The Original REO Speedwagon -157 Riverside Ave.

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The Original REO Speedwagon -157 Riverside Ave.

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BlackBoxDoc

14 жыл бұрын

Original TV footage of "The Session" with the Original REO members doing 157 Riverside Ave.

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@jeffthrow6892 8 жыл бұрын

This band could & did go through different singers at times, but without Gary there is no REO.......period. R.I.P. -- Gary Richrath......one hell of an amazing guitar player......

@rafaelsale6364 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but Reo never sounded that same without him. Gary rocking riffs and energy made that band great. Even when Cronin changed them to a power ballad band. Gary's searing guitar solos made Cronin's ballad songs worth listening to.

@brucejacobson8419 2 жыл бұрын

@@rafaelsale6364 Gary was awesome and no one could ever replace him. I do like Dave Amato, though. I think they picked a good person to take Gary's place.

@donnyarnold9557 Жыл бұрын

Yes he was.

@threadtapwhisperer5136 Жыл бұрын

Affirmative.

@billyorren6384 Жыл бұрын

0⁰😮

@acgillespie 7 ай бұрын

*"No one can play guitar like Gary plays"* So glad I had the honor of meeting Gary

@russf6572 Жыл бұрын

Luttrell's voice and Richrath's raunchy licks go so good together!

@cletiskroeker3552 11 ай бұрын

He's still got it ...I met him a few years ago. My Brother has a music venue in Hutchinson Kansas...The Red Shed Music Venue...recently renamed...Ugly Jack's Red Shed Music Venue. Terry...was the lead singer in a Deep Purple Tribute Band. It was a incredible performance. Sounded like Deep Purple. He performed this very song. It was absolutely awesome.

@BlazinRiver1 6 ай бұрын

Like Bon Scott and Angus Young

@sandebonzi2354 5 ай бұрын

@@BlazinRiver1 AGREED!! Two bands that I lost interest in after they lost their original front men were REO and AC/DC... 😢

@JoeR203 Жыл бұрын

Somebody get this host a personality.

@finndog2759 Жыл бұрын

Glad I got to see the real REO SPEEDWAGON. 10cent mixed drinks!!! Along with Alanta Rythm Band. 1977 century theater, Buffalo, N.Y.

@leemark63 17 күн бұрын

7/20/1977 was the date! Have stub & review of show. Remember being bummed they were the opener. Review mentioned many left when REO finished!

@Msr45flyingw 7 жыл бұрын

I grew up with these guys...had Gary's phone # in college, such a great guy. such an outstanding guitarist. my heart broke when learning of his passing, like losing an old friend. so many great memories sitting in the front row during their shows at the "New Place" .... Rest well Gary, you were fabulous ❤

@laurarush 8 ай бұрын

jealous!!

@BlazinRiver1 6 ай бұрын

Hmmmm....I recently chatted with one of the guys that jammed for Duke Tomato....he said Gary could be a real ass...part of why Terry left the band. No disrespect.....I LOVE Gary's playing. At 65 I was trying to play his stuff in the 70s.

@marhsallkristoff 6 жыл бұрын

This is R.E.O. Speedwagon!!! The original R.E.O. Speedwagon!!!!!! RIP Gary Richrath thanks for all you've done for me!! rock on in Heaven!!!

@jameswalser8823 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Gary for your Beautiful guitar work Making Reo so recognizable with that les paul and big marshals Also thanks to the band for staying together all these years . Dave isn’t Gary but i saw them and he’s an amazing player.I think he could play just about anything.

@rclamb04 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the memories Gary

@johndalessandro6433 6 ай бұрын

Gary no doubt was a badass but, dont forget the keyboard/piano player (forgot his name) but danm , next to Billy Powell from Skynyrd, he is one of the best rock has to offer

@scottbelew7044 Ай бұрын

Neal Doughty

@AbleBodied 6 күн бұрын

Boogie Woogie style. @@scottbelew7044

@mrh131352 4 жыл бұрын

I remember buying this album. I still have the original copy. Best REO Album ever made. R.I.P Gary. And a big thank you to BlackBoxDoc for posting this video.

@williamgibbs3199 2 жыл бұрын

When I bought it there was no inside sleeve. Just the album.

@mrh131352 2 жыл бұрын

@@williamgibbs3199 Mine came w/out the sleeve too. And mine is still pristine. To this day I play that album or at least songs from that album at least once a week. "Dead At Last" was always one of my favorites. Good to know there are other folks out there who appreciate how good these guys were. Luttrel and Richrath were awesome together.

