Legends HAD 15 Hits & SOLD 40 MILLION Records…NEVER Even NOMINATED for Rock Hall!--Professor of Rock

Before REO Speedwagon became a household name, they had two big songs that changed everything for them: Roll With the Changes and Time for Me to Fly. As you‘ll see in the upcoming interview with lead singer Kevin Cronin, their breakthrough hit came while he was driving his Ford Pinto from his home in the Midwest to LA to make it in the music industry… As he was driving he had a paper bag full of snacks and this song came to him on the freeway so he hurried and wrote it down on this paper bag… It became a signature song for REO Speedwagon but then when he met one of his heroes years later, he made a comment that he may have ripped his previous hit off… Let’s see what Kevin says about it. Next on Professor of Rock.

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It’s time for another edition of our show BREAKTHROUGH where we break down the singular, song, album, or event that kicked open the door to an artist or band’s career and gave them the momentum to rocket to long-term success.

Before Reo Speedwagon exploded to number one on the singles chart with Keep On Loving You and Can’t Fight This Feeling… he and Gary Richrath, and the band were trying to build some momentum… They had languished as a band for years and had certainly paid their dues by building an audience through touring. Reo Speedwagon came out of an impromptu jam session between Neal Doughty and Alan Gratzer in 1966. Band members came and went and in 1970 a guitarist named Gary Richrath came aboard. With their equipment being hauled to dates in a friend's station wagon, the band frequented bars and clubs all over the Midwest. They released their debut album, REO Speedwagon on Epic Records in 1971.

From the time that Gary Richrath came into the band, the lineup remained pretty stable, with the exception of the lead vocalist over their first three albums. Vocalist Terry Luttrell left the band in the first part of 1972, He would go on to sing for the band Starcastle. He was replaced by a one Kevin Cronin. Cronin recorded one album with the band, REO/ T.W.O but ended up leaving the band during the sessions for 1973’s Ridin the Storm Out because of conflicts within the band] Ridin' the Storm Out was completed with Michael Bryan Murphy on lead vocal, He would stay on with REO for two more records. Murphy stayed on for two more albums, lost in a dream and this time we mean it. From there Kevin Cronin returned in January 1976 and recorded R.E.O., which was released that same year.

This is where REO started to ignite. In 1977, REO convinced Epic Records that their real power was in their live shows. Epic allowed them produce their first live album, Live: You Get What you Play for, which would go platinum long term.

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