This song from 1985 shows you just how great of a guitar player and songwriter Gary Richrath was.....He was the glue and fuel that took REO to the top!! RIP Gary you won't ever be forgotten.
@@jaycoleman8062 I was at this concert it was at Royals stadium Summer Jam and it rained so hard before they did this song they had to stop playing for a while this was the encore after they dried everything off and the whole place smelled like permanent wave from everyones HAIR
Gary was unrecognizable at the end. So sad. If you have not seen this video , check it out. He is playing with different musicians! th-cam.com/video/l6sNZv7J43U/w-d-xo.html
One of the most iconic songs ever wrote by a young and now legendary Gary Richrath. Rest In Peace Gary! There will never be another R.E.O. Speedwagon like there was when the lineup was Allan, Gary, Neal, Bruce or Greg and Kevin. Legendary!
Love REO Speedwagon but Without Gary Richrath ?? Just My Opinion !! Saw them in the 70's with Kevin Cronin and Without, but to be honest Kevin Cronin and Gary Richrath, Neal Doughty, Greg Philbin and Alan Gratzer Were REO Speedwagon !! But I Get You Have To Roll With The Changes !! R.I.P. Gary Richrath !!
@@edarnold1426 With Kevin Cronin and Without !! Read Much !! I Do - They Were R.E.O. From 73 to 73 To 76 Without Kevin Too ?? I Know I Saw Them With Michael Murphy Also !! 1972 R.E.O. Speedwagon Album TWO !!
@@loudog2326 Kevin left just after they did riding the storm out. "After T.W.O."! Kevin was with the band for the whole T.W.O. album!!! They had Riding The Storm in the works and dubbed Mike in on it after Kevin left for Riding The Storm Out album! Read much? I lived through all the changes of R.E.O.! T.W.O. was the very first album that I ever bought after seeing them.
I was so lucky to grow up in Chicago at this time. We had Chicago, Styx, REO, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Commodores, Cheap Trick, The Smashing Pumpkins, NIN and so much more to go see. The two most underrated guitarists of all time are Terry Kath (Chicago) and Gary RIchrath (REO), I hope they know how much enjoyment they gave to so many people, and I surely hope they are playing up in Heaven. RIP.
Our music Big McNichols Arena Cheap Trick ... Take the Long Way Home and the Cars.... and more Journey and Steppenwolf John Kay Rainbow 🌈 Music 🎼 Hall Denver Colorado USA 🇺🇸 Red Rocks Boulder Colorado USA 🇺🇸 REO
Just seen REO last night 2023& they sounded great!! Kevin C is 72 yrs old and he sounded like he did 30 years ago!! REO was part of the soundtrack of my childhood!!❤
REO Speedwagon was awesome live, especially with Gary Richrath and Alan Gratzer! I saw them April 13, 1978 at Cobo Hall in Detroit. Backstage passes and front row seats. Nothing better than that❤️
I was actually at this concert. It was at Kemper Arena. Cheap Trick opened for REO, and it was one hell of an amazing concert. This was in the era where they really put on a great show and the music has never been equaled.
Saw REO in Johnson City TN sometime in late 70's or so.....Climax Blues were supposed to open, for whatever reason never showed. Emcee came out and updated us occasionally. Finally said they weren't gonna show. Said REO would make it up, and man, DID THEY!! Played almost 2 1/2 hrs straight, took 20 min break, and another HOUR, and of course, ended with RIDIN THE STORM OUT! Words can't really describe that show!
Im 14 I was watching this with my 5 year old brother and he screams "Last song people!!!" and I said I don't think Kevin says it on this video and he says "Well I said it for him!" And now were both singing to it together!!!!
This was the best like up for REO. Kevin, Gary, Bruce, Neil, and Alan will always be the REO I will and want to remember. I got to work with these guys just before they hit the big time and will never forget it. Gary showed me a trick using the wah~wah pedal that I used for many many years. One "GREAT" bunch of guys for sure!!!
