My friend Terry Luttrell used to play guitar in the "Majestics" with myself on Bass back in the 60's. We didn't even know he could sing then. It was awesome to see this video - brought back a lot of memories. I could tell you a lot of stories ... but I won't! Skip Luke
@@michaelleroi9077 Ha, too funny, I guess it's a stay in touch kind of thing. I heard a hip-hop segment on NPR last night. I had to check the dial several times to make sure I was on the right channel!
Toured with REO back in the 80s bunch of real good guys stayed in touch with Gary till the day he died one hell of a guitars very underrated watch a Chicken Pickin LOL miss you Gary
Fantastic piece of nostalgia! It is a shame that REO didn't continue in this vain. By the 80's they had sold out to the almighty $. Thanks for the post!
Wow! I never heard REO Speedwagon from 1971 (never mind earlier). This band's performance in 1971 is very different from later on in the 80s! Thank you for posting this to YT!
This is the real REO. Without this talented foundation there would have never been a cronin or any other shirttail rider. Cronin remolded a talented rock band into a teeny bop band, even though you can still hear the pure talent of Richrath and Doughty and the likes. If you ever heard REO's first album then you would understand, the music is the proof. To bad Richrath didn't stand HIS ground and tell Cronin to hit the road. Everybody still associates Richrath with REO, and always will. HIS BAND!
This is the lineup that sold me in the band and Gary’s stage presence was unbelievably Rock guitar style show, very cool. There was no pretty boy act like after Cronin took over! This was definitely Gary’s band.
Raised in Rantoul Il. until I was seven, just another old schooler here wanting to chime in. I must have seen REO ten times in my teens. I used to think of them as a local band gone big time. Luttrell days were the bast.
First let me say I LOVE REO! My first concert was REO opening for Joe Walsh back in 1974 in Buffalo, NY. but the host and the whole early 70's vibe makes this thing hysterical! LMAO. Thanks for unburying this little gem. The original first album lineup with Terry on lead vocals. Gary had mad chops even back then!
This is the band I remember from the late 60's, early 70's. Best bar band I ever heard. Would like to see or hear a recording of them playing "Johnny Be Good" or "Sympathy for the Devil"
When I was a senior at U of I, a guy named Lutrell tried to sell me overpriced Nissan. I aksed if he was the same as the guy that used to sing in REO, he said yah. I figured he was BS'ing me, but then a month later I was at an REO concert at Assembly Hall and there he was on stage, the guys invited him up to sing 157 Riverside Avenue!
Found their first album in a Utica NY radiostation throw-out pile in 1971...what a treat! Richrath is unbelievable in several of the songs...I don't disrespect the Kevin Cronin Speedwagon...but they were never this edgy again! Love bar bands...these guys blow the doors off all the Top40 bands of today....and Rap???? Forget it (everyone will in a few years, and this stuff will still be revered.
When I first saw Gary w REO in the high schools playing he had this suede fringe vest flowing with every rock movement on stage, and very colorful flowing shirt. The Epitome of a rock n roll guitarist! He was an inspiration for years even having my brother and I get Les Pauls and fringe vests and colorful shirts , lol
The original bass player Greg is my neighbor. I can't wait to tell him about this vid! I wonder if he remembers it. He still jams a little on Pensacola Beach but mostly just enjoys the royalty checks! LOL!!!!(0)=+
LOVE these guys-saw them many times in Chicago in the late 60's. BUT When this vid started,I actually thought the guy introducing them was Richard Pryor doing one of his bits!!
Ty for posting some early Speedwagon material,it was interesting how the band traded lead singers back and forth between,Terry and Kevin before finally deciding on,Kevin,the crest is history
Classic Richrath, one of the greatest ever. Terry Luttrell of course went on to front Starcastle for four albums on Epic which are truly American prog rock classics, check em out!
used to see REO at a place in algonguin / lake in the hills illinois about 1970 with this line up! also dekalb illinois !this is GREAT! i wish someone would have filmed them at these venues!!
1. He very much enjoyed working with Brian May. That was a fun project. And Brian was our neighbor, so they were friends and stuff. 2. I don't think he has much say these days about what gets remastered (but maybe he could if he really wanted to).
Wow I didn't know this band was around that long and also I didn't know they had a different lead singer. They sounded awesome by the way, they rocked!! Anyhow it looks like I'm still a newbie to classic rock.
