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ABSOLUTELY my friend ! Please !!!!., Been a Speedwagon since Decade of Rock and Roll 1980, and they would play the live 157 Riverside Ave on my Radio Station, especially when we would call them to request it ! Murphy was much more RAW, SOULFUL, and fun to listen to in my opinion. And none of KC's GIRLY BALLADS that Wrecked this STELLAR band, yet. And '75 was their best year imo, with the "THIS TIME WE MEAN IT " album, that I got when I was 12 in about 1982, and still today have a Japanese version of the cd cover on display, as it's always been one of my all time fave Record covers of all time since the first time I saw it., Love you on Golden Country here Mike., Last I heard, about 20 years ago, you were playing piano in "Billy Vera and the Beaters" band.,.....WHERE ARE YOU NOW......! This is the Holy Grail., and been waiting 44 years to hear this., We need more, Yes.

As you can imagine, it is rare to find REO recordings from this era. But I have some that are decent.

@@RockRangers You have some great ones! 🙂

yep - Saturday Aug. 22 - still have the ticket stub. warm-up band was '38 special'

Here's a link to 3 more from the same concert. ruclips.net/video/wisxJqXXrXU/видео.html

There is more of the show on this channel. I prefer putting parts of the concerts.

@@WastedRockRangers Fair enough, I missed the other recording when I wrote that. Thank you for posting both vids. (That said, it seems as though they played more than six songs, too. So anything further would be equally treasured.)

@@Jessica_Roth Understood. We'll be working on more. Thanks

​@@RockRangers....Any chance of further songs?

Maybe a better singer but his ego/head is so huge nobody else can fit in the room with him

Actually this is really good. Classic REO.

@@GrayCrosby Kevin is a much better singer than either Lutrell or r Murphy. No way they would have as many hits with either of those singers even with the same songs.

Maybe but his ego was humongous and eventually it destroyed the band and led the remnants to the State Fair circuit in the 90s and 2000s.

Even Greg Philbin wasn't in the band back then. But I assume the uploader just means the fully-formed band (no disrespect to the FOUR guitarists who preceded Gary) and without the Epic-enforced Return of Cronin. Not my preferred description, but I'm not outraged on behalf of Bob Cronower or whomever, either.

@@Jessica_RothLOL! Even in their recoding days. Terry Luttrell sang the first album. Philbin started in 1968.

No record deal until Gary showed up!!!

The record deal came about because of Irving Azoff sp who took them to LA. @@flyingburritobro68

Thanks Karen. Check out our other videos. I need to put some more up.

@@RockRangers Will do😁👍

Yes as time permits the channel will add to the collection. I was the sound guy and have 100's of tapes.

@@RockRangers So, what did you think of the castle, if you remember it?

@@Tipp_Of_The_Mitt Hi Tipp. To be honest I don't quite remember the Castle. All those years are fuzzy and came and went quick.😁😁

It was called Castle Farms, not Castle Rock.

Sounds pretty dam good for a board cassette mix?

@@RockRangers didn't occur to me they could be recording the board with a cassette, I guess it was those days. It was a great mix and bringing the house down for sure.

This is an outdoor venue, really no acoustics for crowd noise, at the time I think it had a 16,000 seating capacity.

+Kevin Jokipii Hi Kevin. Funny you found this. It seems very few people know that this was written By Brad "Porque" Baker, AKA "Hotel Bill". We, "Hotel Bill and the Incidentals", were the REO road crew/band. We would open for REO from time to time and do other party gigs in LA for Joe Walsh and others when we were off the road. This is a live cassette, board tape recording from the first time we played it. Stop in and visit our page. facebook.com/Hotel-Bill-and-the-Incidentals-178856278792219/ We have a sticker-guitar pick giveaway going on right now. Hope you enjoyed it.

Yes, this is an urban myth... Song lyrics were written by Brad "Porque" Baker and music was developed by Hotel Bill and the Incidentals. The song was first performed by Hotel Biil and the Incidentals in Stockholm in 1995 when Hotel Bill opened the show for REO Speedwagon.

+mike o You're welcome. This was recovered from a sound check cassette recording that I have and recorded way back in the day.

+hotel bill and the incidentals Very cool. The time I heard it, it was actually in the setlist....I have no idea if they decided to play it off-the-cuff or not, but it remained stuck in my head after all these years, lol... My memory could be failing, but when I heard them do it, it was a little less "thrashy" and a little more "bouncy"....but the tempo was similar, and so was the humorous vibe. Thanks again!

+Kyle M It is Robert Bub Phillippe on FB