This is one of those songs that is WAY better live than studio (Call Me the Breeze by Skynyrd too). Shame Gary couldn't put the bottle down; RIP Gary you damn sure could play!!
@@mattjennings6812 I think so….or complications from it. Tragic that so many great musicians from this great era of rock/pop music were gone too soon. p.s. but if you go even further back, pre-rock era, George Gershwin, the legendary composer of Rhapsody in Blue, Porgy & Bess, and so much more “great American music,” died at 39 of a brain tumor. I was gobsmacked when I found this out. What else he might have written, we’ll never know. 😢
And I got to see Skynyrd do The Breeze and REO do Ridin the storm out both in the same show- in Chicago! Soldier Field, July 1977. They kicked my ass, and Teddy was icing on the cake!👍🥁🎸🇺🇸❤️
OMG! I Have told the story of this concert since I was 20!! Gary Richrath was right in my face! One of my friends went to the concert tonight In Atlanta and I was sharing the memory once again and so I searched TH-cam and found it and am so excited to actually see myself sitting on the shoulders of someone rocking out with him playing right in front of me 😆 thank you for sharing this video
Just saw REO Speedwagon last night in Bridgeport Connecticut September 16, 2022 . Vocals were on point. Kevin Cronin mentioned that he had just turned 70 and let me tell, that guy can move. Great evening with REO.
This was my first concert Cheap Trick opened when REO came out they cranked up the volume about 3 time's the volume of Cheap Trick. We were sitting upper stage left very close to the speakers, I could feel my organs inside my body moving shaking, my ears rang for 3 days. They're still ringing. You had to be there it was so cool!!!
Where did you see that show? I saw it in San Francisco in like 79...my first concert...loved it of course! Became a lifestyle for at least 20 years....
Coming up in KC I saw REO no less than a dozen times. Summer Jam 1977 at Royals stadium, it had been raining most of the day but stopped in time for the show. As REO was about to come on the storm rolled in and it started pouring, thunder and lightning and we thought it was over but no. Still pouring REO hit the stage and broke out with this song and didn't miss a beat. Most rocking concert moment of my life!
That by far was their best song ever. After that they sorta became a bubblegum pop group. But I saw them live in Atl in 1978 and they rocked the house down!😎🤘🤘
I have a rehearsal coming up and I have to relearn a few of Gary's solos. What a joy. Just trying to match his iconic tone is worth it. Les Paul on 10 in to a cranked Marshall. He had the touch of a master. One of the greats in every single way.
Hall is rocking out on this version. It's fabulous. I never heard this bass line to this song. Other versions are more reserved, he's going nuts on this version. Bad ass.
I was at the summer jam 79..seen all the Summer Jams..so cool.I was at the Kansas city show in 85.I was also @ the October concerts 30th and 31..later to become a killer Double album live concert.My friends would ask me why have you gone to so many of there shows..Ahhhhhhhhhh because they Rock...
SummerJam '79 April Wine, Little River Band, Santana and REO Speedwagon. Rained like hell that morning, cleared up great show Then started raining it ass off during REO. What a great day!
@@kccryptkeeper4874 I also attended that one. Kevin made note of the storm for this song. The Summer Jam they played right before The Nuge and the sound complaints from miles away. Did the October 30 show at Memorial. Floor, about 2/3 back. Stood on my chair pretty much the entire show. Kemper for Tuna Fish tour. Remember the black and white stripes and the video from there shown on Midnight Special.
@@richavic4520 All those classic memories - foggy memories. Was at all of those, too. Loved Memorial Hall for concerts. Hell, if you were short on funds, ya could just go hang out anywhere within a block or so and could hear the show. Probably 7th & Central for Nuge.
