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.

REO Speedwagon has always felt a strong connection to Rochester. In 1973, when the Champaign, Illinois-bred band was looking to grow its popularity beyond the Midwest, it opened a concert here for ...

The opening words to “Golden Country” are as poignant in today’s turbulent political climate as they were in 1972 when REO Speedwagon released the song on “R.E.O./T.W.O.” and the country was still ...

Thirteen arrests, an alderman in handcuffs, several people treated for drug poisoning. In Davenport in 1973, it was a crazy Fourth of July. The occasion? The city's "first real rock fest," the ...