011
writer: "Dust in the Wind"
Zookeeper
2011
writer: "Carry On Wayward Son"
Gent de paraula
2011
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Late Show with David Letterman
2011
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Ja el tenim! El disc de La Marató
2010
TV Movie documentary writer: "Pols en el vent"
Rubicon
2010
TV Series writer - 1 episode
She's Out of My League
2010
writer: "Carry On Wayward Son"
Gentlemen Broncos
2009
writer: "Carry On Wayward Son"
Scrubs
2009
TV Series writer - 1 episode
100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs
2008
TV Movie writer: "Carry On Wayward Son"
My Name Is Earl
2008
TV Series writer - 1 episode
South Park
2007
TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Office
2007
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Guitar Hero II
2006
Video Game "CARRY ON WAYWARD SON"
Páginas da Vida
2006
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Karaoke Revolution Party
2005
Video Game "Dust In The Wind"
Desperate Housewives
2005
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004
writer: "Carry on Wayward Son"
Old School
2003
writer: "Dust in the Wind"
The '70s
2000
TV Movie writer: "Dust In The Wind" - uncredited
Freaks and Geeks
2000
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Happy Gilmore
1996
writer: "Carry On Wayward Son"
Highlander
1993-1994
TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Alvin & the Chipmunks
1983
TV Series writer: "A Glimpse Of Home"
Promises in the Dark
1979
writer: "DUST IN THE WIND"
Heroes
1977
writer: "CARRY ON WAYWARD SON"
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Promises in the Dark
1979
composer: song "Dust in the Wind"
Heroes
1977
composer: song "Carry On Wayward Son"
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Imposter
2008
Proff
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Odyssey Into the Mind's Eye
1996
Video
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Miracles Out of Nowhere
2015
Documentary
Himself
Kansas: Sail On - The 30th Anniversary Collection
2005
Video
Himself
The Cornerstone Festival: Twenty Years and Counting
2004
Video documentary
Himself
Rock Concert
1975
TV Series
Himself
Known for movies
Supernatural as Soundtrack
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) as Soundtrack
$10 Million