I loved REO before the High in Fidelity album. My 16 yr old neighbor chick played that album endlessly for a year, full blast. I still can't stand that album. It's refreshing to hear something from the early years!!😂
It's mid '80s, Alpine Valley west of Chicago. Huge venue, lawn seats packed, raining buckets! We were having a ball riding the mud slides. Drenched having the time of our young lives when he calms the audience down to dedicate the next song. It's for all of us on the lawn, and they play this song!
My Gary. Awesome. Hurricane Hugo hit Charleston, SC September of 1989. We rode the storm out to this song. It hit Charleston as a Cat 5 Hurricane. It hit us as a Cat 4. The destruction was catastrophic. My baby, Bugsy, doesn't remember this, but his older brothers and sisters do. RIP Miss Maxi and Groucho.
I saw them in concert in Buffalo NY in the early 80's and then again in Florida in the late 90's still sounded the same so amazing in concert no auto tune bull crap you hear today just raw talent.
Saw these guys quite a few years before this - as a HS junior on a college visit to Depauw University (their "Little 500" weekend, their biggest party). Styx and REO played at tiny Bowman Gymnasium to a packed and most enthusiastic house. REO opened for Styx (if memory serves) - but REO were the home town boys and tore the house down. Richrath was, as usual, on fire. (Styx was great too ... but REO was what I came to see - knew some of their roadies from Champaign). I saw them again much later, in larger arenas - and they were awesome. But there's nothing like seeing great bands in a small venue. That whole weekend was a great memory (well, some of it goes unremembered) - REO was definitely the highlight. My first raging hangover the next morning too.
Saw REO back in the mid 70’s in north Pekin, Illinois in a small Quonset hut building. Only about 100 people there, but they still played their hearts out. One of my favorite concerts I’ve ever seen.
Oh my, Gary, Charleston, SC was hit by Hurricane Hugo years ago. It was a Cat 5 and by the time it hit us close to Charleston, a Cat 4. This is/was the Hugo song.
I feel privileged to have grown up listening to 70’s music!
And i wish i grew up in the 70s, 80s. Best music ever. ❤
Yeah, babe!!
I’m right there with you ❤️
Me too beat music most played of all others combined
Yes, we grew up in a good time.
Me too!
This song from 1985 shows you just how great of a guitar player and songwriter Gary Richrath was.....He was the glue and fuel that took REO to the top!! RIP Gary you won't ever be forgotten.
Gary was the MAN!
Saw them in 1981. Excellent show.
@@jaycoleman8062 I was at this concert it was at Royals stadium Summer Jam and it rained so hard before they did this song they had to stop playing for a while this was the encore after they dried everything off and the whole place smelled like permanent wave from everyones HAIR
The song is from 1973...I played this in my college dorm room....EVERYONE could hear it!!
That's right..yes...
Was lucky to see them live in the 70's. Gary is one of the greatest to ever play and is missed. RIP Gary....
Gary was unrecognizable at the end. So sad. If you have not seen this video , check it out. He is playing with different musicians!
th-cam.com/video/l6sNZv7J43U/w-d-xo.html
These were my high school days. Senior Skip Day! Remember YUZ GUYS
I seen REO in the 70s ,when REO was REO and not the wimpy band they become
Miss the old days
He was the GOAT !!!!!
This generation will never know what an American Classic is. This song is here for everyone to hear. Enjoy.................
True rock n roll
Exactly, this generation blows all together, especially the music my man.
Gary is sadly missed and was an undeniable force of nature.
The late great Gary Richrath..... REO was never the same without him.
He was the GOAT !!!!
This is when REO was at it's best
One of the most iconic songs ever wrote by a young and now legendary Gary Richrath. Rest In Peace Gary!
There will never be another R.E.O. Speedwagon like there was when the lineup was Allan, Gary, Neal, Bruce or Greg and Kevin. Legendary!
Love REO Speedwagon but Without Gary Richrath ?? Just My Opinion !! Saw them in the 70's with Kevin Cronin and Without, but to be honest Kevin Cronin and Gary Richrath, Neal Doughty, Greg Philbin and Alan Gratzer Were REO Speedwagon !! But I Get You Have To Roll With The Changes !! R.I.P. Gary Richrath !!