@thomaskantin7264 Жыл бұрын

Live you get what you play for is the best reo albulm

@boyheswearsalot6164 5 ай бұрын

Got mine , too

@lawrencejensen1240 2 ай бұрын

Heard REO on Beaker Street before the Truckers Union Record Store heard of them and ordered a copy then they stocked it.

@donnyarnold9557 Жыл бұрын

What a great guitarist Gary was they'd had so many great song and Riffs

@rich00273119 9 жыл бұрын

clean, pure and true... 157 riverside ave.,, thank you so much for the drop!

@72floyd 6 ай бұрын

Somebody wake the host up.

@davidsoto2511 6 жыл бұрын

The introduction to the band is full of energy, thank god REO Speedwagon changed the scene, what a great interpretation of 157 riverside avenue, love it!!

@seamus2112ophelan 8 ай бұрын

This is excellent! Thanks for posting!!

@jesusmcphuck6510 7 ай бұрын

Nice track. Terry's vocals here sound like Tom Johnston of the Doobie Brothers, but in Starcastle, more like Jon Anderson! Great stuff!

@peterherard8207 Жыл бұрын

Richrath was a born rock star with the chops to back it up

@gotoads3618 5 жыл бұрын

Neal Doughty on organ and piano and the only member still in the band.

@jeffp3415 7 жыл бұрын

Wow, Gary was smokin' hot from the very beginning

@twominutepianoman9868 4 жыл бұрын

Gregg Philbin looked like he was 55 years old during his entire time in the band.

@johnstrika9170 4 жыл бұрын

Lol him and Steve Dawson from Saxon were two guys that never looked young

@douglas_m Жыл бұрын

Cronin said it was his style of playing that no longer fit REO’s new direction but I’m sure his look never fit Cronin’s idea of the band’s new style as well.

@kilowhiskey69 Жыл бұрын

In about 1980, I took guitar lessons from a guy who was originally in this band, Bob Crownover. REO wasn’t very popular then and he was only in the band briefly in the late 60’s. I wonder what ever happened to Bob. Did anyone take lessons from him in the 70’s/80’s in Champaign, IL? Also, I remember Terry being a car salesman at Subaru in the early 90’s in Champaign. Interesting where life takes you.

@chiquita23101 7 жыл бұрын

thank you Gary Richrath, FOR EVER

@douglas_m Жыл бұрын

Like this so much better than the Cronin version. What a voice.

@boulderbug 3 жыл бұрын

...Cool Cool 😎... Not much to find Pre Cronin with the original lineup ....Thanx ....Long Live Rock and Roll Baby...RIP GARY ....ROCK In PEACE ✌

@everly-shadystudios9900 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so so much!

@danl4222 Жыл бұрын

This video is .... really nice to see. Tha k you

@janajayj1965 3 ай бұрын

This song has one of Gary Richraths greatest rifts of all time!!

@thepredsrule 11 жыл бұрын

reo speedwagon rocking it pre kevin this is a true gem !!!!!

@suzannecarwell1391 7 ай бұрын

Excellent! rest in peace Gary Richrath ❤

@billboronkay 9 ай бұрын

Never seen this before. Love the blues feel. Know they become much more successful as they evolved , but personally like this so much more. Damn, I missed out.

@freepressright 2 жыл бұрын

The origins of REO Speedwagon are almost as far apart from commercial REO as the old Fleetwood Mac blues band was from the commercial Fleetwood Mac. It really gives you a respect for the dues these guys paid to make it to the top. You know they played shit holes and dives, and had major ups and downs on the way to the top. They are as "rock n' roll" as any band out there, despite the overshadowing of the 1980s power ballad fame. These guys were ready to be sacked by their label by the time Hi Infidelity was finished. And just like that, boom, an entirely new chapter, leaving the thoughts of this R.E.O in the dust bin of history. When you consider the era, and Gary Richrath's skill level compared against the other heavy hitters in rock guitar, he was easily as good as anyone out there. Almost has a Hendrix-like quality to him in this video. Gary stayed true to his roots -- wielding a Les Paul and a 50-watt Marshall. He didn't sell out to a Boss pedal train and a solid state GK amp in the 80s. Gary was a purist, and simplicity was his genius.