This is great. Cronin can bite me!! What happened to REO is a tragedy. Money and greed allowed Gary Ritchrath to be kicked out of his OWN band. Bad karma Cronin. This band lost its soul when it lost Gary.
In 1978 I was a brand new sales rep at 98FM, THE LOOP, Chicago's #1 rock & roll station. I will tell you all something that most don't know ..... why should ya? But at that time it was still all about these bands being out pounding the bars, hitting the streets, and their people banging on radio station doors and begging them to play their singles. But in the 70's there was one thing that talked the loudest in the industry ...... COCAINE. And that is an absolute fact. I will tell you this, by 78, 79, REO had a lot of money behind them (relatively speaking), and people wanted to get them to the top. And justifiably so ..... they were a great band, with a monumental lead guitar in Richrath and a fantastic lead singer. My point: a REO rep would come into the station back then at least once a month, 3 or 4 times during the day and meet with the on air talent .... and they would give out ounces of cocaine ..... OUNCES! And I watched it happen, so I tell it straight. Now many other band reps did the same, Foreigner, Journey, Heart (Heart reps gave major), and others. But one of our stations legendary DJ's from that time told me flat out, and I think he talks about it in his book, that REO reps sent him to rehab
Interesting story. Back in 1982 on the High Infidelity Tour they played in a very Unique venue called Castle Farms Music Theater in Charlevoix Mi, very up North of the State. I was friends with a couple local DJ's at the time and they got backstage passes. Instead of the pass saying Charlevoix, it said Charlecaine, which always amused me.
The vocalist in this video is the original vocalist Terry Lutrell. He was replaced in 1972 by Kevin Cronin who was replaced by Mike Murphy for a short time between 1973-1975. Cronin returned in 1976 and has been the lead singer ever since.
Since you r into Kiss I'll tell u a funny story. I live in So. Cal, and about 10yrs ago my ex and I played hooky from work and went to Hollywood 4 the day. We went to hard Rock 1st, walked out on to Sunset Blvd, and a Limo was pulling up in front of this big Hotel. 5 seconds later Ace Freeley stumbled out of the hotel, just plastered. Gene got out of the limo, and helped him to the car. It was about 10:30 AM. Happened right in front of us, I was told Kiss was getting an award that night. True!
I saw this lineup about 5 times before their first LP came out. Boy these guys were not quite as tame as they are here. They used to rock hard. Still remember Terry hanging from the rafters at Nowhere in Algonquin Illinois. Good Times!!
It's called Money dude lol. Man they were way better before they went pop. I remember bunch of us listening to them before anyone had hardly heard of them. We would put in the old 8 track and everyone would go, who is this? One of my all time favorite bands.
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Gary Richrath Died September 13, 2015, Rest in Peace and Thanks for the Memories
God Bless Gary Richrath
Fucking shred master general.
My friend Terry Luttrell used to play guitar in the "Majestics" with myself on Bass back in the 60's. We didn't even know he could sing then. It was awesome to see this video - brought back a lot of memories. I could tell you a lot of stories ... but I won't!
Skip Luke
By far one the greatest band to ever come out of the Midwest, Lord do they bring back the memories.
Gary has always been one of my fav. axemen.. RIP Gary we miss you...
great song please check out REO Speedwagon 1971 Debut Album Review
and many more videos on my channel
Thought the host was gonna fall asleep. He should be introducing silent movies....
We had a similar guy in STL on the PBS local channel. He hosted a variety show with rock groups as well as bluegrass. Musta been a thing.
@@michaelleroi9077 Ha, too funny, I guess it's a stay in touch kind of thing. I heard a hip-hop segment on NPR last night. I had to check the dial several times to make sure I was on the right channel!
Was it Radio Rich? From KSHE-95
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Toured with REO back in the 80s bunch of real good guys stayed in touch with Gary till the day he died one hell of a guitars very underrated watch a Chicken Pickin LOL miss you Gary
This is the REO I remember from Champaign Illinois, the Red Lion Inn. 50 Cent cover charge when they were playing and the place was ALWAYS packed!
I grew up in Champaign also used to love the red Lion and chances are and Garcia's Pizza
@@jamesmoseley3148 lets see 50 cents for 100 people or $20.00 for 40,000 seat arena, hmm....choices....yeah I guess Kevin's a big regret...
