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REO Speedwagon is available to book for your special event – we work in direct association with REO Speedwagon’s representative as a booking agent for them. REO Speedwagon first formed in 1968, via a pair of University of Illinois students, keyboardist Neal Doughty and drummer Alan Gratzer. After graduation, the group signed on with then-unknown manager Irving Azoff which led to the outfit building a devoted following in the Midwest due to nonstop touring. By the early ’70s, Doughty and Gratzer had welcomed aboard guitarist Gary Richrath, who would soon prove to be the group’s spark plug , in addition to bassist Gregg Philbin and singer Terry Luttrell. It was this line-up to be featured on the quintet’s 1971 self-titled debut recording for Epic Records.

The debut failed to break REO through to the mainstream, and Luttrell left the band. Newcomer Kevin Cronin got the gig, he was a folksinger/guitarist beforehand, with little to no experience fronting a loud rock & roll outfit. The Cronin-led line-up appeared to be headed in the right direction though, judging from 1972’s R.E.O. T.W.O., but the other members grew impatient and gave Cronin his walking papers. Up next as REO’s frontman was Mike Murphy, whose debut with the band, 1974’s Ridin’ the Storm Out.

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