96K views · 3K reactions | "Miss America" live by Styx from 2012. What songs should we add to the summer tour setlist?   | Styx | Facebook

Styx - Miss America, from their seventh studio album "The Grand Illusion" released july 1977. Styx guitarist James Young wrote this song and sang lead vocals. He wrote it about his wife, Susie, who suffered from a rare, incurable condition called porphyria. It's a love song, but not a typical one, as Young delivers a snarling lyric with lines like, "Does that smile seem to wear you down." She is his "Miss America," and he is singing about her struggle, most overtly in the line, "This dream that

113K views · 19 reactions | Here is a never edited video of Styx live at the U.S Cellular Pavilion in Gilford, NH in 2010. Can't believe this video is 10 years old. What year was your first #Styx live show? | Styx | Facebook

When did you last see #Styx live? Info and tour dates at styxworld.com/tour | Styx