Well it was only 50 cents to get in.
GO ILLINI!
What a priveledge to see a Great band in there beginings
Fantastic piece of nostalgia! It is a shame that REO didn't continue in this vain. By the 80's they had sold out to the almighty $. Thanks for the post!
Greg McAdams If they continued in this vein, they would have been dropped because their songs stunk like donkey balls.
@@Faltor895 and they were broke, record sales sucked.
I realize I'm kinda off topic but does anyone know of a good website to stream newly released movies online ?
@Alberto Cason Flixportal =)
@Landon Raylan Thanks, I went there and it seems to work =) Appreciate it !!
Wow!
I never heard REO Speedwagon from 1971 (never mind earlier).
This band's performance in 1971 is very different from later on in the 80s!
Thank you for posting this to YT!
I love this. This is ROCK. Kevin Cronin, call your office.
I CANNOT STAND Cronin's voice now.
He sounds so NASALLY AND WHINEY.
Almost like he's about to commence MAJOR CRYBABY TEARS.
ONSTAGE.
Awesome I grew up listening 2 REO Speedwagon Gary Richrath was sooo awesome
Fantastic! Richrath is such an underrated guitarist. Thanks for posting this.
This is the real REO. Without this talented foundation there would have never been a cronin or any other shirttail rider. Cronin remolded a talented rock band into a teeny bop band, even though you can still hear the pure talent of Richrath and Doughty and the likes. If you ever heard REO's first album then you would understand, the music is the proof. To bad Richrath didn't stand HIS ground and tell Cronin to hit the road. Everybody still associates Richrath with REO, and always will. HIS BAND!
Absolutely agree, I saw them right after this album , in a Hs Gary was superb.
This is the lineup that sold me in the band and Gary’s stage presence was unbelievably Rock guitar style show, very cool. There was no pretty boy act like after Cronin took over! This was definitely Gary’s band.
Cronin made them millionaires
@@shanephippsmusic LOL….OK Shane. Cronin ballad boy “made them millions”LMAO.
Saw your post and you are spot on about Cronin turning reo top 40 and cutting Gary's lead guitar time
Raised in Rantoul Il. until I was seven, just another old schooler here wanting to chime in. I must have seen REO ten times in my teens. I used to think of them as a local band gone big time. Luttrell days were the bast.
First let me say I LOVE REO! My first concert was REO opening for Joe Walsh back in 1974 in Buffalo, NY. but the host and the whole early 70's vibe makes this thing hysterical! LMAO. Thanks for unburying this little gem. The original first album lineup with Terry on lead vocals. Gary had mad chops even back then!
❤ hearing the early originals 🎶
Great band & song! Thanks for post
this is great! very rare. thanks for the post. Ritchrath was playing the blues great even back then.
I have never seen this line up..
I have only seen the band with Kevin Cronin.
But this REO kicks ass..
The first REO Sw really stuck with me all these years! Hard rocking blues!
gary..one my top 3 guitarist's...passion-fire...
Awesome song I was very young when REO Speedwagon first came out.Wow Gary Richrath was Awesome the best guitar man.
man i so wished they woulda stuck with these guys and this sound...thanks for postin
I can't believe this! REO was my very first concert in Dec of 79' in Chicago. I've seen them a total of 11 times. My all time favorite.
Absilutly AMAZING...True Rock 'n Roll
We need more REO Speedwagons !!!
My favorite REO singer.
man, this is the Speedwagon that got me hooked! Ah to be there again...
This is the band I remember from the late 60's, early 70's. Best bar band I ever heard. Would like to see or hear a recording of them playing "Johnny Be Good" or "Sympathy for the Devil"
When I was a senior at U of I, a guy named Lutrell tried to sell me overpriced Nissan. I aksed if he was the same as the guy that used to sing in REO, he said yah. I figured he was BS'ing me, but then a month later I was at an REO concert at Assembly Hall and there he was on stage, the guys invited him up to sing 157 Riverside Avenue!
That’s fuckin’ rad, man!
Never heard REO so jazzy. They should have had a sax.
Found their first album in a Utica NY radiostation throw-out pile in 1971...what a treat! Richrath is unbelievable in several of the songs...I don't disrespect the Kevin Cronin Speedwagon...but they were never this edgy again! Love bar bands...these guys blow the doors off all the Top40 bands of today....and Rap???? Forget it (everyone will in a few years, and this stuff will still be revered.
