NEW YORK (Reuters) - REO Speedwagon guitarist Gary Richrath, who wrote the band's 1973 hit "Ridin' the Storm Out," has died at the age of 65, bandmate Kevin Cronin said. Richrath, who joined the U.S.

NEW YORK – Gary Richrath, a former guitarist for the classic rock band REO Speedwagon who also co-wrote the group's hit song "Take It on the Run," died Sunday, according to a publicist for the band.

When REO Speedwagon released Hi Infidelity in 1980, it marked the start of a new chapter. In the years that followed, fans would place it as the moment that the group shifted from the harder edged ...

With record sales topping 40 million, for a brief period in the early 1980s REO Speedwagon were the most popular band in America. And the most reviled. But there’s more to REO then the power ballad ...

REO Speedwagon’s Kevin Cronin heard from a friend how great the band’s 1974 appearance at a World Series of Rock was at the old Cleveland Municipal Stadium. “I would definitely remember that show, but ...

CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — “Heard it from a friend who” said that REO Speedwagon will reunite in Champaign over the summer. The retrospective concert will honor the legacy of REO Speedwagon, and ...

WHERE TWO MEMBERS OF REO SPEEDWAGON CAME TO TOWN TO RAISE MONEY FOR ERNIE BOX. MUSIC DRIVES US, KEVIN CRONIN, DAVE AMATO TO AWESOME GUYS. THEY TOOK THE STAGE AND THEY PLAYED ALL THE HITS IN I’M GONNA ...

DULUTH — REO Speedwagon’s invasion of Amsoil Arena next week has me feeling a bit nostalgic about growing up in the ’70s and ’80s and all of the great rock ’n’ roll that has fueled the soundtrack of ...

Cronin began by noting that during REO Speedwagon’s early days, they often weren’t treated with respect by the better-known acts they opened for at the time. “Back in the early 1970s, REO Speedwagon ...

A classic rock band is set to reunite without its lead singer, who feels “disturbed and hurt.” REO Speedwagon vocalist Kevin Cronin will not participate in a special “retrospective” concert scheduled ...