@urpgag2 7 жыл бұрын

great, happy music... wow

@lindawarren8325 4 жыл бұрын

So freakin great !

@josieowl7833 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome song

@StevenSigsbee-bp7gm 5 ай бұрын

That's the honest truth , Gary set the band up for success ! God rest you Gary I will remember you .......he was a freebird too .,.....😢

@michaelfrey5830 Жыл бұрын

Pre Kevin Cronin!!! Hell yeah!

@lawrencejensen1240 3 ай бұрын

Cromagmon

@tomdennis1474 2 ай бұрын

Kevin outsung this Lemon

@guygriesse8402 Ай бұрын

@@tomdennis1474no question. Much better.

@blakkat4126 13 күн бұрын

@@guygriesse8402 Kevin and Terry are both good, but in different ways. When Kevin Cronon joined, it pussified the band. Terry was Rock and Roll. Kevin was Pop.

@LetsGetMikey982 9 жыл бұрын

Bluesy...wonder what this band would've been like if they stuck together with original singer...somehow I don't see them writing "Keep On Lovin You" with this lineup

@williamgibbs3199 9 жыл бұрын

Michael Boles Kevin Cronin made it about himself. Liked them much better without him.

@martinmitchell3999 2 жыл бұрын

I dunno REO TWO is one of the best albums they put out in my opinion. Every track is fantastic. Kevin’s vocals are raw and powerful. Some of Gary’s best playing and writing as well.

@douglas_m Жыл бұрын

@@martinmitchell3999REO TWO is my favorite as well but the only album I can listen to that has Cronin on it.

@martinmitchell3999 Жыл бұрын

@@douglas_m I with ya on that. There are a few other Kevin highlights but overall he’s done a good job of ruining the sound and direction.

@jessesingersongwriter 7 ай бұрын

Simple straight ahead shuffle done right. REO had great roots.

@gkirms Жыл бұрын

I got into REO with Kevin Cronin and I love his renditions of old REO Tunes such as this but as time went by the band really strayed from where they started and as Kevin got hold of the reins they dived deep in commercial rock. Maybe they sold millions but they lost their sound also to obtain those millions.

@Jewels122003 Жыл бұрын

lost their soul more like🤨

@harrywarren6282 Жыл бұрын

Agreed. I saw the High Infidelity tour in Wheeling, WV, and I was majorly disappointed!

@woodsjl 9 ай бұрын

Much Agree!!!!

@josieowl7833 6 жыл бұрын

Sweet song

@metalheadnetherlands6616 Жыл бұрын

very nice

@ronalddaub9740 Ай бұрын

I like this version it's slower and more pure

@everly-shadystudios9900 Жыл бұрын

Gary richrath just going to leave his signature sound

@fernandotenorio1768 2 жыл бұрын

Great!!!!!!!

@woodsjl Жыл бұрын

REO - Dex Card - Sherwood Club-geat memories.

@garyjackley6341 Жыл бұрын

thats when REO was real and not a glam band

@user-iz8fg9ob7t 7 жыл бұрын

原汁原味，正統南方摇滾，百聽不厭。

@Roundtrip23 7 жыл бұрын

My man needs to stay off the Xanax

@JoeMooney 20 күн бұрын

Ok, I did not know there was a lead vocalist before Kevin Cronin

@t-bo-lesotho Жыл бұрын

Original lineup: Joe Matt - Vocals, Guitar Mike Blair - Vocals, Bass Neil Doughty - Keyboards Alan Gratzer - Vocals, Drums

@squiggy4339 Жыл бұрын

Who on lead vocal?? 😄 Didn't know there were any lead vocalists other than Kevin Cronin and Mike Murphy.

@nashburnette7247 Жыл бұрын

Wait a minute ....... "A 2nd album has already been recorded" ??? With Terry Luttrell ??? I've never heard that. I know Kevin Cronin recorded most of RIDIN' THE STORM OUT before leaving and they replaced his vocals with Mike Murphy's. But I've never heard anything about Terry Luttrell recording a 2nd album before leaving.

@GonzoAmerican Жыл бұрын

Was just about to post the same thing. Wonder if there is a version of the 2nd album with Terry on vocals? Came here today to watch some of Gregg’s playing. R.I.P.

@jhrockgod 3 жыл бұрын

That was some hard badass lick he played right there! 5:26 👊😎

@bogthing1 7 жыл бұрын

And howza 'bout that intro? Thanks for posting!