@@loudog2326 They were R.E.O. from 68 to 72 and 73 to 76 with and without Kevin too.
My neighbor's ‼️🌹💋❤️🔥👠
@@edarnold1426 With Kevin Cronin and Without !! Read Much !! I Do - They Were R.E.O. From 73 to 73 To 76 Without Kevin Too ?? I Know I Saw Them With Michael Murphy Also !! 1972 R.E.O. Speedwagon Album TWO !!
@@loudog2326 Kevin left just after they did riding the storm out. "After T.W.O."! Kevin was with the band for the whole T.W.O. album!!! They had Riding The Storm in the works and dubbed Mike in on it after Kevin left for Riding The Storm Out album! Read much? I lived through all the changes of R.E.O.! T.W.O. was the very first album that I ever bought after seeing them.
I saw Reo, The climax blues band, and thin lizzy , in 1978, in wisconsin, on the side of a mountain. It was unreal.
Alpine Valley?
I was so lucky to grow up in Chicago at this time. We had Chicago, Styx, REO, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Commodores, Cheap Trick, The Smashing Pumpkins, NIN and so much more to go see. The two most underrated guitarists of all time are Terry Kath (Chicago) and Gary RIchrath (REO), I hope they know how much enjoyment they gave to so many people, and I surely hope they are playing up in Heaven. RIP.
Our music Big McNichols Arena Cheap Trick ... Take the Long Way Home and the Cars.... and more Journey
and Steppenwolf John Kay Rainbow 🌈 Music 🎼 Hall Denver Colorado USA 🇺🇸 Red Rocks Boulder Colorado USA 🇺🇸 REO
Terry Kath is....indescribable.
The video of 25 or 6 to 4 at Tanglewood is what I use to educate the unknowing.
I couldn’t agree more….😀
@@richavic4520 hol on they play at The Tanglewof 😳😋
Growing up in Chi town...a blessing!?
The 70's were unexplainably AWSOME!!
Just seen REO last night 2023& they sounded great!! Kevin C is 72 yrs old and he sounded like he did 30 years ago!! REO was part of the soundtrack of my childhood!!❤
Glad you enjoyed it
My sister watching them tonight in Green Bay...I'm envious!
They were part of my eighttrack as I had hi infedilty 1981.
Yeah. Just a bunch of Olde Guys that are Still Rocking.
Guess we're just Old
Hallelujah
@@valeriestone4298 if you're lucky, you'll get old...so disrespectful, but it figures.........
RIP Gary one of the most under appreciated guitarist of the 70's and 80's love ya
I appreciated him 💕🙏➕🇺🇲
REO Speedwagon was awesome live, especially with Gary Richrath and Alan Gratzer! I saw them April 13, 1978 at Cobo Hall in Detroit. Backstage passes and front row seats. Nothing better than that❤️
Glad to see Alan get some love. He is seriously ignored and he's great.
Who knew that in three and four years that it would come to an end. I sure miss Gary and Allan in the in the mix. RIP Gary!
@electroncapture how did you wrangle back stage passes 🤔🤔
@@ObamaFromKenya … a college friend’s brother was the stage manager at Cobo, and I had a car!
I was at that concert also!
Back when REO Speedwagon did rock and roll.
I was actually at this concert. It was at Kemper Arena. Cheap Trick opened for REO, and it was one hell of an amazing concert. This was in the era where they really put on a great show and the music has never been equaled.
Gary is completely underrated !! Perfect Guy for the Speedwagon .. Love You Gary .
The master of the Les Paul - Better than Page. Better than Les Paul himself. Simply the greatest.
Gary was a true guitar hero,
Im an 80s baby !! Graduated in 86!! One of THE BEST BANDS EVER!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤
1982 for me!!!🙏❤️
When I plow snow, this is the only thing I'm blasting for 18+ hours
I was there that night ... Saw this live!
