Editing Kansas (section)

===Music===
{{Main|Music of Kansas}}
The rock band [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]] was formed in the state capital of [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]], the hometown of several of the band's members.

[[Joe Walsh]], guitarist for the famous rock band the [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]], was born in Wichita. [[Danny Carey]], drummer for the band [[Tool (band)|Tool]], was raised in Paola.

Singers from Kansas include [[Leavenworth, Kansas|Leavenworth]] native [[Melissa Etheridge]], [[Sharon, Kansas|Sharon]] native [[Martina McBride]], [[Chanute, Kansas|Chanute]] native [[Jennifer Knapp]] (whose first album was titled ''[[Kansas (Jennifer Knapp album)|Kansas]]''), [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] native [[Janelle Monáe]], [[Prairie Village, Kansas|Prairie Village]] native [[Joyce DiDonato]], and [[Liberal, Kansas|Liberal]] native [[Jerrod Niemann]].

The state anthem is the American classic [[Home on the Range]], written by Kansan Brewster Higley. Another song, the official state march adopted by the Kansas Legislature in 1935 is called ''The Kansas March'', which features the lyrics, "Blue sky above us, silken strands of heat, Rim of the far horizon, where earth and heaven meet, Kansas as a temple, stands in velvet sod, Shrine which the sunshine, sanctifies to God."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/kansas-march/19109|title=Kansas March—Kansapedia—Kansas Historical Society|website=www.kshs.org|access-date=November 26, 2018|archive-date=November 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127022518/https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/kansas-march/19109|url-status=live}}</ref>