@MrEnglish150 6 жыл бұрын

Good job "Cary." Geez

@user-ou4mt6mj5z 4 ай бұрын

One of my better listening 8 Tracs

@shawnyoung8752 Жыл бұрын

Just a midwest band who played college and small towns paying their dues. Cheap Trick was just like them. Hard work will make breaks for you.

@user-su6ht4tm1v Жыл бұрын

What year is this from I wonder?

@davidbidwell734 10 ай бұрын

Gary one cool cat

@expletivedeleted 2 ай бұрын

Before your head explodes...it starts @ 1:23 lol

@twominutepianoman9868 4 жыл бұрын

Who’s “REL Speedwagon”?

@reoufo55 Жыл бұрын

Is it just me or does Terry Latrell look a lot like Tom Johnston of The a Doobies? 😂 Loved Gary’s raw guitar licks back then. 🎸🎶

@kilowhiskey69 Жыл бұрын

Yes he does, sounds a bit like him too.

@patty3158 6 жыл бұрын

awesome song with awesome musicians, but I truly love the present group as it is now

@emerald9578 4 жыл бұрын

Ok patty, we get it!

@sgt.grinch3299 9 ай бұрын

Classic

@brucejacobson8419 2 жыл бұрын

He said the 2nd album has already been recorded but that one had Kevin Cronin on it. Did they originally record R.E.O. T.W.O. with Luttrell on vocals? I don't recall hearing anything about that.

@chuckHart70 2 жыл бұрын

Kevin then Terry. Original is hard with Reo. Neal is about it.

@nashburnette7247 Жыл бұрын

I caught that and am wondering the same thing. The thing is though, Kevin Cronin wrote three of the eight songs on R.E.O. / T.W.O. and Terry Luttrell has no writing credits on the album. I'm wondering if it's possible that they did record a second album with Terry Luttrell and the label rejected it and had them go back and do it again. Perhaps that would be one factor that led to Terry's exit ???

@CaseyVan 7 жыл бұрын

This sounds neither like Starcastle or REO's later sound.

@umpire63 5 жыл бұрын

Luttrel sounded totally different with Starcastle.

@tomdennis1474 2 ай бұрын

Sorry - Kevin is REO.The rest is just a warm up act.

@stevesteinberger 9 жыл бұрын

does anyone know the year?

@rascalferret 9 жыл бұрын

Steve Steinberger Gotta be 1971...debut album R.E.O. Speedwagon with 157 riverside ave came out in 71. Terry Lutrell left the band in 72.

@presley5788 7 жыл бұрын

It was 1971

@raphaelgonzalezlopez5905 6 жыл бұрын

@besmeier Жыл бұрын

reo

@ronalddaub9740 Ай бұрын

REO ransom Eli Oldsmobile speedwagon The name of the man that started out Oldsmobile with the REO Speedwagon a real truck they took on the cool name hence the truck

@EPstroker 2 жыл бұрын

Still Gary, still reo.....but with no folk singer Cronin.

@scottbelew7044 6 жыл бұрын

This is straight up 12 Bar Blues. Sing the lyrics to Ice Cream Man by Van Halen and it fits perfectly.

@chuckHart70 Ай бұрын

Uhhh yeah like a million other blues based rock songs.

@scottbelew7044 Ай бұрын

@@chuckHart70Of course. That’s what draws rock and roll back to Robert Johnson. And I love it.

@Jgeneraledger23 7 жыл бұрын

Is the guy in the thumbnail picture the one who originally sung 'Ridin' The Storm Out?' Almost sounds Black.

@edarnold1426 3 жыл бұрын

I believe you're thinking of Mike Murphy

@ubertwerpify 7 жыл бұрын

Im hearing a distinct doors influence - interesting

@jeffp3415 7 жыл бұрын

"Light my Fire" was the first song Neal learned when he joined Alan Gratzer's band in Champaign.

@chuckHart70 Ай бұрын

Blues.

@an0nsm0ker8 2 жыл бұрын

Goddamn London Branch could give two shits

@ronfowlermusic 2 жыл бұрын

Fuck! Hell!

@suzieredfoxfur6982 4 ай бұрын

The announcer needs to CALM DOWN!!

@BillyEddie1 Жыл бұрын

This is cool vintage but nothing beats Kevin singing it on You Get What You Play For.

@acgillespie 7 ай бұрын

Agreed

@whyis45stillalive 4 жыл бұрын

Kevin did to REO what McDonald later did to the Doobies. Made them successful, but killed their soul.