+John Henry Reaves i guess that was the best night of your life.
me too ..kansas city summer jams rocked !!!!!
i envy you, dude.
John Henry Reaves
My
that would have been cool
Love old REO those guys left it all out on that stage every show. What a classic ending too...love it
Yes they did 🎉🎉🎉 wonderful concerts
Studio sound live! They were so good back in the day.
Rest In Peace Gary !!!!!
Saw REO in Johnson City TN sometime in late 70's or so.....Climax Blues were supposed to open, for whatever reason never showed. Emcee came out and updated us occasionally. Finally said they weren't gonna show. Said REO would make it up, and man, DID THEY!! Played almost 2 1/2 hrs straight, took 20 min break, and another HOUR, and of course, ended with RIDIN THE STORM OUT! Words can't really describe that show!
Thank you for sharing!!
I seen them in the 70's , they was fantastic !
I saw them in Johnson City too, 1976! Awesome concert!
You and Steve Spurrier?
Saw Sammy Hagar and REO in early eighties in Johnson City
Im 14 I was watching this with my 5 year old brother and he screams "Last song people!!!" and I said I don't think Kevin says it on this video and he says "Well I said it for him!" And now were both singing to it together!!!!
j45112 that’s awesome
You're 21 now. I hope you are still listening to great old rock and roll.
This was the best like up for REO. Kevin, Gary, Bruce, Neil, and Alan will always be the REO I will and want to remember. I got to work with these guys just before they hit the big time and will never forget it. Gary showed me a trick using the wah~wah pedal that I used for many many years. One "GREAT" bunch of guys for sure!!!
RIP Gary and thanks for so many good music and good times!
Showmanship and a super song.
HOF
And that bass sho be driving!!!!!!!
Showender. I'm exhausted!!!!!
Gary was a beast on guitar .... RIP and never forgotten.
This is one of those songs that is WAY better live than studio (Call Me the Breeze by Skynyrd too). Shame Gary couldn't put the bottle down; RIP Gary you damn sure could play!!
It was JJ Cale who wrote Call Me the Breeze but the Skinherd did ok with it
From a native born missouri bushwacker myself I agree with you totally.but I didn't know about the 🍸did he die from the drinking?
@@mattjennings6812 I think so….or complications from it. Tragic that so many great musicians from this great era of rock/pop music were gone too soon. p.s. but if you go even further back, pre-rock era, George Gershwin, the legendary composer of Rhapsody in Blue, Porgy & Bess, and so much more “great American music,” died at 39 of a brain tumor. I was gobsmacked when I found this out. What else he might have written, we’ll never know. 😢
And I got to see Skynyrd do The Breeze and REO do Ridin the storm out both in the same show- in Chicago! Soldier Field, July 1977. They kicked my ass, and Teddy was icing on the cake!👍🥁🎸🇺🇸❤️
Exactly how our group crashed too....unread message in the bottle
OMG! I Have told the story of this concert since I was 20!! Gary Richrath was right in my face! One of my friends went to the concert tonight In Atlanta and I was sharing the memory once again and so I searched TH-cam and found it and am so excited to actually see myself sitting on the shoulders of someone rocking out with him playing right in front of me 😆 thank you for sharing this video
HOW COOL IS THAT? THE COOLEST THAT's HOW MUCH! 😁😃
That's awesome!
Yep it was fabulous front row seats and they were unbelievably great❤❤❤
WAY COOL U GO REGINA!
Was this the night there was actually a tornadadic storm in k.c? During this song.
Just saw REO Speedwagon last night in Bridgeport Connecticut September 16, 2022 . Vocals were on point. Kevin Cronin mentioned that he had just turned 70 and let me tell, that guy can move. Great evening with REO.
This was my first concert Cheap Trick opened when REO came out they cranked up the volume about 3 time's the volume of Cheap Trick. We were sitting upper stage left very close to the speakers, I could feel my organs inside my body moving shaking, my ears rang for 3 days. They're still ringing. You had to be there it was so cool!!!
