Editing Leftoverture (section)

== Background ==
[[Steve Walsh (musician)|Steve Walsh]] began to experience [[writer's block]] prior to the recording, and his contribution to the album would ultimately be limited to co-authoring three songs; it fell on [[Kerry Livgren]] to fill the void.<ref name="booklet" >{{cite AV media notes |title=Leftoverture |others=[[Kansas (band)|Kansas]] |year= 2001|first= David|last=Wild |authorlink= David Wild|page=3 |type=CD Booklet |publisher=[[Legacy Recordings]] |id= EK 85386 |location=New York City}}</ref> The new compositions retained much of the classically inspired complexity of Livgren's previous work.<ref name="booklet" /> As with their previous album, ''[[Masque (Kansas album)|Masque]]'', Kansas recorded ''Leftoverture'' at [[Studio in the Country]] in Bogalusa, Louisiana. The Studio in the Country was so named because, as Livgren described on ''[[In the Studio with Redbeard]]'' radio show in the episode spotlighting ''Leftoverture'', "it was in the middle of a swamp. We'd walk out of the studio and there would be [[alligator|gators]] in front of the studio, [[mosquitos]] the size of [[B-52 Stratofortress|B-52s]] and at times [[armadillo]]s would run into the control room."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.inthestudio.net/online-on-demand/kansas-leftoverture-40th-anniversary/ |title=Kansas-Leftoverture- Phil Ehart, Richard Williams, Kerry Livgren |publisher=[[In the Studio with Redbeard]] |accessdate=December 29, 2017 |archive-date=November 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111191609/http://www.inthestudio.net/online-on-demand/kansas-leftoverture-40th-anniversary/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

''Leftoverture'' opens with the song "[[Carry On Wayward Son]]", which Livgren wrote as a sequel to "The Pinnacle", the final song from the previous album ''[[Masque (Kansas album)|Masque]]'' (1975).

The album's title, ''Leftoverture'', is a [[portmanteau]] of ''leftover'' and ''overture''.