REO Speedwagon's “Take It on the Run” proved to be a hit single in 1980 – but singer Kevin Cronin says it wasn't originally set to appear on their ninth album, Hi Infidelity. The song was only ...

If you don’t realize how important REO Speedwagon was in making power ballads the popular presence on radio in the late 1970s and 1980s, you weren’t there. The group sold 30 million albums and had a ...

Gary Richrath, songwriter and lead guitarist for REO Speedwagon for decades, has died, the band announced on its Facebook page Sunday. He was 65. The cause of death has not yet been determined. “Hi ...

Classic rock is about heavy hooks, power chords and tight harmonies. But it’s also about letting loose and enjoying the good times. And there’s no better time for that than Friday evening, when we ...

Forty years ago this week, the Who‘s Face Dances debuted on the Billboard 200 where it was beaten out by the likes of Styx’s Paradise Theater (Number One), REO Speedwagon’s Hi Infidelity (Number Two), ...

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Kevin Cronin has spent the better part of the past 50 years riding the storm out as the frontman for REO Speedwagon. But he acknowledges it’s been challenging to keep pushin’ on and ...

If you're looking to party like it's 1981, this might be the show for you. 1970s and '80s album-rock stalwarts REO Speedwagon and Styx bring their "Live & UnZoomed" tour to Milwaukee's American Family ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Gary Richrath, the REO Speedwagon guitarist ...