Gary was top 5 of all time FACT
When I first saw Gary w REO in the high schools playing he had this suede fringe vest flowing with every rock movement on stage, and very colorful flowing shirt. The Epitome of a rock n roll guitarist! He was an inspiration for years even having my brother and I get Les Pauls and fringe vests and colorful shirts , lol
Buy REO LIVE you get what you play for.
It is their best and it is awesome..
GOOD GOD, The Host just took a bottle of Valium! TOO FUNNY!
rip gary you are the rocky balboa of rock
Awesome REO Speedwagon
Noone believes me that at one time they were a great band. Thanks for this!
Gary Richrath IS REO SPEEDWAGON. Period.
Richrath!......nobody played a wah wah like Gary!
This first singer had such a rocking style !!!he was great !
Gary shreds on the guitar!!!
btw, this is my first time to see their orginal vocalist. He is awesome!
WOW! What a priceless video. Thanks for the upload!
That was the best 1971 solo I ever heard man, smokin Gary Ritchwrath!
Early signs of Gary's talent!
Damn...that announcer is about as exciting as watching paint dry
Wow Thanks for posting!!!!!!!!!!!!
The original bass player Greg is my neighbor. I can't wait to tell him about this vid! I wonder if he remembers it. He still jams a little on Pensacola Beach but mostly just enjoys the royalty checks! LOL!!!!(0)=+
Yes. Does anybody have any footage from the 70's of Golden Country???
LOVE these guys-saw them many times in Chicago in the late 60's.
BUT
When this vid started,I actually thought the guy introducing them was Richard Pryor doing one of his bits!!
Ty for posting some early Speedwagon material,it was interesting how the band traded lead singers back and forth between,Terry and Kevin before finally deciding on,Kevin,the crest is history
They were like fleetwood crack in the beginning. pure blues Rock your socks off
I like the Host, he was so professionally calm and composed with attitude...thats how it shud be!
Classic Richrath, one of the greatest ever. Terry Luttrell of course went on to front Starcastle for four albums on Epic which are truly American prog rock classics, check em out!
@RussX5Z Original vocalist Terry Luttrell formed the band Starcastle. The self titled debut album is fantastic. Many people say they sound like Yes.
used to see REO at a place in algonguin / lake in the hills illinois about 1970 with this line up! also dekalb illinois !this is GREAT! i wish someone would have filmed them at these venues!!
great song please check out REO Speedwagon 1971 Debut Album Review
and many more videos on my channel
Proves they were a rock band
gotta love gary richrath....rock on
I agree, Richrath is awesome.
I saw them play at a bar in Cedarburg Wi (nowhere) in the summer of 71. They kicked ass
Yep Gary Richrath my guitar hero forever my Angel
1. He very much enjoyed working with Brian May. That was a fun project. And Brian was our neighbor, so they were friends and stuff.
2. I don't think he has much say these days about what gets remastered (but maybe he could if he really wanted to).
I want to give that chair a spin!
Wow I didn't know this band was around that long and also I didn't know they had a different lead singer. They sounded awesome by the way, they rocked!! Anyhow it looks like I'm still a newbie to classic rock.
What a great band, and they probably didn't know it. Then the reality that hit records and touring was the way to make money and it was all over.
He is great. I notice that he never changed guitars much if at all. He was plying the same one in this vid in the late70's
157 RIVERSIDE AVENUE-this when the band kicked, before everyone wanted to keep on loving everyone.
I am ALL about the host! That guy ROCKS!
This is great. Cronin can bite me!! What happened to REO is a tragedy. Money and greed allowed Gary Ritchrath to be kicked out of his OWN band. Bad karma Cronin. This band lost its soul when it lost Gary.
ekgr212...the 1971 album would be called"REO SPEEDWAGON" mighty fine rock-n-roll.... : ) .......livingabovethe12th rock on bro....peace
It's been a minute something...already thumbs up...i was just taken to a planetarium....
Awesome!!!!!
Wow. That host is a ball of fire.
Absolutely unbelievably good.