Where did you see that show? I saw it in San Francisco in like 79...my first concert...loved it of course! Became a lifestyle for at least 20 years....
Straight up ❤
Coming up in KC I saw REO no less than a dozen times. Summer Jam 1977 at Royals stadium, it had been raining most of the day but stopped in time for the show. As REO was about to come on the storm rolled in and it started pouring, thunder and lightning and we thought it was over but no. Still pouring REO hit the stage and broke out with this song and didn't miss a beat. Most rocking concert moment of my life!
This was my youth! Great music and live concerts with REO. I miss these days.
Vintage REO. Illinois, Missouri stuff. Richrath in his prime. Legendary
And THAT, my friends..... is how Rock & Roll is done.
One of my favorites by them, gotta love em.
I can't tell you what I was doing when I was listening to it...... But I had a damn good time😂
That is simply a great song!!!
This is how you do it ! One of the best live performances you will ever see !!
Kevin’s great voice and Gary’s amazing guitar playing.
R.I.P Gary
This song was off they’re third album and will forevermore be my favorite REO song hands down 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
That by far was their best song ever. After that they sorta became a bubblegum pop group. But I saw them live in Atl in 1978 and they rocked the house down!😎🤘🤘
Loved growing up in the late 70s! What Rock we had! ✌🏻🇺🇸
Absolutely the best of times 75-82.
REO was my favorite band in the good ole days
Yes he was !!!
I have a rehearsal coming up and I have to relearn a few of Gary's solos. What a joy. Just trying to match his iconic tone is worth it. Les Paul on 10 in to a cranked Marshall. He had the touch of a master. One of the greats in every single way.
Hall is rocking out on this version. It's fabulous. I never heard this bass line to this song. Other versions are more reserved, he's going nuts on this version. Bad ass.
great days, great years, great friends. great words to live by. JUST KEEP RIDING THE STORM OUT..........
👍👍💯💯
Yea your right,
Gotta love the "F--- Yeah!!" that Gary & Kevin share at 5:36!! 5th row at Pine Knob in '85, on Gary's side; deaf for 3 days...
😂 Must've been in front of a speaker 👂🤷🏻♂️
Kevin, you will never be the same without Gary... just the way it is!
I was at the summer jam 79..seen all the Summer Jams..so cool.I was at the Kansas city show in 85.I was also @ the October concerts 30th and 31..later to become a killer Double album live concert.My friends would ask me why have you gone to so many of there shows..Ahhhhhhhhhh because they Rock...
I was there too in Kansas City
SummerJam '79 April Wine, Little River Band, Santana and REO Speedwagon. Rained like hell that morning, cleared up great show Then started raining it ass off during REO. What a great day!
@@kccryptkeeper4874 I also attended that one. Kevin made note of the storm for this song.
The Summer Jam they played right before The Nuge and the sound complaints from miles away.
Did the October 30 show at Memorial. Floor, about 2/3 back. Stood on my chair pretty much the entire show.
Kemper for Tuna Fish tour. Remember the black and white stripes and the video from there shown on Midnight Special.
@@richavic4520 All those classic memories - foggy memories. Was at all of those, too. Loved Memorial Hall for concerts. Hell, if you were short on funds, ya could just go hang out anywhere within a block or so and could hear the show. Probably 7th & Central for Nuge.
I got to see this in person.
Ass kick - n- ❤❤❤
Add kick in
Ass
Was there too!
One of the greatest live bands. Every boy dreams of playing guitar like Gary. Underrated vocals and most always a poignant message to the songs.
Was in a bar band many, many years ago and we used to play this classic every single night. Great tune.