@stuarthawke3190 4 жыл бұрын

Always thought the original lead singer, Terry Luttrell, was the best. Richrath was smoking from minute one.

@beckiebuist803 Ай бұрын

1st Lp era, the vocalist lacks all the key ingredients. I'm actually surprised they got signed by Clive Davis at this time as this is just mediocre bar band level stuff...but they got better shortly after this.

@oregonpatriot1570 Жыл бұрын

This was the best REO line up by far! Kevin Cronin didn't add anything positive to this band.

@mrwilliamwonder 5 ай бұрын

REO to me was Gary or Gary and Kevin. All Kevin, is Kevin, not REO. Just because Gary was drinking and Kevin couldn't work with him is no excuse for Kevin not realizing why Gary was drinking. Ya, those ballads are nice Kevin and I'm sure the ladies liked them as well as the record guys, but it's not rock you wussy.

@chuckHart70 Ай бұрын

Come on he wasn't drinking cause they played ballads. Gary had real demons.

@mrwilliamwonder Ай бұрын

@@chuckHart70 Yes, I agree, especially after leaving the band. As a young boy, from the Midwest, I think a learned a long time ago that Gary had a lot of Indian heritage which I thought was cool especially on Golden Country. Somebody needed to keep him away from the booze. I'd have been all in on working out and cannabis. Alcohol is so hard of a drug, you don't realize it till you're old.

@rodbonjovi 3 жыл бұрын

I see why they didnt make it till Kevin and Gary got together Garage band singer

@jeffs869 3 ай бұрын

this announcer needs to lay off the downers, bro

@joecoleman8271 7 жыл бұрын

terry was the best cronin is a mickey mouse singer

@blueslady70 6 жыл бұрын

Terry was the best. I never bought another REO album after Terry, really dislike Cronin's voice. His whole act is so scripted with little originality or creativity.

@johnstrika9170 4 жыл бұрын

And they would have forever been a middle of the road club band without Cronin

@jackdull5699 2 жыл бұрын

@@johnstrika9170 They were still a middle of the road club band even with Kevin. The only difference is that before Kevin, the band stayed true to their original sound. When Kevin joined for the second time, he gave them a more pop sound. Then he turned REO into a power ballad band with the hi infidelity album. He made them commercially successful, but sacrificed the band's identity for it.

@budmyers3701 6 жыл бұрын

people say what they want about kevi but Terry or Mike counot pulled off hi infidelity they way Kevin did that's what really made reo

@singingscotty2001 4 жыл бұрын

Try again. This time in English.

@edb6690 3 жыл бұрын

That's because they would have never written those trashy ballads.

@casaflyr Жыл бұрын

I think Bud's trying to say, Hi Infidelity was a 10x platinum ($$$) "sellout", and provided REO with the success they had been seeking all along. Kevin's weepy power ballads combined with Gary's overdriven rock and roll guitar formed a unique sound ushering in the power ballad and hair metal of the 80s.

@davidwatson3456 5 жыл бұрын

Cronin changed the bands income 100 fold. Most people do not know this version. Great guitar but vocals suck imo

@singingscotty2001 4 жыл бұрын

Says the loser who is no on stage but behind a computer.

@mrsmarzouk 4 жыл бұрын

True, Kevin and Gary was the joint effort to bring the band great success. And Kevin was phenomenal live ; along with Gary!

@t832gmail9 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah Gary was the only good thing after Cronin ruined it

@edarnold1426 3 жыл бұрын

I think Allan, Neal, Greg and Bruce were great players. Don't get me wrong, in my opinion Gary was the main attraction and inspiration that made REO Speedwagon along with those 4 players. Allan, Neal, Greg and Bruce are great at what they did, and I love to watch them all play in tune.

@eugeneroberts1827 7 жыл бұрын

Kevin Cronin ruined the band. Spit!!!

@nashburnette7247 Жыл бұрын

Have you even listened to R.E.O. / T.W.O. (1972), R.E.O. (1976), LIVE - YOU GET WHAT YOU PLAY FOR (1977), YOU CAN TUNE A PIANO, BUT YOU CAN'T TUNA FISH (1978) or NINE LIVES (1979) ??? There are two undeniable facts. 1) Without Kevin Cronin, REO Speedwagon would not even made it into the 80s. 2) You're a idiot ..... Period.