In 1978 I was a brand new sales rep at 98FM, THE LOOP, Chicago's #1 rock & roll station. I will tell you all something that most don't know ..... why should ya? But at that time it was still all about these bands being out pounding the bars, hitting the streets, and their people banging on radio station doors and begging them to play their singles. But in the 70's there was one thing that talked the loudest in the industry ...... COCAINE. And that is an absolute fact. I will tell you this, by 78, 79, REO had a lot of money behind them (relatively speaking), and people wanted to get them to the top. And justifiably so ..... they were a great band, with a monumental lead guitar in Richrath and a fantastic lead singer.
My point: a REO rep would come into the station back then at least once a month, 3 or 4 times during the day and meet with the on air talent .... and they would give out ounces of cocaine ..... OUNCES! And I watched it happen, so I tell it straight. Now many other band reps did the same, Foreigner, Journey, Heart (Heart reps gave major), and others. But one of our stations legendary DJ's from that time told me flat out, and I think he talks about it in his book, that REO reps sent him to rehab
Interesting story. Back in 1982 on the High Infidelity Tour they played in a very Unique venue called Castle Farms Music Theater in Charlevoix Mi, very up North of the State. I was friends with a couple local DJ's at the time and they got backstage passes. Instead of the pass saying Charlevoix, it said Charlecaine, which always amused me.
Yeah, Terry lutrell is still out there, he still lives in the Champaign area. My brother talks to him now and then.
Great, I hear alot of Jeff Beck in his style. an influence of his I believe. very cool.
Gary Was a huge influence in my guitar style back in the early seventies.
I like how raw they were back in the early days before the bubble gum crap.
I like the whole catalogue
That was before Kevin Cronin started bleaching his hair and turned them into pussy ass ballad band, Gary was born to rock !!!
Jeff Scronce Kevin made them relevant.
BigBobBoomer Kevin made them AirfuckingSupply😂
@@jeffscronce8564 yep....Lost in a Dream was Garys masterpiece....with great vocals by Michael Murphy...the Cronin crap sucks...
nice host, great entertainer.
Saw REO with Blue Oyster Cult when they were a rocki'n band early 1970's, awesome band. 80'S came along and then they went into the 1980's trance.
The vocalist in this video is the original vocalist Terry Lutrell. He was replaced in 1972 by Kevin Cronin who was replaced by Mike Murphy for a short time between 1973-1975. Cronin returned in 1976 and has been the lead singer ever since.
Since you r into Kiss I'll tell u a funny story. I live in So. Cal, and about 10yrs ago my ex and I played hooky from work and went to Hollywood 4 the day. We went to hard Rock 1st, walked out on to Sunset Blvd, and a Limo was pulling up in front of this big Hotel. 5 seconds later Ace Freeley stumbled out of the hotel, just plastered. Gene got out of the limo, and helped him to the car. It was about 10:30 AM. Happened right in front of us, I was told Kiss was getting an award that night. True!
ORIGINAL REO.....nice to not see Cronin for a change....... Great post! The "Host" was a bit too "hyper" for me though! l.o.l.
Never cared for the band but this is REO Speedwagon I could have gotten into.
great song
I saw this lineup about 5 times before their first LP came out. Boy these guys were not quite as tame as they are here. They used to rock hard. Still remember Terry hanging from the rafters at Nowhere in Algonquin Illinois. Good Times!!
You got a good point here!
Hard to believe they went from this great style to
Heard It From A Friend.
From balls to a va ja ja just like that! 😳
I know. Some people. Millions were wrong and you are right. Weird.
This song is an instrument players' dream!
Awesome Jam!!! Come on you guys lets say positive things about the jams of the 70's 80's and 90's. Have you heard todays shit.unbeleivable
REO "157 Riverside Ave" 1967-2010
Reo been out longer than people relize..i gotten so use to herein cronin singing this,forgot wat the origanal sounded like...
+Samuel Gill The Mike Murphy albums...particularly Lost In A Dream are super great too and nice to revisit in times like these.
cut me some teeth on that Live album... a once great band!
That's a Hohner Clavinet. The same keyboard that got that ultra funky tone "Superstition"
I kind of like this!
Killer true stuff kick ass
It's called Money dude lol.
Man they were way better before they went pop. I remember bunch of us listening to them before anyone had hardly heard of them. We would put in the old 8 track and everyone would go, who is this? One of my all time favorite bands.
There is a Great version of this on the Reo Album 'Live - You Get What You Play For (1977)'!