I loved REO before the High in Fidelity album. My 16 yr old neighbor chick played that album endlessly for a year, full blast. I still can't stand that album. It's refreshing to hear something from the early years!!😂
Tell it brother😂
@@davegilmer_Storyville4Life
🤣👍
Riding the Storm out in 2024 ✌️🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I was at this show. When Gary did his guitar solo we didn't want him to stop and he obliged by playing almost a whole concert length. Incredible show!
Great song
In Kansas City, saw REO in the late 90's, final song was "riding the storm out" as a storm was blowing in. Perfect timing.
You gotta' love REO Speedwagon!
These wheels keep turnin' ....
This was just an awesome concert. So blessed to see it in person!
It's mid '80s, Alpine Valley west of Chicago. Huge venue, lawn seats packed, raining buckets! We were having a ball riding the mud slides. Drenched having the time of our young lives when he calms the audience down to dedicate the next song. It's for all of us on the lawn, and they play this song!
God Bless The 70's!
Man I would have loved to see that live! I’m only 35 years old, but because of my dad I grew up on this music.
Richrsth. Just always thought what a cool name fir a guitarist
It's a great theme song for life.
Now that's a concert!
Saw them 3 times. All 3 times it was a phenomenal show
My Gary.
Awesome. Hurricane Hugo hit Charleston, SC September of 1989. We rode the storm out to this song. It hit Charleston as a Cat 5 Hurricane. It hit us as a Cat 4. The destruction was catastrophic. My baby, Bugsy, doesn't remember this, but his older brothers and sisters do. RIP Miss Maxi and Groucho.
40 years old....WOW🌩🌩🌩⛈
Thank God 🙏🙏🙏
So glad I got to see thus lineup live in 87 before Alan & Gary left the band. Great show.
I saw them in concert in Buffalo NY in the early 80's and then again in Florida in the late 90's still sounded the same so amazing in concert no auto tune bull crap you hear today just raw talent.
REO bring back the old days ❤
I was here at the KC show, seeing this song played in a real storm was great!
I was so luck to see Kevin and Gary at kc in centralia il. 1976. Go reo.
I like Reo Speedwagon, and the Blue Angels, sometimes I've got to fly and not say goodbye.
Evan back then Kevin never shut up!!
I’ll always forever love me some real rock & roll music by REO Speedwagon!!🩷🩵💜
"Left Champaign, IL in a beat up old Chevy station wagon" HELL YEAH!!😊
This song is still amazing
One of the greatest live songs of all time rock.
Well done
Just awesome 👏🏻
Gary Richrath was one of the greatest!
Saw these guys quite a few years before this - as a HS junior on a college visit to Depauw University (their "Little 500" weekend, their biggest party). Styx and REO played at tiny Bowman Gymnasium to a packed and most enthusiastic house. REO opened for Styx (if memory serves) - but REO were the home town boys and tore the house down. Richrath was, as usual, on fire. (Styx was great too ... but REO was what I came to see - knew some of their roadies from Champaign).
I saw them again much later, in larger arenas - and they were awesome. But there's nothing like seeing great bands in a small venue. That whole weekend was a great memory (well, some of it goes unremembered) - REO was definitely the highlight. My first raging hangover the next morning too.
He was awesome
God damn G.R. you were a bad ass R.I.P. and Thank you .
Saw REO back in the mid 70’s in north Pekin, Illinois in a small Quonset hut building. Only about 100 people there, but they still played their hearts out. One of my favorite concerts I’ve ever seen.
Stick together , keep each other warm . and always keep RIDING THE STORM OUT .
Kansas City native. Hello from Washington, this has got to be one of my favorite songs!
DC or the state? Either way, I'd stick with KC. Never did mind the "Cowtown" moniker.
The long version is the shit ! Epic tune
Miss the REO from the late 70s to just before Gary left the band !!❤
I got see them here in Vegas for free in 73. The greatest group in the concert
Oh my, Gary,
Charleston, SC was hit by Hurricane Hugo years ago. It was a Cat 5 and by the time it hit us close to Charleston, a Cat 4. This is/was the Hugo song.