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The REO Speed Wagon (alternatively Reo Speedwagon) was a light motor truck model manufactured by REO Motor Car Company. It is an ancestor of the pickup truck . First introduced in 1915, production continued through at least 1953, and made REO (the initials of its founder, Ransom Eli Olds ) one of the better-known manufacturers of commercial ...
With its equipment hauled to gigs in a friend's station wagon, REO played bars and clubs all over the Midwest. Its debut album, R.E.O. Speedwagon, was released on Epic Records in October 1971. [4] The most popular track on this record was "157 Riverside Avenue"; it remains an in-concert favorite.
REO Speedwagon was an American hard rock band from Champaign, Illinois.Formed in 1967, the group originally included drummer and backing vocalist Alan Gratzer, guitarist and lead vocalist Joe Matt, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Blair, and keyboardist Neal Doughty. [1]
REO Speedwagon played their final show on Saturday, Dec. 21. The name "REO Speedwagon" is being retired. However, the band will continue to play under Kevin Cronin, aside from bassist Bruce Hall
REO Speedwagon? Foreigner? Meatloaf? Don’t groan, but those acts – and many of their borderline contemporaries – are likely going to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Someday.
The band REO Speedwagon took their name from the REO Speed Wagon light delivery truck, an ancestor of pickup trucks. The band Diamond Rio took their name from REO's successor company Diamond Reo Trucks. [11] The band misspelled "Reo" as "Rio", but lead singer Marty Roe decided to make a virtue out of his mistake, saying "I like it like that. It ...
This article lists the discography of the American rock band, REO Speedwagon.The band formed in the autumn of 1967 by Neal Doughty and Alan Gratzer. [1] REO Speedwagon released their debut album, R.E.O. Speedwagon, in 1971.
Kevin Patrick Cronin Jr. (born October 6, 1951) is an American musician who was the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the rock band REO Speedwagon.The band had several hits on the Billboard Hot 100 throughout the 1970s and 1980s, including two chart-toppers written by Cronin: "Keep On Loving You" (1980) and "Can't Fight This Feeling" (1984).