title: Before Became After
text: # Before Became After
  
  Before Became After is a reunion album from the original Kansas II lineup, under their new name of Proto-Kaw. The Special Edition contains three bonus tracks - one new original song, a live version of "Belexes", plus a “single” version of “Words of Honor”. It also includes an informative interview CD-ROM video about the group.
  
  "Greenburg, Glickstein, Charles, David, Smith and Jones" is a cover of a song by The Cryan' Shames from their 1968 album Synthesis.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "Alt. More Worlds than Known" – 7:28
  * "Words of Honor" – 4:28
  * "Leaven" – 8:26
  * "Axolotl" – 6:04
  * "Quantum Leapfrog" – 5:42
  * "Greenburg, Glickstein, Charles, David, Smith and Jones" (Isaac Guillory, Jim Fairs) – 3:05
  * "Gloriana" – 9:07
  * "Occasion of Your Honest Dreaming" – 3:38
  * "Heavenly Man" – 5:53
  * "Theophany" – 11:43
  * "Belexes" (live) – 8:08
  * "It Moves You" – 4:26
  * "Words of Honor" (single edit) – 3:18
  
  ## Personnel
  
  ### Proto-Kaw
  
  * Lynn Meredith - vocals, narration
  * John Bolton - saxophones, flute
  * Kerry Livgren - guitars, piano, keyboards, engineer
  * Dan Wright - organ, keyboards, percussion
  * Craig Kew - bass, backing vocals
  * Brad Schulz - drums
  
  ### Additional musicians
  
  * Jake Livgren - backing vocals
  * Rod Mikinski - bass on "Axolotl"
  * Eva Peterson - backing vocals on "It Moves You"
  * Ken Westphal - Design, Illustrations
  * Thomas Ewerhard - Design
  * Kerrick James - Original Photography
  * Barak Hill - Web Design
  