Kansas (the band, not the state) is marking the 30th anniversary of the release of the double live album Two For The Show with the release of a two-CD set which includes that album, plus another 10 previously unreleased live performances that were recorded during the band's 1977-78 tour.

Ever since the release of the band's debut album in 1974, Rich Williams has been the Kansas lead guitarist. He is still with the band today, maintaining a full time tour schedule in the US and abroad.

During a brief break between the European and US legs of the group's current tour, I chatted with Williams about his life with one of rock's venerable institutions: Kansas.

Bad Company is reuniting.

But wait! There's more! (Or maybe there's less in this case.)

It's only for one gig -- August 8 in Hollywood, Florida. And its main purpose has to do with the business side of the Company -- to keep another group from touring using the Bad Company name (something which has been rumored to be in the works.)

Lead vocalist Paul Rodgers tells Billboard, "By doing this one-night stand with Bad Company, we will be cementing our right to the trademark 'Bad Company' for touring."

Two other original members of the band -- drummer Simon Kirke and guitarist Mick Ralphs -- will be there, along with bassist Lynn Sorenson, who plays in Rodgers' tour band. Original bassist Boz Burrell died in 2006.

The band's last reunion was for a tour in 1999, but Rodgers keeps busy these days with his solo career and working with Queen, so the key words here are "one time only."

^{Paul Rodgers photo by Jo Hale / Getty Images}